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Flo Paris

Nashville, here we come

About Me

Flo Paris started performing at the age of three, and hasn't stopped since. Encouraged by a large, musical family, Flo would perform Whitney Houston songs, accompanied by her Father on guitar. Back then it was Whitney, Amy Grant and Annie, but by the age of ten the score of Annie had given way to the piano, and four years later she picked up the guitar.
Flo honed her vocal talents during two years of formal music studies and five years singing in Madrigals, Concert Choirs and vocal Jazz ensembles. She wrote and performed an original Jazz composition for the ACSI Musicale competition in Pasadena, California in March of 1998, and spent the next five years writing and music for church, as well as playing original pieces throughout California and Tennessee.
In addition to her solo work, Flo finished singing in a rare series of live shows with progressive rock powerhouse Glass Hammer, including shows in Nashville, Rhythm and Brews in Chattanooga, an appearance at the NEARfest 2003 progressive rock festival in New Jersey during June of 2003, an appearance at the "Past Watchful Dragons" conference at Belmont University in November 2005, and most recently a double concert event at the Tivoli in Chattanooga, TN this past October.
Flo's unique folk-influenced singer-songwriter style is well suited to small, intimate venues like bookstores and coffee shops, where she is now taking her music. Flo's first full length album entitled, "Practice Room" is now available through www.floparis.net.
In addition to her musical endeavors, Flo enjoys cooking and "computing" on her Mac. She taught preschool for 2 years before becoming a full-time musician. She and her husband, Josh Oakes, celebrated their 5 year anniversary in June and have 2 beautiful girls, Sera Sage who is 2 1/2 and Amelie who was born in August.
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Member Since: 4/13/2005
Band Website: floparis.net
Band Members: Flo Paris-Vocals, Piano, Accoustic Guitar Steve Babb-Bass Fred Schendel-Keyboards, Guitar, everything else! Brandon Paris-Guitar Eric Parker-Guitar
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My Blog

Leaving Christian Music, Part 3-"The Genre"

The GenreMy first problem with the genre, is the existence of the genre itself. There are many genres of music. Classical, Pop, Folk, Rock, R&B, Alternative, Country ... and the list goes on. "Christi...
Posted by Flo Paris on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:15:00 PST

Why Im Leaving Christian Music, Part 2

I have been neglecting this topic for a while, because I really, really want to be thoughtful in my explanation of why I have a big problem with the Christian Music Industry.The process that led to my...
Posted by Flo Paris on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:19:00 PST

Why I'm Leaving Christian Music - Part One

I am no longer trying to market myself as a "Christian Musician".I am an artist who just makes music, and I am not going to use the Christian Music Industry to get ahead in the game, or better said, I...
Posted by Flo Paris on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:04:00 PST

Review/Interview at Musical Discoveries!

Go to Musical Discoveries to read a review of Practice Room and a new interview with Russ Elliot of musicaldiscoveries.com.After you enter the website, my feature is on the front page....
Posted by Flo Paris on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:57:00 PST

Surgery

So, last Thursday, I finally had the last surgery on my elbow, removing most of the metal bits that had been holding everything together while it healed.Here is what they dug out:..The quarter is for ...
Posted by Flo Paris on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:42:00 PST

iPhone Part 2

Okay..so here is a picture...It's soooo freaking awesome.Apple.com/iphone...
Posted by Flo Paris on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:55:00 PST

I love my band. Glass Hammer is the best!

So, I'm in this other band many of you may know about (and most of you do not) called Glass Hammer. They are Prog Rockers...(No, not PRAGUE Rock) Even if you've never heard that term, I promise you h...
Posted by Flo Paris on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:02:00 PST

Welcome Amelie Ashe

Thank you all for your many congratulations and well wishes!On Friday Morning, August 18th, we welcomed our newest daughter, Amelie, into our home (literally!) She was born peacefully into water, righ...
Posted by Flo Paris on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:45:00 PST

Tickets on sale now!

Tickets for Flo Paris' CD Release Show at the Clark Center are on sale now for $10. You can call (805)489-9444 or go online to Tickets (scroll down to "Flo Paris and Friends").The CD will be on sale a...
Posted by Flo Paris on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:46:00 PST

Glass Hammer Reviews, etc.

Just emailed this out, thought I'd blog it too:Hi Everybody,As most of you know, I sing in another band, specifically, a Progressive Rock band based out of Chattanooga called Glass Hammer.The last sho...
Posted by Flo Paris on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:13:00 PST