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- World Of Music - Svastara - 2008 |
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Ella Blue
San Diego, California, USA |
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Ella Blue was born in Japan, but grew up in Southern
California. Ella's love for music started at a young age when she could be heard
belting out Kenny Roger's "Lucille". Bound to be a clarinet
player, a trip to visit family in Alaska quickly showed her the light and changed
her path forever. Listening to her Grandfather's Band, Young At Heart,
she learned a quick appreciation and love for Jazz, Blues and the trumpet.
Favorite artist ranging from Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong
to Natalie Maines, Patsy Cline & Faith Hill, she has strong and obvious
influences in two genres of music - The Blues and Country.
Ella's training in music started on that family trip when
her Grandfather handed her a trumpet, she went on to join her elementary school
band and even
composed her first song featuring trumpet, of course, in 4th grade. She continued
playing trumpet through high school when she changed her groove and slipped
into a deeper sound with a Euphonium. Beginning her life as a vocalist didn't
begin until her senior year of high school when she joined an all female dancing
choir, often featured as a soloist. Her talents in music on many different
levels (writing, arranging, and performing) excelled quickly and won her many
awards and scholarship offers. The one accepted was with the renowned School
of Music at the University of Redlands.
Always learning the hard way, Ella faced many trials and tribulations starting
at a young age. One of the hardest, being abandoned in the middle of the country,
in a small Texas town with two small children. Working as a cocktail waitress
and bartender in different Austin, Texas bars, Ella delved into her, for a
short time lost, musical side to cope with the pain of life.
All the hard time she endured you can hear reflected in the velvety, low and
soulful tones of her voice. Taking in all influences and training, she had
definitely developed a unique sound of her own.
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