About Me
First off, if you don't know me,....
The first thing you should know is.... I lLOVE LOVE LOVE music, concerts, media development, photography, video recording and production, web site design, and promoting the hell out those things I love!
I have written a kind of bio of my life hope you enjoy it!
I Hope it doesn't bore you!
Drop me a line and Let me know what you think.
Family Dynamics A quick Synopsis.
I was born in North Carolina. I am the youngest child of six children. My parents were divorced when I was young. My mother remarried and brought me to Seattle, Washington at age sixteen. I am a tomboy. I was the girl who wanted to be out catching bugs, fishing, racing cars, or playing cops and robbers with my brothers instead of inside playing dress up with my sisters. In 1994 I graduated college, got married and had my first and only son. My husband and I have been happily married for many years. When I have a day off I enjoy taking off on spontaneous road trips to fun exciting places, or just camping. I love to hang out by the bon fire pit on summer nights....
Indepth life but only if your asking!
After School comes College.. Time to grow up
After getting my cosmetology liscense right out of High School. I worked doing manicures, perms, foils, extensions, make-up applications, waxing, pedicures, facials and acrylic nails for four years. I even worked with Keanu Reeves. As fate would have it though,... I got in to a car accident that broke my wrist. (for the record it wasn't my fault) I knew I would be laid up and out of work without the use of my hands for at least 3 months. While out of work, I applied to my local university for acceptance into their nursing program, and lucky me I was excepted for the following year. I graduated from college with honors my major was nursing and my minor in photography. I have now worked as a nurse for many years.
After college comes....nursing?life?kids?more?
I have worked all three shifts and I definately prefer to work graveyard 10pm-7am. I have always been a night owl. It's worked out great for our family. My being home during the day, has allowed us to never use daycare. I love helping others it is a very rewarding career. BUT....
I had always felt something was lacking in my life and I didn't know what. I had a good job, a great family, good friends, stability and security. In my personal life I try to do and be the best person, mother, daughter and sister I can. So I just couldn't figure it out.
Lets Rock! Or Not
Then one day months and years later after I had dismissed those internal feelings that something in my life was missing.
I went to see a local band play one night called
New American Shame.
(if you have never heard of them look them up)
I had a friend who played guitar in the band so I figured
I'd bring my camera for kicks, maybe I'd get some good shots that they could use for promotion. Afterall I did minor in photography. So I went, I shot, I developed the film. To my delight the photos turned out really well. That night I realized what it was I was missing. This was the kind of work that I had a true passion for. I loved photography, turns out I was great at it and I had fun.
Here is where I have to fill in a little missing background information before I can continue.
Back in high school and start of college years. I always had musician friends, boyfriends, and family.
During those past relationships I helped them out with their individual bands, doing stuff like booking, bio photos, video taping shows, building websites for them, obtaing practice pads and studio time, just alot of different stuff. Anyways my friends had musician friends, who had musician friends, and they talk..So word got out that I was really good at that type of stuff and other bands asked me to do some work for them and things grew from there.
The thing is while I greatly enjoyed and had lots of fun doing that kind of work, it is never never steady work.
Just ask your local musician. I quit doing that type of work after college. As a new nurse, wife and mom my life was just too busy.
Lets Rock! The New Frontier
I sent the photos to the bands manager who in turn after seeing the photos asked to use them on their website. I of course said yes since the guitarist was a friend. As it goes in the music industry everybody either knows or knows of each other in the Seattle music scene. Friends of the guitarist asked him who took the shots. I have since started my own company called Bars And Stars Production. I catering to the needs of bands and musicians. I provide photo cover shoots for bands. Both at Live shows and in studio. I also build websites, I videotaping live shows, then take that raw video footage and edit it into a professional video for promotion,I am very fortunate to live in an area where there is such a great music scene.
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