In September 2008 I worked with Jason Flinter at The Song Diner to record and co write a new sound "Rock Popera" it's a mix of classical and rock both of which I have trained in and we decided to do something different and mix them up together. We spent a year on this project however sadly after alot of work and effort I didn't feel the sound was working and we went our seperate ways.
My next idea was to find some talented musicians and form a band. I wanted to experiment with the sound and not give up on it all together but I needed to find someone to create the music I had in my head.
Unleashed 2005-2008 For 3 years i was part of a girlband "Unleashed" of which i would say i learnt and gained alot of my experience and knowledge of the music industry at this time. We performed all over the world including the Maldives for the surfing conventions, Germany for the armed forces, cruises, holiday camps, radio shows, beer festivals, festivals you name it we did it. We performed 7 days a week in the summer and were very busy.
I spent a lot of time in studios writing, recording and generally experimenting and trying to work out my individual sound never quite feeling like id found it, although i didn't release any of my material myself some of it went to artists around the world that did. I performed at lots of events at this time including being soloist Soprano for The English National Orchestra at the "prom on the close", mayor of Bristol's Christmas appeal, pensford music festival with Acker Bilk, Compare and soloist for "This is Bristol spectacular" with the foundations, Red squirrel day, soloist at Bristol's balloon fiesta in front of 50,000 people, the mall fashion shows, Weston wheels, and lots of charity events such as cancer research, children in need, the forever friends appeal, cerebral palsy, blood donors and many more.
This was a great start to my music career and one of my most treasured experiences, i was locked in a house for two months with 12 students and every day we had singing, dancing, and writing lessons we also had stars such as Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie and shania Twain come in and train us in writing, recording and singing. We were competing against each other and every Saturday we would fight it out live on BBC1 where one person would go home. I came 6th! We went on a UK and Northern Ireland tour after the show finished and performed at places such as wembley stadium.
Daphne Brand gave me private classical singing lessons every Monday!
At Nannet's school of acting where i performed every Saturday and performed in shows shows every year and gained several LAMDA exams.
Gaining a BETEC National Diploma in Performing Arts.