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Artist
Emii
12+ albums
female vocalistsRock Poppoprockdance
about
“She’s part Lady Gaga, part Amy Lee from Evanescence and half-way through the interview she busted out in song and proved to me that she was all voice.” – Keltie Colleen, The Insider Emii (Emily Rose Morrison) was born in Pittsburgh, PA, but moved to Ohio with her family during times of hardship. She always knew that she wanted to be an entertainer. Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, Emii was a small-town girl with humble beginnings and big dreams. Community theater was like a second home to her, and she wrote songs and took the stage whenever and wherever she could. The second she turned 18, she took the Greyhound bus to New York City to pursue her dreams in the Big Apple with barely a penny in her pocket. “It’s safe to say my parents weren’t particularly thrilled with that decision,” she says. “But I knew what I had to do.” While Emii worked in NYC comic book stores and photography studios by day, she would perform, write, and record in the studio by night. She recounts, “I’d work from 8AM until 5PM and then go straight to the studio. By the time a song was finished in the early morning, it was just about time for me to go back to work again.” She recorded with different producers, auditioned for television shows and theater, frequented open mic nights, fronted bands, and worked to perfect her craft, day-in and day-out. “I was relentless,” she says, “but although it seems I never rested, I would set aside a little time every day to mentally balance myself.” She states that
