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Shanta Loecker

About Me


Born in Calcutta, India, Shanta Loecker was adopted as a baby, and flown to the U.S. She spent the next 18 years in Evanston, IL, a diverse city just north of Chicago. With a sister born in Lima, Peru, and a brother of Lebanese and German ancestry, Shanta was constantly exposed to a wide variety of cultures as a child. That diversity was also reflected by her musical surroundings; Broadway classics, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Wonder and Elton John were regulars at the Loecker household.Along came the end of high school, UCLA beckoned, and she moved to LA. During her time at UCLA, Shanta's childhood desire to become a film director faded into a rediscovered passion for music. The new environment allowed her to find her own, unique voice away from home, writing music that reflected on both her Chicagoan roots and newfound independence in California. Eventually she stumbled upon a little class that changed her life. With the help of an encouraging teacher and a little persuasion from other students, Shanta played one of her original songs ("Unbreakable") in a public venue for the first time. That simple, first performance at a UCLA music hall gave her newfound confidence, and the necessary push to pursue her dreams.So with a BA in Communications and one single performance under her belt, Shanta took a leap into the world of music. Between now and then, those 2 or 3 songs have grown into over 40 original songs, and she has performed at music venues nationwide including, Whisky A Go Go (LA), The Mint (LA), SPACE (Chicago), and Sidewalk Cafe (NYC). She released her full-length debut album, "Barely Awake" in May of 2009, and has since taken off as an independent artist.Blending blues, folk, soul, and her foundation in classical piano, she creates a unique brand of pop, both commercial and achingly personal. "Barely Awake" is available for purchase at iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby (see below).Download "Barely Awake" on iTunes or Digstation!

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Member Since: 27/08/2005
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/sloecker
Band Members: ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY:

SHANTA LOECKER - PIANO, LEAD VOCALS
CHICAGO:
Peter Joly - Guitar
Jamie Wagner - Bass, Sound Engineer
Charles Rumback - Drums LA:
Caity Engler - Background Vocals
Frank Abraham - Bass



Influences: Sarah McLachlan, John Mayer, Patty Griffin, Dave Matthews, Annie Lennox, Mary J. Blige, Rivers Cuomo, Chris Martin, Kelly Clarkson, Smokey Robinson, Ben Harper, Michelle Branch, Sara Bareilles, Gavin Degraw, Stevie, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Ray Lamontagne, Craig Armstrong, Les Miz, Baz Luhrmann, PT Anderson, Alexander Payne, Mira Nair, Terrence Malick, Joe Wright, Sophia Coppola, Tim Burton, Toni Morrison and Roald Dahl.
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Record Label: Independent

My Blog

New Youtube Video!

Saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the second time in theaters today. Does that make me a nerd? Too late, already knew that one.A new video is posted...finally! It took me a little while t...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:26:00 GMT

Summer heat (or cold?)

Hello friends! Heard "Our Song" at a bar yesterday in Chicago, and it's been in my head since...literally. Anywho. Here's a quick breakdown of three shows I'm playing in late July. All three are di...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:27:00 GMT

Let me try this again.

Yeah, SPACE does rock my socks. Completely. Great venue, great vibe, fabulous acoustics and lighting. Very impressed with it all, and can't wait to play out there again. There's nothing like going hom...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:35:00 GMT

Music updates of all kinds.

"A man without a beard is like pancakes without syrup." - wise words from my friend, Scotti Norman.Now that I have your attention...a few very exciting updates regarding shows all over the place, albu...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 13:48:00 GMT

New Song - "Arms Down"

empty your weapons surrender defenseless lay your hands down and open your eyes uncover your bruises exposing who you really are lay your arms down and open your eyes sometimes you fall, s...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 11:03:00 GMT

A thought or five...

So blogs are weird. I know. Who reads them, really. Well I do, but who reads mine? Yeah, who knows...no one maybe. There's some weird satisfaction in getting to think out loud and write some shit down...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 19:24:00 GMT

Mastered album!!!

Sooo I got my 12 fully mastered tracks (thanks to the fabulous Jamie at Strobe Recording) and have 6 of them posted on my facebook page to listen to. It's only half the album, but a decent preview to ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:31:00 GMT

I can't sleep.

Sooo here are 25 random things about me from this weird recent facebook note fad. Hmm. Room 5 was fab by the way...looking forward to playing there again.Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are suppos...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:31:00 GMT

Organs, melodicas, glocks, you name it

...are all on the tracks for my first record! We finished all the recording late last week in Strobe Studios, Chicago, so a little more work has to be done, and then I'm getting set to independently r...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:48:00 GMT

Here in me...

New song. "here in me"you wrote the very first word inwrote me in to my skintypical, conventional, forget iti know you were afraidi knowwere you there with mewhen i first learned to singwere you there...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:14:00 GMT