First & Foremost…

First and foremost, I am a writer. A songwriter. I wrote my first song at 4 years old and although it was about peanut butter and jelly, I knew from that age I had a knack for writing catchy hooks and arranging melodies.

I’ve avoided music for far longer than I’ve wanted to. In fact, even most of my family and friends, still have no idea that I make music and release it to streaming services. I was going to studios since I was 15 years old but began to hate the sound of my voice (and everything else that I was, for that matter), so I stopped…sort of. I continued to write songs in private and sing in my bedroom with a locked door; all the while, ignoring the burning feeling that was killing me to make music.

I finally sucked it up and started recording again. I admit, the beginnings were shaky. My voice was pitchy, I lost my 4 1/2 octave range and my ear was teetering on “untrained”. Again, I sucked it up and kept trying. I signed up for voice lessons, started to learn to have confidence ( I AM STILL LEARNING!), and got my octave range back up to 3 (after not singing for so many years, it went down to 2 1/2).

So here I am, trying…and writing…and putting myself out there.

I’ve written books and short stories to try to fill that void of writing music, but I guess we can’t run away from that burning feeling after all.

Here’s to hoping it won’t kill me…

-Jeyne <3