Jamie Drake
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General Info
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Genre: Folk / Pop
Location Los Angeles, California, Un
Profile Views: 78590
Last Login: 10/4/2011
Member Since 11/2/2006
Website www.jamiethedrake.com
Record Label None
Type of Label Unsigned
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Bio
<a href="http://www.pledgemusic.com/widgets/259" target="_blank" title="FREE download of "When I Was Yours" by Jamie Drake."><img alt="Jamie Drake" src="http://assets.pledgemusic.com/widgets/bb4/9e1/c82/259/badge.png" /></a> .. .. .. .. .. .. .. After the piano of my childhood fell off a moving truck and smashed all over Maple St, I picked an instrument I could carry with me - a guitar. Since that day, I've been writing songs, which came pretty naturally since my dad was also a writer and I'd grown up watching him play and sing at an early age. I always felt music was a mystic, beautiful thing that I wanted to share with the world I lived in, and that dream has come true in the last couple of years. In the beginning of 2010, I was hand-picked by A&R veteran, Michael Rosenblatt, to win a first ever LP33.tv best new artist contest. Through winning the contest, I worked with Pledge Music to help raise funds to put toward my first record, "When I Was Yours," which was released in the spring of 2010. This accomplishment is my most exciting project to date. Currently, I am touring the US and planning the next album. -
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. My first memory of walking down the hallway toward the bay window of our trailer where my mom's record player sang "The Hallelujah Chorus." The theme song for "Gummi Bears." Moving and spending hours in the car with just my imagination and my brother. Every single song in "The Little Mermaid." My grandma Sally May singing specials at church. My mom waking us up to singing "Rise and shine, and give God the glory - glory." My father's guitar playing and song writing. .. .. ...... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .......... .. .. Artists I've been inspired by: Ryan Adams, Beth Orton, Jonie Mitchell, Radiohead, Damien Rice, Sun Kill Moon, Jeff Buckley, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Pete Yorn, Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, The Shins, Band of Horses, Ray LaMontagne, Mike Knott, Nick Drake, Van Morrison, Andrew Bird, Eliott Smith, David Bowie, Iron and Wine, REM, Kings of Convenience, M. Ward, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, Feist, Jamie Cullum, Imogen Heap, Jolie Holland, Sufjan Stevens, Aimee Mann, Al Green, John Coltrane, Damien Jurado, David Gray, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Madeleine Peyroux, Rufus Wainwright, Steven Delopoulos, The Violent Femmes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, The Beatles. Me singing new song, "In the Clear" with my dog Coltrane. ..In the Clear...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) -
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Known for having the ability to laugh at herself and entertain with ease as well as draw out deeper emotions from her listeners, Jamie makes one laugh or cry depending on the spirit and theme of the show. “Jamie is truer to the roots of those 70's-inspired styles than any Hollywood pixie out there... Vaguely reminiscent of Jenny Lewis on stage with her motley band but with a sharpers quality of voice. Closer to Adele, Florence & the Machine and other current British favorites, Drake's vocals sway and quiver at their hardest, glide and wrench at their most vulnerable." - Marianna Bell (moviesmusicmayhem)
2010 was an electric, debut year for Jamie: Recognized by veteran A&R guru Michael Rosenblatt (Madonna, Depeche Mode, New Radicals etc.), crowning her winner of a first ever LP33.tv "Studio Fast Track" contest, which led to a partnership with "Pledge Music" (Benji Rodgers) to help finish the efforts of releasing her debut album by calling on fans to donate toward the project that was her album, "When I Was Yours." Jamie stumbled onto the Hotel Cafe scene and made her presence known by singing back up for resident artists Brian Wright, Brother Sal, Sally Jaye and Holly Conlan to name a few. She appeared on Wright’s “House on Fire” album and shared a knock down, drag out showcase at SXSW with the likes of Brother Sal that March. May 25th brought the release of "When I Was Yours," making it available to the world on iTunes, Amazon and Digstation.
“Mercurial songs like the defiant Plumbline, the ethereal Beautiful and the spectral Being Alone recall the past and present poles of the rustic cow-blues of Bob Dylan (circa John Wesley Harding) and J Tillman… there’s very little on this album that sounds remotely “modern” and would sit nicely amongst a playlist of Judee Sill, Karen Dalton, Sandy Denny and the Roches. An accomplished album from an intriguing singer-songwriter. One to keep an eye (and ear) on.” -powerofpop
Jamie was invited back to the Hotel Cafe for an August "The Drake Resides" residency where she experimented with full band, electric guitar and a choir of singers including members of “Parson RedHeads” Evan Way, Brette Gentry, and a slew of local solo artists including Holly Conlan, Sally Jaye, Carly Escoto, Nicole Emery, Haroula Rose, Kathleen Grace, Julie Belle (and had the coolest poster in town designed by this guy ). Jamie always aims for a new experience for her audience and recognizes that “as a listener, you need to feel something every time you hear a song, not just a catchy little tune that will soon annoy you, as it becomes overplayed. You deserve something that moves you, something you can revisit several years from now and still connect with, songs that are themselves a holistic piece of art. Jamie Drake gives you that.” - Colette Weintraub (rockisagirlsbestfriend).
Jamie finished the year off with a west coast “In a Nutshell” Tour with Carly Escoto, enjoyed her first Asian residency in Singapore at songwriter venue, Tab, and killed her first effort at New York’s beloved Rockwood Music Hall showcasing one of her favorite covers, Shook Me All Night Long. "Jamie is an artist that can, and will, be around for a long time... she will be an important artist that you should all run to discover.” -Michael Rosenblatt
Please contact Jamie's stand in and body double at jamiethedrake@gmail.com for all press, booking info and inquiries.
