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Grace Merrill’s Story - In Her Own Words

“The first time I heard real music was before I was even two years old.  My mother, tired of hearing the same Barney song over and over again every time she drove me anywhere, decided it was time for a change and placed one of her personal favorite CDs into the car’s CD player.  I can still vividly remember the first time Elvis Presley’s velvety voice reached my ears, and how silent I fell as his greatest hits filled my ears.  I fell in love with his music, and, in time, I fell in love with music as a whole.  I remember loving his greatest hits album so much that, for years on end, I would listen to it as I fell asleep.  Soon enough, my father, whose love for music surpassed my limited knowledge of the subject, introduced me to some of his favorite artists, but The Beatles stood out to me the most.  Their unusual name quickly stuck in my still-developing mind, and soon enough, I was curious to hear their music.  “Eight Days A Week” was the first song of theirs that I remember listening to, followed by “Love Me Do”.  Soon enough, it was their greatest hits album I would listen to at night before I fell asleep, and I quickly replaced Elvis’ sultry performances for the wonderful harmonies of the Fab Four.  And it was then, at the ripe age of 3, that I knew what I wanted to do with my life: I knew I wanted to be a musician.

 Though I stood out amongst my peers as a “music nerd” who refused to listen to anything other than country or rock music, I continued to pursue my passion, and I can clearly remember the first time I performed at a public event; my vocal teacher had managed to book some of her students to perform at a local festival.  I remember how nervous I was leading up to my “debut” as a singer.  Never before had I dared to expose myself in such a way.  But when I did get up on that stage to perform, I felt all of my nerves melt away, and my instincts kicked in.  Being up on that stage helped me affirm my passion for music and it helped me realize why I loved music as much as I did.  My first performance helped me understand how much music had impacted my life up until that point in time.

 This was also right around the time I began my journey into the field of songwriting.  Though I first started by writing my thoughts down in a journal as a form of therapy, I soon started writing them in the form of songs.  It took some time for me to hone in my writing, and after several attempts, I finally felt comfortable enough to perform the songs that I wrote for other people.  At first, I was absolutely terrified of how people would react to me pouring out my emotions in such an intimate manner.  Would they criticize my work?  Would they judge me for how I wrote?  These were thoughts that nagged at me for quite some time, but when I did decide to let others listen to my songs, I was quite surprised by the positive feedback I received.  Everyone who listened to my songs praised my ability to write and told me how much they personally related to the topics of my creations.  “I really related to your song,” became a phrase that I heard time and time again, and those words began to fill the loneliness that had lingered inside of me for so long.  It encouraged me to write more and more music that people could relate to.  And now, that is a personal goal of mine: I want to be an artist that people of all ages can look at and relate to, because music is a universal language, and I want to speak with and relate to other music lovers across the globe.”