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Elissa's Songs

About Me


This is a documentary by the amazing Tim Thompson, coming out in 2008. It features 4 amazing singer/songwriters from the Toronto area... and me! :)
Hi. I'm Elissa. I'm a singer/songwriter from Ontario. A large part of my childhood was spent playing the piano for countless hours and making up songs in my head. One day, the piano and the songs in my head found each other and they’ve been inseparable ever since. I began performing when I was 14 or so, wherever and whenever I could. Since those early days of sharing my music, I’ve learned how to walk for hours with a 35-pound keyboard, played in over 40 different venues in Ontario and performed for audiences across Canada and the United States. Recent accomplishments include competing as a finalist in the Guelph Songwriter finals, being featured in “Born to It”, a documentary by filmmaker Tim Thompson, (featuring Canadian artists Ron Hawkins, Stephen Stanley, Alun Piggins and Wayne Petti), and working with Hamilton’s Vibewrangler studio to produce some tracks that authentically represent where my music is now. I’m passionate about creating honest, engaging music that allows me to connect with my audience and share what I think is important.I love to sing, I love to share my music. This is one of the ways that I feel most alive and experience true connection with what I love.Seek beauty, love truth, love people.I just started a blog! No one reads it yet, but still, exciting: http://elissaingrid.tumblr.com/-Elissa
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/12/2005
Band Website: elissaingrid.tumblr.com/
Band Members: the thoughts in my head
the hopes in my heart

Influences:
I Love Jesus.
I wholeheartedly believe in God.
He is love & grace, my purpose and the reason that I am. I am one hundred percent lame without him.
I owe everything to him. I mean that and I do my best live by it.


I think all of these are worth a listen, or twelve listens, come to think of it;

(note: please be cautious not to decide who i am, based on what i listen to.)

akron/family
alicia keys
amos lee
ani difranco
badly drawn boy
band of horses
basia bulat
belle and sebastian
ben harper
bright eyes
broken social scene
cartel
colin hay
copeland
damien rice
devendra banhart
elton john
fiona apple
final fantasy
glen hansard & marketa irglova
gloria saarinen
goo goo dolls
gordie sampson
great lake swimmers
final fantasy
fleet foxes
frank bell
josh rouse
hanson
hurry, my children
imogen heap
ingrid michaelson
iron & wine
iver
jamie cullum
jars of clay
jon foreman
jim sturgess
jon foreman
jon mclaughlin
joni mitchell
joseph arthur
joshua radin
josh rouse
justin nozuka
katie melua
k'naan
leeland
leslie feist
lykke li
manchester orchestra
mat kearney
mates of state
missy higgins
mother mother
mute math
natasha bedingfield
nickel creek
page france
ray charles
ray lamontagne
regina spektor
shad k
snailhouse
sondre lerche
sufjan stevens
switchfoot
the acorn
the cinematic orchestra
the decemberists
the dixie chicks
the format
the frames
the most serene republic
the shins
the weepies
tori amos
xavier rudd

Sounds Like: a girl with a story to tell.

Record Label: I love to sing..I am unsigned. I really don't mind
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Room 8B: Omi

You dont understand, I want to say to the nurse when she gives us the diagnosis in a bored voice, as if she is reading a lunch menu! Hello nurse, fyi, this is not patient anonymous in room 8B, this...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:03:00 GMT

the fight to be seen

This is a story I wrote a while ago but I am still excited about what it says. I often feel insignificant when I realise my smallness, when I acknowledge my global insignificance. But I feel that the ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:13:00 GMT

marjorique learns something.

Sometimes marjorique was hardly there, hardly at all.and sometimes marjorique, was painted in small.in a pastel colour.in the upper corner,of the vibrant picture."where are you marjorique?" the people...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:17:00 GMT

the art of being "somebody"

Throughout the last few weeks, an abnormally large number of people have informed me that they just know that sommme day I am going to "be somebody!"now the funny thing is, people say this without thi...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:56:00 GMT

the music lives in the fingers of a boy.

music lives. written by elissa music lives in the fingers of a boy. picking up his guitar for the first time in a long time letting his soft, unlearned fingers dance across the strings staying up a...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:07:00 GMT

DEE-presh-unn.

what a stupid day.the whole world seems mad at me this week.you know what i mean?like, i have this lovely way of making everyone hate me and saying the wrong thing.my heart hurts this week.i feel guil...
Posted by on Mon, 15 May 2006 16:56:00 GMT

tapered jeans and childrens play masks. (true story.)

This true story of my discovery of my jeans will make you smile at the end.at least i think so.soooo....On Thursday I was driving home from mississauga..(photo: mike feswick)I was in milton and saw ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:17:00 GMT