Bree Sharp
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Bree Sharp is an American singer and songwriter
influenced by rock
, pop
, and folk
. She is currently the lead vocalist
of the electropop band
Beautiful Small Machines.
in the Chestnut Hill section of the city. She graduated from Central High School
. By seventeen, she had moved to New York City
to study theater at NYU
. She eventually returned to music and, while still in college, began writing the songs that led to her 1998 record deal with Trauma Records
.
In July 1999, Sharp released her first album, A Cheap and Evil Girl
, to strong critical reviews. The album's first single, "David Duchovny
," quickly garnered a cult following
both for its musical qualities and its comical references to the titular actor
. Will Shivers and Charles Forsch, production assistants and producers of The X-Files
, produced a video for "David Duchovny" featuring several celebrities crooning the lyrics. The video was a hit on the Internet and circulated widely in the underground fan community. Sharp's second single was "America," an examination of contemporary American culture
.
In 2001, Sharp left Trauma Records when the company folded due to poor management. In August 2002, she released her second album, More B.S.
, on her own label, Ahimsa Records.
In September 2004, Sharp released Live at Fez, a recording of a May 2003 performance in New York City
.
In 2005, Sharp began working as a writer on the Fox Saturday morning anime
series Magical DoReMi
. She also contributed the song "This Side of Paradise" to the dubbed English version of Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
and "Team Up!" as the opening theme music for the dubbed English version of Tokyo Mew Mew
, also known as Mew Mew Power. She also sang most of the songs for Mew Mew Power. She also contributed the song "Where the Girls Are" in the 4Kids Entertainment edit of Winx Club
.
In July 2007, Sharp starred as Leila in Vassar College
's Powerhouse Summer Theater workshop production of Pete Townshend
's The Boy Who Heard Music
.
On August 2, 2007, Sharp announced on her MySpace
blog
that the mixing of her long-delayed third studio album, Robots in Love, was all but complete, and posted four of the new songs ("EastSide," "So Long 2 U," "In the Name of Revenge," and "Robots in Love") on her MySpace music player. In January 2008, she added two more new songs ("Counting Back to 1" and "The Wretched Sound of City Cars") to the player. Sharp ultimately opted to release the new material not as a solo album but through Beautiful Small Machines, a new band comprising herself and longtime collaborator Don DiLego. Beautiful Small Machines' discography currently comprises one EP
, Robots in Love EP, and one single, "Simple Joys (4 Roy & Pris)," both released in 2009.
Sharp is a staunch vegetarian
and animal rights activist
.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
influenced by rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, and folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
. She is currently the lead vocalist
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
of the electropop band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
Beautiful Small Machines.
Biography
Bree Sharp was born in Philadelphia, and learned to play guitar by age fifteen. She attended J. S. Jenks Elementary SchoolJohn Story Jenks School
John Story Jenks School is a public school in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the School District of Philadelphia. J. S. Jenks serves children from kindergarten through eighth grade and has a student population of about 500...
in the Chestnut Hill section of the city. She graduated from Central High School
Central High School (Philadelphia)
Central High School is a public secondary school in the Logan section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Central, the second-oldest continuously public high school in the United States , was founded in 1836 and is a four-year university preparatory magnet school...
. By seventeen, she had moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
to study theater at NYU
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. She eventually returned to music and, while still in college, began writing the songs that led to her 1998 record deal with Trauma Records
Trauma Records
Trauma Records is a Los Angeles independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a Joint Venture Agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records....
.
In July 1999, Sharp released her first album, A Cheap and Evil Girl
A Cheap and Evil Girl
- Personnel :* Bree Sharp – lead and background vocals, guitar* Robbie Adams – background vocals* Simon Austin – guitar, background vocals* Bret Bass – bass* Knox Chandler – guitar, bass...
, to strong critical reviews. The album's first single, "David Duchovny
David Duchovny (song)
"David Duchovny" is a song recorded by Bree Sharp about the titular actor. It was the first single from Sharp's debut album, A Cheap and Evil Girl. After Trauma Records heard a demo of the song, they signed her to a record deal....
," quickly garnered a cult following
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture. A film, book, band, or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fan base...
both for its musical qualities and its comical references to the titular actor
David Duchovny
David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer and director. He has won Golden Globe awards for his work as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and as Hank Moody on Californication.-Early life:...
