Alexx Calise
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Alexx Calise is an American singer-songwriter.

Biography

Alexx Calise grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

. She was an avid writer and began playing guitar at age 11 following in the footsteps of her father who is also a musician. Calise began pursuing her professional music career at the age of 14.

She now resides in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 and continues along the same path. Calise is endorsed by over 13 music gear/clothing manufacturers, she has appeared in several national TV commercials (Almay, Cherry 7Up, Cover Girl) and shows including the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

 documentary, "The Science of Sex Appeal" and Disney's "Science of Imagineering" DVD series. Her music has appeared in several television shows and national ad campaigns (One Tree Hill, MTV's "Next", Vh1's "Audrina: Uncharted"), she was featured on Boston's #1 Hit Station, Kiss 108 as a "hot up-and-coming indie artist," and her song, "Release Me" was chosen as the title track theme for the upcoming film, "LA I Hate You", starring William Forsythe, Malcolm McDowell and Deedee Pfieffer. She also lent her voice to a Coachella music festival short (music written by Matt O'Malley of human) directed by Sam O'Hare.

Currently, Calise is completing her debut album with other project, Sound of Cancer (which also features drummer/songwriter, Dennis Morehouse of Marc Ford and Gilby Clarke fame). She has just released her second solo album, "In Avanti", which is a collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer, Luigie Gonzalez.

Current Events

Calise just re-released her 2nd solo album, "In Avanti" on May 24, 2011, and she will be releasing her debut album with other music project, Sound of Cancer in the upcoming months. Calise's song, "Cry" also recently appeared on 3 episodes of Lifetime's "Dance Moms", and in an episode of the VH1 reality show, "Audrina: Uncharted", and her song, "Pull It (Bullet)" appeared in a 2010 Women of the Crossfit Games promo.

Interviews

Alexx Calise has been interviewed by Guitar Player Magazine, Blender Magazine, Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...

, Louis Velazquez of UCW Radio, (OUTLOUD Multimedia) http://www.outloud.com/2010/issue100/alexx.html Hard Drivin' Radio, Paul and Young Ron of Big 106 FM, Empowerment4women.com, Broward New Times, Sun-Sentinel, Miami Community News, Vivian Clement for the nationally distributed how-to/method book, "How to Succeed as a Female Musician" (which also featured such notable musicians as Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She launched her career in 1994 with the song, "Stay ". She was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract.Loeb's efforts now include music, film, television, voice-over...

 and The Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas are an American all-female rock band from Palo Alto, California. They draw inspiration from The Ramones, The Runaways, AC/DC, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Kiss. Rolling Stone has stated that "the Donnas offer a guileless take on adolescent alienation; they traffic in kicks, not...

), and more.

Charity work

Calise is involved with the Wear Your Music Foundation (all proceeds from the sale of Alexx's used guitar string bracelets are donated to the Brain Trauma Foundation).

External links

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