Accomplished singer/songwriter, performer, producer, recording artist, remixer, collaborator, piano/songwriting teacher for
children/adults and library music writer.
Keyboards – great fan of the Rhodes electric piano sound, as well as the purity of acoustic piano.
Discography
- ‘Red into the blue – Contemporary Classical Trilogy 2010
- ‘Laserium for the Soul ’ 2009 Grammy Nominated in ‘best New Age Album’
- ‘Daisy Dancing’ 2008 Grammy Elibigible in ‘best Pop Album’
- ‘La Mint Collection’ 2005
- ‘White Rabbit Collection’ 1998
- Vocals featured on ‘Positive Energy Revolution’ album by Marcell Marias 2010
- Vocals featured on ‘Tomorrow tells the story’ by EchoUs 2010
- Contributor to EMC V.1 with ‘Sunset’, ‘Falling’ ,’Lotus’ and ‘Oceanis’
- Contributor to ‘Colabs’ by David Miles Huber with ‘Oceanis’
- Contributor to Beatmarketing ‘Hear it Here’ Volume 36 Compilation CD
Personal attributes
- creative
- focused
- organised
- great communicator
- analytical
- good eye for detail
- brainstormer and problem solver
- used to working under pressure
- good sense of humour
- spiritual and caring
- earth sensitive
Accomplishments
- Released ‘Red into the blue’, her first Contemporary Classical Trilogy 2010
- No 1 in Top 20 Real World Remixed Chart Nov 2009 with ‘If I had my way”
- Grammy Nominated 2009 for “Laserium for the Soul” New Age Category 2009
- Hollywood New Media Awards Nominee for ‘Nothing Quite like’
- “Vision of Truth” Grammy eligible for ‘best female vocal performance’ 2009
- 30 years of being a singer/songwriter/producer/performer
- 3 solo albums and contributions to 3 other compilation albums
- Library music contributor to Northstar Music
- Member of The Recording Academy
- Member of ASCAP and PRS
- Reached 2009 Grammy Nominations selection list with ‘best pop album’ and ‘best female vocal peformance’ for ‘so loved’
- Member and one of the original founders of Seattle’s Electronic Music Collective
- Accepted by Pump Audio and Audio Socket for music licensing
- Commended Entry in the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest
- Collaborator with a number of music engineer/producers (see list below)
- Teacher of pop tunes to children in schools through Musical Minds
- Music played on 70 podcasts – Podsafe Music
- Surround Sound performer
- Finalist in Unisong 1999
- 10 years of Personal Assistant/secretarial experience (UK)
- 8 years events experience in IT industry (UK and Europe)
Social Networking Sites
Henta on My Space:
Henta & Marias on My Space
Facebook
Sonicbids
Podsafe Music
Linked-in
Soundclick
Broadjam
Collaborators
Marcell Marias
David Miles Huber
Ludington GT
Ari Joshua
EMC (Electronic Music Collective)
Geraint Hughes (UK)
Marc Francois (UK)
Work and life experience
Henta Enterprises – present
Songwriting
Songwriting in many styles including dream-pop, electronic, meditation, dance and childrens’ lullabies, as well as collaboration with other musicians and producers. Primary recording tools include Cubase and a variety of virtual instrument plug-ins.
Teaching
Contract piano teacher for elementary school children in the Greater Seattle. Incorporating basic music theory with learning popular songs and film themes.
Administration and events
Administration and freelance events services (experience in the IT industry).
Other music related activities
Currently performs downtempo and dance sets with Marcell Marias, together with producing videos and live show visuals.
Actively involved as one of the founder members of Seattle’s Electronic Music Collective LLC which organises a variety of social and educational events.
March 2008 Released third album ‘Daisy Dancing’, a collection of rhythmical and melodical downtempo, ambient and acoustic heartfelt songs with strong and sensual vocals.
Collaborated with artists like Marcell Marias, David Miles Huber, Ari Joshua and Ludington GT. Album was mixed and mastered by Laz Harris and CDs and downloads are available through www.henta.co.uk.
November 2006 left homeland Guildford, UK and moved to Seattle to finish latest album ‘Daisy Dancing’.
1998-2006
Played in a number of bands and collaborated with other musicians and sound engineers on projects in varying styles of music. Composed and released production library music for Northstar Music and Stock International, some of which has been featured on the Discovery Channel. Also a finalist in Unisong 1999.
Previous projects involved working with Geraint Hughes who is famous for co-writing some hits from the 70s, some of which have since been remixed recently, namely ‘I lost my heart to a Starship Trooper’ and ‘Barbados’. Produced a mixture of covers and original songs (The White Rabbit Collection), as well as library pieces together from the famous ‘Podule’.
Worked closely with another producer Marc Francois who was sound engineer for La Mint Collection and co-writer on ‘Wanna Luv You’ from this collection.
