Maria's artistic influences range from musicians/ composers like Beetoveen, Warren Haynes, BB King, Mozart, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Buddy Guy, to bands like Dave Matthews Band, Pink Floyd, and Tower of Power. Her interest in these artists stems from her love of their impove and compositional skills.
Maria Staump is a composer, educator, publisher, performer, and business owner from San Diego, California.
Maria, and her husband Tim own Staump Productions LLC. Staump Productions LLC offers specialized services in composing, producing, recording, promoting, publishing ,and educating. Maria is an ASCAP publisher, and owns Maria Staump Publishing. Maria and her husband also own a social networking site for independent artist; www.staump.com.
Maria instructs over fifty students every month in her studio located in Santee, California. These students range from ages three up. Maria offers lessons for guitar, piano, voice, violin, and trumpet. Her students are taught music theory, composition, recording skills, performance, technique, and overall competency on their instrument. If you are interested in lessons please contact her at maria@staump.com, or 619-212-6656 for pricing and scheduling information.
Maria finished her first album, "Mi Vida Bonita," in February of 2008. She will also be releasing her full album,"Break The Box," in 2009, featuring The Maria Staump Band.
Maria is a college graduate with a degree in Music and has studied with outstanding musicians such as Mr.Fred Benedetti. Maria was also selected by Microsoft to participate in their independent artist program. Just go to Myspace.com/windows and you can download over 1000 free songs including Maria's single "Mi Vida Bonita!" Microsoft also selected Maria's video to be featured on the Microsoft Youtube page.
She is currently involved in various projects. She is writing, recording, and performing as a solo artist as well as with her band. She is also composing for various independent film and television projects.
Check out www.mariastaump.com for more information.
Track 1: Mi Vida Bonita, "My Beautiful Life": contains three parts, all played on classical guitar. These three parts consist of rhythm, bass, and melody.
Track 2: Sonando, "Dreaming": the rhythmic guitar is played on an acoustic and the solo is played on a hollow-body electric.
Track 3: Alivio, "Relief": consists on guitar and piano. The piano maintains the rhythm and bass while the classical guitar solos.
Track 4: Salida Del Sol, "Sunrise": this is a quartet consisting of bass, rhythm, and harmonizing melodies. Each part was played with classical guitar.
Track 5: Amante, "Lover": this song features piano and classical guitar. Each instrument alternates between accompaniament and melody.
Track 6: Anochecer, "Nightfall": this song is all piano. A minuet feel that maintains the dreamy atmosphere of the rest of the album.
Maria~ Mi Vida Bonita is a truly beautiful album. From your staccato fingerings to your delicate treatment of the chord structures - it shows not only your maturity as a musician, but also, your sensitivity for the emotion of the songwriter's intent. It is a pleasure to listen to you perform. ~Randy
VERY nice! I emailed your page to myself so when I have more time over the weekend I am going to give it another listen.REALLY liked your writing and playing a lot. Too bad we are on opposite coasts I'd love to collaborate. Your very talented.
