Биография

If you were to view a film of Carrie Zaruba’s life, the opening scene would begin in inner city South Baltimore, her singing in the basement of her family row house. Heavily influenced by the music emanating from the old stereo, she sang along to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell and Fleetwood Mac. Soon, her parents would sit on the stairs and listen to the voice they didn’t know their daughter had. They then facilitated her audition for the prestigious high school Baltimore School for the Arts (Christian Siriano, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Tupac Shakur), where she began her rigorous vocal and musical training. There, Carrie learned 18th Century counterpoint, studied opera and chamber music as a Lyric Mezzo-Soprano. She graduated in 1999 and then went on to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, receiving her Bachelor Degree in Music in 2003. She continued to live in Philadelphia, working as a background vocalist. Carrie began writing songs purely for therapeutic release, and convinced a suburban studio to allow her to record her work tapes. This first batch of songs planted the seeds for her journey to Tennessee. Kent Wells (Grammy- nominated producer of Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire), stumbled upon her work and expressed interest in working with her if she moved to Nashville. |Visit CarrieZaruba.com to continue Carrie’s story |