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About Me

Erin Boyea's musical dream began when she was 8 years old and took her first piano lesson. She hated it and quit one month later, a disappointment to both her parents who said she'd regret it for the rest of her life. However, Erin proved her parents wrong time and time again. She learned how to play "Chopsticks" and "Heart and Soul." Eventually she taught herself Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" and "The Feather Song" from Forrest Gump. In the 90's she played with her church worship team and came to develop a relationship with a few chord progressions, but nothing fancy. By 1999 she was singing and playing keys in a high school band. As a freshman in college, she wrote her first two songs on guitar: "Hey Hey," and "Distractions." They were bad. It wasn't until 5 years later Erin returned to the piano and decided to exercise her little fingers beyond their stretching capacity and with that, spent an entire year learning Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." Everything after that came somewhat easily. Though she still cannot read music, Erin has developed a somewhat unschooly ear for sound, giving her music a somewhat disturbed and confused feeling. But the songs seem to work, despite their rejection of contemporary music theory.

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Member Since: 14/06/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/erinboyea
Band Members: This is my solo artist page, and I will be putting more time into my own music now that I've left one of Providence's greatest original rock bands, Heather Rose and the Drama. I wish them well, and anticipate the release of their upcoming album, which I recommend people purchase (you can also pre-purchase), as it will be released later this year or early next year.
Influences: White Stripes, John Prine, Tenacious D, Stevie Wonder, Tool, Led Zeplin, Norah Jones, Ray Charles, Mars Volta, Veruca Salt, Indigo Girls, Robert Plant, Journey, Tom Morello, Beatles, Janis, Allman Bro's, Phish, DMB, Taylor Hicks, Kelly Ripa, Regina Spektor, Geoff Hayward, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Tori Amos, Michael Jackson, and Prince.
Sounds Like: me.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

On my way to 100

I made a goal this winter, as I do many winters, when I'm sick of feeling cold and fat, that I would quit my band and pursue a childhood dream of being a solo singer. I pledged to myself to play 100 o...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:42:00 GMT

Going Solo

Well it was a good year with Heather Rose and the Drama, but with more drama than fun, I've decided to venture out on my own. White Noise Records went out of business but the HRD album is safely in th...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Album

I am posting this blog to let people know that I have put songwriting aside in order to record a band album with Heather Rose of Providence, RI. I joined Heather Rose and the Drama in March of 2008. H...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:28:00 GMT

Blind

I'm trying to record one song each month, so as I noticed August slipping away I decided to make use of one of my non-work days (I have many). I started a little riff in D minor then changed...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Gravity

Gravity was actually the slow lane song when I started it a few months ago. I was even going to break into a "beep-beep, beep-beep, i'm coming through..." chorus, an idea my sister came up with, but I...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Bad Dream

The first two lines of this song came to me when I was fiddling around with some of my band's songs - practicing for our next gig. I was playing with the A major chord and just let my fingers explore ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:53:00 GMT

Slow Lane

This song has been a pain in my butt for almost 6 months. I had planned to do it in a major key scale (happy sounding), with a few minor chords thrown in for flavor, and it ended up taking on a life o...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 17:46:00 GMT

Bottle of Tears

Bottle of Tears is the second original I've taken into the studio. I recorded the piano track for this a while back, and finally figured out how to get my demo into Cubase. I didn't want a lot of lyri...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 17:38:00 GMT

Fly Away

Update: Since posting this blog, I've cut the song down to 5 minutes and tightened up the intro and vocals. If you listen closely, you can hear wind, water, and birds chirping as the song begins. Ori...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:02:00 GMT

Hand in my Pocket

This song was recorded with Geoff. We used electronic drums. Reason to the rescue! That's the name of my drum program. I did a lot of tracks, and did all the recording with headphones and ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:13:00 GMT