I accepted my first guitar into my life at the age of twelve and started writing songs immediately. Now, I'm sixteen and have over 100 compositions. I live in the small town of Hamburg and find it both terribly frustrating and highly inspiring at the same time. I have never played my own show. My guitar doesn't even have a pick up. For the past three years I have been writing songs in my room when I can't sleep or in study halls when I need a distraction. Now I want you to hear them.
She's the biggest musical sensation of Hamburg, and her guitar doesn't even have a pickup. Currently a junior at Hamburg High School, Helen Gassmann is incredibly prolific, having penned more than 100 compositions since she first received her guitar at the age of 12...
Gassmann describes her music as "bedroom prophesies written by a 16-year-old girl," but a quick listen will reveal that her songs are written with a maturity and artistry that are well beyond her years. Otherwise, she couldn't be more accurate: her songs are remarkably honest and personal portraits of suburbia. But unlike most music written of the same subject, hers is in no way trite, wishy-washy, or over-romanticized. Hearing her music is as powerful and intimate as it would be to have her standing straight across from you. It's like sitting down for a long talk with your best friend and listening to them spill their guts out - Gassmann just does it in a way that you can sing along to...
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