Tammy Newton
TAMMY NEWTON, Original Folk Music, Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist. Based in the Princeton, N.J. area. Female/Vocalist/Acoustic Guitar.
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Open Your Heart Open Your Heart
This is a brightly acoustic, "Hopeful" song. Love might be concidered elusive within ourselves unless we consciously choose to be LOVING. Twelvestring Guitar played by Ted Spino & second acoustic guitar played by Tammy Newton.
Band/artist history
I have played at The Corner Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ., Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., Borders Books in Princeton, N. J., The Urban Word, Trenton, N. J., Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N. J., John & Peters in New Hope, PA., Failte's Coffee House in Hopewell, N. J., The Alchemist & Barrister in Princeton, It's A Grind in Plainsboro, and a number of Private Parties. With other musicians or solo I always manage to have a GOOD TIME.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, I have been playing with Ted Spino, Rich Huarte, & Neal Edelberg for about a year now. We have been playing at ‘It’s A Grind Coffee House’ in Plainsboro, N.J. You will also find us at ‘The Alchemist & Barrister’ in Princeton, N.J. ‘The A&B’ for short, also has resumed their ‘Open Mic’ nights on Wednesday’s. I will surely be making an appearance solo there as well. Open Mics are wonderful for musicians to make connections with other musicians, as well as a GIFT for listeners. I met our keyboard player at the ‘Open Mic’ at ‘The A & B’. There usually is a tremendous spirit of kinship, rather than competition. I like that VIBE. Everybody gets to do the same amount of songs and is aspiring to something better than this. Keeps you HUMBLE while you polish your chops.
Your musical influences
My musical influences are from artists like Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Natalie Merchant, Cheryl Crowe, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks & many others.What equipment do you use?
I play an acoustic/electric Ibanez and I love it. I also have a Yamaha & an Ovation.Anything else?
Seems that we have found ourselves in this rut that we are trying so hard to break out of. I believe that the lyrical content within songs has been of alot of pain and suffering. We use songwriting as a tool for releasing this pain. But, we also set ourselves up to create more pain and suffering, by our attention to it. My sincere hope is that we all as songwriters, film makers, & television show writers begin to focus on what could bring great JOY, to counter balance all of this focus on what we do NOT want in our lives. Think about it. What is it that we really want to create? What is it that will bring us JOY? What does it look like? Maybe we could create it if we could see it. Maybe dreaming about it would help us create it. Maybe singing about it, we could call it forth.Contact
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Comments (8)
Wonderful song, I like the positve message so I added you to my station.
Great song .. nice and clean !!
We just uploaded our 1ST song HEY Little girl.
we love to get feedback from other artists. post on our board with a song you would like us to check out and we'll post you back if we can ever figure out this digital thing!
Good Luck
Hot voice great lyric and smooth music.Hey friend i got a FREE one song CONCERT you are very hot,,keep doing it,peace
Tammy, beautiful voice, awesome, love soulful voices and you fit that bill, and to the guy playing the 12strg, also awesome! I play a little 12 on some of my songs, but not that sweetly! :)
After reading your influences and what you have to say about songwriting, hope you find the time to check out some of my tunes, we share the same thoughts about a few things, think you might enjoy a few of my songs. :)
Goodluck with all your music endeavors, and keep on keepin' on! :)
~strummergurl~
