Amaryah- guitar, piano, voice
Dan Fuchs- occasional dobro
Harmony LaBeff- occasional background vocals & djembe
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So Many Minutes, So Many Miles - Episode 3 Meet Harmony's Mom, Brenda Dietzenbach; Harmony performs his song "Your Love Saved My Life"; Meet our first Couch Surfing Host, Nathan
So Many Minutes, So Many Miles - Episode 2 Harmony's radio interview on 100.5 KDEC in Decorah, IA; talking with fans at Cafe Magpie; Amaryah performs "Only Human"
So Many Minutes, So Many Miles - Episode 1 Let's get this show on the road, home recording of "Oh Melody" by Harmony LaBeff
Sounds Like
Heartbreak + A good cry + A warm cup of chai + Band aids = Amaryah
Whether it was fate or just a childish whim, Amaryah's one desire has always been to make music. Amaryah's family was unable to afford a piano, so at age five, Amaryah started praying for a piano everyday. A couple years and countless prayers later, a friend of the family gave her an old player piano and she started taking lessons.
Amaryah's family moved many times during her childhood, exposing her to various cultures and musical styles. She dabbled in everything from bluegrass/folk to punk though she eventually settled in the singer/songwriter niche. As a child, Amaryah often accompanied her parents in service projects. Therefore, her first audiences were her toughest- prisoners and regulars at the local food kitchen.
While attending middle school in Springfield, MO, Amaryah's charismatic personality got her in trouble with her teachers. Unable to handle Amaryah's abundant energy, one teacher, on several occasions, put Amaryah in the closet of the classroom. When the school found out about these incidents, they removed Amaryah from that teacher's class and placed her in the school's stringed orchestra. Though Amaryah knew nothing about the violin upon joining and was largely self-taught, within months she moved from last chair violin to induction into the school's chapter of Strolling Strings. Furthermore, Amaryah joined the school's jazz band (as pianist), performed in several local musicals, and received many awards in the state's music contests.
Another move found her in Lowell, MA where, shortly after turning 16, circumstances left Amaryah in charge of corporate music at her church. Out of both necessity and desire, she quickly picked up her mother's old '58 Martin guitar and discovered her singing voice. She had written poetry since childhood; however, it was during her high school years that she began to cultivate her songwriting voice.
In 2003, Amaryah teamed up with two friends and formed the band, Down Like Velvet- playing favorite Indie venues in Minneapolis like the 400 Bar and Varsity Theater. Currently, Amaryah tours with Chicago band Hey Harmony! (playing keys/synth) and as a solo singer/songwriter.
amaryah!!!!!!!! i'm SO glad you are still loving your hair! thank you SO SO much for supporting RRS and we want to keep supporting you too. let us know the next time you or harmony have a show. we wanna see you again. :D you made our opening week the best it could be. thank you.
hi amaryah!!! you have been the talk of the salon! we love you and harmony. you are such an inspiration. :D xoxoxo! i wanna see you guys play sometime, seriously.
p.s. my comp has a virus and is totally running horribly so that is why i haven't uploaded your pictures yet. soon i hope!
Hey me and Ryan are playing at Higher Grounds (formerly Moon Monkey) on December 12th at 9:00...if you and Harmony could make it down thatd be cool...of course I know that there's still probably some resentment towards them but the new guy who schedules shows is really cool (just lettin you know lol)
who is giving you crap for believing in HOPE and CHANGE?!? ha ha. My bother is the only one in my family who voted for Obama....so we gushed very quietly...needless to say, Minneapolis was not quiet at all about it, and people are still smiling days later
Hey that name for the band sounds good to me...I checked out the Nite lite site (nice rhyme) but it was under construction so I'm gonna give them a call sometime and see if we can get booked or somethin but I'll keep you updated on whats going on both musically and otherwise...I'll hopefully see you an Harmony soon.. see ya
Lol yea im still in lowell and yes im all grown up. How u been tho. I c u doin big thangs now and that's good to c. How's ur fam doin? And u still owe me piano lessons haha yea yea I didn't forget about that yet haha..
Ha! Looks like one of my Asian girls deleted and everybody shifted over one. Fortunately for Jeremy Wilson and sadly for me (it means I haven't ever played with Bob James). I'll throw another Asian girl up there and everything will be back to normal.
(Just for reference) My favorite song by The Weepies is Gotta Have You, and Jolene is second.
I was playing Rock Band 2, two hours ago and I played the song "I Was Wrong by Social Distortion" and I thought that was a pretty cool song for a rockier song. Plus I got a 100% on it so that might have been another reason too.
I mostly like classic rock bands like Boston, The Doobie Brothers, Scorpions, Reo Speedwagon, Queen, Pink Floyd and in that nature. But I also like harder rock, folk, and easy listening too. And little Funk and Blues.
But lets see, what am I digging now... I would probably have to go with Meiko. If you haven't listened to you probably should, she has a beautiful voice.
The guy you met that was recording us is Joe Bright. He gives music theory lessons to Jake and I. I believe that I'm his only bass guitar "homes" as he calls us, because he doesn't give bass lessons. (I guess that means i'm special?)
Once you get good at playing it you can get "funkified" with all the techniques of slapping it and popping the strings, it is truly fun! Good luck with that.
