Samantha Scarlette

Samantha Scarlette (born February 8, 1990) is a self described "Soft Grunge" alternative rock musician, and fashion designer.

Early life
Samantha Scarlette spent her early life living in Saddle River, New Jersey, an affluent New York City suburb. At the age of six her parents relocated to Paradise Valley, Arizona. Growing up Samantha preformed in many singing and dance recitals, including the Arizona State Fair and Sheryl & Alice Cooper's "I Dreamed I Danced" at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix. Around the same time she sparked the interest managers who were interested in launching her career, she declined. At the age of 17, Samantha Scarlette started a rock music blog, photographing & interviewing popular bands of the time. She photographed concerts & bands such as at the Warped Tour. My Chemical Romance, Taste Of Choas, The Used, Avenged Sevenfold, and more. Samantha attended college for film direction & broadcasting, but dropped out in 2009 to peruse her passion for skateboarding. In January 2010, Samantha incurred a serious injury in a skateboard competition, causing her to have to give up the sport.

Music
In October 2010, Samantha started working on writing songs. In February 2011 she went into the recording studio to record an EP. Justin Salter engineered and played drums/bass on the EP. Samantha Scarlette's first EP "Into The Darkness EP & Demos" was released on June 28, 2011. Samantha played a preview show for EP's release at Tammany Hall in New York City. From 2011 to 2012 Samantha worked as the music coordinator and narration coach for the feature length documentary film The Vision Of Paolo Soleri: Prophet In The Desert. In September 2013 Samantha Scarlette released a lyric video for her first new song in over two years, "Iron Maiden". The digital single was subsequently released on iTunes on October 13, 2013. In 2014, Samantha re-released the song "Fallen Star" as a single, three years after its initial release on the "Into The Darkness" EP. A music video for the song, which features Samantha singing in a grave yard in the snow, was released on February 12, 2014. She offered the track for free download to fans on her website. According to posts on Samantha's Twitter account and a recent YouTube video, she is going into the studio around May with a producer and will be releasing a new album in September. She is planning to tour in the fall. A comedy rap song ("The CIG Song") Samantha and a friend wrote and released on Myspace as a joke in 2006 under the band name Winter At The Overlook, was played in a June 2007 episode of Sirius XM's Radio Bam show.

Samantha plays an Ernie Ball Music Man Benji Madden Special Edition guitar.

Fashion
In the fall of 2012, Samantha launched an online clothing line called "A Goth Clothing By Samantha Scarlette". The line focuses on rock and soft grunge themed tshirts and accessories. As of 2014, the name of the clothing line seems to have been changed to "Goth By Samantha Scarlette".

Studio albums

 * TBA (2014)

EPs

 * Into The Darkness EP & Demos (2011)

Singles

 * "Iron Maiden" (2013)
 * "Fallen Star" Free Single (2014)