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BROOKE WHITE



Hollywood, California
United States

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Member Since2/7/2005
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Check out this interview with Brooke over at MTV.com!
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624270/20091020/story.jhtml

Enter to win a Meet & Greet with Brooke White in Washington DC at the 94.7 Fresh FM Green Room!
http://www.947freshfm.com/pages/5359953.php

Watch Brooke perform "Let It Be" in Salt Lake City with special guests David Archuleta and Michael Johns!M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJB2jq2d0Z0&NR=1

Road report from tour day 1!
http://www.popeater.com/2009/09/23/road-report-brooke-whites-first-day-on-tour-with-michael-johns/

Two lucky winners will get a chance to see Brooke White and Michael Johns live in concert in addition to meeting Brooke at an exclusive meet and greet! Just go to http://www.ilike.com/artist/Brooke+White and go to the events section. Click "I want to go" next to the iLike concert date you would like to attend! A rep for Brooke will contact you the day before the show to let you know if you win!

Check out this Brooke White Giveaway from Eliza Magazine! Win 2 tickets to a Brooke White show of your choosing (CA, NE, OR, WA, ID, UT, CO, KA, or IA), a fabulous meet and greet, her new album High Hopes and Heartbreak, and a beautiful signed poster of the lovely songstress! http://elizamagazine.com/blog/

See Brooke performing "Radio Radio" Live at MTV.com! http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/430258/radio-radio-live.jhtmlartist=2451105

Brooke will be doing special in-store appearences at BORDERS with Michael Johns while on tour! See below for details!

Thursday, September 17, 2009
12:00 PM
Performance and Signing
BORDERS
501 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-463-8519

Saturday, September 19, 2009
2:00 PM
Performance and Signing
BORDERS
4995 South Virgina Street
Reno, NV 89502
775-448-9999

Sunday, September 20, 2009
7:00 PM
Performance and Signing
BORDERS
2605 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Beaverton, OR 97005
503-644-6164

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
7:00 PM
Performance and Signing
BORDERS
9980 Newport Road
Spokane, WA 99218
509-466-2231

Saturday, September 26, 2009
4:00 PM
Performance and Signing
BORDERS
132 E. Winchester
Murray, UT 84107
801-313-1020

Monday, September 28, 2009
7:00 PM
Performance and Signing
BORDERS
1664 N.W. Chipman Road
Lee's Summit, MO 64081
816-347-0044

Check out Brooke performing in studio on the Kevin and Cheryl show on WLTE Lite FM in Minneapolis! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIBKlryQiE

Brooke just confirmed to perform at the Tween Summit in Washington, DC on Oct. 10. 300 girls ages 9-14 from around the country and Canada. Plus celebrities, experts, authors and companies that want YOU to help them create stuff that you need (not what they think!).... Go to the site and register, see you in DC! http://www.allykatzz.com/page/summit/

Check out The Arizona Republic article featuring Brooke!
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2009/07/25/20090725brookewhite.html

Check out Brooke on Popeater and the AOL Video Hub!
http://www.popeater.com/music/article/former-idol-brooke-white-shares-high/588007

Check out Brooke on Billboard! High Hopes & Heartbreak available NOW!
http://bit.ly/MkH9V

Check out Brooke in the MTV news room!
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/23/brooke-white-and-elvis-costello-are-kindred-spirits/

Brooke performing for the staff @ Seventeen Magazine
http://www.seventeen.com/fun-stuff/17-buzz/brooke-white-visits-17?click=main_sr
Brooke White & Michael Johns w/ Benton Paul

9/17/09
Pomona, CA
Glass House
Buy Tickets HERE

9/18/09
Sacramento, CA
Boardwalk
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9/19/09
Reno, NV
Grand Sierra Resort
Tickets TBA

