34-year-old Alisa Ulven has finally achieved her lifelong dream of creating her own Christmas album.
Ulven’s album “A Wonderful Christmas” consists of nine tracks, two of which are originals, “White Sand Christmas” and “Paper Snowflakes”, that she co-wrote with her husband, Erik.
“Writing the songs with Alisa was such an amazing experience,” said Erik, “I like to take the title of her biggest fan, so now to be involved with her passion by writing songs with her has made me feel a little starstruck.”
Erik helped with recording, writing songs, and playing the piano on some of the tracks on the album. Ulven also had help from Scott Velasco who helped her test mics, record the songs, and connected her to the MIC club at Daytona State College.
“My producer, JoeyTheGawd, was really a driving factor in the creation of this album. He was so on top of it and really kept us all on track.” Ulven said.
Ulven is from Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Belmont University in 2015 with a BBA in music business. She then moved on to Daytona State College to further her education.
She has been singing for over 22 years now and has had previous experience writing and releasing music. In 2018, she released a song called “Living Life (Like a Country Song)”. She wrote that song four years prior to the release, with James McNair, while living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Her music career didn’t start at Belmont though. Ulven began singing around the age of 11 and found inspiration through popular celebrities and singers on TV.
“When I was a kid, I loved Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Watching them made me want to get up on stage and once I did, I just fell in love with the singing!” Ulven said.
In middle school and high school, she sang at a local vocal studio and was involved in Christmas shows they put on every year. This inspired her love for Christmas music and at age 18 she began planning for her own Christmas album.
Due to unexpected events, it was put on hold. It wasn’t until a recent leadership workshop that she set the goal to release a Christmas album this year.
“A Wonderful Christmas” is out on all platforms for streaming and downloading.
Keep up to date with new music and behind the scenes information for Alisa by following @alisaulven on social media.
Alexis Miller
Staff writer