The Beginning

Hello Everyone-

This is my first attempt at blogging, and I hope that you enjoy this journey with me. Since I was a kid, my mother was, and still is, a huge music fan. Everything from Jazz, R&B, Funk, Gospel, Rock, Classical, Opera, as well as the native music of the countries we lived in. You name it, and it was played in our house. As a military kid, a lot of times you're listening to whatever is played on the military base, as well as whatever is being played on the local radio stations in the cities and towns that you live in. Without dating myself, a lot of the music was Rock, with the exception of a few crossover black songs that everyone listened too; completely different from the way it is today. Along the way, I heard the sounds of a few black women whose voices just stopped me in my tracks. Tina Turner, Betty Davis Mabry, Nona Hendrix, & Labelle to name a few. These women had a completely different sound that wasn't your typical R&B or Funk, it was a new sound of powerful, liberating, voices. They were strong in the command of their voices and stage presence. They were the beginning of the Black Female Rockers. Because of them I have always wondered why there hasn't been more? Where are all of these women with great voices rockin out? Then I realized that they are out there, but not necessarily widely known.

Because of my own need for more, I've embarked on a musical journey of my own. And not just any journey, but a journey that will culminate in the making of a documentary tentatively called "They Say I'm Different". The documentary will showcase the talents of Black women that you know well, and others you have yet to meet.

I hope you are willing to take the journey with me, and if you like what I'm blogging about please send your friends to the blog.


To a musical journey worth sharing,

Danni