9/21/09
Portland, OR
Roseland Grill
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9/23/09
Spokane, WA
Knitting Factory
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9/24/09
Seattle, WA
Chop Suey
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9/25/09
Boise, ID
Knitting Factory
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9/26/09
Salt Lake City, UT
Avalon
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9/27/09
Denver, CO
Bluebird Theater
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9/29/09
Lawrence, KS
Bottleneck
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9/30/09
Des Moines, IA
People's Court
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“As a singer-songwriter, I don’t have any barriers,” says Brooke White with a disarming ease, the piercing calm of her eyes only enhancing the soothing tone of her voice as she speaks. “For the type of music that I play, I think it’s important that I remain unguarded and open and vulnerable. That said, there are times when I wish I wasn’t so vulnerable, but it’s the only way I know how to be and it sometimes allows for things to get in that can be really damaging.”

It’s the way Brooke White deals with that damage that makes her music so inviting, her personality so compelling, and her company so endearing. Even meeting her in a crowded restaurant amidst the bustle of a Los Angeles lunch hour, she makes a connection that feels so personal, you feel like you’ve known her your entire life.

That is the magic of Brooke White, and that magic resonates within High Hopes & Heartbreak, the first full-length release since she became an “American Idol” finalist in 2008. During the seventh season of “Idol,” the Phoenix, AZ, native drew rave reviews for her passionate swirl of willowing soul and ‘70s flavored gold.

“The show was really big for me,” she explains, referring not to the exposure “American Idol” provided her, but rather the psychological impact of the larger-than-life reality surrounding the contestants. “Early on, I was really naïve about the process. You’re in this very protective bubble where you’re away from the media, you don’t look online if you don’t want to, and you just go out there and you do your best each week. It wasn’t until I got farther along that it started to become very emotional for me.”

For many, it was that emotion that made Brooke’s music so engaging. And for Brooke, it has always been the music that helped her keep her emotions at bay. She credits that to her upbringing. The oldest of four siblings, her parents passed their love of music on to their children, and that love has blossomed in Brooke. “My upbringing is entirely the reason that I am the artist that I am today,” she says. “My parents are big music fans, and we grew up in a small house where music was always playing. We’d go on drives just to listen to a Carole King tape, or Fleetwood Mac or the Carpenters. Music was the therapy that made us very happy as a family… I’m not an average music listener. I do this because I really do love it.”

High Hopes & Heartbreak is a remarkable testament to not only Brooke’s talents as a singer and songwriter, but also to her love for the music that shaped her. The album bristles with an airy warmth and humble resolve, her pitch-perfect timbre evoking modern day comparisons to Carole King and Carly Simon. What makes it even more remarkable is that White, now 26, was born more than a decade after the release of King’s Tapestry and Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” a song that Brooke made her own during “Idol,” leading Carly Simon to tell the Associated Press, “This girl is so talented, and she sings the song so much better than I ever did or could.” Brooke glows as she recalls the praise of one of her own idols. “That means so much to me, because from a young age I was attached to classic music. It was all so special to me.”

High Hopes & Heartbreak is a brilliant composite of contemporary styles, washing America’s love affair with singer-songwriters in a bath of bare-naked pop. The title track could follow James Blunt just as easily as it lends itself to a disco-dance remix, “When We Were One” and “Little Bird” unfold like country chart-toppers, “California Song” is an acoustic explosion of summertime pop, and “Sometimes Love” and “Be Careful” offer a silky weave of heart-on-a-sleeve vocals and stripped-down instrumentation that would make John Mayer stop and take notice.

Each of the twelve songs on High Hopes & Heartbreak has its own pronounced character, but they are bound by Brooke White’s voice, a beautiful blend of tone, texture and character. “Music is a sensory experience, that’s what it’s all about, and that’s what I really wanted to capture on this album,” she says. With that in mind, she decided to release this album through her own label, June Baby Records.

