| AVIDIVA HAS BEEN GIGGING AND RECORDING IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR 10 YEARS AND RUNNING, A STRONG START AT 25 YEARS OLD. GROWING UP SITTING IN WITH SOME OF NM'S BEST PLAYERS IN THE BLUES AND JAZZ SCENE, SHE GOT A TASTE FOR THE STAGE AT A YOUNG AGE, AND A MOMENTUM THAT HAS BROUGHT HER INTO THE SPOTLIGHT OVER AND OVER. RECORDING WITH HER GARAGE BAND "THE BUMPIN' UGLIES" AT THUNDERBIRD STUDIOS IN TIJERAS AT 16 YEARS OLD, SHE LAYED DOWN HER FIRST PRO TRACKS ON THE SOUND BOARDS FROM ABBEY ROAD. SHE WOULD TAKE THE STAGE AGAIN WITH DAN GARDUNO "THE GLASSMAN" AND JOSH ALLENFLOWERS OF "CHRONIC LOGIC", OPENING FOR TIM REYNOLDS (OF DAVE MATTHEWS FAME), AND HONING HER SKILLS WITH THIS GROUP "ELEMENT 37" FOR 2004. THEN JOINING UP WITH WINNER OF THE NM'S BEST BANDS TITLE AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED "CONCEPTO TAMBOR" TO EMBARK UPON THREE CALIFORNIA TOURS IN HER FIRST YEAR WITH THE GROUP, NEVER SPEAKING A LICK OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE. AVIDIVA PLUNGED INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF LATIN SABOR, AFRO-POLY RHYTHYMS, AND COMPLEX SOARING VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS THAT TOOK THIS ARTIST TO A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION. THIS EXPERIENCE ALSO AWAKENENED THE BEAST IN AMANDA IN TERMS OF WANTING TO LEARN MORE IN THE FIELDS OF PROMOTION, NETWORKING, SOUND AND PRODUCTION. AS A HARD WORKING REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, SHE STILL WRITES SONGS MIGHTIER THAN SHE SINGS THEM, FINDS TIME TO GO GO DANCE FOR LOCAL CANCER BENEFIT SHOWS, AND AS A WALKING DEMO CAN WHIP OUT AN ECCLECTIC RANGE OF VOCAL STYLES RANGING FROM JAZZ STANDARDS TO ROCK AND ROLL AND ELECTRONICA AT THE DROP OF A HAT. SHE IS NOW SITTING IN OCCASIONALLY WITH LOCAL ELITE JAZZ SETS, BUT LOOKING FOR THE CATALYST TO BRING HER TO THE NEXT BIG STAGE, AND GET THIS ASTOUNDINGLY SEASONED YOUNG VOICE INTO THE MINDS OF THE MASSES.... |
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