By: Meredith Bahuriak, Barbizon International

Barbizon Illinois grad, Carolina Davis is a classically trained R&B / Soul / Pop Singer / Songwriter / Composer from Chicago, IL. As a person who kept to herself growing up, Carolina found music to be a way to express her feelings and to escape into her own world. Carolina explains, “I want my music to be relatable. I like to paint a picture in the listener’s mind.”

After completing her training at Barbizon Chicago, Carolina flew to Los Angeles to compete at the International Modeling and Talent Association and gained the attention of Marc Williams from Indasoul Records. Together, they recorded a demo tape for “Be Free,” a song Carolina wrote and composed.

In 2013, Barbizon produced a behind-the-scenes documentary about Carolina’s journey to creating her EP album, Strip My Mind.

Since then, Carolina has been gaining a lot of attention in the Chicago music scene. We decided to catch up with her to learn more about her rising music career.

What you have been doing since our last interview in 2013?
I’ve been booking a lot of shows and performing my music, booking a lot of modeling work, both photoshoots and runway shows. I also have my own Music Producer, Dillon Ficca. So far we’ve recorded about 10-12 new songs and I released two of the songs, one new song is currently airing on the radio. The song is a collaboration I did with Chicago Rapper Joe Rich. So, from there I have been booking a lot of shows all because of that song playing on the radio.

Who is your Producer?
His name is Dylan Sitka at Fifth Century Studios.

We saw you have a song with Gritz, what was it like working with him?
Gritz is signed to Twista’s label, GMG Entertainment. I had been friends with Gritz on Facebook, but I met him personally when I performed a show at The Loft, just west of Chicago. I performed before him, so we finally met each other face to face and from there we talked about how we wanted to work together.

I went over to his studio, I think it was like a couple days later and recorded a song with him. It was really cool working with him, because he’s been in the music industry a long time. Just seeing him and the way he works and how he puts melodies together was really a learning experience. I was trying to take it all in at once.

Do you have a new album coming out anytime soon?
As of right now, my producer and I are putting singles out and promoting them. Then, eventually the songs we’ve been producing will become an album. I want to experiment with different sounds and what I’m really feeling in order to get a grasp of the type of sound that I want. Basically, what we’ve been doing is experimenting and recording non-stop. So, I feel like I’m coming into my own voice which is what I want.

Other than that, I write everyday and spend every Wednesday recording in the studio. Hopefully we’ll be putting out a music video for the song “How I Feel.” “Beautiful Pain” is a song I recently released, kind of spur of the moment. It’s a free download available on Reverbnation.

For more on Carolina Davis, check out the links below and be sure to follow her on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/carolinadavis.musicianpage
https://twitter.com/carolinaRBdavis
https://www.youtube.com/user/rustyd3
https://www.reverbnation.com/carolinadavis

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