Alexx Calise (born June 28, 1985), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is best known for her solo work and her other musical project (with songwriting partner Dennis Morehouse), Batfarm.

Biography

Alexx Calise was born on June 28, 1985 in

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. An avid writer, she began playing the guitar at age 11 to emulate her father, who is also a musician. Calise began pursuing her professional music career at the age of 14. She now resides in

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where she writes and performs her own solo material, and pens songs for other high-profile artists. Calise's original music has appeared in several television shows such as ''

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'' and more. Her song, "Release Me" was also chosen as the title track for the 2011 film, ''L.A., I Hate You'', starring William Forsythe,

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and Deedee Pfieffer, which was distributed by

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. She also lent her voice to a

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short (music written by Matt O'Malley of human) directed by Sam O'Hare. Calise is probably best known for her song, "Cry", which enjoyed heavy rotation on

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'' and has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of units independently. "Cry" peaked at No. 64 on the iTunes rock charts in August 2011, and its official music video also features ''Dance Moms'' star,

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, who danced to the song in several episodes of the show. Calise is also an actress, and has appeared in several national TV commercials and shows including the

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documentary, ''The Science of Sex Appeal'',

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's ''Science of Imagineering'' DVD series, and most recently, a series of national Guitar Center commercials. Calise and her band recently performed her song "Cry" on season 7 of ''Dance Moms'' with Nia Sioux and Kendall Vertes. Calise also released her single, "Breathe," which featured Nia Sioux on vocals on the same day as the episode's airing. Calise is currently working on new music for her solo project and her band Batfarm, as well as hosting for Guitar World magazine and writing for a variety of music publications.

Interviews

Calise has been interviewed by

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, Louis Velazquez of UCW Radio, Outloud Multimedia, Hard Drivin' Radio, Paul and Young Ron of Big 106 FM, Empowerment4women.com, Broward New Times, Sun-Sentinel, Miami Community News, and more. She was also interviewed in the nationally distributed how-to/method book, ''How to Succeed as a Female Musician'' (Alfred Publishing), which features such notable musicians as

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and

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), and more.

Charity work

Calise is involved with the Wear Your Music Foundation, an organization that produces jewelry from high-profile artists' guitar strings. All sales from Calise's bracelets are donated to the

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Discography

*"Pull It (Bullet)" (single) (2007) *"Morning Pill" (2007) *"In Avanti" (2010) *"No Vampires In Gilroy" (2011) (with other group, Sound of Cancer—now Batfarm) *"Outta Here Alive" (single) (2012) *"AC3" EP (2012) *"Home Again" (single) (2013) *"All Night Long" (single) (2013) *"The Catalyst: B-Sides" (2015) *"Addition by Subtraction" (2015) *"Breathe" (single) (2017) *"Rise" feat. Sensitive Robot (single) (2019)

References

External links

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Alexx Calise Interview with The Jitty

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