Becky Raisman
Singer with Ambition
When did you first get into music? I’ve been singing since elementary school. I went to Red Oak Elementary school, I loved doing the winter and spring sing. I also did choir as well. Music was my favorite subject. I loved my music teacher unfortunately I found out she passed away in 2019. I continued to sing in choir in middle school all the way through college. When I was in middle school i went to Sports Camp and i would sing and dance put on shows for the campers and counselors. My former camp counselor Vicki said I had talent and that I should persue it. When I was younger I would sing to my stuff animals and my brother would grade my performances. Back in 2009, I bumped into her at a bar and I told her what I have been up to and where I went to school and she said it was a great fit.I went to Columbia college Chicago.
Who or What inspired you to pursue a career in music? I took singing more seriously in high school (this was back in the 90s before soundcloud, reverbnation, iPods, smartphones, social media yes, I was a teenager in the 90s, things were simpler then) I took voice lessons and continued to do choir. How has your music evolved since you first began performing/songwriting? Well, I went to Columbia college Chicago, I did a lot of singing, took music theory, sightsinging, singing classes, performing in shows, took a keyboard class, collorbarated on some orginal songs, my favorite show was performing at Buddy Guy Legends. After college I was in some singing contests at a few restaurants, open mics. I do write lyrics and I love collaboration.
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Please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? Well, going to college, trying out for The Voice, Idol, America’s Got Talent, open mics, singing contests at restaurants, I also just did some singing music contests online. I created a reverbnation.com/becky97 and soundcloud.com/ becky-raisman building a fanbase. When I lived in IL I took piano lessons at Family piano company and did adult band and voice lessons at School of Rock in Libertyville, IL 2018 I moved to south Carolina, I now take keyboard lessons with Bach to Rock very similar to School of Rock. I recorded vocals for some original songs at Charleston sound studios and Omnisound studios in Nashville.
