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Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity

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We had quite the adventure with CMT and Music City Madness and we're so grateful to have had the opportunity to make it to the FINAL FOUR. That is quite an accomplishment and we are very proud! So thanks to everyone who voted! It's just been within the last year that Sweet Affinity has felt complete. It's been more than six years since Aubrey started writing music. Once Aubrey got married and Jeni and Stefanie turned to finishing their degrees, the group took a break for a few years. And during that time, Stefanie lived in Brazil and Jeni in Illinois for 1 1/2 years. It's just been this last year that they really started singing together again and added Janessa to the group. So even though they started singing years ago, they feel like this year has been a new beginning for them.
We decided we weren't going to be able to enter another video for Music City Madness 2 because Aubrey was due with a baby January 15! So Janessa went solo with a song she wrote herself. Aubrey did the work on the video and submitted it hoping for the best. We were so excited when Janessa's video made it and especially that it made it to the SWEET SIXTEEN! We are so proud of Janessa and you can view her video below.
Janessa Adams singing MAYBE
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THIS IS OUR VIDEO WE SUBMITTED TO MUSIC CITY MADNESS. IT IS A PERFORMANCE FROM SIX YEARS AGO SO GO EASY ON US! :)

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Member Since: 2/20/2007
Band Members: PHOTOGRAPHY DONE BY MELISSA DAVIS PHOTOGRAPHY

AUBREY HOWELL learned to play the guitar when she was eight years old. Her father taught her lessons from home throughout her life. Throughout her school years she also learned to play the flute and taught herself to play the piano. It wasn't until high school that she really started to enjoy playing the guitar and started to see that she could be creative with it. She left Michigan to go to college at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. While she was there she started writing her own music and even took a songwriting class as an elective to see if she could learn more about it. Aubrey is currently married and a stay at home mother of two!

STEFANIE RASMUSSEN, Aubrey's cousin, has been with her from the beginning. THey grew up together, became best friends and went to college together to be roomates. They started singing together at college and haven't stopped since. Stefanie taught elementary school for 3 years and is currently getting her Masters degree at Brigham Young University.
Aubrey met JENI ROMRELL through Stefanie. They had been school friends ever since they were young. They all ended up getting to know each other better as they had the chance to be roomates while at college. Stefanie and Aubrey needed another voice to add to their group and asked Jeni to give it a try and they loved it! She is currently married and a 2nd grade teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Lastly, Aubrey's sister JANESSA ADAMS is eight years younger than her. So she was only 11 when Aubrey wrote her first song. Since then, she has taken up guitar on her own and Aubrey says she has probably written more songs than she has! She has a very good voice and Aubrey had the idea to add her to the group. She is currently finishing her senior year at Alta High School as a varsity cheerleader in Sandy, Utah.


Influences: SHEDAISY!!! Ever since I heard their "Little Goodbyes" on the radio in 1999, it sparked something inside me that loved that sound. I wanted to go learn the song right away. The more I listened to them, the more I loved the idea of harmonies and writing, as they write their own music. Other influences are Dixie Chicks, Jewel, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, etc.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

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..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>..>Name: STEFANIE  Birthplace:Murray, UTCurrent Location:Sandy, UTHeight:5'4Right Handed or Left Handed:rightThe Shoes You Wore Tod...
Posted by Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:52:00 PST

"Meant For Me" for American Idol Songwriting Contest

The new song written and sung by Aubrey was written for the American Idol Songwriting Contest. Hope many can relate to the song. We know we can after our experience with CMT.  Life has so ma...
Posted by Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:01:00 PST

Our song made the Final Four in CMT Contest!

  Sweet Affinity entered a video into a contest on cmt.com...MUSIC CITY MADNESS, and out of more than 600 entries, their song made it!    A panel of judges chose 64 videos to be po...
Posted by Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:29:00 PST

Visit to 101.5 The Eagle

Sweet Affinity visits 101.5 The Eagle.  On March 23, Aubrey, Stefanie, and Jeni went on the air at about 7:45am.  Janessa wasn't able to come because her cheer team was leaving that day to g...
Posted by Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:52:00 PST

WATCH US ON THE NEWS!

When Channel 2 news in Salt Lake City heard about how far Sweet Affinity had gotten on Music City Madness on CMT.com, they called to see if they could do an interview.  Kathryn May came by and in...
Posted by Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:35:00 PST

How we came up with Sweet Affinity

Sweet AffinityWe had a hard time coming up with a name...all of you out there in a group probably know what we are talking about.  But because there are four of us we ALL had to agree on one.&nbs...
Posted by Aubrey Howell/Sweet Affinity on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:52:00 PST