Biography

I grew up hearing the classical composers that my mom liked; Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, & many others. I still listen to them. Mom bought one of the first stereo record players in the late 1950's. It was a Magnavox 2 cabinet console system with 12" speakers. She wanted to be able to rattle the windows when the cannons fired in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Thanks, mom, for showing me that music has a great place in my life.

As a youngster, I played clarinet and oboe in my school band and orchestra in rural south Georgia, United States. There were horses and other farm animals/pets to take care of and I learned a lot about life's cycle.

For as long as I can remember, I've always thought of myself as an artist. Early on it was visual art that I explored and used to expressed myself. Then, in my teens, music began to take equal importance, if not more at times. When I was 12, my family moved to northeast Atlanta. I was devastated, at least for a year or so, until I learned how to be a city girl. Listening to rock n roll, as a teenager in the 60s, was frowned upon by most parents. They thought the likes of Jimi Hendrix was a terrible influence. Ha! I remember waiting up at night to catch a late radio show that played all the new stuff: Hendrix, Procol Harum, The Who, Moody Blues, Deep Purple ... this was on an otherwise country-genre radio station in Atlanta, and the late night show ran for only 2 hours a night.

After collecting lots of 45s, my first LP purchase was The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was 1967, I was 15. That same year, my first live concert was Cream, during their first US tour. I saw Soft Machine open one of Jimi Hendrix's last shows. I saw Led Zeppelin in a high school gym in some South Carolina town on their first US tour. All that is to say I loved the psychedelic scene of the late 60s and early 70s; the music, the visual enhancers, and the edginess of the exploration. Though, I gave up the visual enhancers many years ago, I still like edgy exploration.

I began playing guitar in my mid teens, learning the hits of those days and modeling my own songwriting out of the angst of hormones and commentary on the time's events. In my early 20s, I performed some, though I didn't like the spotlight all that much. I, also, was beginning to develop a freelance career in graphic design during this time.

In the mid 1970s, I managed a retail record store in north Atlanta. In 1978, I moved employment to a major label's regional sales & promotional office. Some of the fun parts of my duties was sending out all the freebie stuff to radio stations, retail stores, and also doing special art projects for promotions of new releases. It was the best of both worlds for me: working in the music biz being a visual artist.

Then, in 1986, I started an independent record label, based in Atlanta, that produced Alternative music with national distribution of about 20 artists. In 1994, I sold my Indy label to a larger Indy company.

Music production still fascinates me and I'm enthralled with the digital applications that have taken music production out of the expensive studios to anyone's home and imagination.

I am semi-retired and now live in Hawaii. I still paint, design graphics for businesses, and produce musical projects ... because it is what I love to do. Check out my website, Dragonhouse Studios, for my art and other tidbits of my life. I'm Rebecca. My partner of 28 years, Marilou, also is an artist.

Some favorite artists/groups: Bowie, Nigel Kennedy, Yes, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Procal Harem, Rush, Spirit, Quinn, Badmarsh & Shri, Clannad, Deep Forest, Gipsy Kings, Genius, Marillion, MIDIval PunditZ, New Model Army, Tin Machine, Sam n Dave, Otis Redding, Vangelis, ELP, Beatles, Godley n Creme, Eno, Robert Fripp.

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I have a narrated MUGshot featuring the entire Ultimately Fossil series. It runs 50 minutes.

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Music rss

Title Genre Released Plays
Phronesis (AET) Other May 6, 2013 128
Logically Sound (AET) Other Apr 25, 2013 167
Think (AET) Other Mar 24, 2013 197
Soul Existence (AET) Other Dec 12, 2012 315
Regarding Self (AET) Other Nov 15, 2012 255
Ants Music Videos Sep 1, 2012 397
Heroic (AET) Other Jun 17, 2012 439
Happiness (AET) Other Jul 6, 2011 808
Virtue (AET) Other May 27, 2011 568
Forgiveness Collab Alternative Apr 17, 2011 665
Sleep (DI) Ambient Feb 21, 2011 1026
Glow (DI) Ambient Dec 18, 2010 866
Light The Way Collab Pop Dec 11, 2010 818
Serenity (DI) Ambient Nov 26, 2010 849
Contented View (DI) Ambient Oct 22, 2010 905
First Light (DI) Ambient Aug 11, 2010 895
Clearing Sky (DI) Ambient Jul 20, 2010 1158
Concealed Existence (DI) Ambient Jul 3, 2010 950
Restoring Reflection (DI) Ambient Jun 5, 2010 827
Dream Well (DI) Ambient May 29, 2010 952
Silver Lining (DI) Ambient May 4, 2010 1045
Altered State (DI) Ambient Apr 5, 2010 1186
Sailing Moon (DI) Ambient Mar 16, 2010 943
Deeper Light (DI) Classical Mar 3, 2010 1354
The Shield of Achilles (HTB) Other Dec 25, 2009 1418
Curious Company (HTB) Other Nov 13, 2009 1060
Speculative Mania (HTB) Other Oct 6, 2009 1299
Three Cups of Tea (HTB) Other Aug 8, 2009 4727
Correlates of War (HTB) Other Jul 10, 2009 1155
Days of Self Survival Rock Jul 3, 2009 1256
A Star Is Born Collab Pop Jun 26, 2009 1158
The Sealed Knot (HTB) Other May 8, 2009 1367
Fixing Broken Windows (HTB) Other Feb 20, 2009 1639
15 Weeks (HTB) Other Dec 16, 2008 1789
There And Back (UF) Other Oct 18, 2008 1532
That Grand Ole Feeling (UF) Other Jul 21, 2008 1496
A Light and Flame Collab Inspirational Jun 29, 2008 1774
Broken Chains Collab Classical Mar 8, 2008 3613
Looking Into Fire (UF) Other Nov 6, 2007 1731
My Father Collab Other Oct 26, 2007 1444
Loop Collab Spoken Word May 20, 2007 2086
Protocol Collab Classical May 10, 2007 1959
The Big Mellow Collab Rock Apr 10, 2007 1559
The Hunt (UF) Other Apr 8, 2007 2490
Two Playing With Air Collab Other Mar 15, 2007 1796
Spicy Acidic Limbo Collab Other Feb 15, 2007 1954
The Keening Spell (UF) Classical Dec 10, 2006 5153
Let Us Improvise Motifs Collab Spoken Word Dec 3, 2006 2017
Divergence (UF) World Sep 17, 2006 2016
Pachyderm Sunset Collab World Aug 20, 2006 2400
Fear (5 of 5, Adverse Elements) Other Aug 18, 2006 1494
Tension (4 of 5, Adverse Elements) Other Aug 5, 2006 1693
Lucy's Homecoming (UF) World Aug 2, 2006 1953
Cold (3 of 5, Adverse Elements) Other Jul 27, 2006 1851
Discontent (2 of 5, Adverse Elements) Other Jul 23, 2006 1362
Darkness (1 of 5, Adverse Elements) Other Jul 21, 2006 2831
Mind The Gap (UF) Collab Jazz Jul 5, 2006 2002
Unearthing Our Own (UF) Other Jun 21, 2006 1811
Indigenous Mystery (ADE) Other Apr 15, 2006 1827
Novel Conservation (ADE) Other Apr 15, 2006 1453
Influential Supposition (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 1545
Voices Elsewhere (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 1571
Unknown Findings (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 2324
Gathering Evidence (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 1322
Abundant Display (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 1622
Natural Environment (ADE) Jazz Apr 14, 2006 1712
Interior Expedition (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 1445
Genetic Calling (ADE) Other Apr 14, 2006 1555
Isolated Foray (ADE) Ambient Apr 14, 2006 1909

Collaborations

Title Genre Released Plays
Angie (2010) Rock Jul 10, 2010 1008
Blood In My Veins (i) Pop Jun 24, 2008 1640
The Story of Red Skies -Collaboration Spoken Word Jan 28, 2007 1541
Collaboration-Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn Alternative Jan 8, 2007 2997
Collaboration-Eldritch Bacchanal World Aug 15, 2006 1830
A Billion Lightyears Away Folk Jul 25, 2006 2584
Collaboration-Barsoom Lounge Electronica Jul 5, 2006 2228

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