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Sharon Aguilar
Background information
Birth nameSharon Isabel Borrego
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Panama
GenresPop rock, rock, funk
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Guitar, violin, mandolin
Years active2008–present
Member ofScarlet Fever
Websitefacebook.com/SharonAguilarRocks

Sharon Isabel Aguilar (born 1986) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. She toured with 2NE1 in 2012, and has both founded and performed with several other groups.

She played lead guitar and violin with Scarlet Fever, the all-female backing band that toured with Cee Lo Green during 2010 and 2011. She and varying members of Scarlet Fever have performed with other front women as in 4D, No Salt, and Miss President.

Biography

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Sharon Aguilar was born in Panama, and raised in Miami, Florida.[1][2][3] Her mother, Delia Aguilar-Borrego, was from Penonomé, Coclé, Panama. Her father, Richard Borrego, was an American serving there in the military.[1][2] Earlier performance credits,[4][5][6] and occasional recent credits,[7] are under the surname of Borrego.

As a teenager, she attended a magnet school music program.[8][1] She also attended school in Panama, living with relatives without amenities such as hot running water, refrigeration, and air conditioning.[1][2]

In 2010, she attended and worked at the Musicians Institute located in Hollywood, California.[8][1][6][9]

Early years

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Aguilar began playing violin at the age of 12,[10] and played first violin with the Dade County Honors Orchestra, and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony.[8][11] She taught herself guitar and mandolin during high school.[10][11][12] She has performed in Miami at open mic venues with her sister Kristen Borrego (bass guitarist), Erika Coromina, and others.[5]

Influences

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When she started playing guitar, Aguilar gravitated toward the classic rock her father listened to at home.[1][2][10] A family video shows her headbanging to Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" in her playpen.[1] She went with her father to see The Guess Who for her first concert as a teenager.[1] Her father showed the film The Song Remains the Same, and she was inspired by watching Jimmy Page[1][12] to become a professional guitarist.

Later role models include Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, "because of the way he bends his notes. I can feel them in my chest and they just really move me."[2][12]

Breakout success

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After moving in late 2007 to Los Angeles, California, Aguilar performed with several bands: Bad Apple,[13] The Bitchfits (all girls tribute to the Misfits), The Ramonas (all girls tribute to the Ramones), and Pretty Little Problem.[1][4][9][11][14]

Her national television debut playing a Fender electric violin[10] backed Diddy's Dirty Money on Hello Good Morning for the March 31, 2010, American Idol.[8][3][6][15]

Aguilar also played lead guitar with Suede (of Austin, Texas) on "You Shook Me All Night Long" opening the January 29, 2011, George Lopez comedy tour in Phoenix, Arizona.[16] Lopez donated proceeds from this concert to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF).[17]

Scarlet Fever

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Beginning in June 2010, she toured with Cee Lo Green and the all-female backing band named Scarlet Fever on promotional tours for "What Part of Forever" (from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack) and The Lady Killer album.[8][1] They performed for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,[18] BBC Radio,[19][20] Late Show with David Letterman,[21] Saturday Night Live,[22][23] and many other venues. Core band members include Brittany Brooks (drums), DANiiVORY née Theresa Flaminio (keyboards, background vocals), and Regina Zernay Roberts (bass guitar, Moog synthesizer).

Members of the band continued to play together in various combinations (sometimes under other band names). Aguilar, Brooks, and DANiiVORY performed with front woman Sammy Allen at Whisky a Go Go in April 2012, where Cee Lo joined them on stage.[24]

2NE1

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Aguilar, DANiiVORY, and Divinity Roxx backed 2NE1 on their New Evolution World Tour in 9 cities among 5 countries during 2012. Their performance at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey,[25] was ranked by The New York Times critics among the best concerts of the year.[26] The concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles ranked No. 29 on Billboard's Current Box Score, the first K-Pop girl group to make this rank.[27]

Miss President

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Aguilar, Brooks, and DANiiVORY have performed with Goldielox née Brittany Burton as in 4D,[28] and debuted as Miss President at Whisky a Go Go on February 10, 2013.[1][29][non-primary source needed][30] Their music encompasses "standard pop riffs, to neo-classical, and everything in-between."[1] The band name was chosen as "empowering" for women, "... we can create great music just as guys do. We can do everything they do, and even better."[8]

Discography

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Compositions

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Aguilar has made lesson contributions to websites such as Guitar Tricks, as well.

