Angela Ferrari.  

Singer. Songwriter.

Fan:  What’s your real name?
Angela: Angela Marie Ferrari

Fan:  Really...Your last name is actually Ferrari?  It's not your stage name?
Angela:  Angela Ferrari is indeed my real name. 

Fan:  Where did you grow up?
Angela:  I was born in San Diego, CA. But we moved to Gallup, New Mexico when I was very young and I grew up there.

Fan: What jobs have you had?
Angela: Soooo many. But it all made sense when I started my first company -Shift. All the puzzle pieces cam together.

  • Private investigator Assistant

  • Waitress (I was a horrible waitress and got fired from tons of waitressing jobs haha)

  • Bartender

  • Went to black jack dealer school but hated it so never pursued it

  • Physical Trainer

  • Real Estate

  • Carpet Sales

  • Roofing sales

  • Music Booking Agent

  • Performance teacher for kids

  • Founder of The Shift Process

Fan:  Have you had any formal vocal training?
Angela:  I am self-taught.  I had my father set up a speaker and a microphone in my room.  I would record my favorite artists and MTV videos and watch them hundreds of times.  I would observe every little detail all the way down to how they were moving their mouths when they sang.  I started taking vocal lessons after I became a professional performer. I have coaches that live in different areas of the world now!

Fan:  What singers inspired you while you were growing up?
Angela:  I was inspired by Madonna's craziness and how she would morph into different things.  I once actually tried to tattoo a mole above my upper lip to match hers and it got infected and turned green. Later I found out that her mole was fake and I was PISSED!!!  I was also inspired by the vocal ability of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Christina Aguilera to name a few.  Randomly, I came across my dad's Michael Bolton music and I’ve loved his voice ever since...but we’ll keep that our little secret.

Fan:  What artists inspired your recently dropped album?
Angela:  Lana Del Rey, Florence and the Machine and Lorde to name a few.

Fan:  What are your songs about?
Angela:  They’re hints to ownership of our realities.  There's a journey through pain that brought about the realization of power.  And then there's just some good ol' flirty sex stuff. 

Fan:  Any colorful stories about singing when you were young?
Angela:   I had many challenges growing up -being bullied, etc. and singing was the most beautiful outlet for me.  It was an acceptable way for me to scream and get the energy out.

Fan:  When's the first time you sang?
Angela:  My mom and grandpa used to sing us lullabies. I would try to mimic them at an early age of 2ish.

Fan:  When did you know that you would be a professional singer?
Angela:  I knew this at a very young age.  It was something I knew but never really talked about because it was hard for me to put it into words. I would have visions of it.  I was also protective of it. I didn’t want to hear anyone tell me it was an improbable dream. It was in my bones, it was in my blood...it chose me. 

Fan:  Most memorable moment performing.
Angela: I once sang the national anthem in front of 70,000 people. Just me and a microphone. Leading up to it, I was terrified. I didn’t know how my body was going to respond to all of that energy at one time. Was I going to forget the lyrics?! Was I just going to collapse?! But once I was on the platform and they put the mic in my hand I had an overwhelming sense of calmness take over me. I looked around at all of the people with so much love filling my heart. It was truly beautiful.

Fan:  What was the scariest moment in your career?
Angela:  I was in the corporate world and had a well paying job with all sorts of material things, but I just didn’t feel lit up inside.  I was chasing one high after the next but nothing was sustainable.  New car, new dress...etc.  So one day I booked a solo trip to Bali.  When I came back I quit my job and declared I was going to start singing. Most people thought I was nuts, but somehow I knew it would all work out. It was very hard at first,  but the love I had for singing superseded the fear of the unknown.  So I just kept going.  And it all worked out better then I could've conceived at the time.  I was attracting things that matched the love I had for what I was doing.  That's why today I stand for people doing what they love.  It's the Master Key to this thing we call life...in my humble opinion.

Fan:  Are you married?  Do you have any kids?
Angela:  Nope, no marriage or kids yet.  I have an amazing dog. He's a Shi Tzu named Mortimer Bartholomew.