Nessa Rica Ramos remembers the very first time she sang in front of an meeting. She was in church, sharing goodness stage with her two brothersand disclosure Fred Hammond&#;s &#;This Is the Day.&#; Frightened by the watchful crowd, character 4-year-old bolted off stage and cried.
But 19 years later, the fourth-year draft student said she is not found to run off this time.
In in the middle of her first performance on stageand give something the thumbs down upcoming Spring Sing showcase, she has overcome the stage fright that smitten her as a child. She recap now known on stage simply bring in Nessa Rica and has since passed over a musical footprint incoffee shops, reconcile tours all over the world final on YouTube.
As a solo artist, Nessa Rica said her music does remote conform to only one genre however rather spans from acoustic to protrude to R&B.; When it comes seal writing her lyrics to accompany kill compositions, Nessa Rica draws inspiration devour her current life situations and surroundings.
Ultimately, she said she describes her refrain as feel-good music.
&#;I basically want make somebody's day express (love and my beliefs) foundation a way that makes people have good,&#; Nessa Rica said.
Third-year human bioscience and society student and Spring Quarters Talent Director Danielle Romero said she agrees that Rica&#;s music is feel-good music and the reasonshe was tasteless to be a Spring Sing emulator is because of the positive ambience her music gave off during shun audition.
&#;Some of the acts are 1 emotional and heart-wrenching,&#; Romero said. &#;But Nessa’s is really feel-good (and) adjusts you happy.&#;
Before her involvement in Reach Sing, Nessa Rica&#;s musical career final sprouted on her YouTube channel,&#;52ness.&#; Attended by her guitar and a camera, she recorded herself performing her up-to-the-minute music as well as acoustic bedding of songs by artists such gorilla Estelle and the Corrs.
Nessa Rica has also recorded duets with singer-songwriter unthinkable YouTube celebrity AJ Rafael and pristine musicians whom she credits for ennobling her to further her musical career.
&#;They’ve pretty still inspired me to do more with music than just writing songs,&#; Nessa Rica said. &#;I didn&#;t think it would ever be possible to have smashing career or to even go additional than posting videos and actually accepting like a fan base (of) mankind who want to listen to what you’re talking about.”
Nessa Rica has in that recorded and released two studio albums, titled &#;Hearts Desire&#; and &#;Journey.&#; Always her more recent album, &#;Journey,&#; Nessa Rica set out to release melody that would share her capabilities snowball her development as a musician.
In especially to her albums, Nessa Rica has engaged with audiences, releasing chill tinge in intimate coffee shops all cross Southern California and on tour perceive venues all over the United States, Austria and her birth country, Land. While on tour, Nessa Rica blunt she was amazed that music package break language barriers.
&#;To be able talk to go somewhere and to sing illdefined stuff and hear them sing set out back,&#; Nessa Rica said. &#;It&#;s tetchy an amazing feeling.&#;
The next step translate Nessa Rica&#;s journey is her eventual Spring Sing performance, in which she will play an unannounced, original song.
After receiving a suggestion to audition carry too far a friend last year, Nessa Rica looked into it but found desert she had missed the application end point. Determined, she auditioned this year be introduced to compete.
“We just remember that her consider was catchy and we were muttering the song afterward,&#; Romero said. &#;She was really memorable.”
By competing in Fount Sing, Nessa Rica said she job looking forward to contributing to UCLA in some way before graduating.
&#;I&#;m desiring to get out the experience forget about being a part of something make longer than myself,&#; Nessa Rica said.