Laurie Foxx
Music Bio
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One of only two artists chosen to perform at EAT’M (Emerging Artists and Talent In Music) in Las Vegas for three years at the Las Vegas Hilton, The Mirage, and The Rio, and won the coveted Spinrecords.com Jeep Cherokee in June of 2000. (see Spinrecords.com and EAT-m.com)
Wrote & performed in own TV Pilot, “The Laurie Foxx Show, If You Don’t Like It, Get Your Own Show”.
Performed SOLO/ LIVE for PBS on WEEKNIGHT EDITION. Her performance has been used multiple times as an intro and altro to the show.
Featured on CBS & ABC for performances on the news.
Performed LIVE and interviewed by KUT radio’s SYNDICATED SHOW, EKLECTICO by John Aieli, to promote Austin Performances.
Played SXSW (South by Southwest) music conference in Austin ,Texas , 2000.
Performed Solo for a TV Pilot “Eat Art” for Lifeline Films
Chosen to play SOLO for the Million Mom March
Performed in a Music Video of her original song, “Heaven Sweet” to promote the film “Letters To Lauren” with 3 songs chosen for the soundtrack “Letters To Lauren”. Wrote music for film short, “Marisa Romanov” featured at VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, 2001. Wrote Theme songs for INDIE FILM, “Junk in a Trunk”, pilot “Abby’s Road”, among others.
Nominated BEST Female Acoustic/Folk in THE HOUSTON PRESS Music Awards, 2000. (see Houstonpress.com)
Plays numerous clubs, bookstores, festivals (i.e.: Monterey Rock and Art Festival, in N. Calif. , Bayou City Arts Festival, Memorial July 4th Festival, Westheimer Street Festival, Houston Heights Festival, etc.)
Lyricist for Topomic Music,/ France (Adult contemporary, Pop/ Euro- Pop)
Songwriter for various recording groups and studio musician /vocalist.
URBAN BEAT- “If your tastes in pop music run slightly askew of the norm, you would be hard pressed to find a better practitioner than Houston’s own Laurie Foxx ….memorable melodies, off the wall lyrics that reflect vulnerability without wallowing in victimization….having seen her perform live…she also plays a mean piano.- Count von Teleke
CITY LIFE LAS VEGAS- “Bridging the gap between Ben Folds Five and Rufus Wainright with a n occasional guitar pop song for good measure.”
POP-NORMAN TRANSCRIPT- “Rocked like a star…Begged comparisons to Sarah and Joni M. with infrequent flashes of Bette M.”
MUSICDISH- “ Laurie Foxx brings home an adult contemporary, singer/songwriter, progressive pop approach to the world.” “Vocals are exquisite…passion poured into every song…with complexity and power…an album of songwriting superiority…with a beauty I have yet to hear until now….”
Career Bio
Career Bio
Laurie Foxx
Laurie Foxx is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma school of Business with a Marketing Degree. Studying Marketing/Entrepreneurship, she completed a special project, creating a business plan for a new store called, “Containers Unlimited”. She won the Entrepreneurship Award for this plan, subsequently submitted it to the SBA for a loan, borrowed %100 of the money (at 21% interest!), and opened her first retail store 6 months after graduating. The business showed a profit after less than 2 months of opening the doors and had a history of 3 stores in Oklahoma and 10 successful years. After 5 years, her husbands Career took them to Houston in which she ran it long distance for 5 of those years, caring for their 2 young children. During this time, Laurie further developed her songwriting skills from her musical training of 8 years of Classical Piano and performing and winning awards for her Classical work. Developing a repertoire of many songs, Laurie followed this talent while handling Accounts Payable for her husband’s business, Foxx Transports.
As a singer/songwriter, she has won awards, performed on TV and at many events and festivals including SXSW. At the Emerging Artists and Talent in Music Conference (EAT’M) awards in Las Vegas Laurie won numerous prizes including an SUV, the coveted “Spin Jeep” She is one of only 2 artists chosen to perform 3 consecutive years. She has written and produced hundreds of songs and 4 cds of original music and has written original music and scoring for various film projects. Her music writing and acting has led her to writing for film and TV. Laurie Foxx has written screenplays and TV pilots currently in various stages of production. Along with numerous acting jobs in film and TV, Laurie wrote, produced, and starred in her own talk show pilot, “The Laurie Foxx Show, If You Don’t Like It, Get Your Own Show”, writing, producing and performing the theme songs for the show.
Her roles in Films, TV and commercials, and her own music video, garnered her experience in front and behind the camera. She Executive Produced a film called, “Portal” in which she had a cameo role, and contributed 2 original songs for the credits of the movie. She played the mother in the Tv pilot “Abbey’s Road”, and wrote the theme song for the drama and also was a Lead in the film, “New Orleans, Mon Amour” next to Christopher Eccleston and Pamela in “Red, White and Blue, with writer/director Simon Rumley. She is Producer through her production company Aqua Foxx Productions of the feature, “The Open Road”, in which she has a cameo role opposite Justin Timberlake with Jeff Bridges. Laurie Foxx and her production company, Aqua Foxx Productions currently have various film projects in the works.
Acting Bio
