Maggie Eckford

madison, Mississippi
24 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter

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BIOGRAPHY

I am a southern American girl from Mississippi...been writing songs since I was about 14 years old. I picked up my life and moved to Sydney, Australia about 2 years ago to study music and write. So far, so good....

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Folk, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop

PUBLISHING COMPANY

ASCAP, I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: independent
Publishing: ASCAP
Label: independent
Music Supervisor: independent
Booking: independent
Administrative: independent

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / piano / vocals

INFLUENCES

I am influenced by so many things.....artists in every genre.....people, places....currently I am being influenced by emerging bands such as the Middle East, Fleet Foxes.....I love Sarah Blasko's new album...

DAY JOB

I study music part time

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself
with others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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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....

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Spoon: The Power of Transference

In 1995, Spoon were often dubbed “the next Pixies.” The tag never quite fit, but the two did share a love for writing glorious pop songs and then shrouding them with walls of noise and mystery. Over 15 years, the Austin, Texas band have survived lineup shuffles and early record label neglect, finding their signature style with 2001’s Girls Can Tell and quietly building one of the strongest rock catalogs of the decade.

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