| Who am I? I am Shayne Rae Leatherwood. And don't you forget it.. I was born in California - in a small town on the central coast. I grew up playing music and was always surrounded by the love of it. My grandparents were musicians in the 50's and toured with Bob Hope overseas as well as played and recorded behind countless famous artists of the time.. My dad bought me my Kurzweil PC88 when I was in junior high and I had saved up enough money to buy my own drumset (a green pearl 5 piece with zildjian symbols!) when I was in high school. Along with the 8 track, for my 16th birthday I came home to a garage set up with an entire PA System, mics and mixers. My dad has always been in a band so he knows the hook ups! My best friend Tiffany Leasburg and I would create songs, make pretend interviews, music videos and dreamed of playing on a stage for people who love music as much as we did. Im an artist and I also designed costumes (Tiff as mannequin), and gowns, animal clothes (my poor cats!), shoes, & knew that I wanted to go to school for it after highschool turned me into a fashion conscience, couture obsessed, fashion library of a young girl. I knew I wanted to be able to call myself a designer. At that point I just wasn't sure what kind. Intertior? Fashion? Art? Music? Web? Graphic?AHH!When I was 18 I moved to San Diego, CA as a fashion major at FIDM; The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. After 2 years of discovering my love of computers and graphic/web design was much stronger and much more passionate, I realized the path I should be taking. Yet deepdown & all along, the constant ache for music and songwriting was too loud to go unanswered. Ill admit the last 6 years, my music had been pushed aside. I found weed and alcohol and other ways to entertain and medicate myself... but you can't ignore it when its in your heart. Aside from the daily grind and the ambition toward the career I have hoped for, San Diego is where I call home and focus on my goals. No matter what they may be. If you want something bad enough - you'll get it. You may delay, but time will not. Live for today - For you might not see tomorrow. |
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