Butterfly Boucher
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Butterfly Boucher (born 2 June 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter
, and multi-instrumentalist
. She has released two albums, Flutterby
(2003) and Scary Fragile
(2009).
, South Australia
, in 1979 and is the middle child of seven daughters. The name "Butterfly
" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. In later years, Butterfly's sister Becca Boucher had a band, Eat the Menu (later renamed The Mercy Bell), in which Butterfly played bass guitar
. Her debut album, Flutterby
, was released in 2003. Boucher toured the United States and Europe, opening for Barenaked Ladies
, and later for Sarah McLachlan
on her Afterglow arena tour.
Boucher released her first single of the album, "I Can't Make Me," in the UK first and later released "Another White Dash."
A second album, Scary Fragile
, was released on 2 June 2009. The single "A Bitter Song" from the album, first featured on an episode of the television series Grey's Anatomy
, was released as an iTunes
download on 27 February.
Boucher currently resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee
, and is part of the musical group Ten Out of Tenn
. In 2011, she toured with Sarah McLachlan, playing bass and singing vocals. She is producing Missy Higgins
' third album. She is also performing and recording with Elle Macho, a Nashville based trio with David Mead and Lindsay Jamieson.
singing his song "Changes
", for the soundtrack
of the film Shrek 2
, released in May 2004. Boucher's own songs have also been featured on various television programs. From Flutterby
, "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" was used in the third-to-last episode of British teen program As If
. Short-lived ABC series
The Days
used "Life is Short" as its opening theme.
Fantasy television series Charmed
also featured songs from Flutterby. "Life is Short" was used in the episode "Spin City", and the episode Show Ghouls features a version of Flutterby song "I Can't Make Me" remixed by Chris Lord-Alge
, which is later included in soundtrack album Charmed: The Book of Shadows
.
Hit television series Grey's Anatomy
later featured both "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" and "Life is Short" in its first season in 2005, and debuted "A Bitter Song" from the yet-unreleased album Scary Fragile in the third season episode "Drowning On Dry Land" in 2007.
She also co-wrote several songs and appears on Dawson Wells debut album Re: No Subject, for which she played several instruments, including drums, guitar, piano and other keyboards, tambourine and bass. She provided lead and backup vocals on most of the songs, including a duet with Dawson called "Gracey and Henry Martin's First Summer". Compositions she penned with Wells on that album are "Say Anything", "Silly One", "Being In Love". An accomplished arranger
and producer
, Boucher co-produced this album with Dawson Wells.
In 2011 ABC Family's The Lying Game used Butterfly Boucher's song Gun for a Tongue as the theme song.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
. She has released two albums, Flutterby
Flutterby
Flutterby is the debut album by Australian singer/songwriter Butterfly Boucher, first released in 2003.-Track listing:*All songs written by Butterfly Boucher, except where noted.#"Life Is Short" – 3:06#"Can You See the Lights?" – 3:07...
(2003) and Scary Fragile
Scary Fragile
Scary Fragile is the second album by Australian singer–songwriter Butterfly Boucher.-History:After touring as an opening act for Sarah McLachlan's Afterglow tour, Boucher was called to the studio by her record label Geffen Records in 2004 to record the follow-up to her album Flutterby...
(2009).
Biography
Boucher was born in AdelaideAdelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, in 1979 and is the middle child of seven daughters. The name "Butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. In later years, Butterfly's sister Becca Boucher had a band, Eat the Menu (later renamed The Mercy Bell), in which Butterfly played bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
. Her debut album, Flutterby
Flutterby
Flutterby is the debut album by Australian singer/songwriter Butterfly Boucher, first released in 2003.-Track listing:*All songs written by Butterfly Boucher, except where noted.#"Life Is Short" – 3:06#"Can You See the Lights?" – 3:07...
, was released in 2003. Boucher toured the United States and Europe, opening for Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
, and later for Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
on her Afterglow arena tour.
Boucher released her first single of the album, "I Can't Make Me," in the UK first and later released "Another White Dash."
