Lauren Barrett

Influenced by her father’s vocal capabilities and piano playing, at a young age Lauren Barrett was exposed to great sounds of New Orleans music. As a pre-teen she sang with the group “The Prescriptions” in live venues across the greater New Orleans, her beloved hometown. Off to the University of Texas, Lauren began to play three to four nights a week at clubs in the Austin area. She had quite a following when she graduated and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career in 2003.

Things popped for Lauren when she won the Clear Channel/Epic Records contest with her soulful, soothing voice and pertinent and personal lyrics. This multi talented musician launched herself into the world of entertainment by teaming up with Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls and applied her contest earnings to the production of a few of her own tracks. Afterward she submitted the new music to the VO5 contest sponsors20and was chosen to be a participant. When national vote totals were in, Lauren, once again, cam out on top. The opportunity to appear on full page spreads of Allure, Glamour, Teen, Vogue, Self, Jane and Lucky magazines instantly came her way as well as as being cast in Christopher Reeves last directorial film, The Brooke Ellison Story. She most recently recorded her self-titled CD with producer, Marshall Altman (Marc Broussard, Warren Barfield, Matt Nathanson, Zebrahead).