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About Me

Amy Regan cannot remember her life without song. Her childhood was spent falling in love with Disney and Rogers & Hammerstein classics and singing inadvertantly everywhere she went. She began classical vocal training at age 11 and soon after began teaching herself piano. At age 13 she became infected with the need to write her own music, and began taking guitar lessons with the goal of singing and performing original material. She quickly became a prolific songwriter, performed in coffeehouses at age 15, and recorded her first album with an 8-track in her basement the same year. She has since then been dedicated to developing her craft as a singer, songwriter, and musician, taking influence from the lyrical integrity of folk musicians Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, the classic melodic and harmonic beauty of songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter, and the vocal prowess of Eva Cassidy and Ella Fitzgerald. Her interesting combination of influences creates a sound that is comforting in its sincerity and soothing in its natural beauty. As a recent Skidmore College grad, Amy Regan spent the past three and a half years frequenting Saratoga Springs venues such as Caffe Lena, Gaffney's Starting Gate Lounge, and Lively Lucy's Coffeehouse. Now in the NYC area, she is currently finishing an EP with Deerslayer Productions.

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Member Since: 7/2/2005
Band Website: amyregan.com
Band Members: Contact info: [email protected]: http://www.stephenbailey.com/sound/0507/052207-amy-regan.htm l "Now at 21, there is a remarkably mature soul in her youth. Her songs of love and loss are sung with the conviction of someone twice her age. And there's a bravery to how she lets her feelings spill from the stage that many performers cannot muster. A word of warning to anyone in the room, she will melt your heart." (Stephen Bailey, www.stephenbailey.com)
Influences: Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Counting Crows, Feist, John Mayer, Shawn Colvin, Carole King, Norah Jones, Ryan Adams, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Eva Cassidy, Damien Rice, Billy Joel, Brahms, Debussy, Phish, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Radiohead, The Beatles, Nick Drake. And everything that's music.
Sounds Like: Amy Regan has appeared at:NYC: The Bitter End, Sidewalk Cafe, CBGB's Downstairs Lounge, The C-Note, Paddy Reilly's, Bowery Ballroom, Ace of Clubs//Hoboken: The Goldhawk, Scotland Yard Bar //Saratoga Springs, NY: Caffe Lena, Gaffney's Starting Gate Lounge, WSPN Radio, Lively Lucy's Coffeehouse, The Spa (at Skidmore College), Coffee Planet (Ballston Spa) //
Type of Label: None

My Blog

What if you just kept going?

Even when you think you ought to stop. What if you kept going? Imagine how far you could go...
Posted by Amy Regan on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:09:00 PST

I'm 21. Really.

So apparently I look 15. I went into NYSC the other day to get a gym membership, and the woman working for the gym looked at me skeptically and asked, "umm...how old are you?" When I ...
Posted by Amy Regan on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:38:00 PST

Where is the album going?

The cds I got for xmas I still haven't put on my itunes and ipod...not really intentionally, I guess its just when I'm at home (my rents house) I actually listen to cds as opposed to my ipod because i...
Posted by Amy Regan on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:42:00 PST

I am the luckiest girl!

I am the luckiest girl that has ever been alive!!! I'd explain to you why...but I think I'd break my strike.
Posted by Amy Regan on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:06:00 PST

New Tracks!!

Hey everyone, Hope you enjoy the new tracks I put up! they were just mastered today and i'm super excited for all of you to hear them! i'm even more excited to keep working on the rest of this ep over...
Posted by Amy Regan on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:48:00 PST

It's coming, and it's going...

for anyone who hasn't heard regina spektor, I recommend her. This is the first time I've listened to this album in over a month, maybe two. back then I completely immersed myself in...
Posted by Amy Regan on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:13:00 PST

Don't miss the new Amy Regan EP, coming soon!!!

After finishing my last semester at Skidmore College two weeks ago, I'm finally back in New York finishing the EP I'm working on with Deerslayer Productions. This week w...
Posted by Amy Regan on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:56:00 PST