Album Notes

"MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION" wins OMA award for Best Debut CD, Female for 2003!!!!!!

Professional Accomplishments: Has appeared live on stage with Teresa Trull, for the much publicized opening of "Claire of the Moon," with German rock star Lisa Nemzo and prominent folk artist Sandy Ross in Los Angeles; Performed also at the Troubadour, The Mint, Ghenghis Cohen, Kulak's Woodshed, Coffee Gallery Backstage and other notable venues in Los Angeles; The Knitting Factory in New York; Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Madison's in Seattle, Washington. Tarey's material is currently being aired in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tampa Bay, Florida, Belgium and Costa Rica. Songs and/or scores are on hold by HBO, Kane Films, Tim McGraw, Arista, Goodland Music Group. She is a founding member of the SongwritersGang, an online writers group. Tarey collaborates with other songwriters from Los Angeles, Nashville, Dallas, Albuquerque, Philadelphia, Switzerland and England, all via the internet, and also continues her career as a solo artist. Her follow-up CD, Second Story, is due out in stores this fall.

Biography: Since she strummed her first $18 Silvertone guitar at 14, Tarey continues to weave a rich poetic tapestry of self-made songs. "I was self taught. I didn't know how to transpose sheet music at the time so if it wasn't already in my key I couldn't play it. The first song I learned was P.F. Sloan's "Eve of Destruction" which was cut by Barry McGuire who is a cousin of mine. Finally in exasperation and with this almost... animal passion to sing, I just started writing my own material. Since then I have learned how to read music, but I still let my soul dictate where the music goes..."