Solo Projects
Bruno's return to the charts was a release by Mayday Records. She did a demo track for them called Make That Move, which was released to dance clubs under the pseudonym G-Spot and was sold via the Exposé Fan Club, marketed directly to members in 1995. The single ended up reaching 21 on the Top Dance-Club Play charts of Billboard. A remix version was released and sold via the fan-club as well.
For a few years, Bruno worked in the band Wet, with her friend John Thomas, performing lead vocals and co-writing several songs with the group. This group performed in local venues in Florida. She performed in the band for a few years, then left to work on a solo career. She worked on writing songs with Richie Supa. She then worked with Richie Sambora, performing both background vocals and percussion for his solo tour.
Bruno's first solo single was "Free To Be", which topped charts across the U.S. and Canada. Her second single, "From The Inside", was prominently featured on the prime time cable series Queer as Folk. Her third solo single, "Wrecking My Nerves", produced by Chris Cox, saw similar success in the dance music community. In 2004, her first album, Expose This, was released on Koch Records. The album's two singles, "Be Mine" and "Incredible", made the Top 50 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.
Bruno has also done projects with others. Bruno also co-produced and sang lead vocals on Will To Power's 2005 remake of "Dreamin' (again)" which hit the #1 position on most US dance charts and dance radio stations, including WMPH where it remained #1 for many months. She has also worked on solo music projects independently, including "Why Did You Call Me Again", co-produced by original Exposé producer Lewis Martineé, and a remake of the Kenny Loggins song "This Is It", produced by Anila R. Monterrey and Eric Nunez.
In September 2006, Bruno temporarily stopped touring as a solo artist and reunited with Exposé with members Curless and Jurado after a 15 year hiatus. In the fall of 2007, she began devoting time to her solo career again while still touring with Exposé. A remake of Jackie Wilson's 1967 hit Higher and Higher on Harlequin Records has been released and is being marketed to dance clubs.
In the summer of 2008, Gioia went into the studio to begin working on her second solo album. A couple of collaboration efforts are currently being promoted - "Kiss & Tell" with Win Marcinak and "Obama - Yes We Can" with Andy Fraser.
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