Member Since: 5/31/2005
Influences: I think everything I've ever listened to has had an influence on my music. When I was younger, I liked to study the "belters"- Mariah and Whitney and such. i was kinda obsessed with singing like that. I've always loved R&B, old and new. Then when i started writing i listened to a lot of Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Alanis Morissette, Jewel, that sort of thing. Now I like to check out anything i haven't heard before, and of course return often to what i've always loved. Some of my favorite artists are Alicia Keys, Bjork, MuteMath, The Fugees, Tracy Chapman, Michael Jackson, Heather Smith, Lauryn Hill, Joss Stone, India Arie, Elton John, Dido, Prince, Muse, Stevie Wonder, Diana Krall, Audioslave, Flickerstick, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Bob Marley, Shakira, Bright Eyes, The Mars Volta, Ben Kweller, Erika Badu, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, The Beatles, Natalie Cole, Louis Armstrong, Corinne Bailey Rae, Over the Rhine, Jack Johnson, Jonny Lang, John Legend, The Cardigans, The Black Keys, Amy Winehouse, Sade, Pink Floyd, Feist, And i definitly can't leave out Waitin on Eddy. The lead singer (then Vicki Bandas) has to be my number one musicial influence, vocally if nothing else :) (that's my mom, if you didn't pick up on that..) And of course my brother Brian and Love and Theft and all the wonderful musicians that i am surrounded by and learn from daily.
Sounds Like: I've gotten a few comparisons... but what do you think?
Type of Label: Major