“I don’t believe in titles at all,” she says over the phone.
Independent Music Awards 2019 Nominations>/a>.To sum up her creative output, the Lagos-based rapper, artist, and model Deto Black points to her Twitter bio, which reads simply: ‘Yung Everything.’ It might initially sound like a throwaway comment, but it turns out it’s her guiding philosophy. It is in Hollywood she became the polymath she is, experimenting with art, growing and learning as she goes.Ĭarmen is currently working on a several projects-We just don’t know which medium of art will she be using and we’re looking forward to seeing what is coming next. She only had about 3 months left to graduate when she decided to move to Hollywood to pursue acting. She also earned a Bachelors Degree in Government & International Politics with a minor in Legal Studies from George Mason University. Army active duty for 6 years, becoming a sergeant at the age of 21.
To add to her list of accomplishments, Carmen also served in the U.S. She writes, directs, produces, edits and stars in some of her own short films and has over 60 acting credits, including a Best Supporting Actress Award for the play “Soldiers Don’t Cry” by the Valley Theatre League in North Hollywood, California, written by award-winning playwright Layon Gray.Īs a visual artist and painter, Carmen has exhibited her work in California mostly and sold her paintings internationally.
The EP “delivered with gentle elegance and charm, is the stuff that deep dreams embrace as you sleep,” said Ronald at The Smooth Jazz Ride.Īs an actress, Carmen has most recently had a recurring role as Captain Vasquez on the Robert Rodriguez/Mark Burnett hit Emmy-Nominated TV series “Lucha Underground” on El Rey Network, Netflix, iTunes, etc., and recurring on a Norwegian TV Series “Det Kunne Vært Verre” playing the role of Sofia. For the title song, “the hooks will remind you of Sade, but Gloria’s vocal strength shines through when telling her own story towards the end of the track,” said Vidal at Jazz Reloaded. The Art Of Love has already received two fantastic reviews by Jazz Reloaded and The Smooth Jazz Ride music blogs, insinuating the song “A Tear That Never Falls,” co-written by talented singer on “America’s Got Talent” (Season 8) Deanna Dellacioppa, is a reminder of a James Bond theme song. Some of his credits include: Charice, Monica, Edens Crush/Nicole Scherzinger, Temptations, Shawn Stockman (Boys 2 Men) K-CI & Jojo. Lago) Araica.įour of the songs, including a beautiful Latin-fused “Careless Whisper,” were produced by Carsten Lindberg, an internationally acclaimed, platinum award-winning songwriter and music producer. Early in his career he joined New Age Rock Stars (N.A.R.S.) as a recording engineer and assistant mixing engineer, alongside number-one hit music producer Danja and renowned recording engineer, Marcella (Ms. The title track, “The Art Of Love,” was produced by Edward “PoetED” Sanders, Jr., whom Carmen met while both were studying at the Los Angeles City College Music Academy–Herb Alpert Applied Music Program. The Art Of Love EP had two producers involved. This EP follows Carmen Gloria's pop EP Space Girl (as Carmen Perez) and hits on Billboard's Top 40 Hot Dance Club Play & Top 10 UK Commercial Pop Charts, “Emergency” & “Overload”, along with UK chart topper, the Super Stylers remix of “Run Little Devil.” Also in October 2016, a song Carmen co-composed, “Pajarito”, was released to be included in the popular chillout/lounge series, Café Del Mar- Dreams 9 album. She had some hits as a dance music artist and has released pop music for some years. This is her first jazz fusion release besides the cover of “So Nice (Summer Samba)” a few years ago. With her fusion of modern Sade and Gloria Estefan, she blends Latin jazz, jazz, neo-soul and ballads in an “elegant and charming” way. In times where the world needs more compassion and love to go around, Carmen Gloria has just delivered us a warm selection of songs titled The Art Of Love to remind us of just what love and fear are made of.