The short version, in her own words: "I play the piano and sing love songs."
The longer version:
When Shannon Curtis was 5, she danced and sang along to her dad playing 40s-era standards on her family's baby grand.
When she was 7, her classical piano teacher told her she played like a boy.
When she was 9, she sang into her hairbrush pretending to be Amy Grant.
Just out of college, she shirked her pre-med Biology degree and made an earnest effort as the lead singer in a guitar-based rock band.
Four years ago she found her piano again, started writing love songs, and quit the band. Since then she says it's been like walking around in an old, comfortable pair of shoes – playing the piano and singing songs about love.
The Los Angeles Times describes Shannon as ". a beautiful piano player who sounds like the love child of Fiona Apple and Norah Jones."
Shannon's debut EP, Boomerangs & Seesaws, was released in July 2007 on the tiny Saint Cloud Records label.
Her second EP, Paris Can't Have You, was released in March 2008, also on Saint Cloud Records.
Her third EP, Why Don't You Stay, was produced in Nashville by Grammy-winning producer Charlie Peacock (Switchfoot, Sixpence None The Richer, Amy Grant), and was mixed in Los Angeles by noted mixer Joe Zook (One Republic, Modest Mouse, Katy Perry). Why Don't You Stay was released in July 2009 on Saint Cloud Records.
Shannon's latest recording, a full-length entitled (appropriately enough) "I play the piano and sing love songs", was released in March 2010, again on Saint Cloud Records.
Shannon has sold nearly 10,000 records to date.
Shannon's song "Before The Sun" was featured on MTV's The Hills in December 2008.
A Korean record label released a compilation of their favorite tracks from Shannon's previous releases - titled "Shannon Curtis The Great" - in summer 2010.
Constant touring (over 150,000 miles in her VW Jetta in the last 3 and a half years!) and placements in TV and film have been building Shannon a devoted following across the country.
The beginning of 2011 has seen Shannon in the studio recording her first full-production, full-length record with her husband, producer/engineer Jamie Hill (Everlast, The Presets, Nada Surf).
