Adrianne E. Gonzalez | |
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Also known as | Adrianne, AG |
Born | 1977 (age 39–40) Miami, Florida, United States |
Genres | Alternative |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, composer, music video director, painter |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | www |
Adrianne E. Gonzalez (born 1977) is an American musician, composer, music video director, writer, and painter. She formerly used Adrianne as her stage name; she now uses AG.
Gonzalez was born and raised in Miami, where she was a chorister and taught herself piano and guitar, taking up the latter at seventeen.
She has said of her beginnings:
She went on to obtain a degree in music production and engineering from Boston's Berklee College of Music before moving to Los Angeles, where she is now based.
Soon after settling in Los Angeles, Gonzaelz signed a publishing deal with Lionel Conway at the Mosaic Media Group. She is now published by the Pen Music Group. The ASCAP database lists her as the author or co-author of more than 100 songs. She has collaborated with songwriters including David Batteau, Jeff Trott, Jon Lind, Jules Larson, Rodney Alejandro, Anne Preven, and Scott Cutler. Her work features regularly on television (Lifetime, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Dirt, Men in Trees, One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, Guiding Light, In Plain Sight, Witchblade), and in films (Michael Clancy's Eulogy, Harvey Kahn's The Deal).
Gonzalez won the USA Songwriting Competition Grand Prize in 1999 for "Say 'em Strong"; the Boston Music Award for Best New Singer-Songwriter in 2000; and a SESAC Television and Film Composers Award in 2009 for her contribution to Guiding Light. She has also been a finalist in the Coca-Cola New Music Awards and the Lilith Fair Talent Search.