Brandi Simms, Director of Membership & Balloting, Carrie Zaruba and Brenden Oliver, Coordinator of Membership & Balloting (photo credit: Christian Botorff, CMA)
After making a big splash on the country music scene with her last single, Woman On A Mission, country music’s vocal vixen vagabond Carrie Zaruba continues her next mission by becoming the newest member of the Country Music Association (CMA).
Carrie joins other artists and industry executives in this organization who all support CMA. “I absolutely love everything about country music,” says Carrie. “I’m thrilled to become a CMA member. I had a blast!”
Carrie shared the excitement about filming her official music video to her next single, Time Bomb, to CMA. Brandi Simms commented “You know it’s a great day when we can celebrate with party poppers on signing a new CMA member. We cannot wait for the release of Time Bomb.”
This spitfire new tune has been getting such a great reaction from fans and CMA’s SoundCloud proves this had to be chosen as the next single. “I cannot wait to see the final result with this video,” remarks Carrie. “We just finished shooting the scenes. I’ve been a construction worker, a mechanic and a welder. Keep an eye out for it this fall.”
You can read more about her visit to CMA at www.cmacloseup.com/2013/10/03/new-cma-member-carrie-zaruba/.
After getting a kick start from her American Idol Top 100 journey, Carrie’s current EP, produced by Grammy-nominated producer Kent Wells (Dolly Parton), has received positive feedback amongst fans and industry personnel. She was selected by CMA as one of the artists to watch for in 2013, and was the inspiration for an iconic Hard Rock Café Nashville pin series “Save The Planet.” Carrie recently took part in Musician’s On Call to share her “talent and help deliver the healing power of music in Nashville” and will also be taking part in Main Street Uncorked in Historic Downtown Columbia Thursday, October 17th. She also partnering up with PULP Cosmetics as the new ‘PULP Chick.’
With musical influences such as The Dixie Chicks, Little Big Town, Stevie Nicks, and Patti Griffin, her rich musical education includes the renowned Baltimore School for the Arts and rigorous classical vocal training as a Lyric Mezzo Soprano in a conservatory setting. She has studied vocal performance in opera and jazz at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, completing the Bachelors program in Music. Be sure to like Carrie on Facebook and follow her on Twitter and subscribe to her YouTube Channel.
About CMA: Formed in 1958 as the first trade association for a single genre of music, Country Music Association has a mission to serve as an educational and professional resource for the industry while advancing the awareness of country music around the world. This is accomplished through CMA’s strategic imperatives – CMA Music Festival and the companion CMA Music Festival television special, the CMA Awards and CMA’s latest television venture CMA Country Christmas. For more information, visit www.CMAworld.com.
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