Brooke Campbell

My hometown was decorated with low-rider trucks with gun-racks in the back. And I loved all the music that pumped out of them--r&b and country. At school, I was fascinated by the artistic kids and would kind of sit at their feet, just soaking up the way they saw the world. The cool kids who came home from college brought the Indigo Girls and James Taylor.I, however, was a bit of a jock. I ran track and did varsity cheerleading (a source for endless ribbing-my friends in the marching band would throw ice at me as I cheered.) and never thought that I could create anything.I started writing kind of as a joke, and haven't stopped in 7 years. I swear, there are few things that I love to do as much as writing music-let's see: that moment in hiking a mountain when you break the trees and get the view, having close friends who have known me forever over for a visit, giving something of myself that I don't think I can-stuff like that.I'm so grateful to have people who tell me when they think I'm writing crap. That is absolutely invaluable. Since I seem to have to keep writing, I hope to use thier wisdom and the stuff that time teaches to improve