Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, she cut her teeth on folk, lost her innocence to rock, and came of age with country. Her writing today reflects different country styles from pop to soul. In 2006 she moved from “the land of 10 thousand lakes,†to Nashville, Tennessee, “the land of 10 thousand songwriters,†to focus on her writing 100%.When asked to describe her own music she’d tell you it will groove, bruise and move you…it’s a real mix of country twang with fangs! If you ask her who her influences are, you will be surprised to learn she has a love for nearly every imaginable genre of music, and they all come through in her writing. They range from Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Sheryl Crow, Waylon Jennings and The Outlaws, Emmylou Harris, Bobbie Gentry and Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, Jonatha Brooke, Lyle Lovett, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Billie Holliday and all the old jazz standards, and she says, “now there are so many new country influences too numerous to mention…â€Her roots are in advertising were she spent her career as a graphic designer, creative director and copywriter. Her passion for music developed at an early age and continued through the years until she could dedicate more time to her true calling, songwriting. Now her days are spent in co-writing sessions, working on demos of her songs in a Nashville recording studio, and performing live in Second Life on a regular basis, under the pseudonym of her avatar: MOONDOGGIRL MOOMINTOOG.
