Elena Ley's Profile |
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Temperament is a strange illness... |
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| Location: | Italia, Milano / Köln, |
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| Last Login: | Nov 2, 2008 (423 days back) |
About Me |
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| Elena Ley was born in Milan, Italy. From a child she was heavily influenced by her parent’s love of music (Dionne Warwick, Mina, Oper und Klassik, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra). With this background Elena decided in the early years, that modern singing would become her life. After years of singing in the kindergarten-choir and in the church-choir she finally took singing lessons at the age of 12.
She went to the most recognised Italian pop-academy CPM (Centro Professione Musica). Among her teachers were Giulia Fasolino (who still works with artists such as Eros Ramazzotti and Riccardo Cocciante) and Lella Esposito. At the age of 14 she started with four friends the band “Toys and a Dolly” and won the price of “Shooting Star” in the rock competition “Rock Limbiate”. The group wrote their own songs and played various styles of music, from folk to rock. The band played in bars and festivals in the whole of northern Italy. Elena also participated as a choir singer in a show on the Italian TV channel Canale 5.
Elena studied both English and German languages in Milan and since then has travelled extensively.
In 2001 she recorded her first single “Yellow Groove” produced by Jackson Mackay in France. In the Fall 2002 Elena was invited by Unicef to sing in a tour on Sri Lanka. From 2002 until 2005 Elena spent most of her time in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where she recorded her first album “…and so on”, produced by Steve Williams. The album also contains two songs that Elena wrote herself. While living in Nashville she visited voice classes at the “Studio of Voice” in Nashville, here she also learnt to play the guitar and fiddle. Elena intensified her knowledge of music and violin at the music school Blair at the Vanderbilt University of Nashville where some teachers of hers had a high influence on Elena’s artistic development.
In Nashville she continued going to school, and between times sang in small music bars, wrote songs, poems and short stories.
From 2005 onwards Elena has been living in Germany and Italy. She has opened 2006 her own singing school “the heART of music” (visit www.theheartofmusic.de) and has started again to write and record songs, but this time in Italian… Back to the roots with her CD “Brividi”!
In August 2007 she became teacher for diaphram breathing for singers and speakers, and further on she took acting and speaker lessons.
In April 2008 Elena recorded all the 16 Italian TV and music shows MILLEVOCI 2008 as hoster and as songwriter (she presented here songs of her CD “Brividi”). She has already been asked to record the next 16 shows next year!Her music and her voice are pure temperament, with love for detail and for the typical Italian feeling, that she expresses fully on stage with her rockband.Discography:
2001 - "Yellow Groove" (France/Produced by Jackson Mackay)
2003 - "...and so on" (USA/Produced by Steve Williams)
2007 - "Brividi" (Germany/Produced by Max Mojo Moritz & Rudi Kronenberger) |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 3/3/2007Band Website: elenaley.com Band Members: Guitar: Alexander Welter; Bass: Max Mojo Moritz; Drums: Oliver Kliem; Keyboards: Patrik Größchen; Technik: Ulrich Kämmerling Influences: Cindy Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Mina, Gianna Nannini, Litfiba, Toto, Wynonna, Heart, Brooks and Dunn, Ligabue, Zucchero, Loredana Berté, Giulia Fasolino, Mark Wood... to be continued Sounds Like: Elena Ley Record Label: ELME Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop / Italian pop) |
My Blog |
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Vote my song! |
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| Heute 17.09.08 um 19:11 bin ich am 2. Platz in der Hit-Parade von Volldampfradio! Whle mein Song jeden Tag http://www.volldampfradio.com/hp/mod/cms/index.php?site=live
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Oggi 17.09.2008 alle 19:1... Posted by Elena Ley on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:16:00 PST |
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Festival Streelife Leverkusen |
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| Ed ecco (guarda sul sito myspace in basso il secondo video) un video che ci ha fatto durante lo Streetlife Festival di Leverkusen la nostra amica e fan Heidi Habicht con la sua macchina fotografica di... Posted by Elena Ley on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:21:00 PST |
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Streetlife Festival |
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| E un altro Festival andato, passato, quella tirata totale di adrenalina sul palco, mentre la gente balla, canta e sorride... indescrivibile! Grazie a voi, al pubblico, alla mia band, a tutti quelli ... Posted by Elena Ley on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:05:00 PST |
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Summer... |
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| Oh, really, I love Summer! Adoro questo caldo tremendo e il profumo della pelle al sole. A chi non piace? E mentre c' gente che si gode la cosa al mare, io me la godo in citt... Posted by Elena Ley on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PST |
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millevoci 2008 |
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| Rieccomi in Germania, dopo una settimana meravigliosa (nonostante il poco dormire per il tanto lavoro!!!) trascorsa vicino a Roma per la registrazione del programma musicale MILLEVOCI (www.millevoci.i... Posted by Elena Ley on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:35:00 PST |
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Grazie al mio fan club! |
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| Vorrei esprimere un ringraziamento particolare a tutti quelli che sono stati alla serata del fan club il 7 marzo 2009 e in particolare gli organizzatori Carla, Franco, Anna, Lucia e Mimmo!
Grazie, sie... Posted by Elena Ley on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:56:00 PST |
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Download my songs... |
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| on www.mp3.de!
Yours
Elena Posted by Elena Ley on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:52:00 PST |
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Millevoci 2008 |
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| Cari amici! Eccomi di nuovo qui con una notizia bellissima e carica di entusiasmo: sar ospite a Roma in Aprile per la registrazione della trasmissione Millevoci 2008. Condurr questo progra... Posted by Elena Ley on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST |
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Elena Ley Fan Club Party |
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| Un invito a tutti per il 7 marzo 2008 alle 19.00 nel Brgerhaus di Troisdorf Spich, nella Waldstrasse. Siamo tra amici, canter qualche canzone e festeggiamo! Grazie a Carla e Franco, i fondatori del ... Posted by Elena Ley on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:09:00 PST |
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Danke Michael! |
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| Ich mchte ganz kurz ber den Auftritt am 1. Februar in Kleve berichten: es war einfach toll! Super Leute, super Laune und viel viel Spa haben wir gehabt!
Danke an Michael Dyckhoff fr das Engagement... Posted by Elena Ley on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:58:00 PST |
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