Brenda Xu - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Brian Cantrell - drums
Daniel Rhine - bass
Keith Orfanides - additional guitars, vocals, keyboard
Veronica May - additional guitar, backing vocals
Ivan Cheong - additional guitar
Ben Kent - cajon, backing vocals
Erica Erenyi - cello
Evan Bethany - violin
Carl Durant - bass on "Count To Ten"
Produced by: Keith Orfanides and Brenda Xu
Recorded at Light of Day Studios, except for "Count To Ten" recorded at Kitsch & Sync Studios
Influences
Aimee Mann, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Smashing Pumpkins, Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, The Cranberries, Suzanne Vega
Sounds Like
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Album will be shipped this summer in August 2009. Thank you for helping me to get it out there! :)
Click below to hear how it started.. my 6-song EP on CD Baby
Brenda Xu (pronounced “shoo”) was born in Northern China in the city of Harbin. At the age of 5 she moved with her grandmother to California. As a teenager, she would record herself singing along to Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan, and taught herself how to play guitar. After graduating from UC San Diego with a degree in Political Science, she wandered from job to job, ignoring her creative inclinations. It was not until she started writing her own songs that she found direction and purpose and finally pursued her true calling.
Brenda began her music career in January of 2007, playing 4-5 open mics per week for 4 months. After releasing a 6-song EP that year, she soon became a staple in the San Diego music scene and began playing shows at venues such as Lestat's, Dublin's Square, and festivals such as Ray At Night and Artwalk. Nominated for Best New Artist in San Diego's Honoring Acoustic Talent Awards that year, she has since opened shows for international touring artists such as Gregory Page, and Renata Youngblood.
Her music has been described as haunting and melodic with a rock influence, and has been compared most often to that of Aimee Mann. Her songs have received airplay on various radio stations, including San Diego's KPRI 102.1, Boston Progress Radio, and Insomnia Radio and her debut EP has been written about in The SD Reader, The North County Times and Performer Magazine. She is currently recording her first full-length CD, which is set to be released this Fall.
Thank you so much for the friend request! Good start of week with a big hug! I wish you joy and serenity, moments of eternal happiness! A kiss from Italy!
hi brenda! thanks for the add!! XD loved the vocals for certainty and the guitar rhyts for the space between!! =) check out my songs too hahaha no lyrics for the songs though its still work in progress! hahaha feel free to drop comments any time! thanks for the add again~
