ANNE MARIE BUSH
I was born in Denmark and in my early years attended a very creative school. I started playing all kinds of instruments and writing songs at the age of 12. I released my first single when I was 16.
While still in grammar school, I began getting involved in all sorts of musical projects, including jazz, pop and rock bands. This led to concert tours and performing on several more recordings that were released in Denmark.
During this time period I participated in the Danish European Singing Contest, which also resulted in the release of an album.
Later that year I entered The Academy of Music in Denmark where I studied for 4 years, graduating as a music, voice, and dance teacher. These years were very exciting for me. I studied and performed in a wide range of styles from afro, salsa, cuban, jazz, blues & gospel to European pop and classical forms. I helped create and appeared in musical theater performances that involved musical composition and dance improvisation.
After studying and teaching music, I felt like pursuing the theatre world again. Luckily I got the chance the same year to perform in 2 wonderful musicals: Les Miserables (ensemble member & swing stand in for all ensemble parts) & Grease (Rizzo, lead).
The following year, The Danish Nationwide Radio Station, in Copenhagen, broadcast a 40-minute live performance of me playing my original songs.
This concert was an awakening for me. I felt like I had come home. I decided to focus on writing and recording songs again and I started expanding my international network of songwriters, producers, record labels, and others.
As mentioned in my Artist Bio, I travel all over the world, especially to the US, for co-writing and recording sessions, promotion, etc. My catalog of songs, co-writing partners and contacts has grown tremendously over the past several years. Especially while based in Los Angeles from 1998 through 2001, I felt and saw immense improvement in my work.
My ongoing and continuos international work as a singer-songwriter keeps expanding and unfolding. I have been so fortunate to establish these amazing songwriting partners all over the world, and it keeps improving, especially in the US where I travel around 4 months a year.
www.annemariebush.com Copyright © Anne Marie Bush 2009 Photos: Eric Klitgaard © / www.eric-photo.dk
I have had the good fortune, as well, to work as a recording session backing vocalist for other artists. Of particular note are the backing vocals I sang on the Britney Spears album 2002 at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. In the past several years I have also been a featured performer on a variety of live TV & radio shows in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as in Santa Barbara, California in the US.
During 2004-05, TV2 Nord produced a 30-min documentary about my singer-songwriter activities in L.A.
During 2005 I released my own single and video at my own established record label, AMB Records.
(In DK) the single went Top 10, it hit the dance charts as well, and I had a lot of positive reviews, several National Radio- & TV shows, interviews, covers in the big magazines etc. Got immense airplay all over the country and endend up on hot rotation at DR P4, the biggest nationwide radio station in DK, for more than 6 months.
The past years I have been traveling, working with sales and PR, and writing a lot of great material for other well selling artists as well as for my own upcoming album. My new CD UnZipped will be completed during autumn 2009 and will be amazing! Finally...
I am recording all of my songs in Copenhagen and in L.A.
I also write a lot of top-lines to beats and tracks from great producers all over the world.
I have established my own home studio where I record, arrange and produce all vocals myself.
I have established my own band and trio and we will start touring when my new album is released.
Please keep checking here for upcoming shows, gigs, interviews, single-& album releases, new pix, blogs etc.