“After meeting with a number of labels and discussing which producers and writers they wanted to team me with, it just started to feel like I was losing myself. It was like, here I am, but there’s a record way far away that I can’t even touch. I was afraid there were too many layers, and I wouldn’t be able to create without all of this other stuff getting in the way of the music,” she says of the decision to start June Baby Records. “I knew in my mind the type of record that I wanted to make, and I think I would have come away feeling disappointed had I let someone else have that much say in the process. I felt like I was losing the vision and I just needed to go, so I did.”

As much as High Hopes & Heartbreak is unadulterated Brooke White, she is quick to credit producer Dave Cobb [Chris Cornell, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson] with helping to shape the sound. They co-wrote half the album together, including “Hold Up My Heart,” which was written within their first hour of working together. Their musical chemistry was immediate and undeniable.

“When he pressed ‘record’ and the band started to play, that moment was so poignant for me, it was like a drug. It was music happening in its purest form, so instantaneous, so human, so organic. I listened to it all night and called my dad in the morning and told him that he had to hear it – he started laughing, and I was crying. It was exactly what I wanted. I met with other producers, but in the back of my mind I knew for certain that this was the way to go. I had to have more of it, I was addicted.”

In an era that leans heavily on technology with every passing fad and fleeting sensation, Brooke White wants nothing more than to embrace music in its purest strains. Rather than sucking the soul out of a song, she wants to let its spirit run free. Like all the music she grew up loving, it’s the essence of the human being that keeps the songs from sounding the same. And that essence, that emotion, is what she captures vividly on High Hopes & Heartbreak.

“I’m a very emotional person,” she concludes, bringing the conversation full-circle, and back to the vulnerability that drives her art. “I definitely feel like I have certain scars from exposing myself that way, but it’s the way I am. And I’m sure it’s the way I’m going to keep being.”

As we get up to leave the restaurant, she flashes an uncertain smile: “I hope there’s some stuff there for you to work with.”

Don’t worry, there’s plenty. The beautiful thing about Brooke White is, her story tells itself. She is living and breathing the same dream that she has reveled in since her childhood. Music is her love, her pain, her joy and her sorrow. It is her life, unguarded and open, vulnerable…

And with High Hopes & Heartbreak, her vulnerability becomes our reward.

--Paul Gargano, 06.09



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Whitt, Lyricist and Singer

Whitt, Lyricist and Singer



Nov 25 2009 12:52 AM

Hi Brooke, Luvin the newest version of SMILE!!!
Alexandra

Alexandra



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

Hey Brooke :) So how about those AMA's? Haha yeah....I agree with you, I think I was born in the wrong time period too. Although you could always get a flaming piano like Lady Gaga and bash bottles of alcohol off of it during a dramatizied version of "Out of the Ashes"! Flames and ashes, that's pure symbolism right there lol. I'm just kidding, please don't do that...ever! It kinda upsets me that people are attacking Adam Lambert about his performace though. I agree it was very provocative and I can understand that people wouldn't want their kids watching it, but what about the half naked women dancing provocativly in some of the other performances, or the lyrics to some of the other songs that aren't the best, but I guess that's okay for the kids to watch and listen to that. Doesn't make sense to me. I don't know, I mean I was shocked at his performance too at first, but that's the way Adam is. He never pretended to be anything different, I always knew his performances were going to be like that... well maybe not exactly like that ha, but pretty close. Well enough about that, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and have fun at the benefit concert you're doing!! Oh and thanks for writing such good and pure songs, there needs to be more artists out there like you :) ttys
caroline

Caroline Eutaclk



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

hey brooke just wanted to check in.
i haven't been on in a while i've just been SO BUSY. ahh i hat it but at least thanksgiving break is coming up soon.
i just wanted to say how much i loved your live chat a few days ago. i was watching and i thought you did a great job singing and it was really funny too.

um so i guess that's all but have a great thanksgiving!
oh and please come to baltimore sometime soon? thanks
Herbert

Herbert Castaneda



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

Hi, hope you have a nice Thanksgiving day, many greetings to you and your family. How are you ...
JEAD

