Angela Ortiz
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The daughter of two schoolteachers, Angela taught herself to play piano in a house on twenty-four acres of evergreen forest in rural western New York State. Her unique brand of alt-indie piano pop was described by MusicDish.com as, “…right on the edge of jazz and Broadway, but[…]all dressed and ready to go as contemporary pop.”
While studying vocal performance at NYU, she discovered that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote some wacky stuff, Puccini wrote songs that were impossibly hard to sing, and Wagner was probably not a very nice man. She also discovered that it was ultimately more fun to compose, so she began writing her own songs during the time that she was supposed to be practicing “Oh, dry the glist’ning tear”.
The songs she began to write in hijacked college practice rooms became the foundation for her first album, “All About You”; a recent release from Random Chance Records. Recorded entirely at home, these eleven tracks include collaborations with some of the best musicians on the NYC music scene. The songs deal with everyday issues like disappointment and gratitude, self-doubt and self-indulgence, but mostly they revolve around a burning desire to answer the eternal question, “What’s next?”
Now based in New York, Angela has had her music featured NPR, on radio stations all over the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia, as well as on numerous internet radio stations, podcasts and television shows.
While studying vocal performance at NYU, she discovered that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote some wacky stuff, Puccini wrote songs that were impossibly hard to sing, and Wagner was probably not a very nice man. She also discovered that it was ultimately more fun to compose, so she began writing her own songs during the time that she was supposed to be practicing “Oh, dry the glist’ning tear”.
The songs she began to write in hijacked college practice rooms became the foundation for her first album, “All About You”; a recent release from Random Chance Records. Recorded entirely at home, these eleven tracks include collaborations with some of the best musicians on the NYC music scene. The songs deal with everyday issues like disappointment and gratitude, self-doubt and self-indulgence, but mostly they revolve around a burning desire to answer the eternal question, “What’s next?”
Now based in New York, Angela has had her music featured NPR, on radio stations all over the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia, as well as on numerous internet radio stations, podcasts and television shows.
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We Must Be All Right
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Song For Lost Friends
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Last of Who You Are full track | 4:44 |
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Days of Lemonade full track | 3:53 |
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Finish What You Started full track | 4:14 |
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16 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ortizangela
As a testament to how much I don't use myspace anymore, I just approved two comments that were about 2 weeks old. I even get myspace updates on my Crackberry, but I usually just ignore them. …
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First Friday's is back with a special guest...
2 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ortizangela
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AngelaOrtiz added Angela Ortiz to the lineup of Rick and Wayne's "Off The Wagon" Night at Banjo Jim's. December 2008
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AngelaOrtiz added Angela Ortiz to the lineup of Empire Weekend Tour at Boulder Coffee Co.. December 2008
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