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 New York born Barbara Bitela has been a musician for more than thirty years, and has experienced a variety of successes in the much of what the music business had to offer. Vocally trained since six (alto), she has appeared in amateur musicals and theater.
During the 70', bands she sang with toured the tri-state area (NY, NY and CT), and during the 80's, she joined original groups and did background vocal sessions. Jungle Love, released by RCA, to be a Star Wars (Return of the Jedi) dance single. The song was released but never used on the soundtrack, as well as other singles (Uh-Oh! Plutonium and USA).
She won first place for short story fiction in 2006 for the CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition and an Honorable Mention in Sacramento Public Library Writing contest for her touching story War Dogs, a story based on a few days in the life of a Viet Nam Vet. In print, is Severe Tire Damage: Story of a Rock Singer, which sold out at every book signing. Full Moon Morning: A Shanghai Survivor’s Story is completed and there is film interest in this story about how a child’s faith ignites during World War II and the occupation of Shanghai. The story itself is true and could be torn right from today’s headlines. The Art of Regifting is touted as the stocking stuffer for ‘gifters’ and ‘regifters’ alike. Barbara signed with E S Agency (a literary agency franchised by the WGA) in 2006, and there is strong interest from the Hollywood to bring her novel Full Moon Morning to the screen.
With an extensive background in corporate public relations and during the 80’s, literally dozens of her press releases (written for composers who score feature films, television, etc.) have appeared in magazines like The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and the magazine section of the Los Angeles Times.
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