Beauty Behind The Strings
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
By Camillia Harris.
Stacia, a native of Cleveland Ohio, comes to us with the sounds of Reggae and Soul. Stacia has a passion for soul music so she creates music geared towards life, love, and liberty.
Stacia says, “Music has always been a love of mine.” Her musical experiences derive from her childhood. As a child she played in the orchestra, played the violin, and was a member of her high school gospel choir. Stacia started out doing background vocals for various local hip hop artist and live music with local musicians, which helped build her self-confidence to embark on her own dream of becoming an artist.
Stacia always had a goal of working in Television so with a degree in Communications, she landed a great job with 11 Alive News/ NBC affiliate here in Atlanta. She worked on the production crew where she met a lot of great and interesting people. After being there for a little over 5 years, she noticed that her dreams of music were not being fulfilled. In 2005 she gradually started getting back into her music. Doing background vocals for Eshe who is a member of Hip-Hop group Arrested Development and singing on the praise team at Solomon’s Porch Ministries, which is led by renowned R & B artist Dionne Farris. Finally, she decided to branch out on her own and pursue her dream of music. As a songwriter, guitarist, and violinist, Stacia’s musical talents comes as first nature for her, and shooting for the stars is the only direction she wants to continue in. Stacia states, “When I set out to do something, I won’t stop until I finish. It’s my dream, goal, and passion to create beautiful music.”
Stacia mentions that she hasn’t always had great confidence in her creativity and talents. Based on experiences and personal growth, she has gravitated to the womanly built, admirable and intriguing self-confidence that is displayed in her now. She soon realized that her own fears were impeding her musical success. She is now running in a musical marathon that she hopes will never stop. With numerous gigs to note, Stacia Performed at The Sweet Auburn Music Festival in Atlanta, she is also on the soundtrack for movie “Surfer Dude” as a backup singer for Mishka of J.K. (Just Keep) Living Records, along with many live performances around the city of Atlanta. She shared the stage with well known reggae artists at the “Unite the People” show in Montego Bay, Jamaica where her single called, “Yeah” was released. She was a back-up singer for Nas at the 2008 BET Hip Hop music awards.
Her first album had a musical concentration in Reggae, so in preparation for her next, she plans to have a very active role, doing majority of her own writing and re-introducing the beauty behind the strings of her guitar. Although Stacia considers herself a soulful artist and often being compared to Sade and India Arie, she has a heartfelt feel for Rock, and this album will introduce you to it. With plans to release her first single by this summer, and her next album still left untitled, she states that her music will represent nothing less than Life, Love, and Liberty. Be on the lookout for performances at local venues and be amongst the first to get the album. Stay tuned for more updates on Stacia, “The Beauty Behind The Strings”.
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