Bree Sharp

Infobox musical artist


Name = Bree Sharp
Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1975|12|17
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Instrument = Vocals, guitar
Genre = Rock, pop, folk
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress
Years_active = 1999 – present
Label = Trauma Records
Ahimsa Records
Velvet Elk
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.breesharp.com/ www.breesharp.com]

Bree Sharp (born December 17, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and songwriter influenced by rock, pop, and folk.

Biography

Bree Sharp was born in Philadelphia, and learned to play guitar by age fifteen. She graduated from Central High School. By 17, she had moved to New York City to study theater at NYU. She eventually returned to music and, while still in college, began writing the songs that led to her 1998 record deal with Trauma Records.

In July 1999, Sharp released her first album, "A Cheap and Evil Girl," to strong critical reviews. The album's first single, "David Duchovny," quickly garnered a cult following both for its musical qualities and its comical references to the titular actor. There was an unofficial video of "David Duchovny" produced by Will Shivers and Charles Forsch, production assistants and producers from the set of "The X-Files", that featured a number of celebrities crooning the lyrics. [http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/27/bree.sharp/index.html Bree Sharp Interview with CNN] ] The video was a hit on the internet and was circulated widely in the underground fan community. [http://www.breesharp.net/media/duchovny.html "David Duchovny" Video] ] Bree's second single was "America," an examination of contemporary American culture.

In 2001, Sharp left Trauma Records [http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/bree_sharp/index.shtml Bree Sharp - Biography] ] when the company folded due to poor management. [http://cleverock.com/concert_reviews/p2003_articleid/40 Band's mismanagement by Trauma Records] ] In August 2002, she released her second album, "More B.S.," on her own label, Ahimsa Records.

In September 2004, Sharp released "Live at Fez," a recording of a May 2003 performance in New York City.

In 2005, Sharp began working as a writer on the Fox Saturday morning anime series "Magical DoReMi." She also contributed the song "This Side of Paradise" to the dubbed English version of "" and "Team Up!" as the opening theme music for the dubbed English version of "Tokyo Mew Mew", also known as "Mew Mew Power". She also contributed the song "Where the Girls Are" in the 4Kids Entertainment edit of "Winx Club".

In July 2007, Sharp starred as Leila in Vassar College's Powerhouse Summer Theater workshop production of Pete Townshend's "The Boy Who Heard Music." The production was adapted and directed by Ethan Silverman and presented as a staged concert reading.

On August 2, 2007, Sharp announced on her MySpace blog that the mixing of her long-delayed third studio album, "Robots in Love," was all but complete. She also posted four of the new songs ("EastSide," "So Long 2 U," "In the Name of Revenge," and the title track) on her MySpace music player.

Sharp is also a staunch vegetarian and animal rights activist. [http://www.womanrock.com/features/bree_sharp.htm WOMANROCK Interview] ]

According to her MySpace site, Bree Sharp has created a band called Beautiful Small Machines in which the new 'Robots in Love' material will appear. This is the new MySpace link: http://www.myspace.com/beautifulsmallmachines

Discography

*"A Cheap and Evil Girl" (1999)
*"More B.S." (2002)
*"Live at Fez" (2004)
*"Robots in Love" (2008) (now with band Beautiful Small Machines)

External links

* [http://www.breesharp.com Bree Sharp's official website]
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* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bree-Sharp/21984922472 Bree Sharp] at Facebook
* [http://board.breesharp.net Bree Sharp Fan Community]

References