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Laura Fernandez

i always thought that forever, came a day at time

About Me

I was born in Madrid, Spain and immigrated to Canada as a child not speaking English whatsoever. As a child my earliest memories were those relating to music and art. My father who was a fine art painter and an architect would sit me on his lap and play name that tune with many classical pieces of music! Watching him paint and listening to classical music and opera as well as many other types of music was what my childhood was rich with. Soon enough I was also drawing, painting and playing music. I was especially into poetry, lyrics and song writing having been exposed to this in early education by a teacher who was particularly fond of folk music. Simon and Garfunkel, Cohen, Dylan we studied these amazing writers in our English classes. I adored writing poetry and this inevitably led to song writing and learning my chosen instrument, the piano. I had a love affair with anything that included piano. I was influenced by the classical masters as well as early Elton John , Billy Joel, Beatles, all kinds of music . Motown was big in my influences also as well as classic and traditional Spanish music that my mom would sing around the house. I had a rich tapestry of influences to drawn on and learn from . My love affair with drawing and painting was also very strong eventually leading me to study art at The Alberta College of Art in Calgary. I became a very successful award winning illustrator working on many important campaigns over the years and illustrating with Rick Jacobson 17 childrens books and many book covers, three of these books ( the most recent) authored by us as well as illustrated. It wasnt until 6 years ago that the music career I had put aside rose to the surface with a vengeance and I began to once again write and perform all over Toronto. I recorded my first Cd The Other Side in 2003 and this led to an invitation to the New York International Independent Music Festival where my band was awarded best Soft Rock Band ( there were over 600 bands in the event). More performances in New York, performances in various festivals followed. I am deeply entrenched in my musical adventure, a lifelong dream! I am thrilled to have the opportunity to follow my deepest desires in this life . I am continuing to perform internationally and am preparing to record my second CD.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/2/2006
Band Website: laurafernandezmusic.com
Band Members: I love to play with different people but most often I play with Kevin Stock ( vocals and acoustic guitar- amazing songwriter), Dominic von Riedemann (electric guitar also a great songwriter), Sarah Ternoway ( bass player extraordinaire) Animal-Mathew Pearson (drums). I love to write songs with Noah Zacharin (guitar master and unbelieveable songwriter) and have him accompany on guitar (especially my Spanish songs)! I love my Loons band which includes Simon Loban (percussion and an amazing guitarist and songwriter on his own) Jeffrey Bessner ( harmonica player with class!)
Influences: Oh Boy! Elton John, Beatles , Elliot Smith, Kate Bush , Tori Amos, Carole King, Motown! Spanish music I grew up with, Classical classical classical! Bach , Chopin, Beethoven, Rimsky Korsakov, Mozart , Vivaldi....So many . I love music of any kind so you can imagine! I have many influences!
Sounds Like: myself!
Record Label: Bonedog Music
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Holy Joe's

Come on out and support indie music!Laura Fernandez , Jory Berger, Chris Harper, Daniel MackenzieTonight at Holy Joe's we are starting at 8:30 with me first!5 bucksCorner of Queen and Bathurst above t...
Posted by Laura Fernandez on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:39:00 PST