Shelly Quarmby - Singer / Songwriter

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Shelly Quarmby - originally born in South Africa, grew up in Stafffordshire, England and is now spending her days in the city of Toronto, ON, Canada. Shelly is a superb talent; she trained in both classical and contemporary music. She is developing her style of music is and each new song finds strength from the previous. Shelly has never relied solely on her influences to create her own material but believes it slowly seeps in to her subconscious to generate material. Her songs consist of melodic ballads with clear piano driven hooks and biographical lyrics. Feeling the basis and very core of a song is whats important to her, the music should be able to be broken down and stand alone even with a simple piano accompaniment.Shelly’s ultimate idol, “vocally” she says, is Linda Ronstadt. “She has an incredibly powerful voice, with crystal-like clarity, yet such a rich tone at the same time.” Along with Linda Ronstadt, from an early age she remembers listening to her parents’ music, anything from Aaron Neville, Fairground Attraction and Terence Trent D’Arby to Bob Seger and old country music greats like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton! Still a great fan of country music, Shelly loves the music of artists such as Trisha Yearwood, the Dixie Chicks, Alison Moorer, Emmylou Harris and Shania Twain. Shelly draws types of influence from different artists vocally from Linda Ronstadt, Bette Midler, Vonda Shepard and Trisha Yearwood. Through her writing she is inspired by Jimmy Webb, Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Beth Nielsen-Chapman. Although a fan of many types of music if Shelly had to pick someone to aspire to she would probably go in the direction of the female singer-songwriter. Amongst her favourites are Chantal Kreviazuk, Paula Cole and of course the “outstanding talent” of Sarah Mclachlan.Shelly now works as a freelance singer with various bands, sessions and in shows. As a session singer Shelly works for a wide range of companies and recorded various styles of music, visit www.shellyquarmby.com for full bio.