Sue Menhart
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"I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender."
BIOGRAPHYI'm a singer-songwriter from Uncasville,
Connecticut, born in St. Louis, Missouri. I started
playing guitar and singing in church at age 8. I joined my first band, "Majestic" at age 15. I performed in
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts clubs before I was old enough to get in.
At 18, I gave up a full academic scholarship to the
University of Hartford to join friends out in Hollywood, California attending the Guitar Institute of Technology.
I quickly decided that the bright lights weren't for me,
so I came back home to Mystic, Connecticut. I
worked day jobs, went to college at night, and sang and played guitar in numerous cover bands.
In 2007, my dissatisfaction with my day job as a computer analyst, coupled with the breakup of yet another cover band, prompted me to finally write my own songs. I recruited some guys from work, my husband, and a neighbor to practice in my basement. Then we recorded, mixed and mastered the songs in a barn attached to an old farmhouse in Griswold, Conn. The resulting album, “Torn”, independently released, has received airplay on 90.9 WCNI New London, 99.1 WPLR, New Haven, and 95.9 WATD-FM in Weymouth, MA.
People say they can relate to my songs, and many make them cry!
My latest EP, "Gypsy Soul" was released in March 2009 and has garnered international press from Skope Magazine and Indie-Music.com, and
received local airplay and press. The band and I appeared on the live music performance television show "Poughkeepsie Live" on Time Warner Cable 6 New York in July, 2009.
I'm getting a little braver with my solo acoustic shows, and have been asked to join in on songwriter circles such as the Vanilla Bean in Pomfret, Conn. and the Sinners Circle at the Bean & Leaf in New London, Conn.
Reviews, photos, videos, song clips and schedule are here: www.suemenhart.com
Connecticut, born in St. Louis, Missouri. I started
playing guitar and singing in church at age 8. I joined my first band, "Majestic" at age 15. I performed in
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts clubs before I was old enough to get in.
At 18, I gave up a full academic scholarship to the
University of Hartford to join friends out in Hollywood, California attending the Guitar Institute of Technology.
I quickly decided that the bright lights weren't for me,
so I came back home to Mystic, Connecticut. I
worked day jobs, went to college at night, and sang and played guitar in numerous cover bands.
In 2007, my dissatisfaction with my day job as a computer analyst, coupled with the breakup of yet another cover band, prompted me to finally write my own songs. I recruited some guys from work, my husband, and a neighbor to practice in my basement. Then we recorded, mixed and mastered the songs in a barn attached to an old farmhouse in Griswold, Conn. The resulting album, “Torn”, independently released, has received airplay on 90.9 WCNI New London, 99.1 WPLR, New Haven, and 95.9 WATD-FM in Weymouth, MA.
People say they can relate to my songs, and many make them cry!
My latest EP, "Gypsy Soul" was released in March 2009 and has garnered international press from Skope Magazine and Indie-Music.com, and
received local airplay and press. The band and I appeared on the live music performance television show "Poughkeepsie Live" on Time Warner Cable 6 New York in July, 2009.
I'm getting a little braver with my solo acoustic shows, and have been asked to join in on songwriter circles such as the Vanilla Bean in Pomfret, Conn. and the Sinners Circle at the Bean & Leaf in New London, Conn.
Reviews, photos, videos, song clips and schedule are here: www.suemenhart.com
GENRESBlues, Rock , Singer/Songwriter
Contact
Management: Sue Menhart
Booking: Sue Menhart
Administrative: Sue Menhart
Booking: Sue Menhart
Administrative: Sue Menhart
P.R.O.BMI
INSTRUMENTSacoustic guitar / electric guitar / keyboard / piano / vocals
INFLUENCESBruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Lucinda Williams, Susan Tedeschi
DAY JOBComputer Analyst
I AM INTERESTED IN
in networking with songwriters
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal
I WRITE:It's my second job
I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others
I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music
I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others
I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES- Indie-Music.com Choice Cut and Featured In-Depth Interview for August 2009
- Best Blues Band Nominee Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam 2009
- Top 50 band (out of 800) in Fender Road Worn Competition March 2009
- Artist of the Month at CTLiveMusic.com October 2008
- Best Original Rock Band Nominee Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam 2008
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