“I think what’s most important is that these kids out here in the Inland Empire know that it’s possible to go beyond any limitations. Bobby Ross Avila has been making music since he was about nine years old.ĭespite the brother’s success, what’s most important to them is inspiring the youth. After going through the process we ended up doing the first song which was “Truth Hurts” and it set the tone for everything we had about seven songs on the album,” said IZ. We got into his head to figure out the direction of his music, and finally came back to the studio after three or four weeks.

We were just playing music, we hit it off and just hung out before we made music. “That came about in the studio around late 2003, Usher came through and we met for the first time. The Avila Brothers produced and wrote seven songs for Chaka Kahn’s release entitled ‘Funk This’, which won The Avila’s two Grammys for Best R&B Album of the Year and Best R&B Song written by the brothers. Blige’s multi-platinum release entitled “The Breakthrough” and also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album of the Year. The fraternal duo also wrote and produced two songs for Mary J.

IZ landed a role in the “Spiderman” movie, in part to playing drums for Macy Grey.īobby is a vocalist, songwriter, producer and musician while IZ is a DJ, songwriter, producer and musician.Īccording to an official press release, the Avila Brothers worked on seven songs on Usher’s Confessions album, which debuted at #1 on Billboard ’ s Top 200 Albums chart and sold 1.1 million in its first week and also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album of the Year. The pair have had mega musical success of their own and have written, produced and performed with everyone from Janet Jackson, to Gwen Stefani, Usher and even Earth Wind & Fire…just to name a few. The Avila Brothers, Bobby and IZ, both Colton natives who later moved to Rialto, have a passion and successful track record in music.

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