Carlos Santana brought Orianthi to Paul Reed Smith's attention which led to her endorsement. She produced and mixed the final product at her home studio. Orianthi independently released her debut studio album, Violet Journey in 2005, composing all the material, contributing guitar, vocals, and drums on most cuts. He invited Orianthi to get up and jam with him at soundcheck then later asked if she would join him on stage that night to jam at his Adelaide concert, Memorial Drive on 30 March 2003. Orianthi met and jammed with Carlos Santana when she was 18. She has been playing in bands since the age of 14 and performed in her first stage show for Steve Vai at the age of 15. At the age of 15, she turned her focus to writing songs and so began her professional career. She also attended St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School for a short period. When she was eleven, she took up electric guitar and left her school, Mercedes College, enrolling at Cabra Dominican College. She began playing piano at the age of three, and at the encouragement of her father, moved to acoustic guitar at the age of six. Orianthi Penny Panagaris was born in Adelaide, Australia to Greek parents. She also won the "2010 Breakthrough Guitarist of the Year" award hosted by Guitar International magazine. The same year, she was named one of the "12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists" by Elle magazine. 17 in the US her second album, Believe, received a worldwide release in late 2009. Her 2009 debut single " According to You" peaked at No. Orianthi Penny Panagaris (born 22 January 1985), known mononymously as Orianthi, is an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter who rehearsed in 2009 with Michael Jackson in preparation for his This Is It concert series, and performed with Alice Cooper's touring band.
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