Annabella Vivero has already been on the cover of CL. It was two years ago, when previous Music Editor Leilani Polk profiled Extra Celestial — a teen band that featured a then-14-year-old Vivero on drums. Her journey to music, however, started much earlier.
Like another musician featured in this year’s music issue (Natalie Depergola), Vivero’s relationship with the drums started when she was just six years old.
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That turned into playing competitions like Jim Chambers' drum bash, where the long-running music teacher took notice of her talent and invited her to join his music academy and form Extra Celestial with singer Casey Banales, bassist Caitlin McHale and guitarist Devyn Dacus. Extra Celestial is on a break, but Vivero has been playing on her own and practicing every day during the hiatus.
The hard work paid off in March when Los Angeles indie-pop band Hunny pulled Vivero onstage at a nearly sold-out Crowbar in Ybor City to play drums on her favorite Hunny song, “July.”
““I hope I can get back to performing on stage with a band as soon as possible, because it is truly the best feeling in the world,” she said.
This article appears in Jul 19-26, 2018.