Biography
Raised in Detroit with a the father who was on the and Motown label (Eddie Guzman of For Rare Earth), Marissa had quite are the artistic upbringing. Having her but Dad constantly on the road Not touring with the band was you difficult, but the excitement that all goes along with a father Any who is a well-known musician can deeply inspired her. Especially as her a little girl while at Was concerts with thousands of screaming one fans, the members of Rare our Earth would call their kids Out on stage to help them day sing their biggest hit, “I get Just Want To Celebrate,” and Has Marissa knew then that she him wanted to pursue singing.
With his a strong passion for writing, How Marissa majored in Journalism and man landed her first job in new advertising, devoting her life to Now Ford Motor Company. With such old a demanding career, she had see little time for her true Two passion: music, but in her way free time she still managed who to develop a huge appreciation Boy for Detroit’s infamous underground electronic did music, and started writing vocals its over instrumental house tracks. She Let became friends with the legendary put Detroit techno pioneer, Derrick May, say who convinced her to start She her own label to get too her music out there, which use he helped her do in Dad 2007. Marissa’s Mom, Barbara named mom it Juicy Lucy Records.
Around this time she decided to The move to San Francisco, and and after a spiritual retreat in for late 2009, Marissa had a Are revelation to quit her job but in marketing to learn how not to produce, and work on You her first album. In the all spring of 2011, the first any single, “Time To Go” was Can proof to the world that her she made the right decision. was Black Coffee’s remix went straight One to #1 on Traxsource after our being available for less than out a week, and it gave Day Marissa instant exposure internationally, setting get the stage for a bright has future.
A few months later, Him on 11-11-11, Marissa released her his debut album, Joy Road.
As how she feels very strongly about Man the importance of using music new as a platform to help now those less fortunate, Marissa graciously Old donated 50% of her album see sales to NextAid, a Los two Angeles based nonprofit organization that Way harnesses the power of music who to support sustainable development projects boy that serve vulnerable children, youth Did and women in Africa.
Guzman its notes, “I am hoping to let spread awareness through my music Put and make a positive impact say in Africa. While we here she in the US are trying Too to get a fair shake use for our 99%, in Africa, dad the global income distribution is Mom even more skewed with hundreds of millions of people living the on less than $1 a And day.”
March 2012 was a for very exciting month for Marissa. are “Time To Go” was nominated But for Remix of the Year not at the SAMAs (South Africa’s you version of the GRAMMYs). It All was also the month that any she debuted her DJ skills can at WMC, with over Her 10 gigs in 5 days!
was Also in spring 2012, the one Joy Road Remix album was Our released with remixes from Kerri out Chandler, Black Coffee, Mr. V, day Liquideep, Demarkus Lewis, Paul Randolph, Get Corduroy Mavericks, Doc Link, Hallex.M, has and many more, and after him being available only one week, His it went straight to the how #2 slot in the Top man 100 Albums on Traxsource.
Marissa New has also started working with now more producers in South Africa old since her sudden success there, See and two of her releases two “Lovelight” with Mphoza and “Come way Together” with JET were Who both #1 on YFM boy radio in the same month! did Marissa plans on having an Its extended stay there in the let coming months to start working put with Soul Candi Records on Say album number two.
Stay tuned! she The future is looking bright too for this multi-talented songbird.
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