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Singer/songwriter who has also authored a book that was featured in a Huffington Post piece. She also does voiceover work and is an avid blogger. Plus, she is a regular contributor for a lifestyle publication for women called Eydis Magazine. She is also the co-founder of Brain Stamp Music, based in Metro Detroit and Nashville. In 2015 she released an 11-song album called “Zebra Stone” and is planning to release a new album this year (2017).

Notable Guest Quotes

“I just really only wanted kind of the best of the best of what we had and some (songs) I just felt weren’t ready or weren’t ever going to be ready.”

“I’ve done as much writing as humanly possible over the last however many years.”

“I think I started writing songs, actually, when I was a kid because I was obsessed with rhyming.”

“I was just listening to a young artist on YouTube the other day and she’s gotta be, like, 15 (years old) and you can easily tell her songs were written by, like, a 60-year old man, and it was very tough to connect with her as an artist ‘cause I’m thinking, there’s no way, ya’ know, like, her recalling all of these past times in a town that she’s clearly never lived in... If you’re gonna write songs for somebody, write something that could plausibly have been written by that person.”

“You can benefit your own songwriting by writing, just in general, by blogging, because you never know what you can pull from that.  You can also just meet people that you might want to collaborate with or hire or work with.”

“I would also suggest that if you’re interested in writing that you read a lot and that would include any genre, but just the more information you take in, the more you’re able to contribute and put out.”

“We all need very clear and direct communication in order to get the song that we’re wanting.”

“I think people don’t realize that photos are blogs.  Videos are blogs.  Any of that can be added into your blog, as long as you’re putting out content.”

“One of my goals, my life goals, is to have written a song that is a hit, like a number one.  And Nashville really is the place to do that, to pitch songs to other artists.”

“Session singing is my full-time job, so that’s what I do for a living.  So that’s always gonna be number one, at least for the foreseeable future, unless, ya’ know, Toby Keith wants to record one of my songs, and then it will abruptly switch.”

Songs on this episode

“The Wind, the Clouds, and the Sea”
"Tangerine"