Carla Morrison
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Carla Morrison is a Mexican
pop-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist.
, Baja California, Mexico, a daughter of Mexican parents, Porfiria Flores and Hilario Morrison. At age 13, her father Hilario Viera decided to seek a better living working in San Diego, California. American William Morrison adopted him, resulting in Carla's father receiving the surname Morrison. Since childhood she related to the arts, such as drawing, poetry readings, writing stories and poems, crafts, dances, some styles such as African and jazz improvisation. But among all the arts, music symbolized her greatest passion. As a child she sang in secret, and was very shy and didn't sing publicly until doing shows with friends in high school. In her first year of high school, Carla moved to Phoenix, Arizona
, where she completed her studies and entered the Music College at the University of Arizona. After returning to Tecate, she played with local rock bands including Revolver and Zombras. Carla learned to play different rhythms, such as Batucada, which includes driving percussion instruments such as maracas, tambourines and drums.
Although the band signed with Sony BMG and booked a tour of Mexico, Carla instead decided to return to Phoenix and strengthen her abilities as an artist by resuming her musical studies at Mesa Community College, learning piano, guitar, vocal performance, song and story music of the world.
In 2007 she gave her first solo performance in her hometown. With musicians Nick Kizer and Nichole Petta she formed the alt-rock band Babaluca.In 2008 they recorded the self-titled debut EP and performed in Arizona and California, and received a great deal of local press, including being named "Best Indie Band of Arizona for 2008."
Babaluca for now is finishing its first full album, and Carla also recorded a solo EP due in 2009.
Carla had the fortune to be known very well for internet and many pages have music
much to say ...... it was published as "The artist who comes to the 2010" and "The new artist who is giving to talk and northern Mexico" .. pages Cadiz Spain (Mister pollo.com) Madrid (Music Spinner Spain), Argentina (amodescubrircanciones.com), Peru (Sad Bastard Music), Los Angeles California (Alborde.com), Mexico City I haceruido.com) Phoenix Arizona (Clubfonograma.com), Japan, among others was mentioned in the personal web page of a supportive Julieta Venegas, Ximena Sariñana
Natalia Lafourcade songs and mentioning not being able to stop listening to her record also was added to a mix of music from a dj's famous New York called "Nacotheque" and collaborate on remixes of music with the band The Amparito of Guadalajara, Mexico .. .... had the opportunity to play at several places here in Tecate and ran voice (which was headlined by Javier Batiz in Tijuana (Forum and Multicluti and Cecut and Daniel Gutierrez Mofo opening for a singer of the renowned Mexican banda The gusana blind) and CECUT being entitled "The most anticipated artist of Baja California, in San Luis Rio Colorado (House of Culture) in
Guadalajara Mexico (Rusty Trombone, Candela Cafe, Cafe Andre Breton) and published by the Journal of the Week "LEISURE"
an article entitled "Tecate with love ..." and in Mexicali (Club Ultra) which fortunately was opening for Natalia Lafourcade and shared the stage with other talented artists such as Four for Tango (the rumors),
Titan (in Tijuana) and Mexicali (Literary Cafe and Ultra Barabri Natalia Lafourcade's show) ... there was when she began to know more and months later Natalia
volunteered to help Carla to record and produce something at home, simply because she was her fan,and of course she agreed. Carla was in Mexico city for 2 ½ weeks for about 4 trips and had the opportunity to play in the fru fru Theatre, with opening for the show's launch of disk huhuhu Natalia Lafourcade with an audience of 800 people,also play an acoustic show with Daniel Gutierrez ah been his music played alternative music a lot more famous and known in Mexico City called Reactor 105.7 FM, and played on the terrace the international hostel where on this tour sold all his records he had in hand, as also in many radio stations throughout the republic of Mexico.
Now Carla in 2011 played in the tent intolerant in the largest Latin American festival Vive Latino 2011 breaking the record of the tent full of history but the tent intolerant of this year. As well as achieving and playing Carla in the Lunario and sold out, which made Carla ah just to be on the Internet pages of YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and such, which recognizes carla helped spread over .
