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Third person account:
Beginning her musical journey in 1997, on a dare, Susan has received notable attention with her contemporary pop/rock songs. She's earned comparisons to Annie Lennox, Melissa Etheridge, Grace Slick, Sheryl Crow and Alanis Morissette. She "has clearly been doing her songwriting homework, and never met a hook she didn't like...solid, creative, commercial and instantly memorable songs..." says L.A.s DIY Reporter. Her songs have been featured on MTV Road Rules and on independent films. She has also won several awards both locally and nationally, including Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year in the Seattle Area Music awards, Album of the Year in the Los Angeles DIY awards, FEMMUSIC.com's Artist of the Year and she was a finalist in the Rock category for the song "Everything You/Everything Me" in the USA Songwriting Competition. In 2006, Susan moved to Nashville, TN to continue songwriting, however the "When in Rome" principle has re-directed some of her writing style toward country (fuzed with that pop thing).
First person account:
I'm always working on songwriting. I guess that's the point...to keep working on it, getting better (if you're paying attention) and taking it all in. But if you ask me, I'd say I'm a songwriter, a singer, a painter (with some amazing luck), and open to whatever is next. And not to sound like a personals ad, but I do make the best "happy" salad this side of Mars.
"I second that" person account:
Quotes:
"We are all victims of history. If Susan had been born 30 years earlier, she would probably have been hailed as one of rock's leading and trail-blazing women heroines. She has the strength of a Joan Jett with the minute care for how words sound that fills up an Alanis Morissette or Sheryl Crow. And that is how she manages to rock us with a folk/blues based power sound that finally takes rock away from the acoustic and puts it back nearer pop. She's more concerned with the performance and melody and clean sound than trying to make an eclectic 'statement.'...If Susan's hungry, turned-away, beaten, depressed, needing, hoping, wanting sound isn't touched by brilliance, then neither is Madonna or Jewel or the two-name fe-rockers that have conquered the worldher talent will hold its own toward stardom."
- Ben Ohmart (Assistant Editor), Musicdish.com
"Susan has a muscular yet feminine take-no-prisoners vocal style and crafts sharp, emotionally gripping songs...Someone just get her on FM radio and clear a wall for the platinum records."
- Devil in the Woods magazine
"Her latest album, Surfacing to Breathe, features songs with driving melodies and striking vocals. On "Get Up Go On", the music and lyrics build together, but in the end, it is her voice that stands out the most to the listener. "Free" showcases the pop-sensibilities that she and her band are so comfortable with catchy guitar hooks, repeated to the point that the listener can no longer stay still. Need more proof that Susan's the real thing?"
- KMTT, 103.7FM The Mountain (Seattle, Washington)
"Susan is not only one of the finest singer/songwriters I've ever heard, but so lively and entertaining on the radio that we had her fill in for several weeks for a full time co-host. She has a star personality!"
Bob Rivers, The Bob Rivers Show (..1 morning show in Washington region) KZOK 102.5FM
Susan completed her third studio album in 2004, with some of the most talented musicians and engineers in the business, including:
Elliott Randall , Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta , Chris Palmaro, Kenny Ascher, Allan Schwartzberg, Andy Treacey, Declan Masterson, Frank Schaefer, Godfrey Diamond,
Jon Fausty and Simon Hanhart
