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Merry Ellen Kirk

About Me

To lift the veil between the natural and the supernatural; to peek under and touch that part of reality where the spiritual and material come together...
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Music flows out of me, expressing life as I see it. The illusion and stronghold of time. The complexity of the human nature. The beauty of creation. The fall of man, and the disaster he brings on himself. Tension and release. The natural and the supernatural. The constant warring between good and evil. The balance between the natural tendencies of the universe and the potential of what it could be. The perfection that God manages to bring to everything.
Living in Mongolia for the first seven years of my life gave me a very different foundational perspective on life from the average American eighteen-year-old. One huge thing I'd like to be able to do as an outflow of my music is to support the orphans in Mongolia, who really left a mark on me when I lived there. Orphans in Mongolia live in the sewers during the winter to stay warm. So a huge objective for me in life is to go back to Mongolia and build an orphanage with the financial support of my listeners and fans. I would encourage you to check out these links about Mongolia, and spread the word:
YouTube Video
ABC News Story
MongolianOrphans.org


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Member Since: 2/28/2006
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Influences: Musically--Alanis Morissette. Art Garfunkel. The Beatles. Billy Joel. Bob Dylan. Coldplay. The Cranberries. Dido. Elton John. Enya. Eric Clapton. Fleetwood Mac. Imogen Heap/Frou Frou. James Taylor. Joni Mitchell. Jeff Buckley. Kate Bush. Ludwig van Beethoven. Natasha Bedingfield. Nichole Nordeman. Norah Jones. Peter Gabriel. Pink Floyd. Rebecca St. James. Regina Spektor. Sarah McLachlan. Sigur Ros. Stevie Nicks. Sting. Tori Amos. U2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Lyrically--God. Life. Beauty. There is beauty in everything, sometimes pure beauty, and more often dark, mysterious beauty because we live in a fallen world.
Sounds Like: Regina Spektor, Missy Higgins, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Imogen Heap, Jewel, Coldplay, Ingrid Michaelson.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

CURB CAFE SHOW CANCELLED.

Hey--so sorry for the late notice, but I just got the e-mail myself. Our folks at the Curb Cafe decided to close up for the weekend because of Spring Break over at Belmont. The show is postponed until...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:36:00 GMT

New stuff!

So guys. I just uploaded new versions of 4 songs today. Take a listen, and I hope you like what you hear! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Love you guys!
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:04:00 GMT

New tracks!

So guys, I just posted the second of two brand new tracks, fresh out of the oven. You should check them out. Added some awesome new instruments to Victory...and then I've got a brand new song I just c...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Exciting!

So...I just got an e-mail in my inbox that said I made the quarter-finals on OurStage.com! I am super-excited! What a cool opportunity. So I need your help to get up to the 1 position. If you don't ha...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:41:00 GMT

New layout.

Yay! Guys, I redid my MySpace page. And I love it, it makes me happy. So...I've been in the studio a bunch lately, yesterday working out some drum parts for a better production on Victory.  And a...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:58:00 GMT

I need your help!

Hey guys,Thank you so much for checking out my music!  I'm really in need right now of a listening audience, and I'd love if you'd be willing to help.  There are a lot of ways you can help, ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:15:00 GMT

New music up!

Hey folks, Haven't blogged on here in a while, but just thought I'd give a little update.  I've been doing lots and lots of writing, and I now have 9 songs up, and for sale on my p...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:53:00 GMT

Freedom

Wow.  So I just graduated.  It's amazing.  My life is so simple now--just God and music (and friends, of course).  I feel like so much of what I've been doing with my life has been...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:59:00 GMT