Brenda Carsey is a Los Angeles-based vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Carsey has been studying music and performing since the age of five. From choirs, orchestras, and marching bands to national anthem performances to soul, jazz, rock, pop, folk, hip hop, and electronic groups, stage shows, and solo projects, it seems Carsey has done it all. Carsey delivers an engaging, energetic show, seamlessly mixing a unique blend of musical genres. Carsey has an unmistakable sound that is modern and unique while somehow simultaneously a retro call to eras gone by. She plays both piano and guitar and performs both solo and with a full band that ranges from a 3 piece to a 9 piece depending on the show. Carsey also produces electronic music and has been featured as an instrumentalist and backing vocalist on many projects. Carsey’s voice is, in a word, uninhibited, mixing a syrupy sweet sound with a beautiful darkness and a vocal range with a potential of virtuosity. She will stop you in your tracks with poetic lyrics, fluid melodies, engaging chords progressions, funky rhythms, and a voice filled with passion and soul.
This Los Angeles, CA based artist has played at heavy hitting music festival Lightning in a Bottle (2017) opening for The California Honeydrops and Orgone, Feed LA Festival (2016) opening for Daniel Lanois and Lantz Lazwell, and Echo Park Rising Festival (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)! Carsey has toured the entire Western US from San Diego to Seattle, to Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and also Nashville, New York and throughout Alaska. She has grooved and swooned on the stages of The Teragram Ballroom (opening for Chris Ayer), The Hotel Cafe (headlined), The Bootleg Theater (opening for Karmic), The Moroccan Lounge (co-headlining with Livingmore), The Satellite, Harvard & Stone (headlined + residency) and more.
Sounds Like:
Brandi Carlile, Jeff Buckley, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, David Bowie, Father John Misty, Regina Spektor, Ben Folds, Beck, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Gorillaz, Billy Joel, Zero 7, Jonnie Mitchell, Erykah Badu, Minnie Riperton, Etta James
Credits
Brenda Carsey
• Box Cutter (2020) - produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Sirens (2020) - composed and performed by Carsey, co-produced and mixed by Carsey and Nicholas Tasjian at SAE Institute; mastered by Brian Frederick at Hybrid Studios
• Solitary Refinement (2017) - composed by Carsey, co-produced by Carsey and Brian Frederick, mixed and mastered by Brian Frederick at Hybrid Studios
• Satya (2014) - produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• P.R.B.C. (2014) - co-produced by Brenda Carsey and Pasta Ritmo, mixed by Pasta Ritmo, arranged, composed, and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Lazy Daze (2012) - produced, engineered, mixed, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Side Show (2011) - produced, engineered, mixed, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Kid Lightning Kid Lightning (2020) - co-produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Will Munroe and Brenda Carsey; Lyrics, melody, music written by Will Munroe; Will Munroe - lead vocals + guitar, Brenda Carsey - background vocals
• Joyride (2020) - Cundina Collective film; official selection of the 2020 PBS Short Film Festival; writer/director Edwin Alexis Gomez; producers Angela Pedraza and Evelyn Angelica Martinez; Composed by Will Munroe; Brenda Carsey - lead vocals on two movements of the score (car seen arriving at the senior center and car seen when Blanca reveals her secret to her granddaughters)
• Whitney Tai Scolded (2020) - from the album Apogee - produced, engineered, mixed by Tim Janssens at Maddox Music Studios; Music written by Whitney Tai Vlasaty & Tim Janssens; Mastering by Lurssen Mastering; Brenda Carsey - background vocals
• Rapture (Episodic) (2018) - Producer and Director Kenneth Stevenson and Andrew Bennett, Versa Media; Film Score by Sean Sumwalt - Brenda Carsey on vocals
• Cesar Saez Perdido (2016) - produced by Ettore Grenci; audio engineer Adrian Trujillo; written by Cesar Saez; Brenda Carsey - backing vocals; recorded at Sound Factory Studios in Hollywood, CA
• Feral Kizzy Slick Little Girl (2015) - produced and engineered by Johnny Lim at The Dark Room, mixed by whole band; Brenda Carsey - arrangement, compose keyboard parts and vocal melodie, perform keys, synth, backing vocals, hand percussion
• Feral Kizzy Feral Kizzy E.P. (2012) - produced and mixed by Dave Klein of Multisonic Studios; mastered by Michael Hateley of Lotus Mastering; Brenda Carsey - keyboard and backing vocals
• Distract Ion M.I.N.D. (2010) - produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Josh Friedman; written and performed by Brian Harmatz, Josh Friedman and Brenda Carsey; Brenda Carsey featured vocalist on six songs
This Los Angeles, CA based artist has played at heavy hitting music festival Lightning in a Bottle (2017) opening for The California Honeydrops and Orgone, Feed LA Festival (2016) opening for Daniel Lanois and Lantz Lazwell, and Echo Park Rising Festival (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)! Carsey has toured the entire Western US from San Diego to Seattle, to Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and also Nashville, New York and throughout Alaska. She has grooved and swooned on the stages of The Teragram Ballroom (opening for Chris Ayer), The Hotel Cafe (headlined), The Bootleg Theater (opening for Karmic), The Moroccan Lounge (co-headlining with Livingmore), The Satellite, Harvard & Stone (headlined + residency) and more.