JEAD



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

Brooke, Just a small cuckoo for to say Hello and I hope that you feel good and that all is very good for you. Have a great evening and week and every the best ahead of you. Do you sometimes come to Paris? It would be great to meet you! Take care. Bisou of Jead
Vince Falzone

Vince Falzone



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

Rock On.. BROOKE WHITE,

Vince Falzone
SMILEY

SMILEY



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

keep doing your thing
MsJoys

MsJoys



Nov 25 2009 12:51 AM

Hi Brooke! Hope you have a very nice Thanksgiving! Always Give Thanks!
Kivien

Kivien



Nov 25 2009 12:50 AM

Do you blog? Have you wrote a article in a magazine over your time at AI?
Joy Miller, Author

Joy Miller, Author



Nov 25 2009 12:50 AM

Brooke,
Thank you for adding me. I really appreciate you joining me on my author page. My fiction novel with a CD soundtrack is due out in a few weeks. It will be at CD Baby, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles etc.
Wishing you a great musical weekend.

Peace and respect,
Joy Miller
Joe

Joe



Nov 25 2009 12:50 AM

Happy Thanksgiving

May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs
Andrea

Andrea Bennett Theriault



Nov 25 2009 12:50 AM

Hi Brooke I am a huge fan and I am also an aspiring singer. I would be honored if you would come by and listen to my tunes. Let me know what you think
Jill

Jill Sheets



Nov 25 2009 12:50 AM

Have a great weekend.
The Forsyth's

The Forsyth's



Nov 25 2009 12:50 AM

Thanks For Being our Friend will be posting new songs real soon
Alexandra

Alexandra



Nov 20 2009 5:32 PM

Hey, wanted to tell you thanks for doing the chat :) I'm so happy you sang "California Christmas" :D I love that song :) You did great with all the songs. Oh and thanks now I have "Party in the USA" stuck in my head haha. On Monday I was in my microbiology class, it was really quite and serious and then all of a sudden you hear this girl singing in the hallway "I got my hands up they're playin my song" and other people where keeping the beat with claps ha. It was pretty funny, the girl singing was actually really good though. Ya gotta love it. Oh and I thought the high school question that you got was a really good one. You know I'd say the majority of my dreams are about being back in high school. Usually in the dream I know I already graduated, but I had to go back for another year for some reason. Weird... Oh and I'm with ya, I don't know if I'd go back either. I mean I loved high school when I was there, I would've never missed a day if I didn't have to get up at 5:30 (I like noon haha), but I still don't know if I'd want to go back. This is my little sister's first year of high school so through the summer I got questions of what it was going to be like. Her friend asked me if there was going to be "clicks" and if so what "click" did I belong too... wow haha. I just told her that people do tend to hang out with people like them, so in that respect yes there were clicks and just be yourself and not to worry about that. Oh to be 14 again haha. Well I better get to sleep, it's midnight and I have to get up in like 5 hours... yikes! You know I always do this to myself, I'll say I'm gonna go to sleep early and never do ha! Well goodnight :) Oh and you ended your chat right when Glee was coming on, I'm addicted to that show, so thanks :)
DEAN RYAN

DEAN RYAN



Nov 20 2009 5:32 PM

Just droppin by to say Hi!,..& hope your doin good,...have a great day!.. ;-)
Katherine

Katherine



Nov 20 2009 5:32 PM

Well pooey, I missed the upstream. D: College can be a bit overwhelming at times. Hopefully there will be another one in the future. ^_^
Jessica Artist Promotions

Jessica Artist Promotions



Nov 20 2009 5:32 PM

Thanks for the add and great to have you here!

Just launched this promotions biz, so looking to work with all types of artists, businesses, etc. If you'd like help managing your profile and/or in promotions, I'd be interested in working with you! Please check out the packages I offer and rates in my blog. Thanks.

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Paula

Paula Michele



Nov 20 2009 5:32 PM

Hey, Brooke! Just wanted to stop by and leave your page some love! My birthday is on Sunday, and if you would be so kind as to drop by my page and leave me some birthday love, that would be awesome! Take care, and love ya lots!

