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VOCALS/KEYS JENNIFER HILL
DRUMMER BOB SCHWECHERL
BASS CHRIS FOLEY
VIOLINIST JESSE NEWMAN
Coming together as a group of strangers from both coasts and from different musical backgrounds we created a vibe that is all our own. Often described as a "piano soul collective" the sound is a fusion of pop, rock, soul, and funk shaken together with a fat ass piano pounding beat.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ON SLING SLANG RECORDS http://www.slingslang.com
Here are some links to a few things I've been up to as featured in NU Magazine.
ALSO CHECK OUT MY S.W.A.N EVENT http://www.myspace.com/swandayct
June 2007 Interview with Detroit's MUEN Magazine: PIANIST/SONGWRITER/VOCALIST JENNIFER HILL
MUEN: HOW ARE THINGS GOING? WHAT IS THE LATEST NEWS? IS YOUR NEW PIANO GETTING BROKEN IN?
JENNIFER HILL: Things are actually going pretty great! I am happy with my band mates and have been playing in my favorite city, New York. My piano is definitely getting broken in! I love the way it feels under my fingers. It recently survived an accident I was in with the band. It's a tough machine!
MUEN: WHEN AND HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS?
JENNIFER HILL: That's a long and involved question...
I began singing as soon as I could make noise. My mom used to sing a lot to me. She was a big influence when it came to music. She always had something playing and I loved to dance with her. She saw the gift I had and encouraged me to go for my dreams.
I ended up going to college for vocal performance (on scholarship) and then followed my dreams to Manhattan and then back to CT where I now live with my daughter.
I make my living teaching the rockstars of tomorrow and performing. I mainly play in NYC although I have some gigs coming up in CT...
MUEN: ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET SIGNED TO AN INDY OR MAJOR LABEL?
JENNIFER HILL: As far as getting signed...I'm not really sure how I feel. I just want to be able to tour and play my music and make ends meet(although help with tour fund would be a major plus.)
I just don't want to be put into a box...
MUEN: HOW MANY SONGS HAVE YOU PERSONALLY WROTE, AND WHICH ONES ARE YOU THE MOST PROUD OF?
JENNIFER HILL: I write EVERYTHING that I sing...unless I do some obscure cover. I am proud of them ALL. They are me.
MUEN: WHO DO YOU COLLABORATE WITH, WHETHER IT BE OTHER BAND MEMBERS, AGENTS, ETC.
JENNIFER HILL: I collaborate with everyone I come into contact with. I find everyone has something valuable to teach.
My fingers, my voice and my experience.......
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Jennifer Hill has been playing in the Ct music scene most of her life. As a teen and college student she attended the HARTT school of music (Musical Theater Major) in Hartford and was a performer in her community by the age of 9.
She left New England for 3 years to explore the other side of the country (Durango Co.) and to study different forms of music (Opera this time) and to work towards a BA in vocal performance. But for some reason, school music became a bit monotonous and although her College had provided some cool opportunities to play with well known artists, the urge to be doing her own thing led her back to the East to NYC to pursue music full time. This was of course harder than she thought since rent in NY is the same as it cost to rent an entire party house in Co. with 5 bedrooms...so NY became WORK WORK WORK...SING...not the kind of thing Jen was looking for.
After much indecision she decided to move home and try to reconnect with musicians she knew and to start something new that reflected her 7year journey away.
9/11 (her actual moving date) and 5 days before her baby girl was born ...Jen moved back to CT to regroup and have some grass for her dog Emma to pee on...(since the poor dog came from Co. and got stuck in NYC for a while...) and now we are here... where the music starts to really take off and the words start to fly into her head at odd hours of the night...
Jennifer's songs depict the daily struggles of a woman conflicted by her own sensitivity and the choices she must make in life. She lives her music and her words, which is something we find close to extinct in today's definition of songwriting.
When returning to Ct in 2001 she began her search for a band that could create the "noises inside her head." After an exhaustive search, and many frustrating years the formula finally clicked and Jennifer Hill and Co. was formed.
Coming together as a group of strangers from both coasts and from different musical backgrounds they created a vibe that is all their own. Often described as a "piano soul collective" the sound is a fusion of pop, rock, soul, and funk shaken together with a fat ass piano pounding beat.
Aside from live performances, Jennifer Hill and Co. have received airplay on local and internet radio stations all the way to the suburbs of Paris, France.
The singles Tough Year, Little Girl, Up All Night and The Other Side were released on iTunes, Napster, and Rhapsody in 2006 and Jennifer Hill and Co. is currently working on it's first release with Sling Slang records.
Instrumentation
Jennifer Hill:Vocals and Keys,
Bob Schwecherl:Drums
Chris Foley: Bass
Jesse Newman: Violin
Tony Horn :Guitar
Discography:
Tough Year, Little Girl, The other Side, Up All Night,So Messed Up (on itunes, napster,rhapsody) The songs "The Other Side" and" Little Girl" are featured in upcoming motion picture "The WalkAways" and Jennifer Has also composed an instrumental piano piece for the film "Voices" by Star Harbor Studios.
We are currently recording our first release for Sling Slang records of Ct at Aliehn Studios in Bristol. Our song the "Down Low" is a sneak peek of what's to come and actually isn't even mixed or mastered yet so it' s us in the studio as raw as it gets.
Jennifer Hill has also had the amazing pleasure of recording at Bushwick Studios in Brooklyn. The 3 tracks (Little Girl, Tough Year, and The Other Side) were produced by Daniel Mintseries and have some fantastic musicians playing on them. Although they are not my "band" I want to thank them all for helping my songs come to life! Daniel Mintseris: Piano, Wurli, Digital Effects, Clavi, All the quirky tinkling things, and Production. Whynot Jansveld: Bass, Fretless. Doug Yowell: Drums. Dave Eggar: Cello. Josh Kessler: Guitar/production/mixing. ..and little ol me... Jennifer Hill... Singing...banging on the Piano,the Wurli, and letting out my soul.
Jennifer says "I get a lot of my musical influences from my mom's vacuuming days. The songs that used to annoy me must of buried themselves into my brain because now they are what I put on my most influential songs list."
"I am madly in love with Bjork, Tori Amos, Madonna, Janis Ian, Esthero, Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell, Sarah Vaughn, Robert Plant, Eddie Vedder, Ani Difranco, Tina Turner, Jim Morrison, and Fiona Apple. I could listen to a great blues album all day (especially when it's raining)....I could bury myself in a book all night......I am almost 2.....
My music is me and what moves me.....Please listen with an open mind and soul."
what can i say somepeople try to stop me from seeing you but destiny is always gonna win even with tears i make it to your show. i'am ok so breeath cause remmber what you told me we built for this and no matter what i b t h e r e f o r u sincelery,yours missing you is a habit and not having you is torture but i know you always there cause when i go to i-tunes and see all your songs i could carry you with me even if i get shoot. i die with a lengend in my heart and that is you.
If you guys aren't playing come check out the And Band and Poor Pluto at Silk City Cafe (in Manchester) tomorrow night. Hope to see you there. Bring cash though, they don't take credit cards?!
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Jenn love what you done with the page and just stopping by while i had the opportunity to do so. Im on a friends computer accessing the myspace page and so it will be awhile until you hear from me again but i wanted you to know im doing much better~! and your in my heart and prayers love ya much chickie!
