Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Pi is set to release her fourth album, Fire Horse Girl, through indie label, TCC Music on October 13, 2009. Collaborating with veteran producer/engineer Randy Wine (U2, Springsteen), Fire Horse Girl evokes the whispers of great 70’s singer-songwriters, yet its approach and lyrics are completely fresh. With over 30 film and TV placements on such networks as MTV, Oxygen, and Nickelodeon, the artist you’ve most likely heard, but not necessarily heard of, may come to a town near you in September (NYC on 9/23) or in October (to a California city: Ventura - 10/3, SF - 10/10, LA - 10/17), celebrating the release of Fire Horse Girl.
Featuring a seasoned crew of musicians, Pi’s smoky alto soars over this warm bed: sultry, but playful, walking the invisible line between musicality and indulgence with tightrope perfection. Lyrically, Fire Horse Girl tackles familiar singer-songwriter topics - love, obsession, abandonment, friendship, and commitment - all sharing time in the spotlight. Pi aka Pi Jacobs keeps it simple but her lyrics get under your skin and touch your heart - songs you can sing along to as they weave their way into your life, where they belong.
Between now and 2001 the story goes like this…
After spending a few years as a top tier studio and touring musician in the San Francisco Bay area, Pi teamed up with Tommy Boy artist/producer Pfilbryte for her first album, Irrational in 2001. The response to Irrational was overwhelming, leading Pi to a management deal with NYC’s Alabina Entertainment, and a European record deal with the French Atoll Music label, and widespread licensing for film and television.
In 2002, Pi left San Francisco to make NYC her home base, touring the US several times, and holding down a long-standing residency at the Paradise Café in the Chelsea District of Manhattan. In 2004 Pi moved again, this time to Los Angeles where she recorded her second album, Beat Mining in Dark Places, which was enthusiastically received by critics, and licensed to several films including The Appointment and Fixing Rhonda. Singer Magazine claimed, “Her crystal-clear voice is flexible and flawless, rising to the call put forth by her lyrics and instrumentation.”
Several tours and placements later, Pi’s 2007 Randy Wine-mixed and mastered release, The Curse of the Songwriter, appealed to critics around the country such as RadioINDY who said it might appeal to fans of Jewel and Rickie Lee Jones. Journalist Dan MacIntosh thought that, “Pi makes smart songwriting seem easy”. Songs from Curse were featured in several popular TV shows and films such as Wayne Wang’s ’07 film, The Princess of Nebraska, as well as these shows: Road Rules, Viewers Choice, Road Rules Extreme Challenge, Real World Sydney, Real World Denver (MTV), Bad Girls Club (Oxygen) and Zoey 101 (NICK).
Fire Horse Girl has already been licensed to several of those shows (Road Rules, The Real World, Bad Girls Club, Zoey 101) plus The Kardashians (MTV) and iCarly (NIK).
Pi is endorsed by Strum-n-Comfort, and Martin Guitars.
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