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FROM ASCAP PLAYBACK MAGAZINE:
Jaime Babbitt's Excellent Results
"As a kid I would always sing whenever I was happy, so I just figured that if I was always singing, I'd always be happy," says New York-based singer/songwriter Jaime Babbitt. So far, Babbitt must be a very happy person. From fronting rock bands to the lucrative jingle singing world where she became the voice for Hanes, Panasonic, Miller Beer, Pillsbury and Sears, Babbitt's voice paid the bills. That was all well and good, but by the late '90s, she was anxious to expand her creative horizons. Having learned to play the guitar years before when she was a teenager, she picked it up again and began writing songs. She found she couldn't stop. Then after polishing her own material in New York clubs and journeying to Nashville to play her songs for her songwriting friends, she set about recording her first full-length album. The result is an excellent album called Excellent Driver, produced by Bronx-based studio guru Lincoln Schleifer and featuring an ace band comprised of New York musicians: guitarist John Putnam, drummer Denny McDermott and bassist Schleifer. Guest musicians also include Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan), Jeff Kazee (Southside Johnny), Danny Louis (Gov't Mule) and others.
A highly impressive debut, Excellent Driver is a collection of songs in the modern roots/pop vein (a la Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin) where lyric and melody are central but groove is king.
P.S. - I moved to Nashville a little over 4 years ago, sang background vocals on George Strait's single, 'You'll Be There", wrote and sang lots of country songs, demos and jingles, performed in a murder/mystery musical, sang for Disney 'Cars' CDs, began producing projects for various artists around town, sang background vocals/played percussion on the road for one of my idols Leon Russell, went to LA to be the musical director/vocal and performace coach for KSM, a brand new all-girl rock band on Disney Records (oh, and while I was out there, I had a VERY VERY VERY GOOD TIME being a contestant on 'DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS'!!!).AND AM NOW BACK IN NASHVILLE, singing for folks like Jimmy Webb, Barry Mann and Johnny Mathis, doing voiceovers, writing songs and coaching voice and performance, too! AND check out my new book from Alfred Publishing, "WORKING WITH YOUR VOICE": www.workingwithyourvoice.com
