Virginia Beach, Virginia
Singer-Songwriter, Composer

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"call it a blessing call it a curse lend you my best but spare you my worst"

BIOGRAPHY

Janae Jean is classically trained pianist, composer and singer, along with a mishmash of other instruments. She graduated from Judson College (now Judson University) with a B.A. of Music in 2005 and is currently beginning a Master's in Computer Music from Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. She starting composing and writing songs as soon as she could make sounds, and she has not stopped since.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop, Indie Rock

PUBLISHING COMPANY

SpindriftgreenMusic, I own my own publishing

Contact

Music Supervisor: LFMKmusic.com

INSTRUMENTS

piano / vocals

INFLUENCES

Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Evanescence, Radiohead, Muse, Incubus, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, No Doubt, Over The Rhine

DAY JOB

Peabody Institute Grad Student

I AM INTERESTED IN

in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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Home Videos: Gin House

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Q&A: Bright Eyes

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Jessica Lea Mayfield: Look At Miss Ohio

“Things are starting to get weird.”

Jessica Lea Mayfield, whose Nonesuch Records debut Tell Me is in stores now, is on the phone from her home in Ohio and we’re having a good laugh over her recent success. It’s beer o’clock on both ends of the phone, the last interview in a long week of talking to complete strangers for the two of us.

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....