Salut friends! I am a young New Zealander who has landed herself in Montreal, Quebec... I chose to be here because of my extreme love of music, art and culture. This city is one of the most astounding places on earth and I am honestly grateful for every day I get to wake up and be here.
I've been a musician for as long as I can remember, I started playing piano at age ten and immediately began making up my own songs. Despite the booming sixties/seventies pop/rock music culture (Beatles, Floyd etc) in our little Blenheim house I grew to also love classical and jazz music and became a very dedicated classical pianist. However, the rocker chick in me won out and at 17 I formed a short-lived but successful pop/rock band for which I sang, played and wrote all the music.
After leaving high school I took up the guitar and went to a remote school for music performance (remote as in - west coast south island NZ.. nothing to do but play music, party and occasionally get lost in the bush....) At University I studied Ethnomusicology (which to put it very simply is the anthropology of music) and poetry/ literature for lyric writing purposes... I am a big believer in lyrics...
In my early twenties I lived in Japan for three years and this profoundly changed everything about who I am and how I write music... In Japan I performed regularly as a pianist, singer and song writer, I worked with many wonderful Japanese artists and even managed to form a small loyal following. Here I also completed my first independent album.
Since coming to Montreal I have also found a passion for painting and writing...
I also recently formed my own band, Eve Eden. We are an original blend of my solo style and indie rock. Check us out! www.myspace.com/eveedenband