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AjCheeks

About Me

Hi!My name is Amy Cheek.I have always loved to sing but it was mainly a passion that I shared with my car radio and my shower curtain. A few years ago I bought a guitar and taught myself to play. As I learned to play I also began to write. Though I knew nothing about music theory, I put chords together that sounded good and natural to me. The melody lines came easily once I had a chord progression. I invested in an 8 track digital recorder as I longed to get my music down and work on parts. Once again I knew as much about recording as I did music theory~Ziltch. With the little knowledge I had I began to take my melodies and turn them into songs. I loved the layering afforded to me with my multitrack recorder and continued to grow as a songwriter. The song "demos" that you hear on my site were recorded in my basement with my 8 track. I have since taken classes in recording technology and learned everything I know from my instructor Ben Blau. He taught me so much more than the classes offered and got me started on my career doing jingle and voice over work. I have worked in the studio with Ben~ Ben's Studio recording a jingle that I wrote for Busch's Food Stores. I also recorded"You Know My Name" a song written for Nurses. I plan to continue writing and promoting my music, my hope is that I can continue to love what I do and have it be a source of income that supports my growth as an artist.
Powered by Voice123 - Voice OverCheck out my~ voice over~ demo. Other demos available for listening at~ Amy's Voiceovers

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Member Since: 04/07/2007
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Band Members: Amy Cheek; sole member~ Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synth, synth bass and drum tracks for demos.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Friends that lent their talents for various recordings~~~~~~~~~~Jamin Bradley: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ben Blau: Programming~~~~~~~~~~JJ Tenorio: Acoustic Guitar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Justin Gumina: Electric Guitar
Influences:Eva Cassidy, Heart, Karen Carpenter, Jennifer Knapp, most every Lilith Fair artist, Patty Griffin, Pat Benetar, Third Day, Bebo Norman Edwin McCain, Bread, Eagles, James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey, Supertramp, Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Styx, .......... You get the picture~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~Here are a few of my videos, check out all my videos here~Aj's Videos~ Celebrating Nurses

Add to My Profile | More VideosEva Cassidy~all time favorite! "Over the Rainbow" Eva Cassidy

Add to My Profile | More VideosMy sister on our trip to Jamica~stuff like this just happens in our family sometimes~Loris Solo
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Record Label: campbells soup

My Blog

Video Blog Busch's Crew

Check out video of some great people taking time out of their day to help out a friend~
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:18:00 GMT

video blog~in the studio~write it~record it~4hours

Helped out an old friend, Jamin. His Band is writing, recording and posting one new song a day for 111 days. They came over to record one day with me. Day 34~~ 4 hours later "Catacombs" was born!Ch...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:06:00 GMT

Objective Mixing

OK, Here’s the situation!I LOVE to mix my projects, it’s one of my favorite parts of the recording process.  When I think I have a good mix I lean back in my studio chair, centered directe...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:11:00 GMT