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Jodi King

Ever since I was a little girl I would make people listen to me sing. It's kind of embarrassing to have your mom tell you that when she used to drop me off at Sunday school as a little girl the teacher would tell her "Jodi doesn't let anyone else sing along when we sing together. She always wants to do a solo". So that's how it began...I really like it when people sing with me now though!

My grandfather had this beautiful upright grand piano. I remember going up to him and sitting on his knee when I was about 4 years old and asking him if I could have his piano. The next day the moving truck showed up at our house and delivered the piano. You can still see my initials carved in pencil on the side of it.

My sister Brittany, cousin Jen and me formed a group called "The BBW's" when we were around 8 years old. We took this very seriously; I would sit at the piano and compose a little song while Brittany and Jen figured out dance moves. We had quite the repertoire!

One of my fondest musical memories was playing the voice of "Miss Piggy" in grade 5 for our elementary school musical.

In high school I was singing and playing piano everywhere I got the chance (and struggling with math). I also played trumpet in band class but quite that in grade 11 because it left such an annoying red ring around my lips...

I started writing and singing R&B flavored pop in high school...it worked for a while, or at least I thought it worked until I realized that I'm not into bling and don't want to wear skimpy clothes...it just didn't seem natural. I began co-writing with people and discovered a softer side that had been there all along but I just didn't think that was interesting enough; thought I had to be more than what I am. But to quote Ani Difranco, I've begun to realize that "I am nobody but I am someone".

I met Colin Munroe while on a music trip to Toronto and we wrote "Maybe you'll smile again". It really hit on something for me. It exposed this intimate, honest side of me that I'd never expressed in song before. This began a journey of writing honest, unpretentious music. There's lots going on in my heart from day to day; lots to think on, feel and express. I hope that my music uplifts people when they hear it, that it gives them hope to believe that everyday is chance to begin again.

By Jodi King

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