Singer/songwriter, pop and classic rock with a little jazz and blues. Dynamic vocals & meaningful lyrics. "[Janeen] Leah could carry the torch for a new generation for female singers." Bob Leggett -Music Connection. "Best Album of 2005." -AntiMusic.com
Influences
Jeff Buckley, Sarah McLachlan, Cocteau Twins, Ella Fitzgerald, Depeche Mode, Tori Amos, Heart, The Cranberries, Delerium, Pilgrimage, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Massive Attack, Bjork, Jellyfish, The Grays, Jimi Hendrix, Garbage, Fiona Apple, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Pretenders, Harry Connick Jr., Billie Holliday, Led Zepplin, Portishead, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Cornell, The Sundays, Concrete Blonde..... Recently: Jamie Cullum, Gavin Degraw, India Arie, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Emillianna Torrini, Goldfrapp....
Sounds Like
When I was a kid, I wanted to sound like Anne Wilson from Heart. My vocals can be funky, bluesy, jazzy and I can belt it out when I want to rock! I would probably be lumped in with all the other solo female artists like: Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Chantal Kreviazuk, Michelle Branch, Sheryl Crow, Kelly Clarkson, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, KT Tunstall, Natasha Bedingfield....
Create Your Own
Janeen Leah - 'Fallen' Live at Karma
Janeen Leah performing live at Karma Coffeehouse in Hollywood, CA
My story so far…
I grew up in Aurora, Colorado with 3 older sisters….all singing and getting on each other’s nerves. I saved my babysitting money and bought my first guitar when I was 14 and began to put my half-crazed, pre-pubescent poetry to music. With the support of great parents and a desperate desire to get far away…I moved out to Los Angeles when I was 18.
I began school at Musicians Institute in Hollywood in the fall of 1999 and I was married that following March to my soul mate (seriously)…I was 19. We were dirt poor and we lived with his parents for the first 8 months of our marriage while he worked and I went to school.
I was privileged to record an EP with extremely gifted musicians who were all attending MIl….a most memorable time. We had our first child, a boy in 2001. We got a cozy apartment in Burbank, CA….where I was fortunate enough to meet Robin and Keven Brennan among other wonderful friends and music connections. I met Tushar Parte online (he’s in India)…he contacted me interested in writing and recording a song together. He sent me the tracks that he recorded on his end and I had to find a way to record my vocals on my end... and so ‘Wine of Consciousness’ the bonus track on my debut album ‘Time is Never Wasted’ was born in 2005. It was so magical how it all came together, it was fate.
In 2006, I was approached by Mr. Black for his collaboration project, 'Apples of Eve'...a compilation of female artists with Mr. Black....our song is called 'Return To Catastrophe'.
I loved working with Keven on ‘Time is Never Wasted’ and he later decided that he wanted to record a couple songs together for him to produce….of course I jumped at the chance and the songs ‘Rainy Day’ and ‘Calloused Heart’ were recorded when I was 4 months pregnant with twins, those two songs and those two babies were born in 2007.
In August of 2008, I left the kids with Dad, Grandma and Grandpa for 2 ½ weeks to go to India and record an entire album with Tushar Parte. It still feels like a dream that I was there, the over-all experience of recording an amazing album with a group of some of the most gifted musicians I have ever met! We recorded live in the studio, it was magic. I’d jump at the chance to visit India again. This album has yet to be released, they are working hard on post production right now. I’m trying really hard to be patient, but I can’t wait for everyone to hear it!!!
So, that brings us up to the present day (fall 2009)….I’m now signed to indie label f.Boo headed by Robin and Keven Brennan. I’m so excited!!!!!!! We are in production right now for our first album together….the plan is to release it early next year. Keven Brennan and Nate Wood will produce it and they are both brilliant, so I'm thrilled!
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Hey its been a while since I have been on here, and I just wanted to stop in and say hi.Things have been a bit up and down here, we have lost a few band members but we are still going lol. Have you seen the new website yet? www.bensem.com let me know what you think. We are recording again in January, three new singles and I cant wait. 2009 was a bit of a wash out What have you been up to?? Sem xx www.bensem.com P.S Dont forget to join the mailing list on the new website so that you don't miss out on the new singles and the tour we are doing next year. Thanks for supporting the music
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Hi Janeen... Thanks for reaching out...for your great sound...and, especially for your friendship! Keep the terrific music coming... and Stay in touch!
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Hi Janeen Leah, Heaven & Earth is on hiatus now as Stuart Smith and Richie Onori have joined forces with bassist Steve Priest to reform "Sweet". For those of you unfamiliar with the band, Sweet originally formed in the early 70s and went on to sell over 40,000,000 albums with 11 International Top Ten Hits such as "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy", "Love is Like Oxygen", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Action", "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser" and many others. This reincarnation of the band reformed last year, playing their first show in June, and went on to play festivals throughout Canada and the States and had played to over 300,000 people before the year was out. During this tour last year they recorded a live CD available on Amazon entitled "Sweet, Live in America" which has received rave reviews - pick up a copy and please Add Sweet As Your Friend On Myspace! http://www.myspace.com/thesweetband Also, check out our friend Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith's new band, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and their iTunes Top 10 Funk/Jazz debut release, "Meet the Meatbats"! http://www.myspace.com/bombasticmeatbats
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