Mallori Kenworthy
I am from Denver, Colo. and I recently moved to NYC to pursue a journalism career. Although I think that might change soon, I still love music and love listening to anything new and fresh...which, these days is rare, so if it's good...I can't wait to hear it! Making a Star in Brighton
http://www.crunkbox.com/articles/articles/49/1/Making-a-Star-in-Brighton/Page1.html
By Mallori Kenworthy
Published on 12/9/2007
Pam Mae is shining bright in Brighton, Colorado.
Making a Star in Brighton
Sometimes talent is nothing more than an untapped resource. For Colorado native, Pam Arnold, this is most definitely the case. The 23-year-old, Brighton, Colorado resident was simply a girl with quiet talent until her brother stumbled upon it, forcing her to break free from the shell and start spreading her sound.
On stage, this country/folk/pop musician simply goes by the name Pam Mae. Her sound is strong for someone her age, and though she has never had a single guitar lesson, she strums, plucks, and creates an intriguing sound from her spot on the stage. Her MySpace page offers a little insight to her quirky, almost shy personality, but once she opens her mouth and the personal words slip through her lips, this girl lets you know how she feels.
Unsigned, and independently recording her debut album, Pam Mae seems to know her way around her own mini recording process. Songs such as “Love is in the Air” (which can be found on her music MySpace page at www.myspace.com/pammae) sounds about as professional as it can without professional recording. Even if she is only strumming and singing alone in her room, her songs seem to reach out and grab the listener, bringing you into a new love found, or another heart lost.
“My experiences in life definitely inspire me. Normally it's relationships, but I'm finding in some of my newest songs, that they are just about experiences in general,” she explains. “Sometimes it's just the silly things I do in life that get me thinking and then I find myself analyzing what I really feel.”
Though Pam Mae doesn’t necessarily acknowledge that her sound definitely has a country feel, songs like “Someone Else’s Treasure” bleeds down-home country sound with its quick guitar plucking and strong vocals. And while not everything she does needs to be dressed up in a cowboy hat and boots, there’s no denying that there’s a taste of it there.
With her truthful (and all self written) lyrics and her melodic guitar strumming, it isn’t hard to imagine her playing for crowds bigger than the ones in Denver. With future plans to get out her independently recorded debut album, Pam Mae hopes to hit it big just like anyone else, but insists that it will always be about the fans.
“I definitely think the most important thing about being an artist is to allow your fans to relate to you and to get lost in the music. Music to me is about capturing those moments in time and living in that.”
Which seems to be exactly what this local artist intends to keep on doing.
On stage, this country/folk/pop musician simply goes by the name Pam Mae. Her sound is strong for someone her age, and though she has never had a single guitar lesson, she strums, plucks, and creates an intriguing sound from her spot on the stage. Her MySpace page offers a little insight to her quirky, almost shy personality, but once she opens her mouth and the personal words slip through her lips, this girl lets you know how she feels.
Unsigned, and independently recording her debut album, Pam Mae seems to know her way around her own mini recording process. Songs such as “Love is in the Air” (which can be found on her music MySpace page at www.myspace.com/pammae) sounds about as professional as it can without professional recording. Even if she is only strumming and singing alone in her room, her songs seem to reach out and grab the listener, bringing you into a new love found, or another heart lost.
“My experiences in life definitely inspire me. