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Sarah Brown
12+ albums
friendNew Zealandfemale vocalistsCool Stufffemale blues artists
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Born in 1983, in sunny Marlborough, NZ, Sarah is the third daughter in a family with five siblings. Growing up, she was surrounded by music, and every visitor to the house was forced to endure 'The Von Brown Family Singers.' Her Mother's attentive ear picked up Sarah's consistent pitch & unique tone when Sarah was just three and her career was launched at a charity Christmas dinner that same year. Sarah developed her vocal skills singing along to backing tapes of artists like Boyz 2 Men and Mariah Carey and at the age of 12 recorded her first demo. At 14 Sarah became frustrated singing other peoples songs & decided to release the music within, but first needed to learn an instrument. There began her love affair with the guitar. Sarah spent many tortuous finger-blistering hours until finally her first song was born. The creation of her first song inspired Sarah to broaden her musical awareness discovering such artists as The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Marvin Gaye & Al Green from which she gained her musical direction. At 16 Sarah left Blenheim for the bright lights of Auckland, & Performing Arts School. A year later she gained her first residency at a bar in Blenheim and honed her skills playing at functions, wineries, weddings etc. Seeking bigger and better opportunities Sarah flew back to Auckland to compete in the York Street Studios Acid Test & The Ovation Rockshop Songwriter of the Year. Success! She was crowned Ovation Rockshop Songwriter of the Year 2001, and mad
