About Alicia

Alicia is a 22 year old singer-songwriter and musician based in Sydney, Australia. She has been performing for over 5 years and writing, singing and playing for as long as she can remember. She does frequent gigs at various venues and events around Sydney – some notable gigs such as VIVID Sydney at The Rocks Square, Art Aid's event 'One Sydney' and has played at various food festivals and popular restaurants/clubs –performing a mix of covers and originals in the styles of alternative-indie, singer- songwriter, soul, rock and R&B. She works with many companies including Amber Mic Productions, B Squared Entertainment, First Light Co, and one of Sydney’s leading wedding bands Red Soda.

Influenced by the music and deep lyricism of indie, alternative, R&B and rap - Alicia fuses these styles to create her own unique sound. Her biggest musical influences include James Bay, Vance Joy, Kendrick Lamar and John Mayer.

She has completed her degree and has a Bachelor of Music majoring in Contemporary Performance from The Australian Institute of Music. Through her degree she has made connections within the music industry and gained valuable experience that will benefit her own music and music career. She has also been signed to 2030 Records which is an independent label run by The Australian Institute of Music.

At AIM, Alicia has critically studied genres/styles including:

Latin
Jazz
Funk/Soul/R&B
Australian Contemporary
Blues and Rock

She has also taken many other classes focusing on:

Songwriting
Performance
Ensemble
Aural Skills (Sight Singing, Melodic and Rhythmic Notation, Choir)
Body Awareness for Musicians
Improvisation
Foundations of Western Art Music
20th Century Popular Culture and Music
DAW Skills
Visual Media and Design
Music Journalism
Drum Skills
Electronic Music

Post AIM, Alicia is now a Student Ambassador where she works on AIM events both on and off campus. She is booking more gigs, teaching, working on more music and is planning to release her EP in the next few months.