Karmina, with its soulful, harmony-driven songs, is where Heart meets Soul!

Sisters Kelly & Kamille have been songwriting and performing since they were 10 and 8, respectively, at coffee shops/cafes, clubs, fairs/festivals, recitals & competitions. Having just graduated from USC with BM degrees in Music Industry, the girls have been performing throughout the Western U.S. and in L.A. at venues such Hotel Cafe, House of Blues, The Viper Room, Hard Rock Cafe, Knitting Factory and The Mint.

Karmina's new CD, Voyage of a Thousand Dreams, is selling on CD Baby, Apple iTunes, and many other online sites.

Karmina has been recognized on an international level for their songwriting talents. Radio airplay includes The Zone FM 100.5 (Sacramento), two times live interview/performance on the Shaun & Jeff morning show--see Karmina website for MP3 of live on-the-air interview/performance; KAFM 88.1 Grand Junction, Colorado; KSCR 1560; KXCI 91.3.

Press Info

See press page on website:
http://www.karmina.us

Press contact:
Robin Rudisill
Wildlife Management
(650) 728-2533
wildrudi@meer.net

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Influences

Influences are Vertical Horizon, Third Eye Blind, Foo Fighters, Indigo Girls, Sarah McLachlan, The Beatles, Steve Seskin, Chopin, Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Savage Garden, Sheryl Crow, Rene del Fierr

Bio

KARMINA
PERFORMANCE:
* New CD selling on CD Baby, Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, Sony Connect, the new Napster, AOL’s MusicNet, BuyMusic, Emusic, MusicMatch, and at gigs throughout S.F. & L.A.

* Radio airplay: The Zone FM 100.5 (Sacramento), Shaun & Jeff morning show--see Karmina website for MP3 of live interview/performance; KAFM 88.1 Grand Junction, Colorado; KSCR 1560; KXCI 91.3

*Regular performances in S.F. Bay Area (Red Devil Lounge, Applejacks, Camerons, Sanchez Concert Hall, iMusicast, Canvas Cafe, Tongue & Groove, Hotel Utah, Mezza Luna, The Fillmore) and in Southern California (Knitting Factory, Genghis Cohen, The Good Hurt, The Viper Room, Zen Sushi, Java Jones (Santa Barbara), Ground Zero, Hard Rock Cafe, The Mint, Temple Bar, Hotel Cafe), as well as venues in Stockton, Washington D.C., Hawaii, Arizona and Lake Tahoe; Karmina has been performing at coffee shops/cafes, clubs, fairs/festivals, recitals & competitions for over 10 years

* Performed 5 times at major industry/charitable functions at the request of Grammy-award winning producer and songwriter, David Foster

* Partners in KKR Publishing--Karmina songs in Film/TV

* Demo singers, including theme song for MTV's "Duets"

* Not just another cute girl band, but accomplished singer-songwriters/musicians, who also play keyboards & guitar, ages 20/18

* National Anthem for L.A. Dodgers in 2002, San Francisco Giants in 2001, 1998 & 1997--for over 40,000 fans, and for the Oakland A’s in 2002 & 2001

* Film: Featured in ABC Movie of the Week; leads/principals in numerous educational and industrial films, feature film-JACK, national and regional commercials

EDUCATION:
* University of Southern California Thornton School of Music--Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Industry, with honors. Internships with ASCAP, Columbia Records and publisher Monica Benson & producer Howard Benson (Hoobastank)

* Recipients of full scholarships to Berklee College of Music Jazz School

* Study voice with Steve Memel, Seth Riggs, David Stroud, Vicki Muto & Janice McVeigh

* Studied songwriting with Steve Seskin, John Braheny, Jai Josefs, Jason Blume, Pat Caddick

* Studied voice, lyric diction, music theory, ear training, opera & musical theater and composition at S.F. Conservatory of Music preparatory division--5 years

* Active members of West Coast Songwriters’ Association, TAXI, SAG, ASCAP & NARAS (Grammy Org)

* Extensive theater/acting training, including classes at American Conservatory Theater & S.F. School of the Arts

* Studied music recording & mixing and Pro tools at California Recording Institute

NATIONAL TV:
* Featured on Disney national TV series “2 Hour Tour” on the Disney channel), where they won three auditions and were selected by Darren Hayes of Savage Garden as the opening act for Savage Garden for a concert at The Fillmore auditorium in San Francisco, including a day of mentoring with lead singer Darren Hayes! Over 55 million viewers

* Kamille was featured on Ed McMahon’s “Next Big Star” national TV show, which was based on a nation-wide talent search/competition

* Winners in national TV series “Destination Stardom” (pka “Star Search”)

COMPETITIONS:
* Winner of first runner up for the 2003 John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Rock category; Honorable Mention in the 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Competition and the 2004 West Coast Songwriters’ Assn. Competition

* Winners of the 2002 and 2001 SCALA (Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists Association) international songwriting competition Master Open division

* Sponsored by ASCAP for the prestigious Lester Sill Songwriters Workshop

* 27-time Grand Champions at the California State vocal competition

* Grand champions/soloists with orchestra/S.F. Concerto Orchestra Competitions

* Pacific Music Society vocal competition winners