After watching “The Sing-Off” every week on NBC, I often have very vivid dreams of singing. I once sang a lot. I began singing when I was six years old, accompanying myself on guitar during my lessons. Then I started singing lessons and learned the ‘proper’ way to sing, learning arias and classical goodies, competing and winning contests in my early teens. Then I discovered musical theater in high school and acting, and even though I eventually worked behind the scenes in regional theaters around the US, I still sang in choirs like the La Jolla Renaissance Singers--made up of scientists from the Salk Institute.

It wasn’t until my early thirties, however, when I decided to get back into music--first as a back-up singer in The Garage Ensemble or Some Freaks, then as a member of an acapella trio called The Trembles. Eventually I co-created a band called “near” with Chelsea Lagos, Cullen McEwan, Doug St. Amant and Joe Abbatantuono. We had a LOT of fun, working with Pat DiNizio from The Smithereens and Chris Campion from The Knockout Drops. We eventually went different ways, and I started my solo album--which almost got completed before an accident lost my master tapes.

And I haven’t really sang much since 2003--almost eight years ago.  I found some cassette tapes while cleaning out the office and decided to convert them to mp3s.  “The Sing-Off”, THIS is where it began back in 1992 with three women Keren Deere, Lauren Hawley and me: