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I grew up hearing the classical composers that my mom liked; Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, & 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.
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.
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 music, especially rock n roll, as a young teenager in the 60s, was frowned upon because most parents thought the new rock music 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 radio station in Atlanta, and the 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 and songwriting in my early teens. In my early 20s, I considered being a performing musician and after several many performances, decided my stage fright was too, ...well, frightful. The spotlight wasn't for me. I continued to play, write, listen, and jam with friends.
In the mid 1970s, I managed a retail record store in north Atlanta and then found employment with a major label, doing, among other things, special art projects for promotion of new releases. Then, in 1986, I started an independent record label, based in Atlanta, that produced Alternative music with national distribution of about 20 artists.
I found it very difficult to mix my love of music with the business of music, so, in 1994, I sold my Indy label to a larger Indy company, and returned to making music for the love of it. Music production still fascinates me and I'm enthralled with the digital applications that have now taken music production out of the expensive studios to anyone's home and imagination.
I am semi-retired and now live in Hawaii. I have also always expressed myself in visual art. Check out my website for images. I'm Rebecca. My partner of 25 years, Marilou, has her art there, too.
Some favorite artists/groups: Bowie, Nigel Kennedy, Yes, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Procal Harem, Rush, Spirit, Quinn, Badmarsh & Shri, Clannad, Deep Forest, Gipsy Kings, 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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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.
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 music, especially rock n roll, as a young teenager in the 60s, was frowned upon because most parents thought the new rock music 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 radio station in Atlanta, and the 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 and songwriting in my early teens. In my early 20s, I considered being a performing musician and after several many performances, decided my stage fright was too, ...well, frightful. The spotlight wasn't for me. I continued to play, write, listen, and jam with friends.
In the mid 1970s, I managed a retail record store in north Atlanta and then found employment with a major label, doing, among other things, special art projects for promotion of new releases. Then, in 1986, I started an independent record label, based in Atlanta, that produced Alternative music with national distribution of about 20 artists.
I found it very difficult to mix my love of music with the business of music, so, in 1994, I sold my Indy label to a larger Indy company, and returned to making music for the love of it. Music production still fascinates me and I'm enthralled with the digital applications that have now taken music production out of the expensive studios to anyone's home and imagination.
I am semi-retired and now live in Hawaii. I have also always expressed myself in visual art. Check out my website for images. I'm Rebecca. My partner of 25 years, Marilou, has her art there, too.
Some favorite artists/groups: Bowie, Nigel Kennedy, Yes, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Procal Harem, Rush, Spirit, Quinn, Badmarsh & Shri, Clannad, Deep Forest, Gipsy Kings, 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 
Collaborations
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| Why Do I Love You, becwil remix | Pop | Sep 25, 2009 | 306 |
| Evolution by Langdon Smith Video | Music Videos | Mar 8, 2008 | 1000 |
| Dressing Up | Electronica | Jul 1, 2007 | 723 |
| A New Beginning (in darkness) | Other | Jun 24, 2007 | 902 |
| Forgiveness | Other | Mar 11, 2007 | 1003 |
| The Story of Red Skies -Collaboration | Spoken Word | Jan 28, 2007 | 957 |
| Collaboration-Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn | Alternative | Jan 8, 2007 | 1282 |
| Collaboration-Eldritch Bacchanal | World | Aug 15, 2006 | 1134 |
| A Billion Lightyears Away | Folk | Jul 25, 2006 | 1757 |
| Collaboration-Barsoom Lounge | Electronica | Jul 5, 2006 | 1069 |