A second album, Scary Fragile
Scary Fragile
Scary Fragile is the second album by Australian singer–songwriter Butterfly Boucher.-History:After touring as an opening act for Sarah McLachlan's Afterglow tour, Boucher was called to the studio by her record label Geffen Records in 2004 to record the follow-up to her album Flutterby...
, was released on 2 June 2009. The single "A Bitter Song" from the album, first featured on an episode of the television series Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
, was released as an iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
download on 27 February.
Boucher currently resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, and is part of the musical group Ten Out of Tenn
Ten Out of Tenn
Ten Out of Tenn is a collective of singer/songwriters from Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 2005 by Kristen and Trent Dabbs. The collective has released multiple volumes, including a Christmas album and a benefit album for the 2010 Tennessee flood victims .The group's 2008 tour is the subject of...
. In 2011, she toured with Sarah McLachlan, playing bass and singing vocals. She is producing Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins
Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
' third album. She is also performing and recording with Elle Macho, a Nashville based trio with David Mead and Lindsay Jamieson.
Collaborations and guest performances
- For the Kids Too! (with Gerry Holmes) 2004-10-19
- Too late, Farewell (with DeleriumDeleriumDelerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
) on Voices 2010-10-5 - Es Potencial (with Elle Macho 2010-7-4
In media
Boucher recorded a duet, with David BowieDavid Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
singing his song "Changes
Changes (David Bowie song)
"Changes" is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972. Despite missing the Top 40, "Changes" became one of Bowie's best-known songs. The lyrics are often seen as a manifesto for his chameleonic personality, sexual ambiguity,...
", for the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the film Shrek 2
Shrek 2
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
, released in May 2004. Boucher's own songs have also been featured on various television programs. From Flutterby
Flutterby
Flutterby is the debut album by Australian singer/songwriter Butterfly Boucher, first released in 2003.-Track listing:*All songs written by Butterfly Boucher, except where noted.#"Life Is Short" – 3:06#"Can You See the Lights?" – 3:07...
, "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" was used in the third-to-last episode of British teen program As If
As If
As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...
. Short-lived ABC series
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
The Days
The Days
The Days is a 2004 ABC television series. Each episode chronicles 24 hours in the lives of the members of the fictional Day family.The series was produced for ABC by MindShare Worldwide, a GroupM media agency within WPP Group that financed the series in exchange for ABC advertising time.- Plot...
used "Life is Short" as its opening theme.
Fantasy television series Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
also featured songs from Flutterby. "Life is Short" was used in the episode "Spin City", and the episode Show Ghouls features a version of Flutterby song "I Can't Make Me" remixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
, which is later included in soundtrack album Charmed: The Book of Shadows
Charmed: The Book of Shadows
Charmed: The Book of Shadows is a soundtrack album released in 2005, featuring music from the Charmed television series. It is also known as Charmed: The Book of Shadows: Music From and Inspired By....
.
Hit television series Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
later featured both "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" and "Life is Short" in its first season in 2005, and debuted "A Bitter Song" from the yet-unreleased album Scary Fragile in the third season episode "Drowning On Dry Land" in 2007.
She also co-wrote several songs and appears on Dawson Wells debut album Re: No Subject, for which she played several instruments, including drums, guitar, piano and other keyboards, tambourine and bass. She provided lead and backup vocals on most of the songs, including a duet with Dawson called "Gracey and Henry Martin's First Summer". Compositions she penned with Wells on that album are "Say Anything", "Silly One", "Being In Love". An accomplished arranger
Arranger
In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, Boucher co-produced this album with Dawson Wells.
In 2011 ABC Family's The Lying Game used Butterfly Boucher's song Gun for a Tongue as the theme song.
External links
- Official site
- MySpace page
- Interview with Butterfly at WickedInfo.com
- Butterfly Boucher on Channel One NewsChannel One NewsChannel One News is a 12 minute news program for teens broadcast via satellite to middle schools and high schools across the United States. Channel One is owned by Alloy Media + Marketing and based in New York City.-Program History:...