Endorsements

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Although a young musician, Aguilar has garnered endorsements[1][2] with Fender,[33] RainSong Graphite Guitars,[34] ENGL amps,[35] In Tune guitar picks,[34] and Ernie Ball strings.[36]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Boyd, Steve (March 19, 2013). "Interview with Sharon Aguilar: Administrator of Guitar for Miss President". Guitar Girl Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Introducing Guitar Shredder – Sharon Aguilar". AllAboutLuxury Magazine. September 2, 2011. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Meet Sharon Aguilar – Miami girl turned Cee-Lo's guitarist slash violinist". the305.com. March 23, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Sharon – Guitar Star on Myspace". Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Teal, Kyle (January 24, 2010). "Miami Open Mic Night Guide". Miami.com. Miami Herald Media. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "MI Students Backing P Diddy, Destinee&Paris, Jordin Sparks". April 6, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  7. ^ "VH1 Storytellers: Cee Lo Green". Baseline. May 20, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ a b c d e f Whitmore, Laura B. (April 15, 2013). "Guitar Girl'd: Interview with Sharon Aguilar on CeeLo, 2NE1 and Miss President". Guitar World. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c "Sharon Aguilar, Brittany Brooks Land Gigs with Cee-Lo". June 15, 2010. Archived from the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d Tozier, Nicholas (June 13, 2011). "Interview With Sharon Aguilar". guitar-muse.com. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  11. ^ a b c "Sharon Aguilar's Profile". December 30, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  12. ^ a b c Epstein, Julie (May 22, 2011). "Cee Lo Green Guitarist Sharon Aguilar Rocks UCSB Extravaganza". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  13. ^ "Bad Apple". Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  14. ^ "Pretty Little Problem". Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  15. ^ "Diddy Dirty Money on American Idol". YouTube. April 1, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  16. ^ "Sharon Aguilar on Guitar with Suede at George Lopez Show". YouTube. January 29, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  17. ^ "The Lopez Foundation Pledges Proceeds to MALDEF From Arizona Concert". Latin Heat Online. February 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  18. ^ "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". NBC. June 14, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  19. ^ "Cee Lo Green Session". 1Xtra. BBC. October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  20. ^ "Cee Lo in the Live Lounge". Live Lounge. BBC. November 3, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  21. ^ "Late Show with David Letterman". November 8, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  22. ^ "Gwyneth Paltrow hosts Saturday Night Live with musical guest Cee Lo Green!". Saturday Night Live. NBC. January 15, 2011. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  23. ^ David, Valerie (January 18, 2011). "Gwyneth Paltrow & Cee Lo Green Are Game for Anything on 'Saturday Night Live'". Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011. Cee Lo Green did his own version of Robert Palmer on the "Saturday Night Live" stage, singing his hit while being backed up by a girl band dressed in tight, hot pink mini-dresses. The difference between Palmer's models and these sexy gals, however, was that Cee Lo's band "Scarlet Fever" is the real deal, rocking out on their instruments with sass and true talent.
  24. ^ "Scarlet Fever, Cee Lo Green's Ladykiller band live with guest Sammy Allen". April 23, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  25. ^ Caramanica, Jon (August 19, 2012). "Korean Pop's Singular Mélange". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2012. 2NE1 was backed by a mostly female band, which injected flourishes of real skill amid the music's more direct demands.
  26. ^ Pareles, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Ratliff, Ben; Chinen, Nate (December 26, 2012). "Pop's Big Nights – The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  27. ^ "2NE1 becomes the first K-Pop girl group to rank on Billboard's Current Box Score". AllKPop. September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  28. ^ Ruano, Jenifer (July 2012). "Brittany Brooks Giving Us Fever". Tom Tom Magazine (10): 23–24. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  29. ^ "Miss President – About". Facebook. February 10, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  30. ^ "Miss President Tour Dates". February 10, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  31. ^ "'Popstar' rehearsal". April 10, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  32. ^ "Hellcats creator Kevin Murphy promises a soundtrack". Wet Paint. September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  33. ^ "Sharon Aguilar – Fender Artists". Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  34. ^ a b "Girl Rock Nation Artists Sharon Aguilar". Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  35. ^ "ENGL Professionals". Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  36. ^ "Ernie Ball Artists". Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
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