User:Ncdiaz1/Larissa Ness

Larissa Ness is a Texas native, growing up near the Texas coast, she was raised playing the piano, learned the flute and always wanted to be a musical performer. Currently she is a recording artist who writes her own songs and music. When Larissa plays solo on the keys, in Austin, she is often called "Norah Jones on Fire." However, Larissa's diverse songwriting styles connects with a broad spectrum of music lovers while Larissa’s musical style has transformed from classical to jazzy to pop to R&B over the years. This evolution is due to her past eclectic music experiences. She was trained as a classical pianist from the age of three, and since then, she has toured with & managed her own band, joined the well established rock band called Burn, and attended Texas State University for a music education that encompassed both Classical and Jazz vocal training. Artists often used to describe Larissa's solo musical performance on the piano include Colbie Caillat, Sarah McLachlan & Sara Bareilles. As her music evolves and she performs with a band, her performances are still compared to Norah Jones, with Timbland. Her new dance re-mix for,"Don't Think I Won't" and her interest to step away from the piano but not forget it, draws comparison to Lady Gaga.

Larissa’s music has received radio play all over the US, England, France and Germany. Austin’s biggest rock station, 101X, recently added tracks from her first album to their Sunday morning “Chillville” segments. In the past year, Larissa's song "Je T'aime" aired on commercials for B & H Music Stores. These commercials are appearing on MTV, VH1, SPK, NICK, FXNC, SFI, & ENT in the Houston, Texas area. In addition to Larissa's resume, song, "Je T'aime"had been featured in the New York independent film "Dykeotomies," she was also commissioned by 40/20 Productions to co-write the theme song for the upcoming Austin independent film "Lost in Sunshine." “Je T’aime” will also be featured in the upcoming film, “Until I See You Again”: from the two- time Emmy-award winning producer of the hit TV shows Felicity and Alias.

In December of 2008, Larissa released, I’ve Found You, a side project E.P. of both jazzy and “Latin flavored” music, incorporating Flamenco, Salsa, Bossa Nova, and Samba beats to create an exciting “Norah Jones goes Latin” sound. With Larissa writing French lyrics and featuring players from the world renown Latin groups including Cienfuegos and Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma, these tracks are a refreshing new approach in Larissa's music career.

With 5 albums capturing Larissa's growth as an artist, Larissa will begin a heavy promotional assault on the music industry with album," Hello". "Hello" will continue to reach TV and film placement as well as video and radio play.

- Larissa recently completed production in the studio working with HeLLo YOung Productions on her most recent album entitled Hello, with guest rappers including Young Mischiff and well known radio artist Ray C. On album, Hello, you will find that Larissa blends Hip-Hop beats with sexy, ethereal vocals to mold a unique new urban Trip-Hop/Pop/R&B sound.

- In October of 2008, Larissa’s song “Thoughts Of You” was released on a promo ad for CBS’s Primetime show Ghost Whisperer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

- November - 2009 marks the release of Larissa's first music video for the single, "Thoughts of You"!

- March - 2010 Larissa Ness releases single, "Don't Think I Won't" the dance re-mix by Prepmode and Elstar