I have worked with a lot of people but my longest and best collaboration is with my husband, Jim Jacobs. He is a singer/songwriter and also my guitar player.
Influences
Patsy Cline, Reba McEntire, The Judds/Wynonna, Patty Loveless, Juice Newton, Highway 101, K.D Lang, Merle Haggard, George Strait, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Blue Rodeo, George Jones, and the list could go on and on and on........
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I am a full blooded Mohawk from Six Nations, Ontario, Canada. Country music has been a huge part of my life. I grew up listening to Patsy Cline, The Judds, Patty Loveless, and Reba McEntire. They were my first influences and now I have so many I would never be able to name them all. I have learned a great deal from these legendary performers and hope to one day accomplish as much as they have. Singing for me, began at the age of six, performing for family members and friends at picnics and birthday parties. We have a pretty large family, so there was always somewhere to put on my show. By age 11, competing in singing competitions became a big part of my life, travelling from town to town to do what I love most. In the summer of 1993/94, after a lot of experience, I entered 5 competitions and won all but one. That was a real confidence booster, and it was at one of those competitions that I met the producer whom I worked with on my CD. I co-wrote one song on the CD called "No More Me & You". I was signed to a five year contract with an Independent Label who released 3 songs in Canada and Europe which all made the top 10 and earned me a few nominations for some awards. Having a song listed on the same charts as Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire is a real "reality check" for me on how I compare to other artists. Two videos were released to CMT Canada and received medium to heavy play. A lot of great reviews were received but because of funding problems we were not able to release the CD. During the term of the contract I was fortunate enough to open for Michelle Wright and "Living Legend" George Jones. Sharing the stage with "The Possum" was truly the highlight of my career! Agri-fest 2000 was also pretty exciting for me, to perform for the same crowd as Travis Tritt, Lonestar, and Lee Ann Womack. I have performed at a lot of local functions to help support the many different organizations from my hometown, Six Nations, Ontario, Canada, and surrounding agriculturally rich communities. I am honored to have been able to work with the people that have been involved in the following accomplishments:
- Nominated for the following awards:
Aboriginal Music Award,
European Country Music Award,
Big Country Music Award,
Producer, Randall Prescott, was nominated for a Canadian Country Music Award for the work done on "Listen to the Radio",
Winner of a "YTV Youth Achievement Award,
Performed at the Aboriginal Achievement Awards,
Performed at the 1st Annual Aboriginal Music Awards,
Finalist at the True Value Country Showdown for WYRK in Buffalo, New York.
Winner of the Sing to Win Competition at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee.
3rd Place winner at the Loretta Lynn Singing Contest in Tennessee.
Winner of the Nashville Palace Singing Contest in Nashville, Tennessee.
Winner of the Broken Spoke Saloon Singing Contest in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville, Tennessee is my current home. I have been working with some wonderful people and they have helped me so much. We started writing together and I am so thankful that they were willing to take me under their wing. I met Crystal Shawanda and Dewayne Strobel back in October of 2006 and we are now very good friends. They are very, very talented people and I can only hope to achieve as much as she has. She is an inspiration to me and she has been a great friend. I can only hope that both relationships, musical and personal, will get better with time. Watch out for her cd in the fall. It's gonna knock you off your feet!!!!
"We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Success is always to be found on the other side of fear. Never be afraid to try something new!"
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
True friendship is, when everything in the world is going wrong, all you have to do is look at that special person and, suddenly, everything in the world is right again.
Heyyy.....how is everything your way?? I have a quick favor to ask of ya. I am in a contest to get to open on Little Big Town's tour this summer and I was wondering if you had any free time to vote for me real quick?! I'm very excited i may have the chance to come perform for ya and could really use your help....like no joke I foreal need you haha. Thanks!
OH you can vote from my myspace on the little button saying DEMAND IT with all the Little Big Town stuff lol
"Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us"
May God grant you always...A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.
WE ARE VERY SAD... WE DON'T HAVE WORDS TO SAY ANYMORE... OUR SINGER AND DOBRO PLAYER ENRICO MICHELETTI IS DEAD. GOODBYE ENRICO KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!!
"The Secret is to develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. If you want more in life, Learn to ask for what you want in life and law of attraction well respond..."
"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalised. You Have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. So, Never blame others for your own action..."
Have a Productive Day!
"Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future."
"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. Honesty may not win friends, but it can touch hearts."
Love is patient...Love never fails. I Corinthians 13:4-8
To fear love is to fear life. The first duty of love is to listen. Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient. Trust is the best proof of love.
"There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life."
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