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NEWS:12.11.11Charlene Ava was featured as a backup singer for recording artist Ivo in Switzerland's Eurovision Song Contest 2012!10.25.11Listen for the Smirnoff commercial running worldwide featuring Sun for Moon, which is Charlene's artist name.9.15.11Listen soon for Charlene on two nationally running Norweigan Cruise commercials! One dance version and one chill-out version. "Cruise like a Norweigan!"8.10.11Listen soon for Charlene's voice on the Super Value commercial!8.1.11Hey all! Please check out the new website featuring Charlene Ava's original music, performing under the band name Sun for Moon. Links to twitter, facebook, tumblr here. www.sunformoon.com7.24.11Charlene got the wonderful opportunity to record with William Orbit in the studio!www.williamorbit.com5.9.11Listen for the latest Mohegan Sun commercial, Charlene is singing it!3.22.11Listen soon for Charlene singing the latest national Diet Pepsi commercial!3.21.11Listen for the latest Loreal Excellence commercial running nationally (starring Julianna Margulies) Charlene is singing it!2.4.11Listen for the latest national McDonald's breakfast commercial. This is the second McDonald's commercial Charlene is singing. (The first was in 2009)12.13.10 Listen for the latest Avon commercial starring Reese Witherspoon. Charlene is singing it!11.28.10Go to the links page to check out a video I just posted to Youtube featuring me singing covers by Feist, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, etc. 11.20.10Listen soon for the nationally running Littlest Pet Shop commercial! Charlene is the singing voice of it.11.7.10Charlene's voice is featured on "My Darling is a Foreigner" movie soundtrack in Japan! The song is called "By Your Side" 8.18.10Check out the Cover Songs section on the listen page! It's new! You can hear Charlene demo styles of popular artists.7.12.10Watch David Letterman on Tuesday July 13! Charlene will be singing backup for M.I.A.6.4.10Charlene Ava is the voice on the new nationally running Maybelline commercial! The jingle is a reggae version of the song "At Last", listen for it!6. 3.10Charlene sang in the studio for UK electronic group Does it Offend You, Yeah?'s latest album to be released on Columbia Records this year. She was featured on the hook of one of their energetic songs. Stay tuned for more about that...www.doesitoffendyou.com5.19.10 Charlene Ava sang backup for M.I.A. at Cartoon Network's Adult Swim party held at Gotham Hall tonight. The ten song set featured M.I.A.'s latest single "Born Free" and smash hit "Paper Planes"www.miauk.com3.31.10Charlene is the voice on the new Scotts Turf Builder commercial!3.29.10Charlene Ava was asked to singfor Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at Julliard in NYC, where she performed a song in Portuguese while playing the theramin. She demonstrated to the first lady of France a technology where a singer's backup vocals can be connected to a theramin to bring dramatic swells in volume by using one's hand. The performance was an excerpt from a brilliant piece of music composed for Pilobolus by Ed Bilous. www.carlabruni.com

about Really Good Vocals is what singer Charlene Ava is all about. Charlene Ava has been a session and demo singer for years, free lancing in New York City, Nashville, and London. Charlene not only works in these markets, she also does long distance sessions from her home studio set up and frequently demos songs for clients from Korea to the UK. She is signed to the prestigious VAM Nation Entertainment, the top management company for working singers in New York City, and is the voice on a few national commercials: McDonald's (one in 2009 and one in 2011), Nationwide ("Nationwide is on your side!"), Avon, Littlest Pet Shop, Loreal, Scott's Turf Builder, Maybelline, Diet Pepsi, Norweigan Cruise and more. She's also the vocalist on the Toyota commercial that ran in Japan in 2009. She's the voice on the Arabic flared jingle for Famous Footwear, "Shoe Love". She's the singing voice of Oxy, the Oxygen atom, on a new made for IMAX film called Molecules to the Max. She's also the voice of the Bratz doll Chloe on the Universal Records release Bratz Rock Angelz. She was lead background vocalist for the artist M.I.A. summer 2010. She performed solo live at Julliard in NYC for pop star and first lady of France, Carla Bruni. She has recorded for great writers and producers such as William Orbit (Madonna), Marcus Hummon (Grammy Award winner), Trey Bruce (Emmy Award winner), Christopher Neil (Celine Dion), Phil Galdston (Cher, Celine Dion, Madonna), Tony Shimkin (Madonna, Nine inch Nails) and more.Charlene sings pop, rock, r&b, electro and even Arabic music (she's of 100% Egyptian background). She also works professionally as an actor and approaches session singing very much like an actor. She's known for her ability to really come in tune with the character/emotion of a song.

