MP3 Cheryl B. Engelhardt - Craving The Second

Catchy piano pop and lush vocal performances evoke emotions you didn't know you had. This CD has its share of ear candy, soul food and some pretty impressive arrangements of fantastic new tunes.

12 MP3 Songs
POP: Pop/Rock, POP: Piano



Details:
This is my story. I wrote it myself, because I know the story best. It is not very long, because I am not very old.

I started playing the piano before I could read, and music became a huge part of my life, though I didnât fully realize it until 2 decades later. Grade school and high school introduced me to choirs and musical theater and all of that jazz that I would call my âhobbyâ. But it was when studying to be a marine biologist at Cornell University that I faced the music, (pun intended) and picked up music as a double major. At Cornell, I was introduced to scoring film, digital music composition, a capella arrangements, and writing charts. These are the skills I still use every day.

After graduation, I worked for the government, SCUBA diving with research teams. I loved it, but knew I missed my piano. When I was on a break, I got an opportunity through a family friend to write some music for websites. Thus started my music career. Since then, I have had a number of jobs (personal trainer, NYC messenger, swim instructor, piano teacher, music editor) that all subtly pointed me to my current position. I had many interests, and while pursuing a career in music, I would pay the bills doing something else I liked.

When my messenger job turned into a real position at an advertising editing company, I realized the music I wrote could be used in commercials. All I needed was a band, a recording, and voila! My music is on TV. At least, that was the initial plan⦠After meeting the right musicians and doing a few gigs to rehearse for the recording, I had a small epiphany that sounded something like this: âoh geez, I really like gigging with a band. Letâs go for the Grammiesâ. And here I am, having been a musician all my live and NEVER expecting to dive head first into the music industry, producing albums and touring with a full band. The first album, âShoes Off And Runâ came out in November 2004, and acts as a snapshot of where I was as a musician. Although my newest album, âCraving The Secondâ (being released this September) is much stronger than âShoes Off And Runâ, I canât even compare the two albums. Itâs like looking a picture of myself when I was 6 and one when I was 15 and deciding which is better. They just are. Iâm growing, I can feel it, and my love for what I am doing and with whom I am doing it has also greatly developed.

In the past two years, Iâve met the best musicians in the world that I have been able to snatch up and call âmy bandâ. We share vans and rooms and stages and way too many bad jokes. I consider myself one of the luckiest singer/songwriters on the planet. We are ready to take the plunge into the world of ânext stepsâ and promote âCraving The Secondâ like my life depended on it. âCause it sorta does.

I currently live in Harlem, where I run my mad-scientist lab of promoting the album and booking my tours. I have a master plan of going with the flow, and I challenge myself to steer the flow. Right now Iâm headed towards the land of newly-released records. But like I said in the album credits, the album seemed to make itself- like my unexpected career in music, I wasnât expecting a full-blown record to develop out of a 5-song EP started on tour last June. The songs kept coming, and the musicians to play them with me were close behind. The snowball effect in full force has landed me hereâ¦. for the time being.