Hope

My name is Hope. I sing, write songs, play guitar and piano. I grew up in a small New York town with a dream to sing and make music. I started singing before I said words and performed in talent shows, school bands and church. I wrote my first song when I was 13. I moved to California in 2001 and started playing live shows on the boardwalk in Venice Beach and later 3rd street in Santa Monica...I busked! People from all over the world are there everyday. Soon my music was being played on a station in Paris and another in Kenya. Here in the America, PJ Butta a local radio station DJ began to play "The Rain Don't Last" on his late night show in LA and it bacame the 1 most requested song. Across the waters, in Spain, DJ Sammy was planning a trip to the US to meet me and take me to New York to meet with Atlantic Records. I unofficially released my first acoustic album on my own label, Sweet Lemon Media. My songs "Who Am I To Say" & "The Rain Don't Last" and "Bring Me flowers" were on a few known soundtracks and films. I guess word of mouth and a grass roots story are the biggest wings beneath me. I've toured with Seal, opened for James Blunt and written with American Idol's Kara dioguardi, recorded songs written by Diane Warren, Will.I Am from the Black Eyed Peas. Currently i'm finishing up my new album on Atlantic Records, in stores this summer! My mission statement has always been “Love”. I want the music I make to be a revival, a waterfall of colors. While working on my new album, I wanted to paint pictures with the music of things people feel good about, while saying everything I want to say.