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About Me

Keeley Valentino had the fortunate task of asking Stan Sonu to help her with a song, waaay back in the days of her senior year in college. They were students together in Songwriting 101 with Deanna Walker at Vanderbilt University, and their paths crossed one afternoon when Deanna suggested Keeley get Stan's genius guitar playing to accompany her on an assignment. Keeley, playing no instrument of her own, was a bit nervous to ask the infamous musical prodigy for his input (he had played for the class previously in the semester and solidified himself as a force to be reckoned with) but as soon as they sat down together, nothing short of magic unfolded. They were instantly musically inspired by each other, and whats more, instantly friends. Since that fateful day in 2003, the pair have been writing together and performing in venues from Nashvegas to LA. Keeley graduated from Vanderbilt in 2004 and has stayed in Nashville pursuing her musical aspirations. She just released her first full length record this past fall (produced by Matt Mangano) and co-wrote all the songs with Stan, who continues to be her knight in shining accompanyment armor. Stan is a senior this year, planning to graduate in May and take a year off to do noble and honorable service projects around the world before going to med school. The pair will separate and go their own ways, but Keeley will always consider herself the luckiest girl in the world to have had Stan's influence and wisdom guiding her through the past few years. She will surely only be a better musician and writer because of it.

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Music:

Member Since: 9/25/2004
Band Website: keeleyvalentino.com
Band Members: Keeley Valentino- vocals, lyrics; Stan Sonu- vocals, accoustic guitar; Matt Mangano- bass, electric guitar, accoustic guitar, bgvs; Josh Robinson- drums, percussion; Ben Shive- Fender Rhodes; Clay Cook- bgvs (Mechanics)
Influences: Life
Sounds Like: Breakfast in Bed
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I love the world to the max

What a night last night was!!!!!!!!!!! Jen Casale drove ALL the way from The Grand Canyon State (thats AZ) as a surprise and came to the show, and all these fabulous girlies visiting me from out ...
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST

Guitar!

I totally played a song on guitar for myself last Sat. at The Bluebird. Happy Moment of Life.com Thank you Ellen Britton (guitar teacher queen of the world)
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:37:00 PST

"The Mechanics of Leaving" is Acoustic Track of the Day on Garageband on 10/20!!!!!

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Posted by Keeley and Stan on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:19:00 PST

Mechanics added to Pandora

Go check out www.pandora.com, part of the Music Genome project. Type in Keeley Valentino in the Artist Box.
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:56:00 PST

Awarestore.com!!!!!!

The Mechanics of Leaving is now available at Awarestore.com http://www.awarestore.com/artist6282 Magic to the max!!!! Tell some peeps. ...
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:57:00 PST

What Next??

Summer technically has not ended, but it sort of feels like it to me. Stan and I had our last show at Smith's Ole Bar in Atlanta on my birthday at the end of July and it was SO much fun. It really cou...
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:22:00 PST

Summer Magic

The month of June has been pretty magic. Stan and I started the month off after a realllly fun trip to NYC and ended it recording some of our latest diddies with Mr. Matt Mangano. In between we spent ...
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:50:00 PST

More places to get "Mechanics"

Ya'll- in addition to itunes, the record is also currently available at: Rhapsody: www.rhapsody.comeMusic: www.eMusic.comKarma Download: www.karmadownload.comCheck it out, spread t...
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Tue, 09 May 2006 01:13:00 PST

The Mechanics of Leaving now available on I-Tunes!!!

Yay! The record is now available on I-Tunes under Keeley Valentino. Check it out and spread the word!
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:20:00 PST

Keeley and Stan on Lightning 100 (100.1) During Week of April 24!

If you're in the Nashville area, be sure to tune in to Lightning 100 (100.1) at 2:40 and 8:40 during the week of April 24. They'll be playing one of the songs from our new album, "The Mechanics of Lea...
Posted by Keeley and Stan on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:22:00 PST