Nashville, Tennessee
23 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Music Industry Professional

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"What is livin' if I can't be free, What is freedom if I can't be me."

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Southern Maine, raised in the Dominican Republic, Kimberly June is an old soul with a new sound. Her unique and cultured outlook on life gives her plenty to write and sing about. In the woods of Maine, country and pop music filled her childhood home and she would sing along with her father to the songs of Garth Brooks, George Strait, James Taylor, Reba and her favorite, Randy Travis. She began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 16, teaching herself a few chords at a time. With a history of stage fright, she would force herself to sing at open-mic nights around her hometown. After attending Berklee College of Music her sophomore year of college, she snuck into a bar and attempted to use her new-found talents during a Blues jam. The band plugged in her Stratocaster and was pleasantly surprised. Every Sunday of that summer, she would show up, plug in and the band would coach her along, making her take small solos and sing traditional blues songs by Dinah Washington, Freddie King, B.B. King and more. The drummer of the band, Pepper, was very influential in helping her find her true sound. After the summer, she decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee on a whim. She transferred to Belmont University and was a guinea pig to their new Songwriting program. Some of her biggest influences are The Beatles, Dinah Washington, Peggy lee, Patty Griffin, Bonnie Raitt and Fleetwood Mac. She juggles her songwriting and her work as the office/catalog manager at indie publishing company, Tom-Leis Music, on Music Row in Nashville. She was featured in an ASCAP writer’s night in 2009 and her song “Blue Skies” was chosen for the BMI Song Search in 2010. You can find her playing in monthly writer rounds around Nashville.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Country, Pop, Singer/Songwriter

Contact

Publishing: Tom-Leis Music

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / electric guitar / vocals

DAY JOB

Tom-Leis Music- Indie Publishing Company

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

BMI Song Search 2010

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