Sharon Aguilar is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. She toured with 2NE1 in 2012, and has both founded and performed with several other groups. She played lead guitar and violin with Scarlet Fever, the all-femalebacking band that toured with Cee Lo Green during 2010 and 2011. She and varying members of Scarlet Fever have performed with other front women as in 4D, No Salt, and Miss President.
Biography
Sharon Aguilar was born in Panama, and raised in Miami, Florida. Her mother, Delia Aguilar-Borrego, was from Penonomé, Coclé, Panama. Her father, Richard Borrego, was an American serving there in the military. Earlier performance credits, and occasional recent credits, are under the surname of Borrego. As a teenager, she attended a magnet school music program. She also attended school in Panama, living with relatives without amenities such as hot running water, refrigeration, and air conditioning. In 2010, she attended and worked at the Musicians Institute located in Hollywood, California.
Early years
Aguilar began playing violin at the age of 12, and played first violin with the Dade County Honors Orchestra, and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. She taught herself guitar and mandolin during high school. She has performed in Miami at open mic venues with her sister Kristen Borrego, Erika Coromina, and others.
Influences
When she started playing guitar, Aguilar gravitated toward the classic rock her father listened to at home. A family video shows her headbanging to Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" in her playpen. She went with her father to see The Guess Who for her first concert as a teenager. Her father showed the film The Song Remains the Same, and she was inspired by watching Jimmy Page to become a professional guitarist. Later role models include Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, "because of the way he bends his notes. I can feel them in my chest and they just really move me."
Beginning in June 2010, she toured with Cee Lo Green and the all-female backing band named Scarlet Fever on promotional tours for "What Part of Forever" and The Lady Killer album. They performed for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, BBC Radio, Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, and many other venues. Core band members include Brittany Brooks, DANiiVORYnée Theresa Flaminio, and Regina Zernay Roberts. Members of the band continued to play together in various combinations. Aguilar, Brooks, and DANiiVORY performed with front woman Sammy Allen at Whisky a Go Go in April 2012, where Cee Lo joined them on stage.
Aguilar, Brooks, and DANiiVORY have performed with Goldielox néeBrittany 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." The band name was chosen as "empowering" for women, "... we can create great music just as guys do. We can do everything they do, and even better."
Discography
Compositions
Rockstar – originally Popstar – co-written with Ashlee Williss and Britt Burton of Pretty Little Problem. Played on Hellcats during the pilot episode "A World Full of Strangers", and released on the iTunes Deluxe Edition of Fefe Dobson's album Joy. Also featured on reality television showsSnog Marry Avoid? and American Idol.
Endorsements
Although a young musician, Aguilar has garnered endorsements with Fender, RainSong Graphite Guitars, ENGL amps, In Tune guitar picks, and Ernie Ball strings.
