AS A R&B ARTIST I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN ALBUM THAT IS BEING PRODUCED BY "SEVEN". SEVENS BEATS ARE SMOOTH, MELODIC AND ABSOLUTLY WEST COAST AND ARE A PERFECT MATCH FOR MY STRONG BUT LAID BACK OLD SCHOOL VOCALS. I HAVE BEEN CLASSICALLY TRAINED IN MUSIC HOWEVER I PREFER SINGING SONGS THAT YOUR SOUL CAN GET LOST IN. TAKE A LISTEN TO MY TRACKS AND I'M SURE YOU CAN AGREE! ALL FEEDBACK IS APPRECIATED AND THERE IS MORE GOOD MUSIC ON THE WAY!! CHECK ME OUT ON MY SPACE I HAVE PHTOS AND MORE INFO THERE ...http://www.myspace.com/bellasdds

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STUDIO SESSIONS ARE SCHEDULED THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS SO IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE FINISHING UP MY ALBUM VERY SOON...FINALLY!! THE NEW YEAR HAS BEEN AND WILL BE GREAT FOR ME...SOMETHNG I NEEDED AFTER HAVING SUCH A DIFFICULT 2006! AS AM OPTIMIST I HAVE TO ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE....AND THAT IS;
MY VOCALS WILL REVEALTHE DEEP EMOTION CONVEYED IN MY NEXT SONGS.... A TRUE BENIFIT. AFTER ALL EMMOTION IS WHAT TRANSFORMS CREATIVITY INTO ART!!
I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED!

BECOMING BELLA

ERICA RODRIGUEZ WAS BORN IN THE INNER CITY OF FRESNO CALIFORNIA . THE STREETS WERE UNKIND AND LITTERED WITH DRUGS AND DEATH. THIS GHETTO WAS NO PLACE FOR A GROWING HUNGRY TALENTED SOUL. UNFORTUNATELY HER MOTHER AND FATHER HAD ALREADY FALLEN PREY TO THE STREET LIFE AND IN TIME ERICA WOULD BE NO EXCEPTION. ONE BY ONE HER FAMILY BECAME A FIXTURE IN THE BARRIO BUT ALAS THERE WAS HOPE. ONE DIGNIFIED AUNT WOULD SAVE ERICA FROM THIS LIFE AND RAISE HER TO BE GREAT.
AT THE TENDER AGE OF SIX HER DEAR AUNT MARY SWEPT HER OFF TO A SMALL RURAL TOWN IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO CALLED ANTHONY. IT WAS NOT GLAMOROUS, NOT COVETED BUT DEFINETLY SAFE. HERE IN THIS SMALL TOWN ERICA WOULD GROW AND DEVELOP AN AMAZING TALENT. ONE THAT WOULD ENSURE HER AN EDUCATION AND THE APPRECIATION OF MANY WELL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN MUSICIANS. ERICA WORKED HARD PRACTICING EVERY SECOND SHE COULD. SINGING BECAME HER LIFE, HER LOVE, HER PASSION, AND A FILLER FOR THE VOID RESULTING FROM A PAST BROKEN FAMILY. ERICA'S EFFORTS WERE WELL RECEIVED AND WELL NOTED. GADSDEN HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE SHE WOULD WORK UNDER HER MENTOR TOM KLASSEN WHERE SHE MASTERED CLASSICAL STYLE AND PERFORMANCE. HER VOICE WAS WELL DEVELOPED AND WELL NOTICED AND SHE EARNED MANY AWARDS INCLUDING SUPERIOR RATINGS AT ALL HER COMPITIONS, INDUCTED INTO THE HONORABLE STATE CHORUS AND EVEN RECEIVED A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY. HOWEVER, ERICA FOUND COLLEGE LIFE UNFULFILLING AND LEFT TO CALIFORNIA IN SEARCH OF HER SINGING DREAM. INSTEAD SHE FELL IN LOVE AND FOUND A HUSBAND. MR. DREW WAS A BUSINESS MAN WHO WOULD TEACH HER ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF LIFE AS WELL AS PROVIDE A LIFESTYLE THAT CELEBRITIES MIGHT ENVY. MR. DREW ALSO MADE ERICA A PROUD AND BUSY STEPMOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN! ERICA DREW AT THIS POINT WANTED VERY MUCH TO SUCCEED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND ONE LONG AWAITED DAY SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A WEST COAST PRODUCER NAMED "SEVEN". APPARENTLY A LOCAL MUSIC AGENT NAMED MICAH MACABE HAD NOTICED HER TALENT AND ARRANGED A MEETING FOR HER TO MEET PRODUCER/RAPER JAMIE GONZALEZ AKA "SEVEN". MR. MACABE STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT ERICAS VOCAL TALENT COMBINED WITH SEVENS SMOOTH WEST COAST BEATS WOULD BE A HIT! THE MEETING WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THESE SONGS AS WELL AS HER NEW NICKNAME "BELLA" ARE A PRODUCT OF THOSE STUDIO SESSIONS AS WELL AS OTHER SOULFUL MELODIC SONGS THAT WILL BE DEBUTED IN HER UPCOMING ALBUM ENTITLED : "SOMETHING SPECIAL"
RECORDED THROUGH NONE OTHER THAN HELLAFYDE RECORDS.