Austin Ellis
- Nashville, TN
- Singing Guitarist
- 261 Verified Bookings
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A singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles offering you solo shows (vocals with piano, ukulele, or guitar) duo shows & full band shows when you need it! She writes pop music with heavy indie pop and folk influences, with a sprinkling of soul.
x Opened for comedian, Lena Dunham, on her unconventional book tour for 'Not That Kind of Girl'
x Ingrid Michaelson called her voice 'beautiful' & 'haunting'.
x Compared to artists like Regina Specktor, Sara Bareilles, Kate Nash, and Adele.
x Played alongside headliners Aretha Franklin, Rachel Platten ('Fight Song'), and Lady Antebellum ('Need You Now') at Musikfest
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Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 20 - 90 minutes
Languages: English, Italian
Marissa Lauren is a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, CA. She recently caught the attention of singer Ingrid Michaelson who called her voice 'beautiful' & 'haunting'. Since then Marissa has opened for comedian Lena Dunham (creator and star of HBO's hit show GIRLS), released her Debut EP 'Now & Forever', and most recently played alongside headliners Aretha Franklin, Rachel Platten ('Fight Song'), and Lady Antebellum ('Need You Now') at Musikfest: the USA's largest free music festival. Marissa writes piano driven Pop music with heavy Indie Pop and Folk influences, plus a dash of soul. She has been compared to artists like Regina Specktor, Sara Bareilles, and Adele.
Marissa was awarded Best Vocals, Most Original, and Song of The Year at UC Irvine's Antstock music festival; a campus-wide competition for songwriters. Her cover of Nicki Minaj's, 'Starships' gained much attention when Nicki Minaj herself tweeted Marissa's video to her 17 million followers. 97.1 AMP Radio also named Marissa's acoustic/acapella version of 'Starships' one of "the best covers of the year's hottest tracks!".
Her cover projects have also inspired her to explore music production. Today, she arranges, records, and produces music projects from her home studio. When she isn't writing, or collaborating with other artists and producers, you can find her playing shows all over Southern California & using her music to fight back against cancer. Marissa works with The American Cancer Society for their Relay for Life events which raises funds for their invaluable cancer research and patient services.
Originals:
I Still Fall
Heart Strings
Girls Like Me
For Now
For Forever
Shut Me Off
One Day
Take a Chance
Worth Fighting For
The Light in Shadows
Take Me Away
Diamond in the Rough
No Shortcuts
It's Christmas All Around
From Me to You
All I Wish
Christmas All Around
Find The Joy
Love This Season
Covers:
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Love is a Losing Game - Amy Winehouse
You've Got a Friend - Carole King
Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Brights Lights and Cityscapes - Sara Bareilles
Not Alone - Sara Bareilles
Island - Sara Bareilles
I Choose You - Sara Bareilles
Brave - Sara Bareilles
Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Not a Bad Thing - Justin Timberlake
93 Million Miles - Jason Mraz
Lucky - Jason Mraz
Im Yours - Jason Mraz
I Wont Give Up - Jason Mraz
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele
Day Dreamer - Adele
To Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
Be OK - Ingrid Michaelson
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
You & I - Ingrid Michaelson
Home - Ingrid Michaelson
Hell No - Ingrid Michaelson
Girls Chase Boys - Ingrid Michaelson
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Try - Colbie Caillat
Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Lego House - Ed Sheeran
Keep It To Yourself - Kacey Musgraves
Step Off - Kacey Musgraves
Roar - Katy Perry
Wide Awake - Katy Perry
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Thinking of You - Katy Perry
Grenade - Bruno Mars
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
Starships - Nicki Minaj
Stay - Rihanna
Blank Space - Taylor Swift
All of Me - John Legend
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton John
Like a Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel
A Life That's Good - Nashville
Imagine - Beatles
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Smile - Nat King Cole
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Holiday Songs:
Baby It's Cold Outside
Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
Mistletoe - Colbie Caillat
Winter Song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Micaelson
Last Christmas
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
The Christmas Waltz
Winter Wonderland
Let It Snow
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Jason Mraz, Adele
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