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Joy Shannon

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Music

The best kept secret in music

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Discography

Singles: "Don't You Let Me Go" and "Let Be and Let Burn" currently featured on Indie 103.1 fm Los Angeles.
self-released albums: "The Siren" (2005) and "Love is Not Dead" (2004)

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Bio

I always wrote songs for as long as I could remember. It was just how I processed reflections upon my experiences at the end of the day. But I was always extremely shy. I had such terrible stage fright that I literally lost my voice and could never sing in front of people. But for some reason that's what I secretly longed to do; sing.

I finally decided to fully pursue my dream for music that seemed to burn inside me when I had a near death experience in 2003. I was nearly killed by my grandmother who had gone completely nuts because of having alzheimer's disease.
I locked myself in a room and called 911. With her yelling at me from one side of the door, the 911 operator in my ear and my eyes fixated on the window looking outside, my path in life seemed to literally open up before me. I knew that if died that day I would not be satisfied. I had not yet done what I am supposed to do with my life. I suddenly knew what that was: music.

Since then I have been writing, recording and performing music every chance I can get. I feel like since music has healed me I need to share it with others in hopes to help them heal themselves too. I have received the occasional fan email that says something along the lines of how the message in my music has changed someones life for the better. I am not surprised because music changed my life for the better and I will keep making music until the day I die.