alfa garcia - vocals, guitar, piano, violin
dave dodds - drums, percussion
jon mcelroy - double bass, electric bass
Influences
Jewel, Fiona Apple, silverchair, Ingrid Michaelson, Regina Spektor, Camille, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak and folk songs from childhood.
Singer-songwriter ALFA credits her love of music to family, who surrounded her early childhood with Filipino folk songs, church hymns and duets around the piano in the church where her grandfather preached. Years later and half a world away, the hobby stuck. After formal studies in piano and violin, Alfa began songwriting, taught herself guitar and cut her first demo at the age of 15. Known for her raspy voice and onstage charisma, she learned to embrace the stage as a student at NYU, polishing her chops in venues all over New York City and opening for such acts as The Rembrandts, Geneva Cruz/Rachel Alejandro and Mike Hanopol. Comfortable playing solo and with her band, Alfa has toured to cities across the country and recently claimed the Grand Prize at Kollaboration Acoustic 3 in L.A. Her full-length debut album, "Second Skin" is available on iTunes, Amazon and her official website, www.alfa-music.com.
Here's my first-place performance at KOLLABORATION ACOUSTIC 3 in Los Angeles:
"Isabelle" at Sage Theatre, NYC
The Alfa Band w/ special guests at The Bitter End 9.22.09
yup. welcome alfa =) we should get something to eat in the city. lemme know when you're around. would be g cool to talk about the music biz and promoting. maybe we could play on the same ticket.. mail my persoinbal page back with your phone if you can. i lost it a while back when i got a new phone. anyway take it easy and keep in touch - Jimmy
Hey there!! Hope everything is going good with you!! We were just letting you know that we have put two new songs up that you NEED to check out!! Guaranteed life-changers!! A Lady Like You and Funkatron 9000 are up now!!! Check them out!! :D
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