Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Members:
I truly believe that music has been in me since my slumber in the womb! I have been told by family members that even as a baby, I would lull myself to sleep. It has gotten me through some of the toughest times of my life.
When I was a kid, and I got something in my head, I would write it down on the nearest piece of paper I could find and get my little casio piano out and put music to it. In school, I played the flute, and this is when I found out that no matter how hard I tried, I just could not read music! I could hear something and just play it.
I was in my first band at 17, and this is when I started teaching myself how to play the guitar. I would write lyrics and hear the music in my head and work it out on the guitar until the melody came out right.
I met Chazz Avery in 1993, and was extremely happy to meet someone that had as much interest as I did in wanting to do original music. The rest is history!
Influences: Olivia Newton-John (fell in love with her voice as a child), P.J. Harvey, John Lennon, The Beatles, Dan Bern, Ani DiFranco, Bauhaus, David Bowie, Kate Bush, The Police, Sarah Brightman, Elvis Costello, Martin Sexton, Nina Simone, Besse Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Waites, David Byrne, Mary Black, The Smiths, The Flaming Lips, Marilyn Manson, The Cure, Prince, Bjork, Tangerine Dream, Imogene Heap, Sinead O' connor, Enya, Mika, Portishead, Christy Moore and Luka Bloom(whom my son is named after) and old boyfriends.
I am very inspired by Irish/Celtic music. I do not think anyone can tell a story through music like the Irish. I love to listen to Instrumental pieces, the real eerie kind, I get lost in the emotion as the music tells a story.
Record Label: Sweetbriar/Partners In Crime
Type of Label: None