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IRENE

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IRENE'S BIO
Irene is a Los Angeles based artist with a mellow folk-infused vibe... Simply armed with a sweet, soulful, sultry voice, keyboard (mostly Rhodes), and an endless supply of metaphors this singer/songwriter offers a higher level of music with an organic feel... She's original and authentic…2 elements that are lacking from most artists today… her music has the ability to connect with others and meet them where they are in life…. Her voice soothes aching hearts… and her lyrics empower the soul with its imagery… This is fresh music that will leave you wanting more…
Irene’s love for music began at an early age…“I was raised on a strict diet of classical/jazz music... My father plays classical guitar so that’s the only music he felt was o.k.” (Mendelssohn, Bach, Debussy to Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker)
Her mother on the other hand exposed her to greats like the Beatles, Queen, Bee Gees, and her favorite Stevie Wonder. “I remember dancing with my mama under the moonlight while she had Yellow Submarine playing on her old record player… good music just gets into your soul.”
As an extremely artistic person she confesses, “I’ve always been a little awkward... I was taller than most, and preferred reading and putting on mock plays and commercials w/my siblings to being very social”... Her first “performance” was in Tokyo at a private Japanese elementary school... “I’ve always been a painfully shy, but when I sang, for the first time I felt a connection to people, and I just knew from then on that this would be one of the ways I would communicate.”
When she returned to the states she discovered gospel music and sang at churches and schools across the country w/various artists… “Music should move you… make you happy… melancholy, furious… uplifted… whatever the emotion I want to be left changed or bettered by it... That’s what I’d like to see in good music.”
Irene is currently writing new music to be recorded very soon... Stay Tuned. New music will coming soon and "Wish" will be available soon!!
WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING:
“Irene’s music enraptured me and has fulfilled simply everything a voice should be.”

"She's got her own unique style and killer talent! She's not one of those chicks that lets the computer do the singing."
THE LATEST...
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Member Since: 5/23/2006
Band Members: Me Myself and Irene Vocals, Rhodes, Keys- Irene
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Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Beatles, Doris Day, Stevie Wonder, Ani Di Franco, Jewel, Alanis, Beatles, Bjork, Bee Gees, Queen, Pink Martini, Fred Hammond, Leslie Phillips
Sounds Like: Fiona Apple, Jewel, Leslie Phillips, Natalie Merchant, 10,000 Maniacs, Annie Lennox, Alanis, Ani Di Franco, Rachael Yamagata, Susie Suh, Peggy Lee
Type of Label: None

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Will You Be Quoted...Street Team!

WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING: "Irene's music enraptured me and has fulfilled simply everything a voice should be." "She's got her own unique style and killer talent! She's not one of those chicks that...
Posted by IRENE on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:55:00 PST

New Song: HERO New Mix!

New Song up:New mix of my new song  "Hero"Is there anything better than sitting around arranging my music? I love it! Added some background vocals and strings and arranging in the studio w/Mark P...
Posted by IRENE on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:26:00 PST

Amen.

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." -E....
Posted by IRENE on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:11:00 PST

Vitamin Love...

Thankyou so much for being my friends and for being interested in my music, putting them on your profiles to share w/friends and  for coming back so often to hear the music. It truly means so muc...
Posted by IRENE on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:02:00 PST

Dont's For Artists..


Posted by IRENE on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:23:00 PST

Rhodes = Good Times

happiness is: sitting around arranging/recording music in the studio w/ erick and t-dog. I PLAYED  RHODES KEYBOARD TODAYand I am in lovvvvve!!!! (hence the capital letters)...
Posted by IRENE on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:10:00 PST

Gangsta's Paradise ...

NO, I'm not on Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise, but I did work for 2 of it's producers MANY moons ago...The song "You Are My Friend" on my page was written by Devon Davis and Christopher Hamabe who went o...
Posted by IRENE on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:03:00 PST

See Irene In Red Hot Chili Peppers Video...

Hey! Funnn... look for me in  the latest music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers featuring musicians.."Tell Me Baby"... great concept... it paid  peanuts, but I probably would've done...
Posted by IRENE on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:23:00 PST

Cleanse My Palette Enough of This...

on the night of the twenty-first pumpkin squashing anniversary, i was watching you watching me. our eyes met as you handed me your spatula or whatever the heck that pointy thing was. i ...
Posted by IRENE on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:19:00 PST

Lyrics...And Other Ramblings...

  Who Is This Man ***Luke 8:36-50 *** © Irene Carranza 2000-2006   Her lips couldnt move to speak/ She wondered what has come over me/ And who is this Man/ Moving so softly/ And what does He...
Posted by IRENE on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:26:00 PST