About Me
I remember as a kid, wearing a cape and somewhere upwards of 17 crazy pigtails, bouncing around the bedroom of a small trailer in Iowa, changing the colors to “Yellow Submarine” for as long as my dad would play it. I can still recall the smell and texture of the covers of the songbooks he had for Donovan and Pete Seeger tunes. Thus my musical journey began…
School years included plenty of singing in choirs and musical theater productions and the occasional campfire sing-along.
Fast-forward to college, one of my neighbors in the dorm went on a month long study abroad trip and left me with her guitar and a book of Easy Beatles Songs. I taught myself chords by fumbling through those familiar songs, guided by my memories of how they were supposed to sound.
A college music class came with the homework to write a bit of a melody every day! With no real facility to play melody on an instrument, I had to sing my assignments. I turned to my journals filled with poetic ramblings, picked a few bits and pieces here and there and quickly a small catalog of songs began to build.
After college, my practical side took me through a series of jobs to pay off my student loans. I learned a lot about many things that I’m grateful to know but music was mostly put on the back-burner.
Now I’m slowly creeping back in, observing and inspired by the world around me and writing little songs that make me happy. I hope you can hear the joy, even in the sad ones. :)
Lately I’ve been having fun hosting a radio show on my town’s little low-power grassroots community station - KRUU-LP 100.1 FM. My show is called Lyrical Venus and the focus is on female singer-songwriters. We only broadcast within a 15 mile radius, but you can listen anywhere in the world online at www.kruufm.com Tune in Tuesday mornings at 9am Central!
I also like to blog! If you like female singer-songwriters, check out my other blog - lyricalvenus.com