Paula :)
Greg Frank

Greg Frank



Nov 18 2009 9:42 PM

Hope you're having a great weekend and saw the following quote ☺ "There is a point in life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it's not giving up. It's realizing that you don't need certain people and their crap." ☺ ☺ ☺
Alexandra

Alexandra



Nov 18 2009 9:42 PM

Hey, I'm so happy that you're doing one of those ustream things on Wednesday! Hopefully I can be there, well not there, but on the computer, you know what I mean ha. I've been extremly stressed lately, but your Christmas songs and of course HH&HB (which I still listen to almost everyday :) help lessen the stress some. I just got accepted into the Nursing program at my school, which I'm very happy about, except there is this packet of papers of things I have to do before Dec 18th that is stressing me out to the max. I think one of the things I have to do is get my fingerprints scanned and ran through an FBI database... never thought I'd be doing that lol. Anyway point of the story is I'm stressed, but your music is helping so thanks :) Speaking of music you and Syesha brought back so many childhood memories talking about 90's music. I remember each and everyone of the songs both you and her mentioned and was cracking up reading them. I forgot all about Boyz II Men, I had to go get some songs ha. I used to love "End of the Road" I can't believe I forgot about it. Then my cousin had this TLC cd and she used to play it all the time. I definitely remember "Waterfalls" playing often at the pool while we would be waiting for the icecream man. Then back in the day everybody had their birthday parties at the roller skating rink, so I was there often and there was this one song they used to play at the end for the couples skate or whatever it was called and I can't think of the name of it for nothing. I can remember "Open Arms" by Journey being played a lot, but that wasn't released in the 90's nor the one I'm thinking about. Ah it's killin me, I'm gonna have to call my cousin and see if she remembers. Maybe it was "End of the Road"... oh I don't know. Well I'm gonna go play around on itunes and see if I can track that song down and I will ttys :)
Will Dockery

Will Dockery



Nov 18 2009 9:42 PM

Greetings from Shadowville, we appreciate the friendship!
Amy

Amy Thompson



Nov 18 2009 9:42 PM

What's shakin' hot stuff?

xoxoxo
hayley payne (EP ON ITUNES NOW!)

hayley payne (EP ON ITUNES NOW!)



Nov 18 2009 8:40 PM

I stole a Brooke White poster off the front of a record store in Utah.

If you would have told me when I was 7 that there would be a Brooke White poster on the outside of a record store I would have told you you were crazy. Can't even express how loco it is to see all of your sucess, and how happy I am for you!

Happy enough to steal!! :P
musicman

musicman



Nov 18 2009 8:28 PM

We run the numbers but just don’t know it. We scribble the notes and random letters that seem to add up in the end. There are more possible moves to make on parchment than stars in the sky. Timeless timelines stretch to infinitum in all directions and yet possibility is a stronger force than fate. Omega, Alpha, no end and no beginning, no accounting for the start to end. We are just a blip on the screen and that is what makes it all so real and wonderful. If you sat down to a chess match and knew every move to come and the results as well, would you want to sit down at all? Our home, which truly is the universes, (yes plural according to the most renowned), is not just this magnificent azure sphere we finally wish to understand and nurture in a symbiotic relationship. Our lives are part of this scary and relentless monster of eternity and mortal law. Our music, our arts, our human interactions are all reflections of this paradox of love and questioned existence. I speak of the good and not the vast dark side. I speak of you and your friendship and your ability to also see the possible moves while not truly knowing the outcome. Our universe is, in essence, well into the middle of an explosion. That is the energy I, you and everything around us is drawing from. Yes we are here for a short time. Yes we are small in stature and yes, some shine brighter than others. Everything is relative and although we are not at the center, or all knowing, we are literally the heart of this ever expanding embraceable mystery called life. Thank you again for your friendship
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