Flaminio was raised in
Wexford, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a
liturgical musician, her father an
electrical engineer. She graduated from
North Allegheny Senior High School, and completed a
B.A. at
Miami University (Ohio) in
Zoology with a
minor in
Music Composition. After a year of post-graduate work in vocal performance at
Duquesne University, she was awarded a talent scholarship from
Berklee College of Music, and an additional
B.M. in Contemporary Writing, Production, and Performance.
Influences Her influences span various genres and artists, including
The Beatles,
Stevie Wonder,
Madonna,
Michael Jackson,
Janet Jackson,
Teena Marie,
Sarah Vaughan,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Nirvana,
Erykah Badu, and
Prince.
Cee Lo Green and Scarlet Fever Beginning in August 2010, she toured with
Cee Lo Green and the all-female
backing band named
Scarlet Fever on promotional tours for
The Lady Killer album. They performed for the
BBC,
Late Show with David Letterman,
Saturday Night Live, and many
other venues. Core band
members include
Sharon Aguilar (lead guitar, violin),
Brittany Brooks (drums), 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, Flaminio, and Brooks performed with
front woman Sammy Allen at
Whisky a Go Go in April 2012, where Cee Lo joined them on stage.
Imagine Dragons Beginning in August 2011, she played a West Coast tour with
Imagine Dragons. She had attended Berklee with other members of the band, and joined temporarily after founding members Brittany and Andrew Tolman departed. was ranked by
The New York Times critics among the best concerts of the year. The concert at the
Nokia Theatre in
Los Angeles ranked #29 on ''
Billboard's'' Current Box Score, the first
K-Pop girl group to make this rank.
Beyoncé She toured with
Beyoncé and the
all-female backing band named
Suga Mama for the 2013
Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, and during
The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.
Miss President Aguilar, Brooks, and DANiiVORY have performed with Goldielox
née Brittany Burton as In 4D, and debuted as Miss President at
Whisky a Go Go on February 10, 2013. Their music encompasses "standard pop riffs, to neo-classical, and everything in-between." == References ==