Vanessa Carlton
- Gender: Female
- Relationship Status: In a relationship
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About Me
| Genre: Rock/Folk/Pop/Jazz |
| Label: INC/Universal |
| Web site: Vanessa Carlton Official Site |
| Popular Songs: Nolita Fairytale Ordinary Day A Thousand Miles Pretty Baby |
| Latest CD: HEROES AND THIEVES |
| Release Date: OCOTBER 9, 2007 |
| Bio: I was born 8/16/80 and raised in Mitford, PA by my parents Ed and Heidi Carlton. My Dad is a pilot (he plays fiddle on the side), and my mom is a pianist and teacher. My childhood was unconventional. When I was two I was enrolled into a Montessori school. I just remember running around and drawing pictures all the time. Music and art were the main focuses of my childhood. My mom was my first music teacher. I suppose the first sign that I was "musical" came when I figured out "It's A Small World" on the piano when I was two years old. We had just returned from Disneyland. After that, my mother began exposing me to a variety of classical composers, from Eric Satie, to Mozart, to Debussey. At eight, I wrote my first piece of music. I wasn't writing lyrics or anything, just little piano songs. I was nine when I fell in love with ballet. I was obsessed with it actually. Fortunately my mom made me keep up the piano during that time. At thirteen, I started travelling to New York to study with some of the great ballet dancers and teachers such as Grelsey Kirkland and Madame Nenette Charisse. At fourteen, I was accepted to study at the School of American Ballet in New York City. I left my family and moved into a dorm at Lincoln Center. I enrolled in the Professional Children's School for high school and began a new life. The life of a ballet dancer is neither easy nor fair. The pressure is intense and the competition extreme. Surprisingly, I had always been a confident dancer, almost fearless, but as I approached my senior year things began to unravel. I became frustrated and lost. I was on the brink of becoming a professional when everything feel apart. At seventeen feeling broken and isolated, I started writing songs again. It was the dilapidated piano in the kitchen of my dorm that brought me solace. Sometimes I would skip ballet class to go upstairs and play. All these songs just poured out of me. This time, I wasn't simply writing piano pieces, I was writing lyrics I had always loved to sing growing up, but I never thought of myself as a singer until I sang my lyrics. I put my voice and piano together I couldn't imagine it any other way. The fall after I graduated I got an apartment with a friend, became a waitress and started playing gigs downtown. A year later, I signed with Interscope, Geffen, A&M Records. Last but not least, I got into Columbia University and I have started dancing again, just for my self. Peace. |
| Unofficial Fan Website(s): Vanessa-Carlton.org |
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mary mcgreggor said on 12/20/2007 at 07:54AM :
emo kitty said on 11/29/2007 at 10:43PM :
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jason carrasco said on 11/13/2007 at 11:10AM :
so when are you going to do porn since you cant sing
Joe Santos said on 09/13/2007 at 04:11PM :
Thanks for the add..have a great day!!!
shorty said on 09/13/2007 at 11:46AM :
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kab said on 09/12/2007 at 06:29AM :
hi watz up .how r u
markita phearse said on 09/11/2007 at 04:51PM :
wat you doing to day
markita phearse said on 09/11/2007 at 04:47PM :
so wat you doing
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