It all started on August 9, 2006 when Laurie was riding the train home from work. A song that she had never heard before was playing over and over in her mind. She had grown up always having new songs playing in her mind, but never as strong as this one. What made this so special was that she could hear the words and music simultaneously in her head, and the song just wouldn't go away. She went home and saved the melody in the memory banks of one of her keyboards, and quickly typed up the lyrics on the computer. That weekend she decided that this song really should be recorded, and went out and bought some recording equipment and software. That song was "Away on a Cloud", and within a few months of posting it on the internet, she was receiving requests from radio shows to play it on the air. That started the ball rolling and she has been writing and recording ever since. The radio airplay has expanded as well to over 100 stations around the world (standard radio, internet, and podcasts).
Laurie started playing piano by ear at age 5. Her music can be described as melodic harmony pop with a heavy 60's influence. Surf music is her favorite genre. All vocals and instrumentation are done by her.

"Ridin' The Wave" makes David Bash's Top 125 Albums of 2008! (1 of 2): What a pleasant surprise to have spotted my album make David Bash's list of top 125 albums of 2008! As seen on Absolute Powerpop

Monday, January 12, 2009
David Bash's Top 125 of 2008.

One of the most eagerly awaited lists in the power pop community is David Bash's exhaustive year-end list of the top 125 albums of the year, and I'm proud to be bringing you David's 2008 list. Today I will post the Top 125 proper, and tomorrow I will post his ancillary lists (top EPs, reissues, compilations, tributes, etc.)

So without further ado, here is David's top 125 of 2008:

1. Roger Joseph Manning Jr.-Catnip Dynamite (Pony Canyon)
2. The Doll Test-Mosque Alarm Clock (Unsmashable)
3. The M...

"Ridin' The Wave" makes David Bash's Top 125 Albums of 2008! (2 of 2): 55. The Mop Tops-Ground Floor Man (Sound Asleep)
56. The Breakdowns-Heartbreak Radio (Rock Indiana)
57. Leave-On A Happy Note…(Self-Released)
58. The Parties-Can’t Come Down (Rainbow Quartz)
59. The Explorers Club-Freedom Wind (Dead Oceans)
60. Kaiser Chiefs-Off With Their Heads (Universal)
61. The Pleasure-Travel Inside (Rookie)
62. Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles-Diamonds In The Dark (Sugar Hill)
63. The Rhinos-In Rhi-Fi (Rainbow Quartz)
64. We Should Be Dead-Forget Romance, Let’s Dance! (Pop4pop)
65. The Simple Carnival-Girls Aliens Food (Sundrift)
66. Kai Reiner-Kai Reiner (Self-Released)
67. Service Group-Principles Of Electronic Circuitry (Squid Vs. Whale)
68. The Temp...

Another great review of "Ridin' The Wave": (This review was written by Andrew Gladwin for his Cabinessence Blog)

Ridin’ A Special Musical Wave

Laurie Biagini, from Vancouver, has been an internet friend of mine on the various Beach Boys message boards and social networking sites over the past years. During this period, she has been living a musical dream by creating her own original music that has been distributed on the internet and has been getting airplay on various radio stations. Now her long awaited debut CD has been released, called Ridin’ The Wave.

Laurie’s style is pretty straightforward 60s rock n’ roll, with a touch of surf music as well as the harmonic quality of Brian Wilson and Beach Boys. The lyrical material...

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