Sheree’s
Bio:
My musical roots came from playing the piano as a child. My
parents made me take classical piano lessons and entered me into
recitals. I won ribbons for best performance. When I became a teenager,
I discovered the guitar. Jimmy Page was my mentor.
As a
teenager, I began taking lessons from various teachers around the
south side of Chicago, and then later branched off on my own studying
theory. As far as I can remember, I always had a passion to play in a
rock band.
I began developing my ear more and taught
myself to learn recordings of my favorite artists. I’d lock myself away
in my room and practice for hours.
Eventually, I met
a singer and together we studied song writing and collaborated on a lot of original material.
Originally we
went under the name Nightmare, Inc. which quickly evolved into Velvet
Hammer.
After the
breakup of Velvet Hammer, I played in various
bands
around Chicago and the south suburbs and began networking with
other musicians.
As time went on, I
formed a second band called Iron Tears (originally Valhalla) with my male musician
companions.
Iron Tears recorded a six song demo CD at
Dungeon Studios in St. John, IN and began playing shows in Chicago and
the south suburbs. I began gaining recognition as one of the few female
guitar players in the city. As time went on, Iron Tears went through
different members and evolved into the band FRAYD.
The
name FRAYD derived from my last name Frey, which the band eventually changed
the spelling of so people wouldn’t mispronounce the band’s name as"fry"
with a d on the end of it.
FRAYD produced a 13 song CD of
all original material written by E. Frey and myself. The CD was
recorded at Star Trax Recording Studio.
After the making of FRAYD's
first disc, "In Loving Memory Of All Things Lost" the band held a
CD release party at the recording studio to help promote it.
After shopping the "In Loving Memory" CD and playing shows, FRAYD
once again evolved into yet another band. This time, calling itself
Gravity Well in which a two song demo was produced. The songs
"Soul Beneath The Skin" & "Get Up" were featured.
The band carried on for sometime under the name Gravity Well
until the earlier part of 2005, when we decided to change the name back to FRAYD due
to a change in the lineup.
FRAYD has
a more recent disc available which was completed in January of 2008,
"Reprogram/Resurrection" which features 12 more originals at their best.
The CD is available at Itunes, CD Baby, Rhapsody, Amazon.
Please check it out for all original Chicago Rock!
For the past 6
years I have been studying recording and the art of producing in a
studio setting and continue to record with FRAYD and my new band
The FireFlyz!
Plans
for my solo instrumental CD, "The Guitarist Volume I" is currently in the making and will feature
14 original songs written and
arranged by myself.
The music will
include heavy guitar riffs with a twist of funk, blues and melodic
undertones. Keyboards will be added to the mix to add another
dimension as well. A new drummer will be featured on this disc!
For more
information you can log onto:
www.myspace.com/theguitaristvolume1
www.myspace.com/safreymusician
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information on FRAYD click the link below:
