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Elisa

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HELLO, HOLA. . .A FEW WORDS. . .LOVE, LIVE, AND TRY YOUR BEST NOT TO TAKE LIFE OR ANYONE IN IT FOR GRANTED! ALWAYS TRY, OR YOU'LL NEVER KNOW. . . .ALWAYS, AND I DO MEAN ALWAYS BELIEVE AND HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF!-------------I WAS BLESSED WITH MANY THINGS, ONE BEING MY LOVE FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. I'VE SANG SINCE I COULD REMEMBER. I GREW UP PUTTING ON CONCERTS FOR MY STUFFED ANIMALS AND THE PILLOW CUSHIONS ON MY LIVING ROOM COUCHES. A RADIO WAS ALWAYS ON IN MY HOUSE. I REMEMBER MY MOTHER ONCE TOLD ME THAT WHEN SHE'D MAKE DINNER, TO KEEP ME ENTERTAINED, SHE'D PUT ME IN THE PLAY PEN AND I'D BE FINE, SO LONG THAT SHE'D LEFT A RADIO PLAYING THAT I COULD HEAR. OVER AT MY DAD'S HOUSE, HE USED TO TURN OFF ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE LIVING ROOM, I'D TAKE THIS BLACK CHOPSTICK AS MY MIC, AND HE'D SHINE A FLASHLIGHT AT ME, LIKE IT WAS MY SPOTLIGHT...AS I GOT OLDER,I TOOK PART IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, SANG WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL MARIACHI AND SANG FROM TIME TO TIME WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL(LAREDO,TEXAS)BANDS. I DID THE WHOLE SINGING IN BARS AND AT CLUBS, WEDDINGS, QUINCENERAS,YOU NAME THE PARTY AND I'VE SUNG THERE:) MY FAVORITE THING WAS DOING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. MY OLDER BROTHER MIKEY PLAYED BASEBALL FOR I'D SAY AROUND 16 YEARS, SO OF COUSRE WHENEVER I COULD I'D SING IT. NOW THAT SHE'S ALL GROWN UP, MY LITTLE SISTER ANA HAS BEEN APART OF THE MISS TEXAS PAGEANT, SO I'VE ALSO DONE THE ANTHEM FOR THEIR OPENING CEREMONIES....FESTIVALS, GRAND OPENINGS, LIKE I SAID I'VE DONE IT. SO NOW I FELT READY, READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP. I WAS TO SETTLE IN A NEW PLACE. I WOULD SOON BE CALLING THE BIG APPLE MY NEW HOME, BUT WITH LIFE ALWAYS BEING FULL OF SURPRISES, MY FAMILY WAS SENT ONE WE COULD NOT BRING OURSELVES TO SEE THE GOOD IN. MY MOTHER, ONLY 41 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANER....FOR 3 YEARS SHE FOUGHT THIS HORRIBLE AND BLIND DISEASE AND AS FAMILY SHOULD BE, WE WERE BY HER SIDE TO ASSIST WITH WHATEVER WE COULD. AT THIS POINT I WOULD PUT MY PLANS ON I GUESS YOU COULD SAY SLOW MOTION FOR AWHILE. I WOULD NOT LEAVE LAREDO,I WOULD NOT LEAVE MY MOTHER. WHEN SHE COULD, SHE'D ACOMPANY ME TO ANY PERFORMANCES OR COMPETITIONS I TOOK PART IN. WHEN THE LORD DECIDED HE NEEDED HER IN HEAVEN, MY WORLD FELT LIKE IT WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. I CONTINUED WITH MY PURSUIT OF A MUSIC CAREER. A FEW MONTHS AFTER MY MOM WAS CALLED HOME, I FOUND OUT THAT A SHOW CALLED MAKING THE BAND WAS HOLDING AUDITIONS IN TEXAS. I ENDED UP MAKING IT TO THE SHOW WHICH WAS TAPED IN NEW YORK. IT WAS GOOD AND I WAS AND AM GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I FEEL LIKE I WASN'T EXCITED ENOUGH TO BE THERE AND FOR GOOD REASON, I HAD JUST LOST MY NUMBER ONE SUPPORTER AND FAN. YOU KNOW IN LIFE EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON....I TRUELY BELIEVE THAT, I FEEL THAT GOD HAS A PLAN AND PATH FOR US ALL AND I AM NOW RUNNING DOWN MINE FASTER THAN EVER... I HAVE AQUIRED GREAT STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WHICH ARE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL RUN. I HAVE MY FAITH, MY TALENTS(BLESSINGS), MY MUSIC, AND LOVED ONES IN MY CORNER AND ALL THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. TO ME MUSIC HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION, NOT ONLY AM I ABLE TO EXPRESS MYSELF AS A PERFORMER, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN BLESSED AS A SONGWRITER. PERSONALLY THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY BIGGEST BLESSING YET. IT CAN BE SCARY BUT SUCH A GREAT ACHEIVEMENT AND RELEASE OF EMOTIONS WHEN THE SONG IS DONE, AND THIS IS WHY I WANT TO SHARE MY TALENTS WITH THE WORLD. MY MUSIC IS AND WILL BE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO, CRY TO, GROOVE TO, AND SING TO.HEY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! AS SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW...AND IF YOU DON'T THEN NOW YOU DO...I'VE LANDED THE MOST FABULOUS GIG EVER!!!! I WILL BE HOSTING "THE VELVET FASHION FILES" ON METROVELVET.COM. JOIN ME ON THIS AMAZING RIDE INTO THE WORLD OF FASHION WHERE YOU WILL GET TO SEE FIRST HAND HOW IT ALL GOES DOWN. FROM DESIGNERS TO PHOTOGRAPHERS AND MODELS TO ARTISTS, YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT INSPIRES THESE OH SOOOOO TALENTED BEINGS.CHECK OUT THIS PREVIEW OF CLIPS FROM MY VISIT WITH PHOTOGRAPHER MATTEO TRISOLINI!(courtesy of confessionsandlies.com)


