Aimee Bessada (composer)
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Aimee Bessada is a Canadian singer-songwriter and alumnus of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre's Slaight Music Residency.[1][2] Bessada had worked as a touring musician for approximately a decade prior to attending the prestigious nine month program at the CFC's Slaight Family Music Lab, where she and four other selectees worked under the mentorship of award-winning film composer Marc Jordan. The goal of the program was to take composers and songwriters who had already had a proven track record, and train them in the specialized skills for composing music for film and television.
Following her completion of the program Bessada prepared the music for multiple film and television projects, including How To Buy A Baby, Irreplaceable You, Nappily Ever After, The Inherent Traits of Connor James, Holly Hobbie.[2][3]
Vents magazine described her musical style as an "unique blend of grunge, folk, and surf rock."[3]
Her 2015 debut extended play compact disk followed her participation in the Make or Break television show on VH1, hosted by Linda Perry.[3][4][5] On the show Perry mentored a group of musicians. Bessada was one of the participants selected to make an EP. Hers was entitled A dream, a coast.
In 2018 Bessada was one of the guest artists who performed in a series of tributes to the work of Joni Mitchell and Carole King.[6] In an interview with CBC News's Reshmi Nair artistic and managing director Mitchell Marcus, and Bessada explained how, for its twelfth annual iteration of its "Uncovered" series the Musical Stage Company chose to profile the work of the only two female singer-songwriters to make Rolling Stone magazineTemplate:'s the top ten of its list of iconic singer-songwriters.[7]
References
- ↑ Aimee Bessada, Canadian Film Centre. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “Program Completed at the CFC: Slaight Music Residency”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aimee Bessada, Free the bid. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “A recent alumni of the prestigious CFC Slaight Music Lab, she has quickly added a number of projects to her growing portfolio as a composer creating original music for CBC web series How To Buy A Baby (recipient of the 2018 Indie Award for Best Web Comedy), and writing additional music for Netflix Original Movie’s Irreplaceable You (released February 2018) and Nappily Ever After (to be released September 2018) as an assistant to acclaimed composer Lesley Barber (Manchester By the Sea, You Can Count On Me). She is currently scoring the upcoming Hulu series Holly Hobbie, to be released in the fall of 2018.”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Giorgio Chang. INTERVIEW: Aimee Bessada, Vents magazine, 2017-07-29. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “Since touring with Sia, Cyndi Lauper, and co-producing her EP A Dream, A Coast with Linda Perry, Bessada has been turning heads with her unique blend of grunge, folk, and surf rock.”
- ↑ ARTIST INTERVIEW: A Dream, A Coast, audio femme. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “So yeah I met up with Linda Perry through that show Make or Break. And then over the course of like a year living in New York I wrote a bunch of songs for an EP, recorded them, my visa ran out so I moved home, thinking that someone would stop me from leaving New York. Nobody did.”
- ↑ A Dream, A Coast - "Last To Know" (Official Music Video), Paste magazine, 2015-12-10. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “Aimee herself has toured the world with many bands and artists. She has played lead guitar for Hunter Valentine and Dance Yourself to Death. She has also opened for Sia, CSS and Cyndi Lauper and is currently working with Linda Perry, who she was discovered by on the VH1 show, The Linda Perry Project.”
- ↑ Isabella Perrone. UNCOVERED: JONI MITCHELL & CAROLE KING Re-imagines the 21st Century's Biggest Singer-Songwriter Hits, Broadway World magazine, 2018-11-18. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “Bessada leads two performances within the show and dumps classic rockstar energy into both. Her Act I "Don't Bring Me Down" is backed by the full band, with Bessada opting to take lead guitar. She knows how to work a stage while delivering a demanding piece, which is proven again during her later take on "Woodstock," although she swaps her guitar for a mandolin to add an extra layer to the cover.”
- ↑ Reshmi Nair. UnCovered show celebrates music of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, CBC News, 2018-11-14. Retrieved on 2019-01-17. “The 12th edition of the UnCovered rock/musical theatre hybrid is on now. Reshmi Nair spoke with Artistic and Managing Director Mitchell Marcus and performer Aimee Bessada.”