About Sam
Although she has been singing her whole life, in a sense, Sam is just beginning her professional musical journey. As far back as she can remember, if someone asked her to sing, she would belt it out on the spot, anywhere and everywhere — at school, parties, even at the grocery store. When she was not singing, she was dancing. She was born an entertainer, and along with voice coaching, she has trained in ballet, pointe, modern, tap, jazz, and contemporary. Dance generated the self-confidence that gave her the energy and passion to view singing as a way to express her feelings and emotions with words as well as movement.
Committed to producing fun, wholesome pop music, Sam writes not only from personal experience, but also in positive messages to young girls. Sam lost her father near her nineteenth birthday, after he courageously battled cancer for three years. She uses music to reach others in an ambiance of light, positivity, and hopefully, the happy endings hiding in the ups and downs of life. She feels blessed that she has the opportunity to write songs that are sunny, clean, and carefree; songs that lift her spirits as well as others. The artists she idolized as a child came mostly from the classic films she loved to frequently “study.” Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, and Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. These women and the timeless sounds their voices possess still greatly impact Sam, and this is evident in her singing style.
Sam grew up in Tarpon Springs, Florida, often traveling to Orlando for voice lessons and recording sessions. She currently resides in Gainesville, Florida, and is a full-time student.
FUN FACTS
-People think Sam and her sister are twins, even though her sister is five years younger.
-You can see her on her sister’s YouTube channel, Breezy Hairdos.
-She is a fan-certified Jennifer Lawrence lookalike.
-Sam played Dorothy in her studio’s production of, “Dorothy’s Adventures in Oz,” and a ballerina Princess Leia in their “Star Wars” competitive dance number.
-She grew up in the Greek community of Tarpon Springs, but does not know how to speak one word of the language, except, “baklava.”
-Sam doesn’t thoroughly enjoy cooking, but does enjoy eating, so spends countless hours surfing the web for the ultimate recipe for anything and everything.
-She owns five dogs because of her very serious puppy addiction.
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Writing Papers
February 11, 2016I don’t procrastinate when it comes to writing papers. Math? Maybe… shhh!
However, when I need to write a super long essay or even a short discussion post for an online class, I never have any problems starting my project. Wanna know my secret? I just start writing.
I pull up a fresh, blank document, and begin typing furiously. It doesn’t matter what comes to me, or if it makes sense — I put it down. Whatever you learned in Comp 1 is cool, too, but I don’t follow the process that most textbooks suggest. UNLESS I am in the mood for some order. 😀
All I’m really doing is thinking on paper. How many times have you come up with a perfect thesis statement, or a great introduction and attention-grabber, only to forget it before you write it down?
JUST. START. TYPING.
After a few minutes, I will have a bunch of different sentences that basically follow the same theme. Then, I move them around into different paragraphs. Before I know it, I will have a pretty solid introduction, body, and conclusion.
By the way, you should totally read this essay by Robert Benchley about the art of procrastination. I read it in ninth grade, and it made a big impact on me (obviously).
READ IT NOW: http://www.stonesoup.org/meetings/0601/pim.pres/procrastination.pdf
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February 4, 2016Story time! I am going to tell you a short story about a long walk.
One day, when my family was vacationing in North Carolina, we decided to take a stroll down a long country road. Well, it wasn’t really a country road. It was paved. Still, let’s call it a nature walk.
On the side of the road, we saw some wild green onions growing in little patches… we all thought it would be a grand idea to pick the chives and stuff them into my dad’s pockets so that we could cook with them back at the rental house. I was thinking potato leek soup.
All of this foraging was very gratifying and liberating. I felt like Katniss, too, which was a bonus. Then, all of the sudden, every bit of the grassy land around me started looking like green onions. UM, ARE YOU EVEN PICKING EDIBLE GREENS, PEOPLE?
I shared my revelation with my family. Pretty sure all of us had starting picking grass. We mixed up a lot of other things on this walk, too… For instance, my sister started to pet a dog on the side of the road, only to realize it was a wild wolf after looking more closely at its eyes.
We really are Floridians.
We brought our grass and green onions back to the rental house, put them in a vase, and then went out for dinner.
THE END.
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