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Amanda Potter
Classic Rock / Acoustic / Country



LANSING, Michigan
United States

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Last Login:  7/5/2008
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Member Since2/5/2008
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Influences
Patsy Cline, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, of course Janis Joplin, Pink, Evanescence, Nickelback, Queen, Dire Straights, AC/DC, Sarah MacLaughlan, James Taylor, the Bee Gees, Neil Diamond, Peabo Bryson, Luther VanDross, Aretha Franklin, Grace Slick, Annie Lennox, Christina Aguilara, Doug Reed, Celine Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morrisette .... and so so many more ....
Sounds Like
Anything and Everything !!!!
I'm a singer/songwriter, and perform a wide range of material from ballads to country to pop to rock and back again.


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 28 2008 9:30P
Classic pub Dewitt, Michigan
Jul 3 2008 6:00A
Muskegon Summer Celebration Muskegon, Michigan
Jul 4 2008 9:30P
Classic Pub Dewitt, Michigan
Jul 5 2008 9:30P
Classic Pub Dewitt, Michigan
Nov 8 2008 9:00A
The Barn Grand Ledge, Michigan
Dec 5 2008 9:00A
The Barn Grand Ledge, Michigan

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   About Amanda Potter

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My earliest memories of music are singing with my parents at church, maybe 5 or 6 years old. In 6th grade I learned to read music and my first instrument was an alto clarenet. High school came and at 14 I rediscovered my voice and began playing everything- from Dire Straights and Queen to Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. I tried to soak it all in. I also began to pick up a few new instruments: guitar, harmonica, piano and harp. I found my ear - and karaoke had just begun to take the States by storm. I begged my dad to take me to a show. I can still remember how wide his eyes became when he heard me sing for the first time. I still have the recording of this performance - to which I cringe when I hear it (laugh).

The next 10 years we went traveling around to different shows - hundreds of contests - and Dad paying the bills so that I would be able to sing in public. My first studio experience came at age 16 with Don Middlebrook's WindFall Entertainment. At 17, I was chosen along with 5 others nation-wide to work as a singing waitress at the Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island.

At 24, with karaoke becoming a fading trend, I asked Mike Daniels to keep his ears open in the music store for anyone who may have been looking for a singer. Mike put me in touch with Group Therapy. It wasn't long before everyone in town knew who we were.

Three years later, a man walked into our gig, sat down and listened for quite a while. On his way out the door, he handed me a card and said, "Call me, I'll change your life." This man was Douglas Allen Reed. Within 6 months Doug had recruited a very talented musician/arranger/writer/composer Peter Manno to work with me, and we began writing. After working with Peter for 2 years, I continued to write on my own, hoping that my band would share my desire to venture into original music; however, creative differences made this impossible.

In 2006, Doug assembled a group of musicians to record 7 songs and get a CD started. With positive responses to the music, I began to work on getting a band together to play it live and to find financing for completion of the disc. However, before any of this could be accomplished, Doug Reed passed away due to renal failure brought on by diabetes. His death affected me deeply and he will always be truly missed.

In 2007, the rest of the band that recorded with me began the long task of becoming a working band. Not wanting to be limited to any one kind of music - we became KNOT LIMITED.

Shortly after KNOT LIMITED began working, I was approached by Carol B from Baked Monkey to participate in their recording project. After listening to the album, I was indeed impressed and began adding little "things" to the mix (some harmonies - some keyboards - according to Carol, some karma). I was then asked to become a full-fledged Baked Monkey - I couldn't resist.

Well, that's about everything - up til now at least ....



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Jul 5 2008 4:01 PM

hey, thanks for the add.
hope you take a listen - a little something to make a hour of the day go by, ya know
catch ya around
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Jul 4 2008 7:02 PM

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Jul 4 2008 4:17 PM

HAVE A AWSOME WEEKEND !!!!

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Jul 4 2008 9:09 AM

Hey Amanda,

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Jul 3 2008 2:09 PM

Hey Amanda,
What’s good? Just wanted to stop by and wish you a happy 4th of July weekend and great summer!!! Happy we connected and hope continue success with everything you doing. Holla at me soon and be safe.

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Jul 3 2008 11:34 AM

" Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! "

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AMANDA,
THINKING OF YOU AND SENDING MANY WISHES YOUR WAY FOR A VERY HAPPY 4th OF JULY !!! I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME AND GET TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE AND ENJOY THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND !!! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS MY WONDERFUL FRIEND.
♥~ LOVE & HUGGSSS ..... BONNIE ~♥
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