I grew up in Roberta, Georgia (pop. 808)...<br /><br />I'd have to say my biggest influence is my dad. He played guitar and sang for me ever since I was a baby. His music was the only thing I ever listened to as a kid.<br /><br />And...Whoever bought me that Mariah Carey tape "Emotions" did me a huge favor... I would practice singing to her every day. I owe my lucky ear to my dad and that tape.<br /><br />The first time I sang in public was at an all black Southern Baptist church on Christmas Eve when I was 8. For some reason I decided to sing "White Christmas..." I just recently realized the humor in that -- but luckily at the time, everyone thought it was cute...<br /><br />Soon after, I started singing in talent shows and would do the National Anthem for opening day of Little League baseball.<br /><br />I would always act like i could play my dad's Gibson -- 'till he was getting pissed that I kept knocking it around...So he bought me my very own guitar when I was 13. As soon as I learned a new chord -- I wrote a new song...And that's pretty much how it goes. http://www.imeem.com/meiko Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Soooooo........<br /><br />My record has been officially re-released on iTunes!!<br /><br />Woooooo-Hooooo! I'm soooo excited! It's been a crazy week for me so far!) I think I might cry. Ha ha! Ahhhhhhh!<br /><br />If you bought the album when I released it independently, I hope you're enjoying it! This 'new' version of the album has a brand-new song on it called "Boys With Girlfriends", and I've re-recorded two of the songs ("Under My Bed" and "Said And Done") - there were little things I wanted to fix on the original recordings, but these two new versions came out soooo good! I'm really really happy with them!!! Hooray!!!<br /><br />Also, I've added an iTunes Live Session EP for free when you buy the record (if you're not into buying the whole record all over again, you'll be able to just buy the singles or just buy the acoustic EP, too)...<br /><br />Anyway, I love y'all. Thanks for loving me back. Things have been so good because of you.<br /><br />Gotta go get ready for my August tour -- Sweeeeeeeeet!) Check the tour dates on my main iMeem page ...See you soon!<br /><br />*meiko MEIKO Album on iTunes! http://www.imeem.com/meiko/blogs/2008/08/18/BbHm_bLc/my_album_is_finally_on_itunes Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:17:17 -0000 RAeG6d2GMf MEIKO http://www.imeem.com/meiko/music/p_ShEPRl/meiko_boys_with_girlfriends/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:13:33 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/music/p_ShEPRl/meiko_boys_with_girlfriends/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/p_ShEPRl.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> IjQcbRA6xd <a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/photo/au1fSo4xaD/"><img src="http://srv0204-09.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/1954e579a573d350754baf2ff11b3ece_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><p>My new album cover!</p> http://www.imeem.com/meiko/photo/au1fSo4xaD/ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:03:55 -0000 au1fSo4xaD MEIKO http://www.imeem.com/meiko/video/z2hyYLj4/about_me_music_video/ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:30:47 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/video/z2hyYLj4/about_me_music_video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/5b7b87a8f59b9890b922f6604c669dfd_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> LyarpruuM3 MEIKO http://www.imeem.com/meiko/video/aTbv6Evx/meiko_how_lucky_we_are_guerrilla_style_music_video/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:07:52 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/video/aTbv6Evx/meiko_how_lucky_we_are_guerrilla_style_music_video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-08.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/cc13027b18e3e246671a0e420e76e305_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> 7X9CmuY7X5 <a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/photo/eVo7HWEary/"><img src="http://srv0204-01.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/f236e34b43b497c50494e0838c8f433a_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><p></p> http://www.imeem.com/meiko/photo/eVo7HWEary/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:30:17 -0000 eVo7HWEary MEIKO Video Playlist http://www.imeem.com/meiko/playlist/XBAOQK2k/video_playlist_video_playlist/ Thu, 22 May 2008 02:32:31 -0000 7WmMGdndEi MEIKO http://www.imeem.com/meiko/video/LzUZGzBi/meiko_novatunes_video_music_video/ Thu, 22 May 2008 02:04:50 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/video/LzUZGzBi/meiko_novatunes_video_music_video/"><img width="100" height="66" border="0" src="http://srv0110-05.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/909f6680ca4586b1f471f8361bb6d886_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> 3dDuERf42j MEIKO http://www.imeem.com/meiko/music/_U_p2zUz/meiko_xmas_song/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:57:55 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/meiko/music/_U_p2zUz/meiko_xmas_song/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/_U_p2zUz.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> NMzB45B6AP MEIKO Meiko http://www.imeem.com/meiko/playlist/ZMRRHRnO/meiko_music_playlist/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:50:43 -0000 88GOL4KGfW