Stephanie Pauline

Music:

Member Since: 21/11/2006
Band Website: www.stephaniepauline.org
Band Members:
Stephanie Pauline ~ Lead Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Jon Collins ~ Drums/BGVs (He rocks and is a very awesome fellow. He really gets in sync with the emotion of a song and drives it home. As a songwriter I love that.)
Tim Collins ~ Guitar/Occasional BGVs

Tim Zorney ~ Percusion (a cool guy and phenomenal drummer. When I play with him I have so much room in that pocket to run around I feel like I'm at the park!)

DISCOGRAPHY:
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Rush the Sea (International Radio Release - 2008)
Deep Blue Sky (International Radio Release - 2009)

Influences: Silence. Shhhh. Listen.
Sounds Like: Your heart when you're not too scared to be honest. That and Jewell, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Taylor Swift, Avril Lavinge, Alison Krauss, Sara Groves, and Nichole Nordeman. The style and depth of writing is like these already listed and also like Bebo Norman, Chris Rice, Tracy Chapman, John Denver, Rich Mullins, David Wilcox, Joe Uvegas, Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Alton John.

Stephanie Pauline’s Professional Bio:
Stephanie Pauline is a prolific songwriter. With over 400 songs written she serves as an artistic catalyst, imbuing listeners with courage as they drink deeply of life's great store with her; mouthfuls of humanity: elation/fear on a voice that both bleeds and triumphs in the same breath. Though she borrows from many genres, Pauline takes her cues from pop music, crafting radio friendly songs that build and explode in a way that catches the ear. As a songwriter her ultimate musical goal is to have songs playing on pop/rock, country, and Christian radio. Listening to Stephanie, one is reminded of great artists like Sara McLachlan, Paula Cole, Jewel and Alison Krauss, as her voice pierces the soul and leaves listeners aching for more. Stephanie's sincere lyrics and compelling melodies draw people of all ages, and walks of life.
Some of this depth both in writing, and in the emotional presentation of her material is due, at least in part, to the difficulties life dealt out in force in her young life to adolescence. After what she calls 5 years of darkness God recovered her and renewed within her an inborn sense of music that has accompanied her all through her life in varying degrees. She says that songwriting came to her like breathing or laughing; it's just always been a part of who she is and what she does. She was encouraged early on in her passion for music by her mother who sang her to sleep many nights to one home spun ditty or another.
Stephanie Pauline plays piano, and guitar and has co produced all of her recordings to date. The last two of which brought her to Nashville and LA where she recorded with some of the industry's best studio musicians from Jon Catchings, Gary Lunn and David Davidson to many others including Dave Cleveland, Jason Web, and Steve Brewster. She performed over 80 dates from 2006-2007, and is gearing up for another 80 date tour in 2009. Her music is currently being played on over 500 radio stations world wide, landing three of Stephanie’s songs in the top 10 on the CRW Global Inspo and AC Chart and also on the Euro NCM Chart this year. She has been featured on a compilation CD of well-known artists from Minneapolis. One of her songs has been used on a sound track in a film called "My Lawyer," and she has won numerous song competitions. Her talents have garnered her a few record label offers, a recent nomination for an Independent Singer Songwriter Association award, and the industry’s attention. In 2004 More than Music Inc., the hub of her music, was made an official non-profit.
The fire and driving force behind all that Stephanie Pauline does is best stated by the mission statement of More than Music which is... "To revolutionize the culture at large, one heart at a time, through the means of multimedia, ministry, and money given until everyone on earth knows, and lives the love that is in Jesus Christ." Tied closely to all her endeavors is her goal of funneling the profits of her life's work to world relief efforts, and social evangelism. Stephanie Pauline has waived her salary since the non-profit was formed to help enable that. She regularly performs concerts in detention centers and treatment facilities around the country. She has been on several humanitarian forays, including a month long mission to an orphanage in Vijayawada, India. Stephanie has seen first hand the extensive destitution, both spiritually and physically that plague most of this planet and her heart's cry is to see healing and blessings flow all around the world. She has vowed to take these messages God has given her in the form of songs as far as He will allow her to go.
She is married, with one son, and a baby girl. She daily works to further her own authentic representation of the face of God in her personal life. Her music is simply an overflow of that.
Record Label: More than Music Inc.
Type of Label: Indie