Singer/songwriter who has had a song placed on a national TV show and also appeared – singing – in a movie that starred Vivica A. Fox. She talks about the album she’s working on, filming her music video at the home of the Florida Gators, co-writing a song with the world-renowned cartoon artist for the nationally syndicated comic “Nancy,” plus her goals for 2015.
“I could put the best song in the world out on YouTube, and if people don’t know who I am they’re not gonna hear it or see it. But, I know how great and how big the alumni the Gator nation is everywhere, it really is. So I decided using a niche video was a great way to expand my fan base and hopefully get it going viral.”
“I love the creativity of other people’s visions in other artistic areas than my own.”
“I do think it takes courage for people to follow their dreams, and, if it’s part of you, then you have to.”
“The kind of music that moves me is the stuff that digs deep and really hits your soul and brings out emotion: good, bad, happy, sad. It’s that music that really just enters your soul and you can’t get rid of it.”
“The value of having co-writers is you have multiple brains thinking on a subject, which helps you to think about it in different ways and maybe find the more unique way to say something. Or, take a title and write it the total opposite of what people would think it would be, but make it work.”
“I highly recommend everybody watch the documentary on Muscle Shoals. You would not believe, the music that you thought was coming out of Detroit, some of the old soul music, that was actually coming out of Muscle Shoals.”
“I don’t care if I’m the best singer in the world. If I can relate emotion to somebody, that’s what it’s about.”
“I think anytime you get a song cut, no matter who the artist is, it is success and it is validation that you’re where you’re supposed to be.”
“I just want people to hear my music and have it affect them in some way, help them through a hard time, help them have a good time – let them know that other people feel the same way, or that it’s okay to party and let loose here and there. I just want my music to make people feel something, and that is success to me.”
“Learning to be able to see your strengths and weaknesses and be honest with yourself is really good.”
"Swamp Love"
"Soldier's Girl"