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Victoria Canal

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Origin
  
Madrid, Spain

Occupation(s)
  
Singer-Songwriter

Genre
  
Pop

Albums
  
Into The Pull

Genres
  
pop

Website
  
www.victoriacanal.com

Record label
  
Instrumental

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Born
  
August 11, 1998 (age 18) (
1998-08-11
)

Instruments
  
Piano, ukulele, trumpet, guitar

Profiles

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Victoria Canal (born August 11, 1998) is a Spanish-American singer-songwriter. Her debut EP, "Into the Pull", was released on January 29, 2016.

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Early career

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Canal was born in Munich to Gwen Tinius, an architect and artist, and Francisco Canal, a businessman. She has since lived in Shanghai, Tokyo, Barcelona, Madrid, Dubai, and Amsterdam. Her ethnicity is Cuban and American descent, but refers to herself as Spanish-American because Spain is where she was raised most of her life. At a very young age, her grandmother, a piano teacher, introduced her to music. She started taking classical lessons at 6 years old for both piano and voice. When she turned 11, she discovered songwriting after listening to writers like John Mayer and Gavin DeGraw and decided she wanted to be a singer-songwriter when she grew up. She participated in local and school competitions wherever she could and started booking her own gigs. Her reputation at school was "that singer girl who spends all her time practicing between classes", up to the point that when Victoria moved from Dubai to Barcelona in 2013 (she was about to start 10th grade), she decided to do online school instead to be able to pursue music more professionally. Her inspiration comes from unfamiliar instruments that she doesn't play as well as she does piano, like the bass, loop station, harmonica, etc.

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She was born without her right forearm due to amniotic band syndrome. She emphasizes that though it serves as a source of inspiration for people who might not traditionally become performers, people's focus should be on the music and artistic craft. Canal is a supporter of organizations such as SERV, AIS, T-Oigo. She has raised over 10,000 meals for SERV International for people in need.

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She cites her influences as John Mayer, Donny Hathaway, Sam Smith, and Al Green. Other artists she has noted include Bon Iver, James Vincent Mcmorrow, Coldplay, and James Bay.

Musical career

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When she was 13 and lived in Dubai, Canal recorded her first original demo CD at JR Studios. She searched out interview opportunities in Dubai and got several placements on MBC, Dubai One, and others. Also at age 13, Victoria was granted a full-tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music's summer performance program. At age 14, Victoria moved to Barcelona and studied at Jazz Conservatory en el Aula del Conservatori in Barcelona, Spain. She also returned again to Berklee with a second full-tuition scholarship. After studying at the conservatory for a year and receiving her certificate, Victoria began traveling back and forth from Madrid to Atlanta in fall of 2014 to begin training with renowned vocal coach, "Mama Jan" Smith. As their involvement moved forward, Victoria and her mother Gwen relocated to Atlanta in April 2015 so Victoria could go on her first tour and record her debut EP, Into the Pull. She hosted an Open Mic Tour along the east coast with 13 dates, raising 5,000 meals for SERV International for people in need. Over 50 performance in 2015, Victoria played venues like Eddie's Attic (opening for Joan Osborne), the Apollo, the Red Room, the World Cafe Live, and the Troxy Theatre.

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Canal recorded her debut EP Into the Pull with Justin Bieber and Usher’s vocal coach, "Mama" Jan Smith, Jesse Owen Astin, and Demond Mickens. It was independently released on January 29, 2016 and she hosted a sold-out EP release show at Eddie's Attic Her debut single, Unclear, was released in August 2015. AXS revealed the track listing for Into the Pull, and is follows: "Unclear," "Wolves (The Other Side)," "City Shoes," "Not Afraid," and "Little Girl." The music video for Unclear was released and received over 50,000 views in less than a week. Victoria said, however, that she had more creative direction with the "City Shoes" music video, which also garnered 100,000 views.

Personal life

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Victoria has older brothers, Richard (22), and Nicolas (21). Richard is an actor and human rights activist and Nicolas is an artist. Victoria actively supports those who struggle to know who they are but feel like they can't ask anyone for help due to fear of judgement. Her music also conveys her struggle with self-identity and confidence as well as encouraging others to be unafraid of who they are, and be accepting of others.

Awards

In 2014, Canal was the winner of the Eddie’s Attic biannual Songwriter Shootout, which one of her inspirations, John Mayer won in 1999. She was chosen to be one of six YoungArts National Finalists as a singer-songwriter.

Tours

In 2015, Canal embarked on a cross-country, 13 date Open Mic Tour. This was her very first tour. She opened for Joan Osbourne at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, GA. She has done 50 performances total in the year 2015.

Studio albums

| Into The Pull |

  • Released: February 2016
  • Songs

    City ShoesInto The Pull · 2016
    Not AfraidInto The Pull · 2016
    UnclearInto The Pull · 2016

    References

    Victoria Canal Wikipedia