She is now preparing her new LP.
Carla also won the award for best folk album of 2010 in the award show IMAS 2011 (indie-o music awards). Natalia Lafourcade also won for best new producer of the album "while you were sleeping" "mientras tu dormias" and carla was also nominated for best solo album of the year but the prize was won by Rey Pila.
Carla Morrison remains independent and has her own label with Cosmic Records from Los Angeles, California.
Carla Morrison's music videos have been recorded by Artileria de Tijuana as well as her documentary "Colors Pains." Dolores a Colores.
Executive Producer of "While you were sleeping" was Leon Polar
The art cover of the cd was done by Vero Gatti from Buenos Aires Argentina.
Carla Morrison gave away her song "Hoy yo quiero" tu a NACO es Chido, record label from Japan to help raise money for the past Tsunami and Earthquake Japan suffered in March 2011
and with the same label Carla is also putting an LP record out in Japan on Fall 2011, putting together her 2 ep's and making a full length album with this 2.
Morrison's music has been featured on the NPR
program Alt.Latino and KCRW by posting her on their top 10 "Mientras tu dormias" best album of 2010
In 2011, Carla Morrison partnered with Iberoamerican Pop label KUDETA to release a 7" vinyl featuring the singles Una Salida and Tu Luz.
Currently working on a Full length album.
www.carlamorrisonmusica.com
www.twitter.com/carlamorrisonmx
www.myspace.com/carlamorrisonmusica
Cosmica Artists
BMI
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
pop-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Background and career
Carla Patricia Morrison Flores was born in TecateTecate
Tecate is a small city in Baja California, Mexico and the municipal seat of Tecate Municipality. It is located on the border with Tecate, California, United States in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. There is a small port of entry betwixt the sister cities that serves as a calmer...
, Baja California, Mexico, a daughter of Mexican parents, Porfiria Flores and Hilario Morrison. At age 13, her father Hilario Viera decided to seek a better living working in San Diego, California. American William Morrison adopted him, resulting in Carla's father receiving the surname Morrison. Since childhood she related to the arts, such as drawing, poetry readings, writing stories and poems, crafts, dances, some styles such as African and jazz improvisation. But among all the arts, music symbolized her greatest passion. As a child she sang in secret, and was very shy and didn't sing publicly until doing shows with friends in high school. In her first year of high school, Carla moved to Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, where she completed her studies and entered the Music College at the University of Arizona. After returning to Tecate, she played with local rock bands including Revolver and Zombras. Carla learned to play different rhythms, such as Batucada, which includes driving percussion instruments such as maracas, tambourines and drums.
Although the band signed with Sony BMG and booked a tour of Mexico, Carla instead decided to return to Phoenix and strengthen her abilities as an artist by resuming her musical studies at Mesa Community College, learning piano, guitar, vocal performance, song and story music of the world.
In 2007 she gave her first solo performance in her hometown. With musicians Nick Kizer and Nichole Petta she formed the alt-rock band Babaluca.In 2008 they recorded the self-titled debut EP and performed in Arizona and California, and received a great deal of local press, including being named "Best Indie Band of Arizona for 2008."
Babaluca for now is finishing its first full album, and Carla also recorded a solo EP due in 2009.
