Tales of a Workaholic: An Interview with Carolyn Marie
Carolyn Ferraro is what some may call a workaholic.
Her first passion was dance – she attended the Mason Gross
School of the Arts and although she was mainly practicing those skills, music
was also prevalent throughout her schooling. “My freshman year my ballet
teacher asked me to audition for a musical she was choreographing, and I had to
sing,” she said. “I fell madly in love with singing there and wanted to do
more, but also be in control of what I was singing. It was so exhilarating to
know I could write my own music, sing to it, and create dances. I was my own
director.”
She performs under the moniker Carolyn Marie, finding that
to be overall more appealing than by using Ferraro. Her music ranges from pop to
rock to funk with traces of electronic, fast-paced enough to keep her dance
skills intertwined.
Her debut EP, Backstage
Pass, was released in 2015 and was a major learning experience for Ferraro.
In the beginning, she worked with various producers who had more than enough
credits to their name but not enough investment into the project that she had. She
knew that when there was a next time, she was going to treat things
differently.
Her self-titled full-length, due out this fall, with written
with her guitarist, Zach Loss, who also produced the album. Grammy
Award-winning music engineer Cooper Anderson and Ken Lewis were also a part of
the process, recording and mixing the album respectively. “I'm happy because
we've created a new sound for me, and it doesn't sound like anyone else,”
Ferraro said. “That's what I love. We've
created this close knit team of people and we are constantly working on music,
so there is no pressure.”
She’s already released singles “Man Eater” and “Wanna Be
Cool” which both have a different sound from her EP. “Man Eater” is a story
about a former friend, living the single life by getting dressed to the nines
and watching guys flock to her at the bars. “Wanna Be Cool” is less storytelling
and more tragic in the sense that the theme involves the want to fit in with
the cool crowd and the decisions made because of that want.
When she’s not gearing up for her album release, Ferraro is
also on the teaching staff at Dream Makers Dance Studio. By working there and
making lasting connections with her students, she’s been able to bring her
passion for dance back into her music and has been able to share that with her
students.
Some people may say that Carolyn Ferraro is a workaholic, and it appears they would be correct. By balancing her passions for music and dance, she has created a full-length record that, when released, will be both of those passions combined into one.
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