me, my guitar, my keyboard, my computer, my headphones, my living room, my music man Myspace Backgrounds
Influences
the ocean, the sun, butterflies, lilacs, fresh air, laughter, friends, concerts, the cello, silence, inspiring words, books, tea and toast, a good joke, my guitar, dancing, beats.
As for music: always evolving, but here's a tiny piece of my long list of favorite artists that had me entranced at some point in my life:
Ani Difranco, ABBA, Imogen Heap, Patti Griffin, Beck, Tool, Alanis, Ben Harper, Sheryl Crow, Madonna, Belly, lamb, johnny cash, dolly parton...
“Doing music professionally was never the plan, but I love to sing. I went to University, got a degree, got a job, and I still felt incomplete. I started singing at open mics, and soon other artists asked me to sing harmony for them. Then I started writing, picked up a guitar, and soon enough I was performing my own songs. The market is packed with people like me so it’s a gamble, and mother culture keeps ticking so what do I really want to do? This road is intimidating on the best of days, but it’s my dream job, and there’s so much satisfaction when I remember how lucky I am to be doing my dream job. This is my gift and hopefully my inspiration to others.”
Vicky’s debut solo album, “Simple Pleasures” may listen like a book of 11 chapters. The songs are stories of life, love, and the insecurities that we face in the world today. Spending 2 years in Victoria following the break up of her band of 6 years, Canadian pop band Cherrybomb, Vicky took time away from the industry and the business to focus on writing and defining herself as a solo artist. A rare honesty can be heard throughout, within the songs and the mood of the record. The intimacy of the writing and the warmth of her distinct voice are inviting and infectious.
The album was recorded with her fiancée Rohan Henson, in their 1 bedroom apartment, where the living room served as the studio. It started as an acoustic project to record all of the new songs she had written; originally a 20+ track album. Vicky started exploring the tools of the home studio and decided she wanted to create more layers for the songs. With years of live band and organic acoustic experience, this was a new approach, where she could put all of the melodies in her head into the songs.
“Some of the songs weren’t playing in my head with an acoustic guitar, so I started looking at other options to write the parts with. I really wanted to explore everything I could on my own because it was the first time that I could make my own decisions about absolutely everything. This freedom and having everything I needed at home really transformed my creativity and the direction of the record.”
For Vicky, creativity comes in many forms; performing, writing, touring, collaborating and recording, and this year has been busy. This fall, Vicky joined Melanie Dekker in the Scandinavian leg of her tour. In August, Vicky traveled to Pearl Harbor where she joined Melanie Dekker and Russel Peters aboard HMCS Winnipeg, performing for the Canadian Navy. Vicky and Melanie joined forces again in July, in Nashville, TN, for Jim Parker’s Songwriting Showcase alongside Ricky Ray and Diana DeGarmo. Locally on the West coast Vicky performs regularly, and she is the newest Solid Gold Sister of Soul in the highly acclaimed funk/soul band Billy Dixons Soul Train Express. Vicky continues to collaborate and has been a featured vocalist with many live shows, as well as recording vocals for an array of music projects and music genres, including pop-rock, country, hip hop and electronica.
Hey thanks alot for the add! We can tell you like good music so please check us out! We recently won the Vancouver Fox Seeds competition (the same competition that launched Nickelback) and our singles "Summertime No Show" and "Rehab" are getting good radio play! Leave a comment and let us know what you think. Thanks Alot!
so nice to get to know you a bit last night... i see you don't get on myspace a whole lot, but when you do, let me know when you want to play at Trees...
HI VICKY HEAR YOU ARE DOING WELL!! CHECK OUT OUR NEW VIDEO ON UTUBE AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK LOVE REEL VINYL PS DID YOU KNOW BRUCE IS IN THE BAND NOW??
H A P P Y - H A P P Y - B I R T H D A Y !!!!!!!!! ! W O W !
I really can't believe that time keeps accelerating but you look the same age !!! :0 You Swede's and your "Super Gene's" !! You will rule this planet with a big bucket of reverb and a smile.... and a fistful of the very best ABBA tapes! :) ...it's your time to shine babe! You deserve it.
I want finnish another song with you before summers end, we can even do it over the Inter-web : )
Hey Vick!!! I'm sorry I missed your set yesterday, my gf Shayna was there and took a couple pix for me. I'd love to catch the next show...great to see you out plaing again!!! hope to chat soon
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