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Maria Henderson

About Me

Maria is a 27 year old singer/songwriter and pianist, originally from Farnham but now living in Brighton and completing a Professional Diploma in Songwriting at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music.Maria has been performing live since she was 17. When she left college she joined a local covers band, and progressed to singing in London function bands "Carte Blanche" and "Souled Out" in Hotels and private functions in the Central London area.During this time she has supported artists including Jools Holland, Charlotte Church, The Darkness and Heather Small, and abroad in Milan, Cyprus, Spain and Bahrain.Over the summer she moved to Cyprus and worked as a solo cabaret vocalist for six months.More recently one of her own tracks, "Goodbye" went straight to number one on the "Beat the Mix" online music chart. This has led to a couple of live performances on Juice 107.2FM's "Damo and Ace Show".She is regularly gigging her own material in the Brighton area. Check out the gig list for more information!

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Music:

Member Since: 08/10/2007
Band Members: Maria Henderson
Influences: Karen Carpenter, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Alicia Keys, Elton John, Jocelyn Brown
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Live performance tonight on Juice 107.2FM!

Hi Guys! I will be singing live tonight on Juice 107.2FM!  You can also listen online at http://www.juicebrighton.com/ ! I will be recording three new tracks tomorrow that will be up on mysp...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:08:00 GMT

"GOODBYE!" goes straight in at number 1 on "Beat the Mix" !

Hi Guys! Great news, "Goodbye!" has gone straight in at number 1 on the "Beat the Mix" chart!  It will be played tonight on Juice FM 107.2 at about 9pm! I will be recording a live performance for...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:50:00 GMT

"Goodbye" voted "Song of the Day" on BEAT THE MIX!

Hi Guys! My song "Goodbye" has been voted tomorrows (weds) "Song of the Day" on the Beat the Mix songwriting competition (www.beatthemix.co.uk). The winning song will be played on Juice FM on Thursday...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:14:00 GMT

Vote for my song on BEAT THE MIX !!

Hey Guys! One of my songs, "Goodbye!" , is in songwriting competition "BEAT THE MIX"! Pleeeeaase vote for me by texting 'mix 357' to 83070!! You can  see how Im doing at www.beatthemix.co.uk...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:43:00 GMT

First Gig at the Grovesnor Casino!

Had my first live acoustic gig of my own material at Grovesnor Casino in Brighton on Friday night!  Two more gigs this week, come and check out my acoustic set this Tuesday at the ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:08:00 GMT

"GOODBYE" TAKES 8 SECONDS TO START SORRY!

"Goodbye" takes 8 seconds to start sorry!
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:16:00 GMT