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Holly Auna (born January 3, 1993) is an American artist, musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, lead singer and founder of her Nashville indie band , YouTube personality, TikTok personality, film maker, and entrepreneur. Auna independently released an extended play which was a studio album entitled "Harmonies for the Heart" on February 14, 2019. Auna's EP rose to #27 on Apple itunes music record charts in the category of singer-songwriter . Auna was born in Kentucky and grew up in Indiana and graduated from Belmont University where she earned a degree in Entertainment Industry Studies [1] with high academic distinction. All of Auna's work is composed, arranged and produced by herself. She tours regularly and performs at concerts and music festivals throughout the world. Auna serves as an ambassador for Hot Topic and represented them at a BTS event in 2020 that was presented by iHeartRadio. [2]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Holly Nicole Stewart |
| Born | 3 January 1993 Kentucky |
| Instruments | Vocals *Piano *Guitar* dulcimer *mandolin |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Website | www.hollyauna.com |
Music career and Influences
Holly Auna started playing shows in Indiana and Kentucky at age 14. She created and uploaded her original songs every week for 52 consecutive weeks on YouTube which grew her following substantially. [3] From this exposure, she inked a music licensing deal with Disney that included her original work on it was with this youtube channel called "Disney Stars". [4]. "Harmonies for the Heart", her debut album, was released on February 14, 2019. A music industry reviewer highlighted and described the songs contained in this release as follows:
“Secrets” is one of those songs that’s immediately contagious, with its pleasant harmonies and head bopping rhythms: “Why don’t you tell me all the secrets you keep?” “Home to Me” is a ballad designed to shower your lover with love. “Until I Try” is a nostalgic, ethereal heady song of guarded hope — you’ll never know until you try. “Already Lost” is a downward stepping “I was trapped in a slow disaster.. I was lost when I found you.” The EP is a collection of open, affectionate songs where harmonies reign and acoustics are clear." [5]
Auna provided input on her songwriting style and performance purpose in an interview in which she noted "Ryan Oetken (one of her co-writers) and I walk into writers’ rooms with no expectations – no goals of who to sound like or who might cut these songs – we just write. We enjoy writing poetic lyrics with cohabitating lead melody lines that still harmonize with each other."[6]
Discography
Extended plays
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| Harmonies for the Heart |
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- ^ {{Cite web|url = http://catalog.belmont.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=1&poid=354&returnto=23
- ^ {{Cite web|url = https://kiisfm.iheart.com/content/2020-01-27-bts-meets-army-members-at-the-iheartradio-theater-la/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr-QB2DohAszkLY-W-aC0uw
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyStars
- ^ https://americanahighways.org/2019/02/11/ep-premiere-holly-aunas-harmonies-for-the-heart/
- ^ Clarke, Melissa. "EP Premiere: Holly Auna And Ryan Oetken's "Harmonies For The Heart"".