emy reynolds

[BAND MEMBERS:]
Emy Reynolds: Acoustic & electric guitar, lead singer.
Piper Denney: Guitars, vocals, Drums, Suitcase and Percussion, xylophone, organ
Holly Schmidt: Piano, vocals
"I love my band like i love cheese in my quesadilla."



[INFLUENCES:]
Johnny CASH and June, Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Pixies, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Brandi and the twins, Tea.
[BIOGRAPHY:]
Emy Reynolds:
From the very beginning hearing my mom's accordion and piano playing intrigued me. She played mostly polka, classical and Joni Mitchell songs. It was on road trips as a young kid that I would sort through the bag of cassette tapes in our 1984 yellow Volvo that I learned of the early folk artists that I fell in love with. My mom and dad's cassette collection was vast and influencing. Artists such as Cat Stevens, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, Loggins and Messina, and early country tunes morphed my early love for music. We all sang loud together in the car. My mom taught me piano and took me to lessons next to a white church by the park. Little did piper (my band mate) and I know that as kids we had the same piano teacher in the small town of Ojai that we both grew up in. I found a guitar in the storage/computer room that would lead me on the journey to songwriting. I learned a lot from local musicians, Patricia from The Cardinalli's for guitar, and Jaye Hersh my high school choir teacher, who got me to sing in front of people. By the end of my junior year in high school I began writing songs. After high school I met my amazing band mates Piper Denney and Holly Schmidt. We've been playing all over, and are excited to finish our first EP and travel playing music together!
Piper Denney:
I grew up surrounded by music. My dad was a luthier, and was always whistling along to Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash while doing repairs from home. He'd let me play with the guitars when they were finished. I remember sitting for hours trying to get my little hands to wrap around the neck. My Parents signed me up for piano lessons but it never stuck. A couple of years later my brother Justin introduced me to Nirvana. I found myself drumming on everything around me- tables, chairs, and a set of pots and pans I strung together before saving enough for a drum set. My brother moved out and left an electric guitar behind for me to find in the blue shed he was living out of. I sat in my room for hours teaching myself to play. After playing in various garage bands I was in a Battle of the Bands where I met Emy Reynolds and later Holly Schmidt. I feel so lucky to have met them!