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I began working in country music shows in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and Branson, Missouri when I was six. I wrote my first song when I was 12 while listening to a music box in my Grandma's basement. I was hooked for life, and the music box now sits in my room to remind me how blessed I am to be able to create music. The whole world might not hear it... but I still create it... and I still love to write it! I think the highlight of writing music is when I hear a friend or family member humming one of my songs, or singing some of the lyrics. There's just something really cool about that to me!
When I was 16, I started my first business called "Thoughts Expressed," where I created custom written songs for individuals using their thoughts and feelings. Great idea... not much experience on the web. (If I build a website, everyone in the world will come to it, right??) I think I wrote two songs that first year... but I was big stuff, cause I had a business. :-)
In 1999, I moved to Nashville, TN to further my songwriting career. (If I move to Nashville, I'll be a hit songwriter, right???) I lived there for 8 months, and met so many people that have been very influential to me. While I was there, Chris Neese pushed me through the doors of ASCAP and set me in the right direction. (Thanks, Chris!). I decided that being 19 and alone in Nashville wasn't as cool as I thought it would be, and I was really missing mom's home cookin'. I moved back home. (They'll all remember me in Nashville, and I have their phone numbers...that won't change... right??)
On May 13, 2002, I began performing again full time at a country music show called the Ozark Mountain Hoe Down in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I've been blessed with a job that I absolutely love and look forward to everyday. The show is fantastic and I couldn't ask for better people. I'm working with outstanding musicians, as well as some excellent songwriters. Come see us! Visit us in Eureka Springs!
Currently, I spend my time doing web design and first page Google placement for my clients, creating graphics, performing 6 nights a week at the Hoe-Down, writing songs, creating radio jingles and on hold music with Randall George, and having a blast in the recording studio! I'm blessed to be able to spend my days working at home while my daughter is in school, so I don't ever miss her school programs and such. I treasure my time with her, and am so thankful for everything she teaches me.
In a nutshell, life is good, business is good, friends are good, and my family is the greatest thing ever! I've learned a lot from life, and I've learned that I still love to do everything I've been trying to do... I'm just trying to be a little less naive about doing it!
The most wonderful way to wake up in the morning. My home away from home: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
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