Solo Artist

Strength blooms from fire

Fortified by the flames of trials, tribulations, and triumphs, Sima Galanti ignites rock with an incendiary spirit of her own and powerful messages of positivity and strength. Born in Israel and based in Los Angeles, the singer, songwriter, producer, and documentarian moved to NYC with a dream of a better life and freedom to be herself. Inspired by everyone from Massive Attack, Bjork, and The Cranberries to A Perfect Circle, System of a Down, Pearl Jam, and Alanis Morissette, Sima cultivated a style of her own.  Sima diligently studied the craft of singing and performing, working under the guidance of top vocal and acting coaches in NYC such as Don Lawrance (Lady Gaga, Mick Jagger,  Axl Rose, Bono, Christina Aguilera, and many more) as well as Melissa Cross (Dave Draimen from disturbed, Anthrax, Bring Me The Horizon, Gojira, Lamb Of God, Maroon 5..) As well, as the legendary acting coach Susan Batson and at Stella Adler Studios.

In 2008 Sima moved to LA  to continue her creative journey and in 2019 released her first single “Breaking Down The Walls” and in 2012, unveiled her first full-length album This Is My Truth. In 2014 Sima released the EP Beautiful Liar.

 In 2020 Sima hit the ground running with fists raised, eyes open, and heart blazing with her single Runaways. Hyper-charged guitars roar between an arena-ready beat offset by scorching synths. The rebellious song is about staying true to who you are and having faith in what you believe in. Runaways represent individuality, empowerment, transformation, and freedom.  Sima also released an acoustic version of Runaways.

Later that year Sima released an edgy version of the 1983 Pat Benatar classic hit song Love Is A Battlefield. Sima added her touch to the song, bringing attitude with a gritty vocal performance, heavy guitar, and propulsive electronics, she sharpened the song’s edge. Sima also released a rendition of the song The Syndrom by the band Grey Daze and in 2021 Sima released a rendition of the 1984 Madonna classic hit song Material Girl. In 2023 Sima released her single “Angel”.  

On Oct 7th Sima’s life turned upside down due to Hamas’s brutal massacre in her homeland Israel, “the horrific massacre, the heartbreaking hostages’ situation, the rocket attacks and the war we were forced into on top of the growing anti-Semitism in America and around the world shook me to my core and I felt like my life crumbled at that moment”, Sima says,” I felt so much grief, pain, sadness, fear, and anger. I felt like I was isolating myself and sinking into a dark hole and I knew that I needed to process all these difficult and painful emotions constructively and creatively and heal through music. On 1/11/2024, I released a beautiful and spiritual song called Devotion.

Devotion was written around a prayer that I took from the Bible מספר תהילים (the book of Pslam)

“אדוני שפתי תיפתח ופי יגיד תהילתך”   

“Oh Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall praise you“

 I decided to change the word “praise” to “prayers” instead. O Lord, open my lips

and my mouth shall say your prayers.

It felt more like a call for help, a call for God to hear my prayers. I then wrote verses in English and melody around this prayer. I wanted to create a song that also focuses on gratitude and expresses my connection to God, my faith, my roots, and my life journey.

Devotion starts very meditatively like a prayer, a form of chant, and is built up into a powerful and intense rock song with heavy guitars and a bass line that captures my emotional turmoil”.

Devotion music video was directed and produced by Sima and it captures the essence of Israel the Jewish people, the deep faith, spirituality, and connection to the land and God. We see Sima and others praying at the Western Wall, the wailing wall in Jerusalem, and the many written wishes and prayers to God that are placed into the cracks of the wall.

All those visuals are blended beautifully with the powerful drone shots in old Jaffa/Tel Aviv, the magical sunset, the crashing ocean waves, and the mountain trails towards the worn-out and ripped Israeli flag symbolize Sima’s life journey and her troubled homeland all those powerful visuals add to that musical climax of the song.

“This is the first time that I’m releasing a song in both Hebrew and English since I started my musical journey in the U.S. many years ago. I was choking on the words when I started singing it for the first time, I felt like I was back home, to my roots and my true self. It was a very powerful and spiritual experience”.

Devotion music video was named Official Selection Of the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and was screened at Regal Cinemas/LA Live on 2/22/2024 and won Best Drone at the Red Movie Awards Film Festival in France.

“I’d like to empower and encourage positivity and strength,” she leaves off “This music is all of me and through my music, I’m transforming my pain into hope and positivity and I hope that Devotion can give hope, uplift, and inspire others”.

Click Here to watch Devotion Official Music Video and stream/download the song.