Hanson, Patty Griffin, Bryan Adams, Vince Gill, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Michael Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Lucinda Williams, The Beatles....list goes on and on
Yes, it’s true, we’re twins! Our names are Courtney & Stephanie and we go by our last name FERA. Born in Vancouver but raised in Coquitlam, BC, Canada, by our parents Tony and Rose along with our two older sisters, Kate and Carlye. Our dad (pharmacist by day, musician the rest of the time) taught us to play guitar at age 8 and immersed us in all different types of music including Everly Brothers, Elvis (Presley and Costello), Fleetwood Mac, Squeeze, Vince Gill and tons more. At age 14 we discover Hanson, learn to play the drums and practice everyday. Years pass, we accumulate journals of lyrics, we pretty much dislike everyday of high school but finally graduate in 2000. Now our journey into music biz truly begins. We play our first show in Maui at our dad’s Pharmacy Convention, we hear Patty Griffin for the first time, and we turn our lyrics into songs and record our first demo CD, “The Music Room”. We find a sincere passion and ability for song writing, we play everywhere in town from coffee shops, open mics to pubs and record our second demo CD. We hire a live band, record our third acoustic demo CD and begin playing bars and festivals including MountainFest, New Music West and more. We give our demo to award winning country Producer, Tom McKillip and he loves it. With Tom on board, we record our first full length, full band CD entitled, “Familiar Feeling”. We never stop song writing, we keep applying for and playing the festival circuits and embark on our first tour of BC. We release two singles off Familiar Feeling, “Dark, Dirty, Dusty Hallways” and “It’s Gonna Be Ok” to Canadian Country Radio and tour the Interior of BC again. We win some song writing contests, we get nominated a couple years in a row at the BC Country Music Association Awards, and we never stop playing. Our most recent accomplishment is earning ourselves a showcase at 2008 Canadian Country Music Week in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the Songwriter’s Café. This year was our first time attending the CCMA festival and it proved to be a great one. We attended a seminar called "Hitsville" put on by Ole Publishing, and our song "Fairytales" got us a one song publishing deal with Ole('08 CCMA Publisher of the Year). We were also nominated for 3 BC Country Music Awards this year and had the opportunity to perform at the show. Currently we are writing new songs and just posted two brand new ones, "Tornado" & "Better By Now" so check them out!
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Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