"To anyone looking for a fresh voice for demos, Charlene is perfect. I've been using her on demos for most of the year, from rock, pop to country. She has great pitch and a beautiful tone that stays warm all the way to the top of her range, which is in itself alarming. She's on time, knows the melody, and is sensitive to the emotional call of the song."--Trey Bruce (Songwriter, Emmy Award Winner, CMA Award Winner)"Charlene in my opinion has real talent and the potential to have a very succesful recording and live career. Her songs are fresh, intelligent and well structured. Watch out for her - a star in the making!"--James Bradbury (EMI Records - Marketing, London)"Charlene has a rare gift of sensuality, spirituality and honesty in her voice and in her writing...I have had the pleasure of working with her in theatrican settings where her emotions are easily drawn upon...because they are so wonderfully near the surface. I am a huge fan."--Marcus Hummon(Sony Music Publishing - Songwriter, Grammy Award Winner, CMA Award Winner)

OVER THE INTERNET RECORDING SESSIONS

It is very easy to get stellar vocals recorded on your song and I work with the budget of independent writers/producers.

All you need to do is send me your files, I will record from my home studio and send you back a few takes of your song. It's easy and good for you because you don't have to pay for studio time!

I work for clients all over the world.

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POP

High Energy Pop - "Touch"

Light Pop "Happy Together" (Turtles Cover)

Earthy/Folk "Life"

Alt Pop "Just Be Mine"

Children's Music "Quiet Cricket"

Disney Pop "Alright"

Country Pop "Bed of Nails"

Quirky Pop "Meant to Be"

**Happy Pop "Just Dreaming"

**Power Ballad/R&B/Soulful "As Long as the Sun Shines"

ALTERNATIVE

Dance Alt "Vertigo"

**Dark Ethereal "Mermaids"

Dance Electronic "Candy Box"

ROCK

Rock Pop "Overexposed"

High Energy "Touch"

COMMERCIALS

MCDonald's Happiness

Nationwide

Famous Footwear, Arabic Style

WORLD

** French "I'm in Love Again"

**Arabic, freestyle improvisation

COVER SONGS - NEW!

Kesha "Tik Tok"

Feist "1234"

Lady Gaga "Poker Face"

Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"

Regina Spector "Fidelity"

Lily Allen "Smile"

Goldfrapp "Strict Machine"

Alicia Keys "No One"

TOUCH.mp3

VERTIGO.mp3

TIKTOK.mp3

HAPPYTOGETHER.mp3

MERMAIDS.mp3

1234.mp3

LIFE.mp3

CANDY BOX.mp3

POKERFACE.mp3

JUSTBEMINE.mp3

YOUBELONGWITHME.mp3

CRICKET.mp3

OVEREXPOSED.mp3

FIDELITY.mp3

ALRIGHT.mp3

TOUCH.mp3

SMILE.mp3

BED OF NAILS.mp3

STRICTMACHINE.mp3

MEANTTOBE.mp3

MCDONALDS.mp3

NOONE.mp3

DREAMING.mp3

NATIONWIDE.mp3

SUNSHINES.mp3

FAMOUSFOOTWEAR.mp3

Markets recorded for: USA, UK, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands and Italy.Vocals recorded from my own home studio:McDonald's commercialMaybelline commercialScott's Turf builder commercialNationwide commercial plus"Touch", "Life", "Quiet Cricket", "Alright""Mermaids", "Never Again" that you hear on this page!Check out the Cover Songs on this page! This is a NEW addition. Many clients will call and reference a specific artist's sound, so I made demos of popular cover songs for you to get the idea. It's so important to choose the right singer when demoing your songs! The vocals sell the song. It must have emotion, it must have the right vibe and style for who you are pitching it to.

LOVEAGAIN.mp3

ARABIC.mp3

Unmixed, acapella sample of a vocal recorded from my home studio.

I also write jingles, check out "Just Dreaming" full length version.

LifeACAPELLA.mp3

DREAMINGFULL.mp3

** double star means the song was also written by Charlene Ava

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Charlene Ava sings Feist, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift...

Where else to find Charlene Ava?Hear my own music/writing at:www.sunformoon.comand www.facebook.com/sunformoonAlso, click here to friend Really Good Vocals on MYSPACE and Facebook.

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Please contact me directly using the contact form to the right regarding your project and what you need and I will send you a quote and all the information you need. If you require vocals for a commercial or an advert specifically, contact Val Morris at info_vamnation.com. This is only for music that is specifically for an advertisement only. Otherise, please use the contact form to the right.I am available to speak to international clients via Skype.Come friend Really Good Vocals on MYSPACE and Facebook. .