Biography

BIO

Valen Rhodes began singing at the age of three inspired first by her mother who loved music and sang gospel hymns and classics to Valen and her siblings. In her early teen years, Valen started entering in local talent contests and winning first place.

When Valen was 16, on a dare she sent a demo of her singing to Geffen Records in Los Angeles. After a few weeks Valen decided to call Geffen Records; it was Dec. 25, Christmas Day—no one calls a record company on Christmas Day! But, being new to the business, Valen did and as fate would have it, Mr. Geffen himself was expecting an important call and had his calls routed directly to his home (if memory serves correctly as to how he, Mr. David Geffen wound up answering the phone that day). He actually knew about the demo Valen had sent, (this meant a lot in itself considering the amount of demos he probably listened to daily) and he was nice enough to actually give his critique of the demo. Of course that was back in the day when record labels were more open. Well, at 16, Valen's vocal style was still emerging; and while Valen wasn't signed to Geffen Records, Mr. Geffen was gracious enough to suggest more development of her vocal style. Now that's a great story!!

In less than eight weeks on internet / subscription radio, the Valen Rhodes track Cherish has gained over 8,700 likes and fans. Valen has scheduled interviews
on subscrition and free internet radio stations and is poised to enter into the commercial arena with the help of great companies like Loggins Promotions
who scored the Cherish track with a Four Star rating. Valen's track Cherish and mystery Pop track entitled All Night Long scored a 7.4 Star rating with Hit Song Science scoring www.uplaya.com, see for reference.


From Rare Art Records, " The Small Label that Listens "