monksnothome

Description:

Screen Name:

monksnothome

Sex:

F

Age:

40

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Committed

Years Playing Music:

20

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to Gig:

1 time(s) per week

Graduate Chicago Academy of Performing Arts, Graduate Berklee College of Music, experienced in touring, studio sessions, producing, writing, performing, teaching, and vocal rehabilitation. Played with many national and world reknown artists. Signed to Right Coast Records in 1996 and recorded a Jazz CD for TVT records. Toured with Courtny Love as her personal voice therpaist. Recommended by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Carly Simon for voice rehabilitaion and performance. Performed for private parties held by Aerosmith staff. Performed for private party for Kennedy family, and benefit for inner city children held by the Mayor of Boston. Recorded several movie soundtracks, tv soundtrack, and jingles for Universal Studios and Heavy Hitters in NYC. Played with players from Boston Symphony, and Boston Pops, appeared and sang song track for FOX TV, NBC, ABC, CBS. Done many gigs and studio sessions with David Brown from Billy Joel Band, John Troy from Hall and Oates/ Bonnie Raitt, Dave Maddox from Paul McCartny Band, Loui Rossi/ Aretha Franklin Band, the late and wonderful Herb Pomeroy etc.. Have given voice lessons to Foghat, Extreme, Mike Verge, Carly Simon, Courtny Love, Liv Tyler's husband, as well as 100's of students of all ages and levels through out the U.S. LIVE ONLINE and in person. Certified vocal therapist under the late Dante Pavone.Played SXSW in Austin Texas Park West THeatre Chicago, Schubert Theatre Chicago, Drury Lane Theatre Chicago. Studio singer for Universal Studios Chicago. Strongest in Jazz R&B Blues but can cross over into rock and some country. Black Belt in Martial Arts, Master in Breathing and Physiology. oh and BTW the last photo is my son..playing drums at his own gig with his band.... all those lessons paid off since age 3
HE ROCKS! I now learn from him... we've done gigs together... whoah!
I'm looking for professional musicians in Sugarland area for jazz/blues/R&B gigs and creative musicians to write and record with. I have charts and can play basic keys/guitar/bass/percussion as well. On the juke box here I'm playing all the tracks except: the Rose..I'm only singing and Dave Brown plays the beautiful solo on End of Time, Joey Vellucci is playing guitar on Mercy, Anthony Weller is playing guitar with me on Autumn Leaves, live Jazz concert at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.Professional inquiries only please.

Influences:

Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Otis Reading, Al Greene, K.T.Tuntsel, Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, RObert Plant, Cheryl Crow, Norah Jones,Peter Gabriel, James Brown, Cleo Lane, Sarah Vaughn, Christina Aguilera, XAVIER CHAMBERS

Equipment List:

Protools 48 track, mac mini, Ibanez Elect, Fender Strat, Takamine Electric Acoustic, Fernando Nylon String.Fender Guitar amp, Peavy Keyboard amp, Alesis QS8.1 keys, Casio digital weighted key piano, double stand rack, 2 Sure Sm 58 1 beyer dynamic mic, mic stands, various percusion and percusion stand PA just died..sorry.

Audio/Video Downloads

1. dave brown slide lesson 2.mov
2. Autumn Leaves live concert.mp3
3. ROSE(hired to sing produced by dave brown.mp3
4. Thunderbeings instrumetnal for indy film label wrote and reocrded for hire.mp3
5. Mercy original in home studio.mp3
6. End Of Time original in home studio.mp3
7. Mariah Carey cover in my home studio.wma
8. Willow Weep For Me jazz studio recording.wma
9. I WANT YOU off jazz cd.wma
10. A Merry Little Christmas played all and recorded for first protool project.mp3
11. Slide guitar lesson with Dave Brown.mov