TrueStory

PRESS VERSION:Sabina's style is raw, sweet, edgy, and real. With lyrics that state "this is me, stripping myself before you" the transparency of her life in song is truly reflected. Her eclectic sound has quite a range. Hearing the sweetness of Lift Your Head to the angst of Daddy, the haunting beauty of In The Beginning to the grit of Brotherman the hearer is drawn into a menagerie of sound and emotion. These songs are a refreshing reminder that there's always hope amidst life's true stories. ____________________________________________________________ _____IN MY OWN WORDS: I have never remembered a time when I didn’t sing. Music was my salvation really and my escape from an often tumultuous childhood. Well, music and books. I’ve since given up the books, much to the dismay of all the intellects out there and authors and my bookish friends, but how can I possibly give up music, especially when, I in fact learned to sing listening to music. I wouldn't be a singer without music nor do I wish to be but I love to sing. When I was a young child, I would listen to my brothers rock albums very LOUD and sing into the speakers. With my face right in the speaker, I could feel the sound waves from the vocals in the song and the sound waves from my vocals come together and that’s when I knew the pitch was right. ____________________________________________________________ _____So now I’m a singer/songwriter and rhythm guitar player who truly yearns for that perfect band of musicians to play with. Well, not perfect actually, but right: musicians who hear with their heart and spirit. My songs are gifts really, to me first and then to whoever else listens. I want to enhance the gifts and bring them higher. Music is its own gift absolutely and to have them combined, good musicianship mixed with a good song, well that is good isn’t it?? Currently, I’m in the process of doing just that in Texas. Learning and stretching and trying not to wallow in my “not enoughness” :) ____________________________________________________________ ____ The power of a song… I remember driving down Sunset in Los Angeles, and hearing “Everybody Hurts” by REM come on the radio. It hit me exactly where I was and actually gave me hope for the moment. I want my songs to do that and more. I know they already have to some degree at some point to someone. I just want that to go higher. I want to see the goodness of God in the land of the living and I want my songs to mirror that hope. I’ve experienced much in my lifetime and I tend to understand the less fortunate in society and the pain and joy that accompanies that kind of life. Many of my songs are a reflection of that. Regardless of one's status in life though, those emotions are pretty universal. ____________________________________________________________ ____“Lift Your Head” was written on my way to pick up a friend when she was left stranded in the rain with her 2 young daughters by her then drug addicted husband. The song was an amazing gift to me right there in the car and later became a gift to her. “Daddy” was actually written when I was 12 and the lines, “I used to daydream that you were not dead, just hiding from the mob in a government program" were in fact what I used to daydream about on my long bus ride home from school in rural New Jersey. “Brotherman” was written a few years ago when I first found out my brother was diagnosed with a brain degenerative disease. I just couldn’t get to him on the east coast right then, but I could write, so write I did. That song is about never giving up. God always has the last say. ____________________________________________________________ ____ There are people who just write great songs about anything. Songs about people they don’t know but who are like characters in a great movie. That hasn’t been me so far. I think that could be me too someday, but even then, it would have to reflect truth. Truth, that’s a scary thing to share. The real truth about you... transparency, but that’s where the freedom is. ____________________________________________________________ ______ I hope you enjoy my songs. I desperately need a good recording so you could also hear them the way I hear them. I have no accurate depictions of my sound recorded as of yet. It is coming soon. That is also in process here in Texas. If you enjoy what you hear, drop a line. Encouragement is always a good thing. ____________________________________________________________ ____ *~ All my love, Juliana-Sabina~*