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About Me

I'm a substitute teacher and a rock star. A poet and an artist. A journalist and a songwriter.
I am a nationally touring singer-songwriter, one half of the acoustic duo that fronts ilyAIMY (i love you and i miss you) .
I am also a found object jewelry designer, a performance poet, journalist and former Rocky Horror performer. I've been road-tripping America hard for more than five years, including my recent stint touring as Dar Williams' percussionist and backing vocals.
I have been to 42 states, all by car, mostly with me behind the wheel for hundreds of thousands of miles.
- Winner 2006 Cape Fear Folk Festival High-Noon Shootout
- Honorable Mention, 2006 International Narrative song Contest
- 2006 Top 25 Songs of Note, Indie Acoustic Project
- Finalist 2005, 2006 Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival Songwriter's Contest
- (with the band) Eddie's Attic Acoustic Shootout Finalist (twice), Mountainstage Newsong Semi-finalist, Kerrville NewFolk Finalist

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Other touring musicians managing themselves and folk/alternative/acoustic venue owners and denizens looking for acts that match their musical vision. Music fans. Poets. Creative people. Traveling people. People who love details, beautiful coincidences, beautiful words ...

My Blog

Help ilyAIMY Buy Loving A Girl For A Buck

In order to raise money for the release of our new CD, we are making a previously unreleased track available for $1 download: Heather's > live solo version of "Love A Girl Gone." You can hear the v...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:06:00 GMT

Draft: Non-Songwriter Night Song for Once

I always write on the road. It was occurring to me recently that the better part of my songs have been written on the road ... and if not on it then about it:Illinois is Overflowing (written in Indian...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:07:00 GMT

I Owe You Many Songs: First "The Owls See Everything"

I'll have to post the video in a little while, but I figured I'd give you the lyrics. This month's "Algebra of Life" challenge is finished, but you're not getting that until the day of ... the punchli...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:52:00 GMT

Songwriting Journal No. 1 - The Owls See Everything

Well, my first instinct on this one was The Great Owl from The Secret of NIMH. I spent some time writing short verses inspired by this, but a song has yet to come together. So I start doing that dread...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:53:00 GMT

Songwriting Journal FINAL - Making Sacred Spaces from Ordinary Places

It got some more verses, so I figured I would post video on this one so my out-of-town friends are up to speed. The sound seems funky at first, but it cleans up. Growing HomeMichaelangelo...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:11:00 GMT

Songwriting Journal No. 1 - Making Sacred Spaces from Ordinary Places

So, with this one, the idea that lept instantly to mind was Muir Woods in California. When rob and I were there a couple years ago, we walked through a part called "Cathedral Grove," something I came ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:08:00 GMT

Songwriting Journal Final: You Never Answer

I can't believe a month has gone by, but in the crawling week this has been for me, I did find time to complete my song for tonight. Video is up on ustream on the ilyaimy channel, along with all the 1...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:38:00 GMT

Little Spiral Notebook Project: Video

LyricsSpiral (Heather's version)Shelves full of notebooks Too nice to write inHandmade paper oneYou bought me in ThailandLeather-bound, gold leafFor my last birthdayAll of them beautifulAll ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:55:00 GMT

Songwriting Journal No. 9 - FINAL Sand Storm Love Affair

Last night was the big show, and it went AMAZING. Frankly, the work that people put into their songs yielded beautiful, well-crafted and completely different pieces. In some cases, I'd even say it was...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:41:00 GMT

Songwriting Journal No. 8 - Sand Storm Love Affair

Alright, T-minus one day to the big songwriting night at the Java Mammas open mic (324 Main St., Reisterstown, MD, 21136, 7pm start). I put the last line into the song a week ago, and let it sit until...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:40:00 GMT