Review from Chris Keaton of Keaton Music Ventures in Nashville, TN about Andrea's new tracks 'Beloved North' and 'Blue Resolution':
"I really love (Andrea's) voice and the tracks are the best I've heard you create. There is a certain vibe to both tracks that is very edgy and cool."
SO excited about this!!
~Andrea
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
The ominous first post
Hello friends, family, and complete strangers!
This is the obligatory initial post of my blog as a musician. For those of you who don't know me, my name is obviously Andrea. I am a singer, lyricist, songwriter, and lover of all things music. I have done a variety of music in professional settings including rock, jazz, musical theatre, and opera. I just love music, wherever I may find it.
You may learn more about me than you ever wanted to know. But isn't that what blogging is about?
I have been involved with music, in some form or fashion, my entire life. My father and his brother would playing dueling guitars in our living room when I was a child. My mother would have music around all the time: while cleaning the house, when driving in the car, humming songs to herself, singing along with me when I learned a new song at school, etc. Always, music was there when I needed something to depend on when things got tough.
Eventually, I grew up enough to read and learn more about this world of music. I got my first poetry books from where most children get them, Dr. Seuss. I loved the way the words rhymed and were rhythmically phrased. As I got older, my mother let me read her coveted and treasured book of poetry that she always had handy in our house. I began to read them and get lost in the language. Love, betrayal, death, sacrifice, nature, and all of the real life themes that are brought to life by amazing authors such as Frost, Browning, Plath...my mind became fixated on poetry.
Then I began writing poetry of my own. I had an entire notebook of beloved writings that I carried with me everywhere when I was in the beginning of high school. Until the day, I forgot it on top of my locker and never saw it again. I was destroyed. I separated myself from writing for years after that. Not until I was in college did those writing urges surface again. I was published in our campus literary magazine. I began to write poetry for friends for birthdays, celebrations, etc.
After years of writing poetry, I collaborated with a friend of mine to begin putting them to music. My lyric writing had begun. I was so charged by combining my love of writing my own poetry and my love of music together that writing lyrics became something I regularly did until I created a catalog of lyrical writings to present to musician friends who were willing to collaborate with me. Friends have been wonderful help me create songs with them, as I don't currently play any instruments myself. Well, I mean, anyone can play a kazoo and tambourine, right? ;-D
I spent about 2 years in a rock band, Hollingsworth, with my friends Matt and Tim who were super supportive and helped me bring my lyrics to life in the music we created together. We had some amazing adventures together, playing gigs, writing music, traveling to Budapest, Hungary and playing in the metro station and in parks, and just being musicians. Some of the music we created together still runs through my mind each day. Good times.
Recently, a friend has taken an interest in getting my music career going for my own music. Helping me figure out my style, my music, and what I want to do with it. I know what I want to do with it. I want to sing, create, make a CD, play live shows, and do as much as I can in the world of music. I want to hear someone sing along with my song while I play it live. That, honestly, would probably make me cry like a baby. It would mean that someone hears the words I put to music and finds them valuable enough to learn them.
Well, that's it for now. I appreciate it if you read this whole thing. Welcome to the official Andrea blog!
See you next time,
~Andrea
This is the obligatory initial post of my blog as a musician. For those of you who don't know me, my name is obviously Andrea. I am a singer, lyricist, songwriter, and lover of all things music. I have done a variety of music in professional settings including rock, jazz, musical theatre, and opera. I just love music, wherever I may find it.
You may learn more about me than you ever wanted to know. But isn't that what blogging is about?
I have been involved with music, in some form or fashion, my entire life. My father and his brother would playing dueling guitars in our living room when I was a child. My mother would have music around all the time: while cleaning the house, when driving in the car, humming songs to herself, singing along with me when I learned a new song at school, etc. Always, music was there when I needed something to depend on when things got tough.
Eventually, I grew up enough to read and learn more about this world of music. I got my first poetry books from where most children get them, Dr. Seuss. I loved the way the words rhymed and were rhythmically phrased. As I got older, my mother let me read her coveted and treasured book of poetry that she always had handy in our house. I began to read them and get lost in the language. Love, betrayal, death, sacrifice, nature, and all of the real life themes that are brought to life by amazing authors such as Frost, Browning, Plath...my mind became fixated on poetry.
Then I began writing poetry of my own. I had an entire notebook of beloved writings that I carried with me everywhere when I was in the beginning of high school. Until the day, I forgot it on top of my locker and never saw it again. I was destroyed. I separated myself from writing for years after that. Not until I was in college did those writing urges surface again. I was published in our campus literary magazine. I began to write poetry for friends for birthdays, celebrations, etc.
After years of writing poetry, I collaborated with a friend of mine to begin putting them to music. My lyric writing had begun. I was so charged by combining my love of writing my own poetry and my love of music together that writing lyrics became something I regularly did until I created a catalog of lyrical writings to present to musician friends who were willing to collaborate with me. Friends have been wonderful help me create songs with them, as I don't currently play any instruments myself. Well, I mean, anyone can play a kazoo and tambourine, right? ;-D
I spent about 2 years in a rock band, Hollingsworth, with my friends Matt and Tim who were super supportive and helped me bring my lyrics to life in the music we created together. We had some amazing adventures together, playing gigs, writing music, traveling to Budapest, Hungary and playing in the metro station and in parks, and just being musicians. Some of the music we created together still runs through my mind each day. Good times.
Recently, a friend has taken an interest in getting my music career going for my own music. Helping me figure out my style, my music, and what I want to do with it. I know what I want to do with it. I want to sing, create, make a CD, play live shows, and do as much as I can in the world of music. I want to hear someone sing along with my song while I play it live. That, honestly, would probably make me cry like a baby. It would mean that someone hears the words I put to music and finds them valuable enough to learn them.
Well, that's it for now. I appreciate it if you read this whole thing. Welcome to the official Andrea blog!
See you next time,
~Andrea
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