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If there is something else you'd like to know about me or the music I play, just email me. I promise, I won't bite. I'm a fully independent artist, and not only wear all the hats... but I wear my guitar when I'm cooking. It makes waiting for the pot to boil not so bad. I also play the ukulele. I'm sponsored by KoAloha Ukuleles (Honolulu, HI). They say I have the aloha spirit. I think that's better than anything. One should have spirit in whatever they do. I was a cheerleader in gradeschool. Maybe that's where I got it.
The Playback magazine of St. Louis refers to the latest Victoria Vox album as a glorious mélange!. Ms. Vox is just that. All around. Switching it up on guitar and ukulele, Vox has been influenced by her CD collection: Miles Davis, Don Ho, Jewel, Cyndi Lauper, Noir Désir, etc And its not about making it big, but making it good.
"Vox is a real gem... Her music is at once timeless and heartwarming." - Sam Sessa, Baltimore Sun (MD)
"...charming and engaging." - Trevor Raggatt, www.thetrousers.co.uk
"In a musical landscape that sometimes struggles to produce artists with a unique and innovative vision, Victoria Vox and her ukulele are a definite breath of fresh air." - Greg Yost, Music Monthly (MD / D.C.)
"In the vast, deserted wasteland of todays music, Victoria Vox is a lone flower in full bloom." - Dan Pavelich, Kenosha News (WI)
"Vox's album evokes memories of a long-gone era in pop music." - John Berger, Honolulu Star Bulletin (HI)
"Vox has personality and charm." - Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser (HI)
"You need to see Victoria Vox play." - Jason Genegabus, Honolulu Star Bulletin (HI)
"Victoria's bright acoustic pop songs are a fitting result of her endless energy and D.I.Y. cred." - Shepherd Express (WI)
"..one of the purest musicians touring the country today." - Matt Stroud, Pittsburgh Trib (PA)
Victoria Vox may not have had much of an audience as a 10-year-old, but that didn’t stop her from writing and recording her first songs in her bedroom in small-town, Wisconsin. Vox has always known it was her destiny to perform, but didn’t find her true voice in performing until after tackling a Casio keyboard, violin, oboe, trumpet, guitar, bass and now, ukulele.
Missing her junior prom in high school, Vox traveled overseas as a foreign exchange student to rural France where she bought her first guitar. A new instrument and an inspirational environment turned her away from her keyboard top-40 musings and band-geek rut, encouraging a more therapeutic and purposeful songwriting method.
Vox continued her higher education at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music. A degree in songwriting was right up her alley, plus, the male-to-female ratio was 6-1! Meticulous about honing her craft, the then pink-haired “conservative” punk-rocker worked on tweaking her songs, and was later rewarded in the form of a Berklee Achievement Scholarship and the Vince Gill Songwriting Award.
After graduating in 2000, Vox moved to Nashville, TN, but rejection from the holier than thou exclusive Country songwriting community pushed her to carve her own path. She decided to dodge the grits, sold everything she owned and jumped the pond to London, England. Six concentrated months later she returned to the states with a collection of emotionally inspired songs which fell into place on 2002’s gorgeous acoustic memoir, Still.
Too anxious to wait for a break to come her way, and encouraged by the positive fan response to her first two CDs, Vox finally took the plunge. In May of 2003, she quit her “not-at-all-missed-retail-job” in Green Bay, founded her own publishing company, Obus Music, and took to the road full time, sharing her songs and infectious smile from Los Angeles to London. Shortly after teaming up with midwestern singer/songwriters, Stolie and Kellie Lin Knott, to form the acoustic trio, Tres Femmes, Vox picked up the bass and first debuted her ukulele.
In November of 2004, she recorded her own guitar and bass tracks on (in between), an EP of catchy pop songs layered over looped drum samples. The new disc sold like hot cakes on a rush of tour dates through the East Coast and Midwest, but with folks eagerly begging for an album of ukulele songs (which they heard at the live shows), the ground was set for Vox’s next big move.
In February of 2006, Vox released Victoria Vox and Her Jumping Flea to rave reviews. On her first Hawaiian tour in support of the album, Vox was offered sponsorship by KoAloha Ukuleles out of Honolulu. Jumping Flea has been featured on NPR’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge”, the song “America” was used on A&E’s Random 1 and indie film “Lost in Woonsocket”, and “My Darlin’ Beau” was awarded runner up in the International Acoustic Music Awards. She also received an ASCAPlus award in 2007 for being an active writer outside of broadcast media. Now, for the past 3 years, Vox has been touring full-time, 150+ shows a year, across the continental U.S., Hawaii, and Western Europe.
Chameleon is Vox' brand spankin' new album and for the first time, she has mixed her ukulele ditties with the guitar songs on one album - for a new sound that is uniquely and seamlessly her own. Please visit www.victoriavox.com for more information.
You know how you didn't get much sleep before the Artscape gig? I worked all night, got about 3 hours of sleep and then drug myself up to Baltimore to listen. It was totally worth it!!!!!
a tip if you are staying for a few... there is a backpacker in piha (considered part of auckland, but coastal) that is OUT of this world. enjoy your trip!
That was one hot show you did at Artscape today!The starting temperature was atleast 90 degrees,but you managed to bring it up to WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT'S WRONG!See you in Rockville & Pigtown.
I found a really charming YouTube video of you and a guy named Brian Benevente, backstage rehearsing "America", and I can't help but pick up my own uke and strum along. That song is simply beautiful.
I am almost finished with the budget for the Pigtown Festival and would love to actually meet you and go over the entertainment. I hope you are well and let me know what works for you. I am trying to get all the details worked out ASAP. Thanks and have a smashing weekend.
yay guitar camp is only 10 days away I can't wait!!! your the only instructor I kept in contact with besides nick because I lost the piece of paper that had everyones contact info on it lol...
but yeah I thought I'd send you a happy spam message =D
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