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Carmen Traub is an award-winning songwriter. Her song Super God, in both video format and song only, has wins in film festivals and song contests, including the 2019 Hollywood Songwriting Contest, American Songwriting Awards, Hollywood Screenings Film Festival, Global Music Awards, Tracks Music Awards, Art Color digital Cinema International Film Festival, Los Angeles CineFest, and GLCff. Super God original mix has received commercial airplay. Super God REMIX was released in 2024 to commercial radio.

Her song ‘Abrasive’ is an empowering song, showcasing the struggle against bullies; written from her own experience with bullies. She hopes to help others get free from abusive relationships. Abrasive won awards in American Tracks Music Awards, ACDC International Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Cinefest. ‘Abrasive’ was tested on a CHR radio station Z95.3 in Vancouver Canada and aired for over 8 months in rotation, and charted. ‘Abrasive’ is currently going out to commercial US radio stations for a larger roll-out.

Her song Say It, produced by Bulldog and remixed by Dale Penner, aired on over 40 commercial stations across Europe.

Her song ‘I Saw You Dying’ was added to rotation on 1310 KOKX Keokuk commercial radio.

Two co-written songs have been placed in two movies: 1. Bar Hopping (IMBD), songs: ‘The Disillusioned’ and ‘Lollipop’. 2. Shut Up And Shoot (IMBD), song: ‘Lollipop’. Both songs co-written with Barry Coffing (who co-wrote the #1 hit ‘How Do You Talk To An Angel’). ‘The Disillusioned’ and ‘Lollipop’ were produced and mixed by Dale Penner, and remixed by Members of Boomtang Boys, appearing courtesy of Virgin Records and EMI Music Canada. Carmen sings the songs under the alias name of Porcelain Girl. Her video for Lollipop aired on Much Music Canada. The video was directed and edited by Rosi Moyer.

Carmen also wrote and produced a public access talk show in Los Angeles called ‘Brokenhearted Hollywood’. Several of her songs have aired on the show. The intro and outro theme song is Carmen’s song ‘I’ve Lost My Mind’. The show topic is how to pursue your dreams without getting crushed by them. Brokenhearted Hollywood has three festival awards: Hollywood & Vine Film Festival, ICI Film Festival, and Hollywood Screenings Film Festival. Carmen is also an avid amateur photographer, snapping photos of birds for hours on end. Her most impacting encounter with birds was when she volunteered for Australian Seabird Rescue for 2 years, helping to rescue sea and shore birds from garbage entanglement.