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CAY RENO RECORDS L.L.C.
Electronic PRESS KIT (EPK)
About
Cay Reno is a South Side Chicago born Afro-Indigenous American with roots from the Mississippi South and the island of Puerto Rico. While maintaining her interest and skillsets in music, dance, and acting, she places her spiritual shamanic calling at the center of her path through her charismatic nature. She encourages all who hear her music to let down their proverbial walls and tap further in their willingness to face deeper reflections of life's experiences. With RnB/Soul, Pop, and Singer/songwriter genres at the base of her sound, Cay continues to shift towards afro rhythms and Latin influences, as she further incorporates her bilingual lyricism [of English, Spanish, and Spanglish] in honor of her cultural beginnings. Overall, Cay's music bridges gaps between lofty mystical impressions, deeply emotional topics, and nerve tingling phonics that diffuse tensions in the body. Cay's dreamy, yet colorfully earthy essence guides listeners into feel good sensations all while exploring deep seeded emotions.
Education, Career Achievements/ Experience
- Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Business with Emphasis in Jazz Vocals from University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
- Mentored and vocally trained by Cheryl Wilson (who is a decorated Live & Session/Studio Singer with Several UK Billboard No. 1 songs and is a Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra violist)
- Served as Lead Vocalist for two cover bands: "Chicago Funk" Band and “Lunada” (Genres including but not limited to Funk, Soul, Pop, Rock & Roll, Jazz, Salsa, Tejano, Bolero, Huapango, and Mariachi)
- Served as (Alto/Tenor) Background Vocalist for “Chai Tulani & The Bomba” (Genres including but not limited to African/Ghanian/Kenyan Folk music, RnB/Soul, Rap, Hip Hop and Pop)
- Performed as Vocalist for Trios, Quartets, Quintets and Big Band (Genres including but not limited to Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Funk, Blues, modernized Pop reimagined orchestrally)
- Expanded into Solo Career as an Independent Music Artist performing original music in radio show appearances, live shows, and concerts
- Venues where Cay Reno has showcased a plethora of these styles and her tunes include The Promontory, South Shore Cultural Center, The Ambassador Public House, The Garfield Conservatory, La Tequilería, The Subterranean, DuSable Museum, Afro Joe's, Mr. Brown’s Lounge, TRIBEHOUSE, KULTUR DTLA, The Blue Zebra, and The Pearl Club Chicago.
Booking and Collaborative Projects
Allow Cay Reno to transform your hopes and dreams into reality with her undeniably alluring tone of sound and her unique approach to creating original content for music. Book Ms. Reno today for festivals, concerts, and other live shows of various calibers to elevate the atmosphere and drive the energy of solid performances for your listeners. With live sets that are predominantly arranged with original songs and intertwined with modern mainstream Pop/RnB hits, she has just the soulful edge that you need to attract the eyes and ears of you event goers.
In addition to Live vocal performance, Cay's areas of focus extend to your needs for vocal samples, vocals on demo recordings, songwriting, song features/ collaborations for studio release, narration, voice-acting, on-screen acting and live event hosting! Perhaps, you need her writing skills for lyrical poetry, her captivating formulation of melodic phrasing, her excellent on-the-fly adjustments to the musical stylings of others, her charmingly relatable character acting abilities, or just her unique complimentary embellishments of an pre-determined creative project. No matter the vision you hold, her abilities to capture emotion and comprehensive messages in a variety of singing/speaking styles will speak for themselves.
Looking to Book Cay Reno? Want to collaborate with Cay Reno? Contact below for a prompt response!
“Her music is Dope...She is DOPE and I see the grind. I really dig her content and it needs to be out there!” - Billboard Charting Music Artist Eli X
— Eliexisofficial
Inquiries
Cay Reno BTS pHOTO
Crystal Skies Music Video
Cay Reno adds a striking addition to the aesthetics in the "Crystal Skies" visual production with highlights of her signature orange style and blend of textured fabrics.