¡I am Chica Rica de Música! also known as Amy Ford.
I am an Urban Shaman, an International Teacher & Tour Leader, Astrologer, Tarologist, Dream Healer, Dancer, Writer, Reiki Master, Yogini, Tantrika, Director of MYTHoloGEM & Star Pilates Personal Training, Musician & Invincible Recording Artist sponsored by REMO Drums. My work combines the interpretation of your night and day dreams blended with your personal astrology to map out your future. My Music transports you to a place of peace and healing. Join her MYTHoloGEM journeys and learn as you travel! I am an International Teacher & Tour Leader and take seekers on enlightened journeys.
Amy has been singing and dancing since the age of two and a half. Her first words were a song accompanied by a dance routine. She has been singing and dancing ever since. Her command of percussion was first expressed through dance styles including: African, Jazz, Tap and Ballet. Currently she is an instructor of Salsa, Bachata and Merengue Zumba and Yoga.
Amy has studied West African style drumming with numerous Master Drummers from around the world including: Babatundi Olatunji, Sanga of the Valley, Atchade Asongba, Tyrone Davis. She further studied Latin style with Frank Williams and Dom Moio and Middle Eastern style with Glen Velez, Layne Redmond, Eric Zang. Her drumming kept the beat for Arthur Hull as she assisted him in Drum circles and workshops.
Amy’s vocals are smooth and silky with an underlying power drive. Her range is contralto. She has studied Voice and Music Theory with Master Teacher Art Weinstein, Dave Stroud, Vanessa Purdy and Marci Harwood. Guitar was the first instrument she chose as a writing tool and has been playing since the age of twelve. Just recently she picked up the bass.
Her creative writer goes beyond the newspaper and magazine articles she has published and finds and resides in her lyrics. Subjects Amy loves to express include her views on life, humor and multi cultural issues which take form in Prose, poetry, song and Po' Jazz. Currently Amy is working on a book and a recording project for the Invincible Music Label.
When in Arizona, Amy performs with "Tribe of 2" her duo partnered with El Cuervo de desierto, Brent Scherer. The pair fuse together styles to produce Música Nuevo Español. This usnique style blends together acoustic jazz and reggae, flavored with Latin percussion, Bossa Nova, Spanish Flamenco and méxican Folklorica. The pair combine these styles together to create a distinctive Southwestern Gypsy sound.
Amy’s past bands include “Caravan” and “Madrid” her trios, who played Southwestern instrumental and vocal music including a beautiful blend of Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova and Pop with the flavor of Flamenco. Big bands Amy has played with include, “The Cosmopolitans,” voted one of Phoenix Arizona’s best Big Bands, the Mesa Community Salsa Orchestra, SRO, Chris Putrino Band and the Encore Orchestra. She has been invited on stage to solo with Tito Puente Junior and to sing harmony with bobby Mcferrin. Her reggae project, “Sol Reggae,” embodies the righteous voice of love and peace with the soothing heartbeat of Mother Earth. The core of Sol Reggae is Amy along with Paul Harris, http://www.paulrichardharris.com, and her long time partner, El Cuervo, a.k.a. Brent Scherer.
Amy records on many Artists projects. She has played devotional music in Sweat Lodges for the Peace Weavers and Joseph Rael of the Tiwa Tribe, Ashrams including Kripalu and Bluestar, and Healing Centers including Heart of the Goddess and the WILD Women. She integrates Astrology, and Healing into her signature workshop, “EnCHANTment,” in which she facilitates the participants utilizing Breath, Sounds, Chants, World Percussion and Guitar and energy transference to super charge energy and open to intuition.
Instruments in Amy's collection include: Congas and Bongos (with stands), Djembes (small, medium and large), Djun- Djun, assorted Shakers and Bells, Roland HandSonic, Cymbals, Wood Blocks and Clave, Tambourine, Frame drums, Riqs, Dumbek, Zils and Bar chimes.
Self-produced CDs in Amy’s collection include: “Last Night’s Dream,” an African influenced instrumental sound scape, “Tribe of 2", original songs and Po’ Jazz, “Night Music,” covers done in the band, Tribe of 2's and “Tribu de 2 ¡En Vivo!” a live concert of Spanish music and Música de las noche the duo’s most recent collection. Sol Reggae has an EP project entitled, “Got Sol!”, which rejoices in the Love and Peace of Reggae Music!
Amy has signed a multi CD deal with Invincible Recording Studio and is completing the first in a series whose working title is, “Chants from the Other Side.” This new CD is a special blend of sacred words and unique original music.
Amy’s views her work in music as a powerful tool. Her main focuses are: love, human kindness and tolerance. In 2006 she collaborated with Singer/Songwriter Eric Holland http://www.erichollandaz.com/ in support of his work. The project, “Sin Fronteras” is a potent collection of Holland’s compositions. The artists involved in the project hope to create awareness about the issues of all immigrants, and the Southern Border of the United States. She will continue to sing on Eric’s future projects in hopes that the power of her voice will carry the prayers of her heart and be heard by all beings.
Amy has conducted ongoing private and group classes since 1989 at many locations including the Stuart Center for the Arts in Stuart, FL, where she began the Shepard Park Drum Circle at the insistence of Babs Case and Phil Kavanaugh. She taught for a decade at the Bodyworks Studio in Tempe, AZ, and for a decade at Pro Drum and Percussion in Philadelphia, PA.
