Things you should know:

• She's 1/2 Sri Lankan & 1/2 Valley Girl, but all woman...
• She's been around the world twice and then some...
• She used to work at alternative radio station KROQ in L.A....
• She's an ordained mail-order minister (really!)
• This page was last updated in '99, but the e-mail link still works!
• She moved to Sri Lanka after the group broke up and can now be found expressing herself in writing at www.malaynadawn.com

Malayna Khalid, an L.A. native, (in fact, a real native Valley Girl) tries to make up for it by doing a lot of traveling. She's spent time in: London, Paris, Athens, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Rome, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Sri Lanka six times!

Malayna in a sari trying to act Sri Lankan

She began singing with a professional children's group at the age of 9 that did 3-part harmony for radio and TV commercials, TV shows (like "Young & the Restless"), Films (like "The Butcher's Wife"- making her only 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon!) and various albums. They also had the honor of singing with Frank Sinatra, in the studio!

Malayna sings at Genghis Cohen
[photo by Nancy Demke]

In high school, she sang with Vannaires vocal jazz group and received the Herb Alpert Music Scholarship from Van Nuys Performing Arts High School. She went on to be a voice major at Cal State Northridge...until she switched majors to Communication Studies, which incorporated Radio, TV, Film and Public Speaking. She worked in the music industry at radio stations like KROQ, in music publishing and with the trade publication Radio & Records.

Malayna as a blonde!

Malayna feels truly blessed (and since she's a minister you know she means it!) to be a part of Primitive Soul, and looks forward to laughter, adventure and world travel with the group!

Click on the mailbox to e-mail her or write to malayna21@yahoo.com!

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