Carla had the fortune to be known very well for internet and many pages have music
much to say ...... it was published as "The artist who comes to the 2010" and "The new artist who is giving to talk and northern Mexico" .. pages Cadiz Spain (Mister pollo.com) Madrid (Music Spinner Spain), Argentina (amodescubrircanciones.com), Peru (Sad Bastard Music), Los Angeles California (Alborde.com), Mexico City I haceruido.com) Phoenix Arizona (Clubfonograma.com), Japan, among others was mentioned in the personal web page of a supportive Julieta Venegas, Ximena Sariñana
Natalia Lafourcade songs and mentioning not being able to stop listening to her record also was added to a mix of music from a dj's famous New York called "Nacotheque" and collaborate on remixes of music with the band The Amparito of Guadalajara, Mexico .. .... had the opportunity to play at several places here in Tecate and ran voice (which was headlined by Javier Batiz in Tijuana (Forum and Multicluti and Cecut and Daniel Gutierrez Mofo opening for a singer of the renowned Mexican banda The gusana blind) and CECUT being entitled "The most anticipated artist of Baja California, in San Luis Rio Colorado (House of Culture) in
Guadalajara Mexico (Rusty Trombone, Candela Cafe, Cafe Andre Breton) and published by the Journal of the Week "LEISURE"
an article entitled "Tecate with love ..." and in Mexicali (Club Ultra) which fortunately was opening for Natalia Lafourcade and shared the stage with other talented artists such as Four for Tango (the rumors),
Titan (in Tijuana) and Mexicali (Literary Cafe and Ultra Barabri Natalia Lafourcade's show) ... there was when she began to know more and months later Natalia
volunteered to help Carla to record and produce something at home, simply because she was her fan,and of course she agreed. Carla was in Mexico city for 2 ½ weeks for about 4 trips and had the opportunity to play in the fru fru Theatre, with opening for the show's launch of disk huhuhu Natalia Lafourcade with an audience of 800 people,also play an acoustic show with Daniel Gutierrez ah been his music played alternative music a lot more famous and known in Mexico City called Reactor 105.7 FM, and played on the terrace the international hostel where on this tour sold all his records he had in hand, as also in many radio stations throughout the republic of Mexico.
Now Carla in 2011 played in the tent intolerant in the largest Latin American festival Vive Latino 2011 breaking the record of the tent full of history but the tent intolerant of this year. As well as achieving and playing Carla in the Lunario and sold out, which made Carla ah just to be on the Internet pages of YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and such, which recognizes carla helped spread over .
She is now preparing her new LP.
Carla also won the award for best folk album of 2010 in the award show IMAS 2011 (indie-o music awards). Natalia Lafourcade also won for best new producer of the album "while you were sleeping" "mientras tu dormias" and carla was also nominated for best solo album of the year but the prize was won by Rey Pila.
Carla Morrison remains independent and has her own label with Cosmic Records from Los Angeles, California.
Carla Morrison's music videos have been recorded by Artileria de Tijuana as well as her documentary "Colors Pains." Dolores a Colores.
Executive Producer of "While you were sleeping" was Leon Polar
The art cover of the cd was done by Vero Gatti from Buenos Aires Argentina.
Carla Morrison gave away her song "Hoy yo quiero" tu a NACO es Chido, record label from Japan to help raise money for the past Tsunami and Earthquake Japan suffered in March 2011
and with the same label Carla is also putting an LP record out in Japan on Fall 2011, putting together her 2 ep's and making a full length album with this 2.
Morrison's music has been featured on the NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
program Alt.Latino and KCRW by posting her on their top 10 "Mientras tu dormias" best album of 2010
In 2011, Carla Morrison partnered with Iberoamerican Pop label KUDETA to release a 7" vinyl featuring the singles Una Salida and Tu Luz.
Studio Albums
- Aprendiendo a Aprender EP (2009)
- Mientras Tú Dormías (2010) produced by Mexican solo artist Natalia Lafourcade
- Jugando en Serio EP (2011) produced by Alejandro Jiménez
Currently working on a Full length album.
Singles
- " Esta Soledad" (2009)
- "Lagrimas" (2009)
- '"Compartir" [Single] (2010)
- "Yo sigo aqui" (Single 2010)
- "Una Salida" (2011)
External links
www.carlamorrisonmusica.com
- http://carlamorrisonmx.blogspot.com/
www.twitter.com/carlamorrisonmx
- http://www.facebook.com/CARLAMORRISONOFICIALMX
www.myspace.com/carlamorrisonmusica
- http://www.kudetalosangeles.com
Cosmica Artists
BMI