Vivian Garcia (Flymariposa)

I have been singing since..well..since I can remember. I picked up the guitar late in the game and began learning rhythms from Latin America and moved on to study some traditional flamenco at the Old Town School of Folk music and eventually took lessons in Granada, Spain at Escuela Carmen de las Cuevas. I am a singer who plays guitar, not the other way around and so I leave the complicated guitar work to the awesome people I get to perform with from time to time. I have been a gigging musician since 1999 playing shows in Sarasota, Florida ; Chicago, Illinois, Madrid, Spain where I lived from 2010-2013 while pursuing an M.A. in Spanish and Latin American Literature. It is in Madrid that I began writing my own music and as life would have it, I joke that I moved to Spain to compose in English. I was lucky to find a group of talented musicians to support my work and help me record my first original album, " Cold Bed" in 2012. I still play shows of primarily Spanish covers but am also incorporating my English originals into my sets...with some positive feedback too ( whew) This is a transitory AND prolific phase of life for me as far as music is concerned and this year I am quite willing to give it all I have to collaborate with as many artists as possible and also create my own pieces. I hope some of you will stick around for this journey! Peace, love and Light! Vivian