Alfa
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Second Skin
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Supergirl
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Isabelle
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General Info
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Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Pop
Location Los Angeles, California, Un
Profile Views: 121579
Last Login: 8/23/2011
Member Since 10/18/2004
Website www.alfa-music.com
Type of Label Unsigned
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Bio
Born in the idyllic countryside of the Philippines and raised in New Jersey by a single mom and extended family, Alfa got her start playing classical piano and violin. At 13, Alfa taught herself guitar and crafted a sound suited for her not-so-run-of-the-mill voice, drawing comparisons to Jewel, Fiona Apple and Joni Mitchell, and later Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor. Since the release of her debut LP, "Second Skin" (2009), Alfa has found herself on more planes than fingers (and toes) combined. Touring Texas, the Midwest, the East Coast and California in 2011 alone. Her music has been heard on MTV, MYX and MNet. A smart lyricist with a knack for catchy melodies and a signature raspy voice, Alfa has brought her organic musical style to the stages of the Ford Amphitheatre and The Shrine (to a crowd of 6,000) in Los Angeles, Lincoln Center and the Highline Ballroom in New York. In 2011, Alfa took the leap and moved to Los Angeles, her white Nissan filled to the brim with instruments and belongings. In 2010, Alfa's uplifting piano-pop song, "Supergirl" made the honorable mention list of the New York Songwriters Circle's Songwriting Competition. The same year, Alfa's music video for the Shakespeare-inspired song, "Love as Tragedy: A Play in 3 Acts" made its debut (directed by David Speranza). In 2009, Alfa took home the Grand Prize in Kollaboration Acoustic 3 in Hollywood, a nation-wide talent competition featuring Asian-American talent. "Second Skin" was produced by Alex Houton (Charlotte Sometimes, Jet, Panic at the Disco) in Red Bank, NJ and was written in an attic in northern NJ shortly after Alfa graduated college. It is available on www.alfa-music.com, and on iTunes, Amazon, iHeartRadio, Pandora and other major digital distributors. Alfa endorses Walden Guitars. Stay tuned for her upcoming Nashville-and-LA-based musical project, The Idle Hours. -
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Influences
Too many: Sara Bareilles, Fiona Apple, Brandi Carlile, Patty Griffin, Ingrid Michaelson, Regina Spektor, Camille, Jewel, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak and folk songs from childhood... -
Sounds Like
..Screaming in a soft voice...
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Alfa
Check out the new Idle Hours debut single!! So PROUD to have written this song with @Lacuesta http://t.co/Jlt7P9cv
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Alfa
Hi friends! My friend Marc Lacuesta and I are finally presenting our duo project, The Idle Hours. It's something we've been working on for a little less than a year, and we've got our first single up! Please do me a big favor and give it a listen, and if you really like it, please support us by downloading the single on iTunes! Thank you lots! <3
IT’S A GIRL! “Wait For Me” – The Idle Hours DEBUT SINGLE
Finally! It’s here! =) We are soooo spectacularly excited to present our debut single, “Wait For Me”, fresh from the presses and available for download on iTunes! Marc and I...
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It's here!! The Idle Hours debut single! DL it on ITunes now! #waitforme #theidlehours @Lacuesta http://t.co/VweiX0Lk
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And please support #TheIdleHours single by downloading the track on iTunes! http://t.co/4KBPlH0c Thanks much! You rock. <3
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Friends! It's here! The Idle Hours' debut single, "Wait For Me" by yours truly and @lacuesta on #soundcloud http://t.co/wUAb52Ki
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Videos
Alfa covering Feist's 1 2 3 4
02:45 | 550 plays | Jan 30 2008
Music
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7 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
Comments
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- Kerri Edelman - Now on …1 year ago
Hi. Thanks for the add! Great music! Please take
a listen to some of the music off of my album (now available on iTunes)
and leave a comment. Thanks so much! Kerri <3 - the Fluu (producer)1 year ago
Thanks, Not too many people actually communicate or link here anymore ..... It's a shame. I aint really feelin the face book thing !!! seems to be a lil boring suited with "Who cares" Whatcha think ?? ............... anyways ................. Spreadin some dizzy dizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaze ....... Play nice !!! ~the Fluu (producer)
- Mandy Sleaze ©2 years ago
Hi come and take a listen to our Kickass Rock N Roll !
And leave us a comment ! ;)
-Mandy Sleaze- - Sun Room Audio2 years ago
Just making and mixing lots of cool records. Looks like you're busy as well, congrats!
- Sun Room Audio2 years ago
Yeah Alfa, rock it!
- Jeremi T2 years ago
I hope your Holidays were fun!
Your a great preformer ^^ - Luis Hernandes2 years ago
wish to you a good Christmas holidays in good harmony.
Keep good music alive
Luis Hr - Karl Hugo2 years ago
Thank you Alfa for the friendship. You have a beautiful, fresh and delicate voice. Good songs too.
- Paul M. Bauer2 years ago
Been listening to "Second Skin" all night. It is wonderful. I LOVE the songs, and, frankly, I'm hard to please when it comes to songwriting. Your singing is GREAT, the performances are wonderfully arranged and executed, and production values are very high (listening through my Sennheizers, which have great separation). Glad I got my cold ass out of the house and down to the party. I really enjoyed it, but TOO short. Every time I see you you're more polished and comfortable on the stage. Careful, you may be becoming a VETERAN. Good luck with MTV. That's very exciting, and when Home Shopping Club comes begging, you can tell them what to do with a kite.
- Heartville2 years ago
lovely sounds..
