Six Strings and a Dream by Ashley Chapman

i continued with 4h, but began to sing my own songs. then i started performing at bars, restaurants, coffee houses, and music houses. that is where i am now. i am seventeen years old, a junior in high school, with my first cd, and looking into the future for bigger and better things.

my recording experience was incredible. i was addicted from the first session on. it was so awesome to hear my songs being put to music and produced to sound radio ready. the guys at the studio were great. when i first went into my first session i was so afraid I would mess up and embarrass myself, but they were too goofy for me to be embarrassed in front of them.

now i would like to talk a little bit about myself outside of the music business. as i said i am a junior in high school. i attend hidden valley high, here in roanoke county virginia, where i've lived since i was two and a half. my life beyond music is pretty average. i maintain good grades in advanced classes and strive to do my best in school, even though i am very busy with my music. my mom always pushes the "school comes first" philosophy. i plan to go to college after high school in a more "music related" atmosphere. i would love to go to school in new york city, but we'll see if i have to courage to move to such a big city by myself when the time comes. if not i plan to attend college in richmond virginia and move to good old new york, new york after that.

some other extra curricular activities i participate in are the edge (our town's teen page in the newspaper), the roanoke college children's choir, and the mass communications specialty school at hidden valley high (which is what i plan to major in). i love my music but even so i don't plan to do the starving artist thing and i will be majoring in broadcast journalism in college. on top of all that i have school work, guitar lessons, voice lessons, and gigs/performances. all those other responsibilities don't leave much room for a social life, so i don't go out with friends much and live the 'typical' high school life.

well i've covered two parts of my life, music and school, but there is one more part that competes with the others for my time and usually wins out. that part is my boyfriend aaron. we've have been dating since the beginning of it all and he has been right beside me all the way. he's at almost every gig, either working the mixer board or just cheering me on. he has also been the inspiration for three great songs, two of which are on the cd. for four years as my boyfriend and even longer as my friend, he has been inspiring me to be the best person i can be.

so many great people have been working around me and have brought me to the level i'm at now. this cd wouldn't have ever been possible without all the teachers, friends, family, producers, musicians, fans and so many more. i thank all of you from the bottom of my heart and hope to make you all very proud.

All my love,

Ashley

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