Gina Villalobos

Gina Villalobos is an American singer-songwriter and composer. From 1992 thorough 2013, she extensively toured and recorded in the US, UK and Europe, writing songs and making music in bands and as a solo artist. Villalobos has released five solo studio albums, the most recent of which is Sola. She continues to sing and compose in her work as a music creator at Feverpitch, where she services the motion picture industry, specifically those companies making movie trailer music. She creates sound effects, produces music, and composes original scores.

Early life, family and education

Villalobos spent her childhood in Lake Sherwood, California, a Santa Monica Mountains community. She was inspired by her mother's passion for music and her father Reynaldo Villalobos's work as an acclaimed cinematographer and director.

Musical career In her early 20s, Villalobos fronted and played guitar in the acoustic folk trio Liquid Sunshine. In anticipation of her sophomore studio album, Live from KXLU Radio was released, containing a live recording with songs off the new album. With her second outing, Rock 'N' Roll Pony, the European press and radio praised the CD, which reached No. 3 on the Euro-Americana charts, and by 2005, Villalobos was performing in Europe, Australia, in 2005 on her UK tour. Her 2007 self-release Miles Away received exposure in the UK and on BBC Radio 2. Around that time, the alternative rock band World Party invited Villalobos to tour the US with them. Her songs began appearing in movies and TV shows like One Tree Hill and Army Wives. Two years later, Gina delivered another album, Days on Their Side, exploring the Americana music genre. and has been recognized for her contribution to California songs.

In 2014, after an extended hiatus and having taken the time to produce the album since January 2012, selected the arrangement featuring the Gina Villalobos/Eric Colvin produced version of the 1971 Sly and the Family Stone hit "Family Affair" featuring the vocals of Ruby Friedman for use in the trailer promoting the launch of Season 2.

Personal life Villalobos resides in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California.

In October 2003, halfway through the sessions for Rock 'N Roll Party, production was halted when Villalobos sustained serious injury to her right eye. After numerous retinal surgeries, she was informed she would be permanently blind in her right eye.

Discography

Studio albums Year Title Label 2002 Beg from Me Kick Music 2004 Rock 'N' Roll Pony Laughing Outlaw Records 2007 Miles Away Laughing Outlaw Records 2009 Days on Their Side Face West Records 2014 Sola Self-released

Live albums Year Title Label 2004 Live from KXLU Radio Kick Music

Singles Year Title Label 2008 Can't Find My Way Home Face West Records 2011The Ghost in You Face West Records 2016 World Keeps Turning Self-released

CD compilations

Paste Magazine Sampler Number 32 Sin City Social Cub Compilation Volume 9

TV and film music

Army Wives "Great Expectations" (Season 2, Episode 12): "I'm Alright" Real Sex