Vicci Martinez Live
I'm 21 and I feel like I've already had a wonderful journey.I started playing music when I was 5, when my folks got me some violin lessons. They were actually for my older sister Lina, but after her first lesson the teacher said her fingernails were too long and that she had to cut them in order to play. She decided never to go back, and since my folks had paid for a month's worth of lessons, they gave them to me. Thank goodness for that. I feel that my classical training has helped me so much with my music today.I didn't start singing 'til I was 12, when I sang in choir. Right after that, I started with the guitar, and immediately began writing songs. A couple years later I met a wonderful guitarist/producer Chazz Bessette. He and I did an album together in 2000 called "VMB." I did a couple acoustic cd's, and released my first full-band CD "Sleep To Dream"; (2003).I've done some pretty cool stuff. I got to be on "Star Search"; (2003), won first prize in "Believe," a vocal talent competition, and got accepted for the first season of "American Idol" I was selected, had paid tickets to Hollywood, but after receiving the contract, I decided not to sell them my soul… good move for me since I write all my own music… ah well.More recently, I've recorded "On My Way" (2005), and now this beautiful DVD "Vicci Martinez Live" (2006). Both of these really capture what the band and my music are about. Thanks to Rod Cook, Darin Watkins, Jeff Leonard, Reed Riley and everyone at Flying Spot for their partnership and support.Its been a great ride, and I can't wait for the rest of it. With what we all go through in our lives, we need something to bring us comfort… music is it. Everyone deserves to be happy, and happiness is in a song.~vicci