Bravemusic

NEW BEGINNINGS

Prior to joining Arise From Thorns I sang a few lines on a demo for another band that Scott and Trevor were in called Fell on Within.  I eventually joined them in AFT playing a little bit of keyboards, not expecting too much.  I never in a million years thought I would be in a band let alone sing in front of people.  I thought if we ever had any kind of live performance I would just hide in a dark corner somewhere.  Somehow I worked my way up to singing on a few songs.  They pretty much forced me to sing, I was reluctant because I was very shy and I'm glad they did!    

WORDS HEARD

I really want to take voice lessons and still plan to do so. I should have taken lessons 25 years ago as I undoubtedly have a lot of bad habits!  I've always just loved music. I think listening and singing along with  a lot of Tori Amos, Dead Can Dance and Queensryche over the years is where I found my voice and figured out how to do certain things with my voice.  I've definitely grown more confident in my singing over the years. 

WORDS WRITTEN

For me, when writing a song, the melodies come first and lyrics are almost always last.  I would say 90% of our songs start with guitar riffs from Scott and most of the time I'll immediately have some vocal melodies and maybe a lyric or two in mind.  Sometimes though I won't get the vocal melodies until much later.  For example our song "Summertime" the music was written probably 20 years ago, but I just figured out what to sing over it last year.  But most of the time I'll hear something and work to develop it.  

FAVORITE BRAVE SONG TO PERFORM

I have so many favorites to sing live.  I love performing the songs live because they take on a bit of a different vibe and the subtle changes that happen throughout the songs in a live setting are so much fun.  My favorites include Trapped Inside, Words, Passages, Electric Ravens, Persia, Among the Leaves, I Believe and Mystery.