Summary: *WATCH INTERVIEW HERE: Interview Allison Iraheta And Matthew Hager Aka Halo Circus Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/InterviewAllisonIrahetaAndMatthewHagerAkaHaloCircus Youtube https://youtu.be/yGND5modU8Q Facebook video https://www.facebook.com/hammondcast/videos/10153441552957102/?l=6086248925586335229 Vimeo https://vimeo.com/165043267 Hollywood CA -- Interview Allison Iraheta and Matthew Hager aka Halo Circus with Jon Hammond at the 11th annual ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO for Jon Hammond Show - special thanks Kelly MacGaunn kelleemack pr, #bobbimarcuspr #halocircus #ASCAPExpo #OurASCAP http://www.hammondcast.com Producer Jon Hammond Language English Allison's wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Iraheta Allison Iraheta (born April 27, 1992) is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol.[2] Prior to Idol, Iraheta won the Telemundo competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista.[3] Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record deal with 19 Entertainment and Jive Records.[4] Her debut album Just Like You was released on December 1, 2009.[5] She is currently the lead singer in the band Halo Circus. April 27, 1992 (age 24) Glendale, California Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Pop rock Occupation(s) Singer Instruments Vocals guitar Iraheta was born in Glendale, California, to Salvadoran immigrants who moved to the United States before she was born.[3] She is the youngest in the family, with two older siblings, Jacki and Carlos Iraheta.[6] According to her family, she has been singing since she was a toddler.[7] In 2001, she began taking voice lessons with Raphael Enriquez at the Los Angeles Music and Art School, a non-profit community school of the arts in East Los Angeles.[8] Before rising to prominence, she was a frequent performer at the local Latin Electronics Store La Curaçao and the Los Angeles Music and Art School's annual benefit concert, Stars for the Arts.[6] Iraheta attended Los Angeles' Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High School.[9] Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista (2006-09)[edit] In 2007, Iraheta won the reality show, “Quinceañera: Mama Quiero Ser Artista” (Sweet Fifteen: Mom, I Want to be an Artist), a reality TV singing competition that was produced and broadcast in 2006-2007 on Telemundo, where she sang in both English and Spanish.[3] On the show, a group of teenage girls such as Olivia Bonilla, Brissia Mayagoitia, and others of Hispanic and Latino American background competed in a singing competition for the main prize of $50,000 and a record deal.[10] Iraheta was the first (and only) winner of the competition and received the grand prize, but due to legal problems of the show the recording contract was never finalized and the production of the show was closed... Matthew's wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hager Matthew Hager is a multi platinum American record producer, musician and songwriter Originally from Houston, Texas Hager now lives in Los Angeles. Before moving to Los Angeles, Hager studied at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music. Since then, he has written and produced several number one hit singles as well as several critically acclaimed albums and has worked with many major recording artists. He has achieved unusual success crossing many genres from hard rock to jazz to teen pop. While working with the Backstreet Boys in the late '90's, he was introduced to Mandy Moore and soon became Moore's musical director. He went on to write and produced her song "When I Talk To You" which is featured on Mandy Moore's multi-platinum album "Mandy Moore" along with her song "Split Chick" that he also produced. In addition, he produced several acoustic versions of her chart topping hits including "Walk Me Home" and "I Wanna Be With You" and arranged all live versions of her biggest hits for her us and international television performances and touring for her albums "So
