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Anya Marina
Anya Marina
Anya Marina is a singer-songwriter and radio disc jockey based in San Diego, Calif. Her music has been featured on the ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy (and its second soundtrack) and on shows such as CBS’s How I Met Your Mother, MTV’s The Real World and CW’s Gossip Girl. Anya deejays on KBZT (FM94/9) in San Diego from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Monday through Saturday. Anya was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and grew up in the Silicon Valley area of California as a capricious child with RussianAgnostic/Irish-Catholic professor parents (psychology and Russian literature/math) and a younger sister. After finishing high school, Anya moved to Los Angeles as an aspiring actress. With stints in the British American Drama Academy (taught by Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, Anya has also acted in television and film (in 2001, she starred in the feature film, 100 Girls). She eventually moved back home to earn a college degree in English and writing at Santa Clara University. She continued to struggle as an artist -- working in acting, musical theatre, music, improv and comedy -- but eventually found a job as a radio DJ on KSCU, Santa Clara University’s college station. After graduating, Anya took a radio station job in San Diego with Mike Halloran at XHRM-FM (92.5). After the station was bought out by another corporation, Halloran hired Anya at Y107 in Los Angeles before they both moved to Premium Radio 92/1 in San Diego’s North County. After leaving that station, both disc jockeys landed at FM94/9. It was in San Diego that Anya played her first open mic night and began to write her own songs. She quickly developed a live stage act using what she learned as an actress, comic and impressionist. Her recorded debut was a five-song EP called Exercises in Racketeering, which eventually led to a fulllength album, Miss Halfway, which was released in early 2005. Anya subsequently opened for such artists as Jason Mraz and Rhett Miller. She was named one of the "Best Unsigned" acts by San Diego CityBeat. The songs on Miss Halfway talk about her upbringing, ex-boyfriends and all the after-effects. Anya’s album was also produced by Scott Russo, the frontman for rockers Unwritten Law, along with Peter King from The Surfers. The record eventually earned a San Diego Music Award for Best Recording. The title track also landed on Grey’s Anatomy and was featured as the fifth song on the second Grey’s Anatomy (soundtrack) disc along with The Fray, KT Tunstall, Gomez and Snow Patrol. The internet radio station KGRL featured her as their Flower-Powered Artist for March 2007. The feature includes an exclusive interview, CD Review of Miss Halfway, and an ondemand audio stream of an unreleased Anya Marina track titled "Try It And Like It." Anya released her second album, Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II on January 20, 2009.[1] A music video was made for its first single, "Move You", and was directed by Scott Coffey. [1]
External links
• Anya Marina official site • Anya Marina’s Flower-powered Artist Page @ KGRL.fm • Anya Marina @ VMIX.com • Anya Marina Album Review • Anya Marina in SPIN’s January ’09 Issue
Interviews
• KGRL Exclusive Anya Marina Interview (September 2006) • Anya Marina Interview (August 2007)
References •
[1] http://www.chopshoprecords.net/
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anya Marina
Categories: American female singers, American singer-songwriters, DJs, Indie rock musicians, Living people, Musicians from California, People from Ann Arbor, Michigan, People from San Diego, California, Year of birth missing (living people) This page was last modified on 9 May 2009, at 20:56 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers
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