Austin, Texas-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, model, actress, and even a painter and photographer! She is finishing up an album project while also navigating a Monday night open mic residency and numerous other initiatives. She is known for her performances with the Guy Forsyth Band, the Hot Nut Riveters, and the Honeysuckle Rage Riders. Among the various projects she’s involved with is the Harmony Sisters, which is a group for females that work within the Austin and surrounding areas music industry. She also serves as Community Leader for an organization called Austin Texas Musicians, consisting of musicians advocating for musicians on city, state, and federal policy and providing education and opportunities to improve their quality of life. She is also putting together Musician Market Days, which starts next month.
“Honestly, songs are not usually that easy or quick to write, but this one, it came out very quickly. I mean, I think it was born that day within a couple hours, and then refined, probably within the week.”
“Initially, when I started the Harmony Sisters, I honestly just really wanted to have a group of girlfriends… I think initially we were doing two meetings a month at my house. And it was a potluck, and we'd all just hang out. And now it's kind of turning into something all of its own. It's turning into a beacon of hope for the women that are in it.”
“I'm lucky enough to have access to some stages that some people don't have the ability to play on yet. Or they just haven't got there yet. And so, I'm inviting them to come out. And it's not my stage, it's our stage.”
“We're trying to act as the segue for the musicians in Austin and the surrounding areas with the local government. And not just local, we can go past that.”
“I'm trying to create a situation that is likened to South by Southwest but what it used to be where musicians can go, and they might meet a producer, they might meet a videographer or someone that does the news or podcasts. We want it to be opportunity and once again hope. I think maybe that that is what the music community is most hungry for right now, is hope.”
“What genre? I call it Ameri-kinda. It's rock, but there's so many things running through it, it's disco, rock, gospel, it's blues. It's music that makes you move.”
“As far as open mics go, man, if you want to feel vulnerable and grow, that's how I would do it.”
“You get what you put in. I cannot handle where people are upset that no one's participating in something that they desperately need people to participate in, but every time that person had a show they decided to stay home in their pajamas.”
“Sometimes you do stuff because it makes your heart happy.”
“I bought an RV for a dollar and I'm slowly, slowly renovating it… I'd love to have my little girl pad to go crash, we can have a campfire, play some music. It's my little girl RV.”
“I'm working on a gallery submission collection… I'm going to call it ‘Synesthetic Art.’ And it's all based around synesthesia. And so, while I'm creating the pieces, I'm also listening to particular songs, and really letting what I'm dealing with my ears and with my hands texturally guide me and create those pieces.”
“My Favorite Murder”
“Red Right Hand”