Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Gordon Lightfoot, Janis Ian, David Foster, Barbara Streisand, Carol King, Neil Diamond, Barrage, Rankin Family, Jimmy Rankin, Terri Clark, Patsy Cline. Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Nana Mouskori, Puccini, John Williams, Phil Collins, Elton John, Beatles, Alan Parsons, Electric Light Orchestra, Queen, Aerosmith, Abba, Martina McBride, Evanesence, Norah Jones, Karen Carpenter, Rita McNeil, Emmylou Harris, Wendy Carlos, Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Maria Callas, Syliva & Ian Tyson, Leonard Cohen, Peter Gabriel, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Sting, Sheryl Crowe, Anita Krause, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell... so many, so many.
I'm inspired by..... Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way, Walking in this World, Transitions), Dr Wayne Dyer (You'll See it When You Believe It, The Sky's the Limit, Your Errogenous Zones), Shakti Gawain (Creative Visualization)
Some of my favourite authors are.... J.R.R. Tolkein (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, The Book of Lost Tales), Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon), Mary Stewart (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment), Jack Whyte (A Dream of Eagles/The Camulod Chronicles), Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Oprah... the list is endless!
I like.... Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, most of the Star Treks, pretty much anything sci fi.... British comedies.... old musicals (Singing in the Rain, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon)
Memberships: Cornerstone Collective Record, Centre for Contemporary Composers, Angelic Records, Artist's Edge, Victoria Songwriting Circle, Muse's Muse, Just Plain Folks, Songwriter101, Irene Jackon's Songwriting Forum, Taxi.com, The Songwriter's Association of Canada, S.O.C.A.N., A.S.C.A.P.
Sounds Like
Enya; Loreena McKennitt; Tori Amos; Kate Bush; Sarah Brightman; Annie Lennox
A classically-trained Canadian 'Enya', VIKKI FLAWITH (SOCAN, ASCAP) mixes sweet, ethereal vocals with a Tolkien-inspired imagination - she has composed dozens of songs and instrumentals inspired by the Lord of the Rings, and now is working on a series of pieces influenced by the legends of Camelot & King Arthur. She is also a songwriter & composer for film & television. She specializes in world, techno-orchestral, electronica, and new age with a focus on creating music for sci fi, horror, suspense, drama and comedy. She recently signed several film & television tracks to music publishers and libraries in Los Angeles, Studio City, & Playa del Rey, CA. She will be scoring an indie short film in this fall.
No in elenath hîlar nan hâd gîn (may the stars shine upon your path).
~ Vikki - a.k.a. 'Hummingbird' - a.k.a. 'Alfirin'
...Aquarian...Irish...dreamer...poet...
Vikki's work has been featured on CKRG 89.9 FM Radio Glendon; CKCU 93.1 FM Ottawa; 92.5 FM The X, Kamloops; CBC Radio 3; Free World Radio; Cygnus Radio's 'Goddess Radio' hour; Angelic Music podcasts; and she has been spotlighted on Len Amsterdam TV & Radio, Toronto. Her songs have been released on three CDs: "Waiting for the Bus"; "Friends Around the World - World Peace Compliation"; and "Savary Spirit".
In her early years, Vikki sang in choirs; played flute, piccolo & trumpet in school bands; took up the guitar & wrote sweet folk songs. She studied voice with Luigi Wood, Gary Zeller, Catherine Lewis & Barbara Livingston, her extensive stage credits include performin with the likes of Pacific Opera Victoria, Western Concert Opera, Vancouver Academy of Music, Theatre under the Stars, Theatrespace, Vancouver Musical Theatre, Victoria Operatic Society, Metro Theatre, & many more.
June 22/06: Vikki was privileged to sing the Canadian national anthems at the Investiture of the Order of British Columbia (the province's highest honour for outstanding achievement) at Government House located in BC's capital city, Victoria. Lieutenant Governor Iona Camagnolo and BC Premier Gordon Campbell were present.
June 28/06: Saturn's Air and Illuminating Me received Genre Spotlight awards from Mixposure.com!
July 1/06: My lyric entry was one of the 50 out of 500 that made it to the second round of the Just Plain Folks Lyric Contest
July-Sep '06: 50 Songs in 90 Days Challenge ...my first time... I wrote about 12 songs, lol
Nov '06: National Novel Writing Month Challenge ...my second time... I wrote around 23,000 words. I'm still working on the novel - I'm up around 33,000 now. Slow going :)
Dec '06: FACTOR ...hey, I was excited and pleased to have my creative talent recognized. I recieved a small grant from the "Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records".
Feb '07: ...February Album Writing Month Challenge Write 14 songs in 28 days.. I made it to 15!
Feb '07: ...SLS Fiction & Poetry Contest I entered a 25-page excerpt of my novel into the 2007 Summer Literary Seminars Fiction and Poetry Contests (in Affiliation with The Walrus magazine). Apr '07: Although I didn't win, I was chosen as one of the 30 contest finalists in the fiction category. Kinda cool...
June '07: Got my first instrumental placement with a music publisher.
Feb '08: ...February Album Writing Month Challenge Write 14.5 songs in 29 days... I completed 24.
Feb '08: ...RPM Challenge Record an album (10 songs or 35 minutes worth of music) in 29 days, just because you can... I completed 11.
Mar '08: ...a song I co-wrote with a friend got picked up by a music library. Contracts signed!
Apr '08: ...Script Frenzy Write 100 pages of script or screenplay in the month of April. Managed to write 37 my first time out.
Jun '08: ...hooked up with the director of an indie short film... I get to score it later this year!
Jul '08: ...got a music library interested in my cataloque. Contracts signed!
July-Sep '08: 50 Songs in 90 Days Challenge -finished with 53!!
Nov '08: Taxi Road Rally -will be part of a panel speaking on the topic of "Overcoming the Roadblocks to Your Success"
"Waiting for the Bus" ...creative folk-pop, ethereal vocals, great harmonies... now available at CD BABY
Samples of her work are posted here on MySpace and at:
What industry folks say:
Vikki, you're good. Keep writing.
~ John Braheny, author, The Craft & the Business of Songwriting
Really interesting vocal textures in 'Alien'.
~ Project Overseer Productions, United Kingdom
You are in tune with a vibe that very few achieve. 'Alien' is truly original.
~ T. Wisted Fock & the Rockin BillHillies, Australia
'Wilted Heart' is a very beautiful song.
~ Len Amsterdam, Canadian Broadcaster
Your voice is brilliant and professionally trained.
~ Volker Zdunnek (Philos60), German composer & collaborator
Vikki did an outstanding job on the vocal of this song.
~ Marvin Perkins, U.S. musician & collaborator
MEMBER: Songwriter's Association of Canada, Victoria Songwriting Circle, Angelic Records, SOCAN, Songwriter101, Muse's Muse (Moderator), Just Plain Folks (Moderator), Irene Jackson's, SongRamp, Taxi, SongU, SonicBids, The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC), Film Music Network.
STOPPIN BY TO SAY HI AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING MY MUSICSPACE FRIEND. I ADDED 'LADY'S MIST' TO MY PROFILE PLAYER FOR ALL TO HEAR. HAVE A GREAT WEEK, LOVE MCKAY
