Marissa Guzman

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Marissa Guzman is an award-winning American dance music singer, songwriter, producer, DJ, and multi instrumentalist. She was born in Los Angeles, California but raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan by her mother, Barbara, and father, Eddie Guzman, who was the percussionist and one of the songwriters for Motown’s “blue eyed soul” band, Rare Earth. Eddie also played percussion on the Doobie Brothers’ most famous album, “What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits.” Marissa decided to emulate her father's musical success after she quit her career in marketing to learn how to produce music in 2009, although she trail-blazed her own path without his help because he passed away in 1993. Marissa later released her debut self produced album, "Joy Road," as well as the "Joy Road Remix Album," on her record label, Juicy Lucy, which the legendary Detroit DJ, Derrick May helped her to start. Marissa first became known internationally in 2011 for her song, "Time To Go," which was remixed by Black Coffee and was nominated for "Remix of the Year" at the South African Music Awards in 2012. It was also featured on Black Coffee’s “Africa Rising” album, which won “Best Dance Album” at the 2013 SAMAs. Because of her popularity in South Africa, Marissa collaborated with several other South African artists, including Liquideep, DJ Qness, Mphoza and Cuebur, creating songs which all which became number one hits on South African radio stations. Her song, "No Doubt," a collaboration with Cuebur on Defected Records rose to popularity in Europe after Pete Tong played Shlomi Aber's remix on his BBC Radio 1 show in London, England in 2013. The original version of “No Doubt” was number one on BBC’s “Radio One Extra” show for two weeks that same year, and gave Marissa a whole new fan base allowing for a European tour. Marissa also collaborated with world renowned DJ and Producer, Kerri Chandler on "Fifth Moon" (2012) and "Like A Feather,"(2016) and considers him to be a mentor. Her collaborations with Kerri brought on more fans in Europe and allowed her to do shows with him in Barcelona, Johannesburg and in her hometown of Detroit at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in 2015. Later that year, Marissa entered her original production of "Time to Go" in the World Wide Music Contest without knowing one of the judges was Henry Padovani, the original guitarist for the band, “The Police.” She ended up winning the Grand Prize of 10,000 Euros ($11,100), beating over 1,200 applicants, which was a massive accomplishment and not only gave her respect amongst her peers, but it also brought on new fans all over the world. More recently, Marissa has been learning how to play the keys and guitar to incorporate into her productions and live sets, and she has started writing her inspiring autobiography which will be adapted into a documentary film.

Marissa Guzman (musician)

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