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My Interests

MUSIC, TELEVISION, AND FILM. . . .DID I MENTION MUSIC:)????? I'M ALSO INTO FASHION, DO A LITTLE MODELING HERE AND THERE AND I LIKE TO LEAN LIKE A CHOLO!!!!!I LOVE TO SPREAD LOVE!!!!!!!!!!I'M ALSO DOWN WITH LAUGHING MY BUNS OFF 24/7! UMMMMM I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE DURING MY TIME HERE ON OUR WONDERFUL PLANET.....EVEN IF IT'S JUST MAKIN SOMEONE SMILE BY GIVEN A SMILE....OR....FLATOUT BUSTING MY ASS TO GIVE SOMEONE A LAUGH...NAH NOT REALLY!!! I'M ADDICTED TO YAMA'S SUSHI!!!!! REALLY I AM! BUT I'M ALSO UP FOR TRYIN NEW THINGS...EVEN IF THEY LOOK WEIRD:)
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I'd like to meet:

ANYONE. . .AND EVERYONE. . .

Music:

MARIAH CAREY, THE BEEGEES,JAY-Z, LUDACRIS,WHITNEY HOUSTON, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, TIMBERLAND, MISSY ELLIOT, JAIME FOXX, KELLY CLARKSON,ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ,BEYONCE, JENNIFER LOPEZ, ALICIA KEYS, NELLY FURTADO, CELINE DION, RHIANNA, PUSSY CAT DOLLS, JANET JACKSON SHERYL CROW, ARETHA FRANKLIN, DIANNA ROSS, DONNA SUMMER, CELIA CRUZ, CALLE 13, DADDY YANKEE,DIDDY,SHANIA TWAIN, FAITH HILL, ROCIO DURCAL, SELENA, THALIA, PAULINA RUBIO, SHAKIRA, USHER, BRIAN MCKNIGHT, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, MICHAEL JACKSON, NEYO, BON JOVI, AEROSMITH, CHRIS BROWN, MARK ANTHONY, LUIS MIGUEL,LA 5 ESTACION, MANA, TAMIA, ALEJANDRO SANZ, CHAYANNE (NOW THATS THE HOTNESS). . .BASICALLY ANYTHING WITH A GROOVE THAT MOVES MY MUSIC SOUL.

Movies:

THE DEPARTED, TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, IN HER SHOES, WEDDING PLANNER, HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN TEN DAYS, WALK THE LINE, MY BEST FRIENDS WEDDING, FOOLS RUSH IN, ENOUGH, MONSTER IN LAW, NOTTING HILL, MAID IN MANHATTAN, PRETTY WOMAN, MARY POPPINS, THE LITTLE MERMAID, HAPPY FEET,SELENA, CHICK FLICKS OF COURSE, COMEDY, AND SOMETIMES I LIKE WATCHING SCAREY MOVIES BUT I ONLY PEEK THROUGH MY FINGERS, OR COVER MOST OF THE SCREEN SO I DONT SEE THE WHOLE THING HAPPENING...COME TO THINK OF IT I THINK IT'S JUST THE LOUD AND SUDDEN NOISES THAT SCARE ME, YOU KNOW THE REALLY INTENSE MUSIC....LOL
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Television:

I LOVE WATCHING OPRAH AND ELLEN, BUT MAINLY ANY MUSIC SHOWS AND THE NEWS OF COUSRE TO KEEP ME UP TO DATE WITH THE WORLD.

Heroes:

JESUS CHRIST, AND MY MOTHER. . .AND FATHER AND GRANDMA. MISS YOU MOM.

My Blog

Sunlight All Around Me - Life With Derek

Hey everyone.....as some of you may know not only do I love to perform, but I also love to write! Creating music can be pretty amazing....it definitely serves as an outlet for life’s emotions, b...
Posted by Elisa on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:42:00 PST

Chicago! Plus a Thank You for all of my Birthday wishes!!!

Hello, So Chicago was fantastic!!!!! Despite it being sooooo cold, the snow was beautiful. I felt like I was in my own little snow globe:) All 14 models representing, Clairol/Wella plus...
Posted by Elisa on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:20:00 PST

What I’ve been up to......

Hey Everyone:) Hope this finds you blessed. So this is my first blog entry. I've decided to start sharing what I've been up to. I returned from LA recently. I was out there writing/recording for two w...
Posted by Elisa on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:24:00 PST

Moving to Myspace Music

..> Moving to Myspace Music!!!!! Hey Everyone,I hope this message finds you blessed! Just wanted to invite you all to myspace music: www.myspace.com/elisarodriguezmusic Starting very soon I will o...
Posted by Elisa on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:15:00 PST