Lena Matiz is a singer-songwriter whose music combines the influences of gothic rock, metal, and folk. To date, she’s released an album with her band The God Fairies, a couple of romance books, and a 300-page guidebook titled Unleash Your Inner Rock Star.
Writing came early to Matiz in the form of poems, stories and novels, stashed throughout her family’s home during her childhood. She often found an escape from reality in the pages of a good story and in writing fictions of her own.
Lena has held various day jobs – she’s been a waitress, housekeeper, tutor, economist, marketing manager, event producer, and more. She also traveled extensively, including long backpacking trips in which she lived for years on limited means – one pair of jeans, two t-shirts, a warm jacket, and a pair of hiking boots.
Lena’s music could be described as “the love child of hard rock band Halestorm and folk duo First Aid Kit.” Expending upon her musical inspirations she shares, “My music taste is all over the place. I love metal, the raw rage in the genre has helped me cope with negative feelings ever since I was a teenager. I also love the sweetness of folky vocal harmonies and find them soothing. I guess the music I make is somewhere in the middle between the two.”
The variety of Lena’s artistic pursuits had led to the creation of the book Unleash Your Inner Rock Star. Through the book she aims to inform and inspire anyone, regardless of their level of musical experience or where they are in life, to pursue their musical dreams.
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