First off..let me say I'm not the typical person with a music myspace. I am primarily a songwriter. While I have a very large portfolio of songwritings and have humbly been called a "prolific writer", I generally have someone else perform or record my songs at this point in my career. All songs playing on my page, I have co-written... even though I'm probably not the vocalist. Lyrics tend to be my "confident area." However, you never know what the future may bring. I found out a long time ago that if you want to hear God laugh.....tell him your plans. :)Now who am I exactly? I'm just a simple small town Christian country girl that was raised on big city dreams. I know that probably sounds so cliche for any female trying to enter the country music business...but in my case it's so true. I'm not a "wanna be country girl..I am one." I love country because it is truly me. It was the only life I had ever known before I packed up my bags and moved to Nashville 4 years ago. "You can take the girl outta the country, but you can't take the country outta the girl!"I grew up living an unglamerous life on a farm in Northwest, Ohio..but it was a life I loved. Having the best family, friends, country music, a big yard, great surroundings and first and foremost faith in Jesus Christ..there wasn't much more I could ask for. The first time I heard country music I was apparently hooked..because I cannot remember a time in my life in which I didn't listen to it. I always took it very very seriously and didn't miss a beat. My parents introduced me to music like Alabama, Reba Mcentire & George Strait at a young age. While other little girls were crushing on "New Kids on the Block,"...I was crushing on Clint Black! I used to run around the house with my sony walkman constantly in my ears..and I would jam to my cassette tapes. Yes, "I was country when country wasn't cool." I wasn't just fascinated by the music...but I was SOO fascinated by the lyrics. I found country's lyrics to be so meaningful and so true to my own life and those around me. I couldn't be satisfied with simply liking a song unless I knew the lyrics and the meaning behind it. I can remember laying on the floor analyzing lyrics and reading the names of those who were writing these amazing songs. What fascinated me more was I found country artists to be so real and genuine. They appealed to a farmer's granddaughter who was proudly raised in a blue collar household.By the time I reached high school..I knew I was taking my love for music to an even higher level. I was a writer since day one and it was always known as my area of strength. However I began writing songs...lots and lots of songs. It was how I expressed myself and it helped me to overcome breakups and it just simply made me happy. I wrote about what I was familiar with...it was just my heart on paper. I didn't have to spend time thinking up things to write that I didn't mean..my life had more than enough to write about! They would come to me at school, at work, in the middle of the day, or late at night...it didn't matter what i was doing! I originally thought I was a poet until my mom convinced me I was actually a lyricist. I didn't believe her...but I guess 1,000 songs later I should believe her AND thank her! I became really really restless by the time I reached my senior year. I was a cheerleader, a Miss Ohio USA delegate and even an honor student (although I mostly wrote songs in class and had an EXTREMELY short attention span)....but something was lacking. I had to move to Nashville and I was determined to do so.I spent my first year of college at home and wasn't even remotely interested in what I was doing. I tried to be an education major like everyone else..."I tried to blend in" and be something I wasn't....but I felt like God was leading me in a different direction. I spent lots of time working at the factory with my dad and even took a semester off school. One night while working the night shift...I had the feeling come over me that it was time to make the move. My Dad had always been my biggest fan but he wasn't so sure at first about my decision to transfer to Trevecca Nazarene University...he knew I hated school...but I was determined to make this work. January of 2005...I packed up my whole life and my parents dropped me off in that college parking lot. I knew life was about to become REALLY challenging but I was up for it. I spent 3 years in college there and working like nobody's business before I finally graduated....with a social work degree...yes another story within itself. Unfortunately I was almost always too busy to even look at Nashville's beautiful skyline, let alone set aside time to go downtown and explore. I was tied down with classes, work and internships. By the time summer rolled around..I always knew I'd have to go back to Ohio to work at the factory and I ALWAYS did. Even in the midst of my busy college years..I managed to meet great mentors and to write a lot of songs. I have been so blessed to write with some extremely talented writers! I'll never forget the thrill of being encouraged by my childhood heros and I'll never forget the thrill of recording that first demo. The encouragement and support I have already gotten in this city is amazing. God has given me the resources & placed so many amazing people into my life in just 4 short years. I'm just a thick skinned, self-aware, independent girl that knows a whole lot about hard-work, heartbreak, struggle, perseverance, victory and you name it. I tend to be a walking country song and if you combine all my songs you probably have my biography within itself. I depend on the good Lord's strength every day while I chase my childhood dream....and I'm loving the ride. I still have to work my 9-6 job M-F and even work a weekend job but at the end of the day...I can write and I go catch my friend's at their gigs...and I hit the pillow every night knowing that I have the best family, friends and that I'm a child of an amazing God. Isn't that everything? God has already made so many dreams come true and has blessed me in more ways than I could have ever imagined. I owe him all the glory for everything that I have accomplished and strive to accomplish. That is all that truly matters anyways..Anyways...Drop me a line and add me as a friend...I've never met a stranger and I love talking to anyone and everyone!Hugs & Prayers,
HoLLy MaRiE
Phillipians 4:13
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