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- 23-year-old student bassist Alissia Benveniste aks the future face of funk music.
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Huffington Post: This Female Bassist Is the Future Face of Funk Music
A profile in the Huffington Post proclaims 23-year-old student bassist Alissia Benveniste aks the future face of funk music. She has already made waves with her video, "Let it Out," filmed live at Berklee, racking up over 800,000 views on YouTube.
The Q&A details her love of funk music, how she started playing bass, and her songwriting inspirations. Her group, Alissia and the Funkateers, is releasing its debut album next year, featuring special guests such as John Blackwell (Prince, Cameo, Justin Timberlake, Patti LaBelle), Louis Cato (Marcus Miller, Stevie Wonder), Jeffrey Lockhart (Brian McKnight, Meshell Ndegeocello), Mike Tucker (George Duke, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), Eric Bloom (Diana Ross, Justin Timberlake), and many more.
Read the full story here.
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Alissia Benveniste
Born in Geneva, raised between Milan and London, and currently in New York City, Alissia serves as the “future face of funk music” – Huffington Post. As a bass player, bandleader, and songwriter, Alissia is “a funk newcomer with some serious skills and impressive co-signs”; – Billboard. She has garnered millions of views online and has caught the attention of many industry artists and musicians. She is also the leader of “Alissia & The Funketeers”, her 14-piece funk project. Her debut EP features lots of special guests and is due to an early 2016 release.
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How many female bass players could you name on the spot? There's a pretty good chance your answer would be zero, but there's one name you should be getting to know sooner rather than later.
Alissia Benveniste is a 23-year-old student and bass player at Berklee College of Music in Boston whose attempt to revitalize funk music for the younger generation is starting to get recognized. Her first music video, "Let It Out," has currently racked up over 870,000 views on YouTube, and her band, Alissia and the Funketeers, has big plans in the near future.
Born to an artistic and eclectic family — her brother is in art, sister in fashion and mother in medicine — Alissia was raised in Milan by a Spanish father and German mother who recently moved to London, which she now calls home. After enrolling in a two-week program in Italy at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, she received a scholarship to go to Berklee in 2010 and is currently in her last semester. Alissia's talents extend beyond the bass -- she's also the songwriter, musical director, arranger and producer for her band.