Laura Marie - Singer/Songwriter
Fans of Natalie Merchant are drawn to the similar vocal style of Laura Marie but are quickly hooked on her own brand of pop-folk songwriting. Her lyrics are both touching and personal. She gets to the heart of the matter with a voice somewhat familiar yet distinctly her own.
Laura Marie was born in San Antonio, Tx. and raised on the songs of The Pretenders, The Police and Carole King. Her former band, Sofa Kingdom/Things Between, released the CD Somewhere Else' which is available on iTunes and will also release 'Undone', the EP that proved to be their undoing, in Summer 2007.
“When I was co-writing with a band,
I was usually only writing the lyrics.
I was trying to write what the music felt
like. Now I’m writing what I feel.”
--Laura
Laura Marie has a degree in music education and was a grade school choir director before completely giving in to her compulsive need to write music. She credits her lyric writing habit as the reason for initially dropping out of the University of Texas at Austin. Years of wandering, writing and waitressing eventually led her back to university to learn how to write down the music she was hearing in her head. She studied under composers Alice Gomez and Doug Boyer.
“ I love to sing but my real passion
is songwriting. I love the process.
For me, it’s always been about getting
the truth of what I’m thinking and feeling
out on paper. It’s so personal I used to be
surprised whenever songs would resonate
with someone else. It took me a while to
realize I was dealing with universal concepts.”
--Laura
The music for the album, Drawn, was recorded at Rhapsody Street Studios with five time Grammy nominated producer, Mack Damon. Musicians include Robert Cherry (Rich O'Toole), Jason Ybarbo (Rich O'Toole) and Armando Aussenac (Jay Perez).