Jersey Girl Lauren Ianuzzi likes to play with matches and start fires. Good news! She can take the heat. Lauren’s songwriting and unique vocal style reveal what she and most girls think about relationships and boys, but not rarely ever say. With tight clothes, flashy earrings and curls for days, Ianuzzi’s spontaneous and sexy personality match her soul and funk driven music.
Inspired by the likes of Prince, Carole King and Stevie Wonder and musical genres such as Motown, hair metal and classic rock, Ianuzzi is a classically trained pianist and saxophonist who uses her musical inspirations to create witty songs loaded with wordplay and pop-culture references.
Ianuzzi has perfected her live performance after numerous standing room only shows at clubs like Manhattan’s famed Cutting Room and The Canal Room. The show is a heart pounding energetic production in which Lauren not only writes and sings all of her own songs, but she handles all the musical and stage direction of her four piece band.
The highlight track that Ms. Lauren Ianuzzi looks forward to performing live is “A Funk I Won’t Forget.” “This is where I get to be a real bandleader, says Lauren. It has such a strong James Brown vibe, so I grunt and pump my fist on all the hits. I reference a lot of instruments in the song, so I created a live arrangement that allows each band member to have a solo. Instead of the rap, we do this extended instrumental buildup that climaxes with a huge vocal riff.”
Other outrageous tracks by Ianuzzi consist of “Cotton Underwear Days” which is an ode to all the ladies out there who just don’t feel like wearing sexy silk undergarments everyday! ”Strawberry Poison” was written through the eyes of a rockin sex-goddess character, so Ianuzzi has fun tapping into that mysterious, alluring attitude. “Nobody really knows what Strawberry Poison is, but everybody has to want some,” jokes Ianuzzi.
In addition to writing music, obsessing over entertainment literature, weaving sparkly handbags and covering t-shirts in puffy paint, Ianuzzi recently scored the musical film Camp Summerstage, written by James Greenberg and produced by Steven Beer. Lauren also opened for Train lead singer Pat Monahan and 2008 Grammy Nominee Emily King at the Sundance Film Festival in January ’08.
Lauren trains with renowned voice coach and mentor Don Lawrence (Christina Aguilera, Mick Jagger, En Vogue). She has co - written songs with writers Jeff Franzel (*NSYNC, Taylor Dayne), Martin Briley (Pat Benatar, Celine Dion) and recorded with the following producers: Steve Skinner (original cast recording of RENT), Adrian Gurvitz (Sheryl Crow), Jim Beanz and Charlie Brown (Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado), the Noize Trip team (Fergie, The Roots), Visionary Music Group (Destiny’s Child, Elton John), and Patrick Shaw of Tainted Blue Productions (Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys).
Preview one of her songs:
LAUREN IANUZZI - “A Funk I Won’t Forget”: http://vista.streamguys.com/jspiewak/lauren_funk.wma
For more information on Lauren Ianuzzi check out www.laurenianuzzi.com
May 21st, 2008 at 11:01 am
Hit it to quit in.