Sounds Like:
Brandi Carlile, Jeff Buckley, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, David Bowie, Father John Misty, Regina Spektor, Ben Folds, Beck, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Gorillaz, Billy Joel, Zero 7, Jonnie Mitchell, Erykah Badu, Minnie Riperton, Etta James
Credits
Brenda Carsey
• Box Cutter (2020) - produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Sirens (2020) - composed and performed by Carsey, co-produced and mixed by Carsey and Nicholas Tasjian at SAE Institute; mastered by Brian Frederick at Hybrid Studios
• Solitary Refinement (2017) - composed by Carsey, co-produced by Carsey and Brian Frederick, mixed and mastered by Brian Frederick at Hybrid Studios
• Satya (2014) - produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• P.R.B.C. (2014) - co-produced by Brenda Carsey and Pasta Ritmo, mixed by Pasta Ritmo, arranged, composed, and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Lazy Daze (2012) - produced, engineered, mixed, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Side Show (2011) - produced, engineered, mixed, written and performed by Brenda Carsey
• Kid Lightning Kid Lightning (2020) - co-produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Will Munroe and Brenda Carsey; Lyrics, melody, music written by Will Munroe; Will Munroe - lead vocals + guitar, Brenda Carsey - background vocals
• Joyride (2020) - Cundina Collective film; official selection of the 2020 PBS Short Film Festival; writer/director Edwin Alexis Gomez; producers Angela Pedraza and Evelyn Angelica Martinez; Composed by Will Munroe; Brenda Carsey - lead vocals on two movements of the score (car seen arriving at the senior center and car seen when Blanca reveals her secret to her granddaughters)
• Whitney Tai Scolded (2020) - from the album Apogee - produced, engineered, mixed by Tim Janssens at Maddox Music Studios; Music written by Whitney Tai Vlasaty & Tim Janssens; Mastering by Lurssen Mastering; Brenda Carsey - background vocals
• Rapture (Episodic) (2018) - Producer and Director Kenneth Stevenson and Andrew Bennett, Versa Media; Film Score by Sean Sumwalt - Brenda Carsey on vocals
• Cesar Saez Perdido (2016) - produced by Ettore Grenci; audio engineer Adrian Trujillo; written by Cesar Saez; Brenda Carsey - backing vocals; recorded at Sound Factory Studios in Hollywood, CA
• Feral Kizzy Slick Little Girl (2015) - produced and engineered by Johnny Lim at The Dark Room, mixed by whole band; Brenda Carsey - arrangement, compose keyboard parts and vocal melodie, perform keys, synth, backing vocals, hand percussion
• Feral Kizzy Feral Kizzy E.P. (2012) - produced and mixed by Dave Klein of Multisonic Studios; mastered by Michael Hateley of Lotus Mastering; Brenda Carsey - keyboard and backing vocals
• Distract Ion M.I.N.D. (2010) - produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Josh Friedman; written and performed by Brian Harmatz, Josh Friedman and Brenda Carsey; Brenda Carsey featured vocalist on six songs
