Meaghan Smith

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(From Meaghan's Myspace Page) "Hello, I'm Meaghan Smith. I like to draw and paint, and I love to sing. I have always loved to sing. Music played a big role in my family. I used to sing with my three wonderful sisters in four part harmony. My mom is a piano player and my dad is a gifted singer, bass player and whistler. We spent a lot of time making music together. I started playing piano when I was young and later, guitar. When I was 12 I wrote a few songs. But I was really REALLY shy so no one ever heard them. After years of singing with my family I had developed an acute case of overwhelming, knee-shaking, stomach turning stage fright. Meanwhile, I somehow graduated from high school and went to college for classical animation. I was so shy, I figured being a musician was not a possibility for me because I couldn't work up the nerve to play in front of anyone. The next best thing was to draw. But I had some really good friends at college, and they encouraged me to sing some of my songs for them. I started playing little shows in the stairwells of my college, where the acoustics were really good. Eventually my teachers and friends started coming to my stairwell concerts and I slowly gained a little bit of confidence. It wasn't until I moved to Halifax for a job in animation that I really started to try to get over my stage fright. I couldn't go on with my life till l had at least tried. So after work I went to open mics to attempt to get over my stage fright. It took four y

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(500) Days Of Summer

The Cricket's Orchestra

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iTunes Holiday Sampler

(500) Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture)

It Snowed

(500) Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture) [Bonus Track Version]

(500) Days Of Summer - Music From The Motion Picture

The Cricket's Quartet

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Gift Wrapped: 20 Songs That Keep On Giving

500 Days Of Summer

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Indie/Rock Playlist: April (2008)

Five More Minutes

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