. Will Shivers and Charles Forsch, production assistants and producers of The X-Files
The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...
, produced a video for "David Duchovny" featuring several celebrities crooning the lyrics. The video was a hit on the Internet and circulated widely in the underground fan community. Sharp's second single was "America," an examination of contemporary American culture
Culture of the United States
The Culture of the United States is a Western culture originally influenced by European cultures. It has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore...
.
In 2001, Sharp left Trauma Records when the company folded due to poor management. In August 2002, she released her second album, More B.S.
More B.S.
More B.S. is the second album by singer-songwriter Bree Sharp. It was released by Sharp's own label, Ahimsa Records, on August 13, 2002.-Track listing:All lyrics by Sharp .-Japan bonus tracks:...
, on her own label, Ahimsa Records.
In September 2004, Sharp released Live at Fez, a recording of a May 2003 performance in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
In 2005, Sharp began working as a writer on the Fox Saturday morning anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series Magical DoReMi
Magical DoReMi
Magical DoReMi, known as in Japan, is a magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation in 1999. It focuses on elementary school students who become witch apprentices. Led by Doremi Harukaze, the girls must maintain their double lives in secret.Magical DoReMi has been followed up by...
. She also contributed the song "This Side of Paradise" to the dubbed English version of Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, originally released in Japan as is the seventh film in the Pokémon series, complementing the seventh season . It is the second film released under Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation in Japan. The original Japanese version was released in theaters on July 17, 2004...
and "Team Up!" as the opening theme music for the dubbed English version of Tokyo Mew Mew
Tokyo Mew Mew
, also known as Mew Mew Power, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003, and later published in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha from February 2001 to April 2003...
, also known as Mew Mew Power. She also sang most of the songs for Mew Mew Power. She also contributed the song "Where the Girls Are" in the 4Kids Entertainment edit of Winx Club
Winx Club
Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.r.l.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and twelve, but is also popular among teens...
.
In July 2007, Sharp starred as Leila in Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
's Powerhouse Summer Theater workshop production of Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
's The Boy Who Heard Music
The Boy Who Heard Music
The Boy Who Heard Music is a rock opus that began life as an Internet novella written by musician and songwriter Pete Townshend. Townshend wrote in the foreword to the novella that he typically sketches out his opera in this way to lay out the plots and storylines, but in this case he published the...
.
On August 2, 2007, Sharp announced on her MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
that the mixing of her long-delayed third studio album, Robots in Love, was all but complete, and posted four of the new songs ("EastSide," "So Long 2 U," "In the Name of Revenge," and "Robots in Love") on her MySpace music player. In January 2008, she added two more new songs ("Counting Back to 1" and "The Wretched Sound of City Cars") to the player. Sharp ultimately opted to release the new material not as a solo album but through Beautiful Small Machines, a new band comprising herself and longtime collaborator Don DiLego. Beautiful Small Machines' discography currently comprises one EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Robots in Love EP, and one single, "Simple Joys (4 Roy & Pris)," both released in 2009.
Sharp is a staunch vegetarian
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism encompasses the practice of following plant-based diets , with or without the inclusion of dairy products or eggs, and with the exclusion of meat...
and animal rights activist
Animal liberation movement
The animal-liberation movement, sometimes called the animal-rights movement, animal personhood, or animal-advocacy movement, is a social movement which seeks an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals, an end to the status of animals as property, and...
.
Solo
| Album | Record Label | Release Year |
|---|---|---|
| A Cheap and Evil Girl A Cheap and Evil Girl - Personnel :* Bree Sharp – lead and background vocals, guitar* Robbie Adams – background vocals* Simon Austin – guitar, background vocals* Bret Bass – bass* Knox Chandler – guitar, bass... |
Trauma Records Trauma Records Trauma Records is a Los Angeles independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a Joint Venture Agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records.... |
1999 |
| More B.S. More B.S. More B.S. is the second album by singer-songwriter Bree Sharp. It was released by Sharp's own label, Ahimsa Records, on August 13, 2002.-Track listing:All lyrics by Sharp .-Japan bonus tracks:... |
Ahimsa Records | 2002 |
| Live at Fez | Ahimsa | 2004 |
With Beautiful Small Machines
| Album | Record Label | Release Year |
|---|---|---|
| Robots in Love EP | Velvet Elk Records | 2009 |