Summary of Marie Digby
She started playing the piano at the age of 3! and the guitar at the age of 17. She never thought she had any talent when she was at school. In school, she couldn't really fit in with her class, people didn't like her and apparently this beauty had acne all over.She ate lunch alone everyday and even the library. The story is depicted in her song "Miss Invisible". She proclaimed herself as a nerd and she played lots of tennis during her school years. Then the point of change came when she decided she wanted to make it in the music industry so she made an album. But unfortunately, the recording label had not given the album much publicity and advertising , hence the album didn't make it. One day, she thought of using YouTube to promote herself, randomly she chose "Umbrella" by Rihanna as it was a hit at that time and there were better chances of people "accidentally" running into her link. After weeks, thousands of people had known about her clip and it spread like cancer. People embedded her clip on websites, blogs and even made it a featured clip on YouTube which obviously drew more crowd. She then put up more covers and songs she originally made herself. Things took off from here. She released her album Unfold on 8 April 2008 and she has been touring since.
A few factfiles
1. Most of her songs are based on her true stories.
2. Voice on the Radio was written because she fell in love with a lead singer of a a popular punk/rock band. She refuses to reveal who.
3. Her middle name is Christina.
4.Say it Again was written to neutralize the sadness of songs in her album.
5.Rihanna never contacted her about her cover.
6. The song Unfold was not meant to be released because it was too personal.
7. She wrote most of at of her songs when she was alone when her family were out for months.
8. Spell is her favourite song in her album.
9. The nearly 7 million views Umbrella video on YouTube was recorded in just 20mins after she listened to the song in the car.
So that's about it for those who barely know her, I would be posting pictures and reviews of her performance from 1U and Singapore soon. And again, listen to her album when you can, it's so good! haha..Here's one her pictures from wednesday in 1U.
~deyao~
