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Hey Guys!

I used to have this crazy long bio on here, but then realized that it would be much more effective to lay it out in quick bursts; after all, there is something less than appetizing about long chunky verbose paragraphs, with 86 extra adjectives. See what I mean!

So here is my point formed autobiography:

-- I was born in Toronto, Ontario. Grew up listening to classic rock bands and singer/songwriters. Went to a camp where we basically slept in the woods. Loved it. Lived there for most of my life until I left to attend school at UC Berkeley.

-- Moved to the US alone, knew absolutely no one. Made friends with some chess players on Durant, studied a lot of British authors and graduated with Honor’s in English Lit.

-- A week after graduating college, I moved to Los Angeles to attend Law School, while simultaneously pursuing a career in music. This is harder then it sounds ;) Started doing yoga, Pilates, eating sushi and wearing 50-sunscreen at all times. Got my first band together, played open mic nights at some less than stellar clubs and released my first EP.

-- Took a lot of hard work, but established an Internet presence and global fan base.

-- Started playing bigger clubs in LA and slowly began understanding the “industry.” Toured a bunch around the country, playing to some packed houses. Passed the bar, met a cool British producer and made my first full-length album, “Bleeding the Line…”

-- Released “Bleeding the Line” independently, which was out for one week before it fell into the hands of Bob Dylan’s long time manager/publisher. He subsequently passed it along to execs at Sony who signed me to my first major label record deal.

-- Stopped doing yoga and Pilates, wrote a few more songs, made two music videos and took some new pictures. “Alice in No Man’s Land,” the second incarnation of, “BTL,” was digitally released in Aug of 08’.

-- Songs on the album were licensed to a bunch of different TV shows. MSN Music featured me as their “One To Watch” artist and Yahoo Music named me one of their “Who’s Next” artists. Appeared in Billboard Magazine and was featured on the cover of Music Connection Magazine. Good times.

-- Just before we were about to go to radio, several key execs were let go, including the president who signed me.

-- Going to hit the road on a 6-week national tour (aptly titled, “It’s All Happening Tour 2009”) starting late July into mid-September with some other awesome bands. Very excited to come play for everyone that has been so supportive over the past little while. I’ll also be stopping by a few radio stations along the way too, so listen out for me.

-- Currently writing a ton of new material with a few very well renowned songwriters/producers. Love the sound of where I am going and where I have been. Cannot wait to release what I have coming next…

-- Have been described as, “The girl next door, only louder…” Kind of like it.

Rock & Shine Always
MP-- :)