Julie Meyers: Guitars and vocals,
Nate Beier: Drums and laughter
Influences
Basically anybody who's not afraid to make music with guts. This includes: Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Nickel Creek, Radiohead, Beyonce, Led Zeppelin, Creeper Lagoon, Will Oldham, Nirvana, Sebadoh, Juliana Hatfield, Sunny Day Real Estate, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Neutral Milk Hotel, Billy Joel, Elliott Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, Scud Mountain Boys, Pedro the Lion, Erykah Badu, Weezer, West Side Story (the musical), Patsy Cline, Gillian Welch, U2, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Velocity Girl, Hole, Green Day...I can even dig deeper and say I still own Tiffany's first record from when I was 6 years old and I not-so-secretly have a Journey and Boston fetish...and Brian and I both LOVE ABBA! (But he's definitely the Dancing Queen, not me)
Sounds Like
Good old-fashioned Honesty, baked from scratch with no preservatives.
I am a songwriting, guitar/piano/bass-playing, imaginary-drummer-playing, music-teaching, Gibson SG-owning, Fender Mustang-coveting, sings-all-the-time-to-perhaps-the-point-of-annoyance musical goofball, although a good majority of my songs are in no way goofy. I consider music to be the most effective form of communication for me; expression through creation is what keeps me sane and happy. I've played all manners of instruments in all kinds of bands and I have all kinds of fun being a sidewoman. As a solo artist, I have one album-child that's 2 years old, and her name is Good Girl Blues. I have another album child on the way and his name (yes, this one is a boy) is The Best Days. It's a doozy of a record in my opinion, and I can't wait to show him off! I've been pursuing music for 2/3rds of my life (the first 1/3rd of my life was spent reading Dr. Seuss; I consider him my earliest writing influence), and I can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing, except maybe writing this bio. Soon I will be based out of Los Angeles and living off of lettuce sandwiches. Below is a review of my last record:
By Matthew Craggs (Sacramento News and Review)
With a mash-up of rock, pop, blues and folk, the Sammie-nominated songstress Julie Meyers brings another welcome female voice to a still predominantly male local-music scene. And what a voice. Meyers’ girl-next-door appeal may not prepare you for her quick flips from soft and lovely to raw and forceful, but what’s most impressive is that she’s always in control. In “Sunday,” for example, with a simple drum-and-guitar rhythm for support, Meyers sings her way up to what the listener fears might be a breaking point--only then to pull back at the last second. Hearing her dodge a musical implosion is like watching a high diver pull off a skilled maneuver that might just as easily have been a belly flop. You root for her, and it’s all the more satisfying when she succeeds so beautifully.
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Photography by Jay Spooner (www.jayspooner.com)
