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| For as long as I remember music has been a part of my
life. I grew up listening to the sounds of big band music,
country music, rock and roll, and of course, bluegrass. My
father had a deep appreciation of music even though he played no
instrument or sang. His record collection included artists like
Perry Como, Dean Martin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Thompson, Hank
Williams, and Brenda Lee. Brenda Lee was my heroine. Daddy
would let me borrow that old record, and I would play it for hours.
She taught me how to sing. The first goose bumps I ever got was
listening to Brenda Lee sing when I was about four years old. |
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| Now my mom's side of the family were
bluegrass through and through. They didn't particularly care
for dad's Perry Como, or he their bluegrass. I just kind of
hung out in the middle. Mom's family hailed from the mountains
of North Carolina; Newland to be exact. The music came in
through the Pritchard side of the family. They all picked and
sang. Grandpaw played guitar, Aunt Shelly played banjo, and
Granny Julie played fiddle. They all sang parts. Uncle
John sang lead, and my Grandpaw always sang tenor to Uncle John's
lead. They would do live picking and singing on a radio show
in Marion, NC and would play in some establishments. I have
been told a lot of stories by Uncle John about things that went on
back in those days. Sometimes they didn't get to play because
of the brawls that would break out. He said you either laid
your instrument down and fought, or picked it up and run. My
Grandpaw and Uncle John were twins. My Grandpaw was killed in
a fatal car accident when I was very small. Uncle John kind of
gave up on playing out after my Grandpaw died.
The love of music came to me from my
dad, and the desire to do the music came through my mom's family.
Listening to the music daddy loved helped me to appreciate different
styles of music, cause there is great music in all genres of music.
You just have to have an open mind. |
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I am a relatively new songwriter to the
music industry. I have worked mostly with prominent Western
North Carolina musician, Clarence Green, whose father by the same
name recorded for the Columbia and Victor Labels in the 1920's and
1930's with old-time musician Clarence Ashley.
The recording of "It's Gonna Take A Long
Time" took place in the month of December 2004, at
Gat 3
Studio in Charlotte, NC. The process went by quickly and
smoothly. Music tracking was done in one day, and the vocals
were recorded in one day. The musicians were so easy to work
with that it didn't seem like we were working. It was more
like a jam session with everyone having fun. |
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This project was originally done as a
demo to pitch my songs to other artists. While searching for a
way to pitch these songs, I sent a copy with no graphics to BUG
Music in Nashville, who serves as an administrator for self
publishers. I was then contacted by John Allen, the creative
manager, who suggested I commercially release the project myself.
Becky Buller
of Goodnight Sparky Music, B.M.I. agreed to publish this project.
It was released February 1, 2006. |
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