Well, I hear it all the time anyway.

I'll probably play when I'm dead!

'Special' moment: I sang too hard once.

I don't know/care how it changes the music industry, because I don't care for the music industry. However, it does give people (who have access to the internet) a much bigger variety of music choices. I think THAT is priceless.

I'm happy doing things just the way I'm doing them. So, "no."

I started singing in talent shows when I was 6.
I taught myself how to play my aunt's acoustic guitar when I was 13.
I wrote my first song (on guitar) when I was 14.
I had punk bands and pop folk bands throughout my teenage years.
I played in a fiddle/country western band for 5 years (from the age of 14 until I was 19).
I moved to Tennessee when I was 19, to live near Nashville and pursue a BFA in Studio Art.
At university, I played in a female folk quartet, The Junkyard Hearts.
I also made a lot of music with a true friend, Ian Doerr (who now lives in Boston -- we continue to work on projects together).
In Tennessee, I co-founded a true-blue country duet called Good Luck Ola. Despite the geographical separation, we are still alive and kickin'! We plan to tour next summer, 2012.
I now live in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where I continue to pick guitar, banjo, mandolin, and occasionally play fiddle and harmonica.
I sing, and I write songs to express my thoughts and opinions -- and, sometimes, to tell funny or uncanny stories that enter my brain.
I love to perform, and I am an introvert. So, this music situation gets overwhelming and exhausting at times; but I will never stop doing what I unconditionally love to do.

Biology, nature, social situations, classical music, old-school Grand Ole Opry.

the outdoors.

Godin classical guitar, Zoom H4n field recorder, Rode NT2 condenser microphone, Mogami cables, Hohner harmonicas, Gibson dreadnought, Martin acoustic guitar, Loar mandolin, Cubase, Cakewalk, violin, various noisemakers

Watch videos of my songs: www.youtube.com/ohalexismusic

Check out my country duo with Heather Moulder (Good Luck Ola): www.goodluckola.com

Follow me on Twitter @bigbearheart

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