Introducing Contemporary R&B Indie Artist
STORM
Storm
is
originally from Brooklyn, NY. The
youngest of a large family of musicians, she knew what she wanted to do, but
didn’t begin singing until the age of 14, when she participated in her first
competition in her home town of Bayamon, P.R., where her mother and she moved
to in 1989. She started taking classical
training with the Puerto Rican soprano Darizabel Izales, and later on began
studying music in the University of Puerto Rico, where she continued her training
with Jose Ramon Torres. But in between
that period of time, from her arrival to Puerto Rico and her last year of high
school, she had won seven out of eight singing competitions throughout the
island.
In college
she began acting in small roles and started taking small parts, mainly as an extra
in the local musical productions, trying to focus her mind mostly on her
studies. But her true calling came in a
college competition in 1996, where she won first place and caught the eye of
musician Ramon “Junior” Irizarry. Junior
Irizarry is a renowned musician, who worked with many artists such as Latin
stars Marc Anthony, Gilberto Santa Rosa, La India, as well as Billy Joel,
George Benson and many more. He had a
small group at the time that did fundraisers and private conventions in various
hotels, and he needed a female vocalist.
Here Storm obtained the experience that would help her decide, once and
for all, the road she wanted to travel.
Storm
continued singing in these venues until she finally decided on moving back to
her birthplace, New York City, to follow her dreams. As soon as she arrived she was given the
opportunity to participate in a musical production of the Ujama Black Theater
titled “The Harlem Renaissance”. Here
she made her debut as an actress, playing the seductress “Mrs. Walker”. The musical was an experience for her and
gave her the knowledge she needed to pursue not only a career in music, but
also in acting.
Not too long
after that Storm met who would now be her writing partner, composer/producer
Luis Burgos of the successful group Candela Soul. Together they worked on the collective
production “Maria Dolores”, working with various artists including Reggaeton
sensation Chyno Nino and Latin MC, Enemigo.
Storm
started venturing in other genres of music, working with Rock-Funk band Digg
Deep, as well as with the well known Hip Hop/spoken word artists, The Welfare
Poets. Coincidentally, working with
these last two groups would bring her to cross paths with Alkebulan.
Storm just
completed a six-month residency at East Harlem’s Camarades El Barrio. She’s
dedicated to bringing back the classic vibes of R&B grooves but
incorporating a more modern feel to it, developing a sound all her own. For
more info, please visit Storm’s page on
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