SoundClick artist: Ocean - Oceansingersongwriterproducercreates exotic funk pop with melodic hooksand wild waves of passion str

OCEAN, singer-songwriter-producer, infuses the magical feel of the seven seas into hypnotic vocals and raps which drift mesmerizingly aloft the hard funk of danceable rhythms, while the accents of other cultures take the forms of Turco-Arabic melodic and rhythmic influences, and her dreamy lyrics create a beautiful spell through multi-ranged vocals and raps. Ocean lives at the ocean, surfs, and writes, performs and produces her own music, and is a prolific songwriter of many styles. Ocean volunteers for wildlife rescue,is an active conservationist, and a prolific songwriter of many styles.

Why this name?

Ocean is her real name.

Do you play live?

Ocean is producing her second cd and is in pre-production of her second film from which to edit her second music video. Ocean plays out on the California coast during this time, and will be touring more extensively in the autumm. Ocean has traveled the globe and played live on several continents.

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

easier exchange of info and promo

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

Ocean is open to possibilities which would meet her career plans.

Band History:

OCEAN, SINGER-SONGWRITER-PRODUCER, WAS BORN OF SCANDINAVIAN PARENTAGE, RAISED PARTLY IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, AND PARTLY ON THE FLORIDA COAST, SCHOOLED IN NY STATE AND EUROPE, RAN AWAY MANY TIMES, BECAME A WORLD TRAVELLER, CREATING MUSIC ALL THE WHILE, DREAMED OF A SUPER WORLD GROUP OF PLAYERS FROM THE EXOTIC PLACES SHE'D VISITED, FOUND IT WAS BEST TO PLAY WITH DIVERSE MUSICIANS AND RECORD WITH VARIOUS ENGINEERS TO CREATE MUSIC HER OWN WAY, PROJECT BY PROJECT, RATHER THAN HAVING JUST ONE BAND, SO, BEING A SOLO ARTIST, SHE HAS HER DREAM, AND COLLECTS THE BEST PLAYERS FROM THE BEST BACKGROUNDS FOR EACH SONG SHE PRODUCES, AND THIS WAY SHE CREATES HER OWN MUSIC, IN HER OWN UNIQUE WAY, AND SHE THUS BRINGS TOGETHER THE BEST MUSIC OF THE SEVEN SEAS INTO ONE OCEAN.

Your influences?

hendrix,robert johnson,led zep, ac/dc,al green,ann peebles, chris cornell, c.o.c.,peggy lee,james brown

Favorite spot?

too many to disclose, but some favorites are Roma, Morocco,the Khyber Pass, the Empty Quarter (ar-rub ah-hali) in Saudi Arabia, anywhere on the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the South Seas...

Equipment used:

as a producer,on electronica stuff,as on every song, i use various machinery ,depending upon which studio i have chosen for the particular song.

Anything else...?

depends on the musicians i've chosen for whatever song, and on the studio,and on the gig.

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