Wendy Conrad

'It begins under clear California sky driving south down Lincoln Blvd... ...one hand on the wheel navigating rush-hour madness... in hot pursuit of a melody taking flight... "It started out as a challenge really, writing songs," she says. Wendy Conrad had always written words -- lyrical poetry and prose -- but actually writing the music seemed more... of an impossible...an abstract. She always sang, and had played guitar since her teens. Not to mention, she'd been hearing music in her head since childhood. But, no, Wendy didn't know how to write music. Or so she'd always told herself. But she took the challenge anyway. And it's a good thing she did. Imagine her surprise, grabbing her guitar, too long in its case, and actually writing a song - the words And music. It didn't take long to discover that writing music came naturally to her. And after making a 3-song demo, Wendy Conrad was making tracks to Nashville, TN, where she lived the next year-and-a-half, writing songs and taking as many meetings with song publishers as her cold-calls awarded her, frequenting every writers' night in town, as she worked in music management and behind-the-scenes on music videos and TV. Once she was back in Los Angeles, Conrad dove in, submerging herself in the L.A. songwriter community, writing songs, performing at top songwriter showcases throughout Southern California, and recording her songs. Which, at first, she thought would be the demos she'd pitch, for other artists to cover her songs. But, within months realized that, actually, she was the artist who'd cover her own songs. Once her debut "Ghosts That Aren't Mine" was released, it was getting critical praise: "...a "must-have" for the collection." --(Independent Songwriter); "...a new artist we can count on in the future," -- (Buscadero); and it got a whole lot of airplay in the U.S. and overseas. She's been living and writing more songs, performing, and recording more albums since. Her sophomore release "More" garnered the #1 "I Can Leave" and #2 "Just Like You" ...Read More