Amy is available for tracking on your projects, backing up or fronting your band, teaching residency at secondary schools and private centers as well as directing workshops and retreats for various organizations. She is an exciting performer and thorough loving teacher. She gives her students a strong foundation of knowledge and tools as she strives to communicate her beliefs in peace, unity and healing through acceptance, love and joy through sound.
Amy has studied West African style drumming with numerous Master Drummers from around the world including: Babatundi Olatunji, Sanga of the Valley, Atchade Asongba, Tyrone Davis. She further studied Latin style with Frank Williams and Dom Moio and Middle Eastern style with Glen Velez, Layne Redmond, Eric Zang. Her drumming kept the beat for Arthur Hull as she assisted him in Drum circles and workshops.
Amy’s vocals are smooth and silky with an underlying power drive. Her range is contralto. She has studied Voice and Music Theory with Master Teacher Art Weinstein, Dave Stroud, Vanessa Purdy and Marci Harwood. Guitar was the first instrument she chose as a writing tool and has been playing since the age of twelve. Just recently she picked up the bass.
Her creative writer goes beyond the newspaper and magazine articles she has published and finds and resides in her lyrics. Subjects Amy loves to express include her views on life, humor and multi cultural issues which take form in Prose, poetry, song and Po' Jazz. Currently Amy is working on a book and a recording project for the Invincible Music Label.
When in Arizona, Amy performs with "Tribe of 2" her duo partnered with El Cuervo de desierto, Brent Scherer. The pair fuse together styles to produce Música Nuevo Español. This usnique style blends together acoustic jazz and reggae, flavored with Latin percussion, Bossa Nova, Spanish Flamenco and méxican Folklorica. The pair combine these styles together to create a distinctive Southwestern Gypsy sound.
Amy’s past bands include “Caravan” and “Madrid” her trios, who played Southwestern instrumental and vocal music including a beautiful blend of Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova and Pop with the flavor of Flamenco. Big bands Amy has played with include, “The Cosmopolitans,” voted one of Phoenix Arizona’s best Big Bands, the Mesa Community Salsa Orchestra, SRO, Chris Putrino Band and the Encore Orchestra. She has been invited on stage to solo with Tito Puente Junior and to sing harmony with bobby Mcferrin. Her reggae project, “Sol Reggae,” embodies the righteous voice of love and peace with the soothing heartbeat of Mother Earth. The core of Sol Reggae is Amy along with Paul Harris, http://www.paulrichardharris.com, and her long time partner, El Cuervo, a.k.a. Brent Scherer.
Amy records on many Artists projects. She has played devotional music in Sweat Lodges for the Peace Weavers and Joseph Rael of the Tiwa Tribe, Ashrams including Kripalu and Bluestar, and Healing Centers including Heart of the Goddess and the WILD Women. She integrates Astrology, and Healing into her signature workshop, “EnCHANTment,” in which she facilitates the participants utilizing Breath, Sounds, Chants, World Percussion and Guitar and energy transference to super charge energy and open to intuition.
Instruments in Amy's collection include: Congas and Bongos (with stands), Djembes (small, medium and large), Djun- Djun, assorted Shakers and Bells, Roland HandSonic, Cymbals, Wood Blocks and Clave, Tambourine, Frame drums, Riqs, Dumbek, Zils and Bar chimes.
Self-produced CDs in Amy’s collection include: “Last Night’s Dream,” an African influenced instrumental sound scape, “Tribe of 2", original songs and Po’ Jazz, “Night Music,” covers done in the band, Tribe of 2's and “Tribu de 2 ¡En Vivo!” a live concert of Spanish music and Música de las noche the duo’s most recent collection. Sol Reggae has an EP project entitled, “Got Sol!”, which rejoices in the Love and Peace of Reggae Music!
Amy has signed a multi CD deal with Invincible Recording Studio and is completing the first in a series whose working title is, “Chants from the Other Side.” This new CD is a special blend of sacred words and unique original music.
Amy’s views her work in music as a powerful tool. Her main focuses are: love, human kindness and tolerance. In 2006 she collaborated with Singer/Songwriter Eric Holland http://www.erichollandaz.com/ in support of his work. The project, “Sin Fronteras” is a potent collection of Holland’s compositions. The artists involved in the project hope to create awareness about the issues of all immigrants, and the Southern Border of the United States. She will continue to sing on Eric’s future projects in hopes that the power of her voice will carry the prayers of her heart and be heard by all beings.
Amy has conducted ongoing private and group classes since 1989 at many locations including the Stuart Center for the Arts in Stuart, FL, where she began the Shepard Park Drum Circle at the insistence of Babs Case and Phil Kavanaugh. She taught for a decade at the Bodyworks Studio in Tempe, AZ, and for a decade at Pro Drum and Percussion in Philadelphia, PA.
Amy is available for tracking on your projects, backing up or fronting your band, teaching residency at secondary schools and private centers as well as directing workshops and retreats for various organizations. She is an exciting performer and thorough loving teacher. She gives her students a strong foundation of knowledge and tools as she strives to communicate her beliefs in peace, unity and healing through acceptance, love and joy through sound.
