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carlajpatterson
(Carla J. Patterson)


Member Since: Sunday, August 30 2009 @ 02:33 PM CDT
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Homepage: http://www.icompositions.com/artists/carlajpatterson
Location: Richmond, CA United States
Song Comments: 79
Song Votes: 1
Forum Posts: 3
Weekly Points: 24.90
Total Points: 216.20
Bio:
Singer/Songwriter/Arranger/Composer/Poet
Classically-trained in singing, music theory, and compostion

I love to sing and my voice is my best instrument
Improvisation is my joy, creativity is my passion

Love to collaborate

I broadcast a weekly show on Ustream called Improv Friday West
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/improvfriday-west
carlajpatterson's Songs (9)
Date Title Rating Hits Genre Last Comment Status
11.19.09 Memories of Life 10.00 (1) 42 (4) Classical 11.24.09 Active
11.01.09 The Vampire's Lament 10.00 (1) 71 (10) Spoken Word-Poetry 11.19.09 Active
10.26.09 Victory  (---) 113 (14) Classical 11.19.09 Active
09.18.09 Fall With Abandon (Tom's Mix) 10.00 (1) 185 (7) Jazz Fusion 11.19.09 Active
09.15.09 Carla's Second Ember 10.00 (1) 198 (14) Jazz Fusion 09.24.09 Active
09.15.09 Fall With Abandon 10.00 (1) 162 (8) Ambient 09.18.09 Active
09.09.09 Baby, I Miss You 10.00 (1) 227 (10) Blues (contemporary) 09.18.09 Active
09.09.09 Carla's First Ember 10.00 (1) 240 (11) New Age 09.22.09 Active
09.08.09 3 AM 10.00 (1) 247 (15) Open Collaborations 09.15.09 Active
Favorite Songs (30)
Title Artist Date Genre
Lullaby for the Inner Child drakonis 11.11.09 Ballad
Here to Hear - collab Boundless 11.04.09 Jazz (instrumental)
Way Down FIlth shavingronaldscar 10.26.09 Dance-Club
Personal Space 09 w/ Daugrin tonestones 10.18.09 Progressive Rock
Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge MarkHolbrook 09.29.09 Film Scoring
1970's kingbee 09.14.09 Alternative Rock
Boot Dragger's Waltz johnwhitehead 09.11.09 Bluegrass
All About You ramonaji 09.08.09 Jazz Fusion
Coded Zenitude yohmar 09.04.09 Ambient
A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani ) Feter 09.03.09 Acoustic
I Settled for a Monster claypotts 09.03.09 Blues (contemporary)
You Broke Your Promise - Intimate Confessions JayLCiazz 08.31.09 Acoustic
A Man Who Is Drinking - Intimate Confessions JayLCiazz 08.30.09 Acoustic
World of Wonders kassia 08.24.09 Experimental
Asleep Last Night - LIOLI9 awigze 08.21.09 Jazz (vocal)
no smoke ste 08.12.09 Pop (Alternative)
Garden of Love (after William Blake) AlchymicalMuse 08.10.09 Experimental
The Alchymical Muse AlchymicalMuse 08.07.09 Other
The Journey Boundless 07.29.09 Jazz (instrumental)
Abracadabra lengold 07.20.09 Alternative Rock
Ember Remembered - Drakonis Open Collab Boundless 06.29.09 Jazz Fusion
Little Buddha davisamerica 04.23.09 Experimental
10 - The End Is Black - Apple Of Eve o0o 03.17.09 Other
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late PinkFreud 02.24.09 Rock
SPIRIT (Open Collab?) LunaTrick 01.19.09 Open Collaborations
"Galadriel's Mirror" CharlyDee|Doldrums|C2001 CharlyDeeCynthius 03.04.08 Jazz (vocal)
Another Green Ember w/Drakonis bud 10.30.07 Open Collaborations
Ember michael2 03.31.07 Ambient
You Feter 12.17.06 Classical
Ember-Rekindled drakonis 09.05.05 Open Collaborations
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Music Background I have done a lot of studying but also learned a lot from doing. Started scatting when I was a child listening to my Dad's jazz albums. Wanted to sing all of the instrumental parts right off the bat. My first musical instrument other than my voice was a french horn and I became first chair by junior high. Studied violin and piano as a child, never got very far with either. I take to instruments with single voices the best, not surprisingly. :) Recorders, saxophone, trumpet, the afore-mentioned french horn, and the erhu (which has only two strings and sounds remarkably close to a human voice when played well). Lost my voice after a few years of singing jazz in smokey clubs. Voice class at a local junior college helped me get my voice back and turned me on to the fact that I had the voice for opera. Joined a few choirs - sang opera, sang gospel, sang lieder and art songs, sang jazz. Studied music theory and composition in college and took private lessons in the classical repertoire for both coloratura and lyric soprano. Composed music and did arrangements. Sang for a living for a while. Hated the music 'business'. Enjoying the online collaborative music sites A LOT. It's a whole new world for musicians nowadays and I find it exciting rather than daunting. I have a lot of music available for listening at icompositions.com.
Music Skills Voice (singing of all kinds, vocalizing - sound effects and instruments, vocal 'landscaping', improv/scat) Songwriting (both melodies and lyrics or lyrics only - accompaniments, songbeds, astmospheres) Arranging (esp. vocal arrangements and harmonies, re-envisioning 'standards') Spoken Word (poetry to music, poetry alone, encorporating spoken word 'jams' into songs) Keyboards (enough to play a little, but never while performing - enough to compose with) Percussion (mallet instruments, congas, this and that)
Music Hardware Digio 001 from DigiDesign USB Mixer from Alesis Electronic guitar with midi from Yamaha Casio keyboard with full-sized keys as a midi-controller Powered speakers Midi Sport 2x2 from M-audio Boom mic stand MXL USB Mic Shur SM58 Mic Altec-Lansing headphone/mic combo (spoze it's for gaming but it works well for music too)
Music Software Logic Pro Studio ProTools LE Audacity Peak and SoundSoap Finale Smart Music Studio GarageBand SoundConverter EJamming Audiio Skype and Ustream (which I use for music broadcasting) Camtwist (also for broadcasting)
Keywords singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, improvisational music, experimental music, jazz, opera, collaboration, broadcasting, ustream, improv friday west, icompositions, live jamming
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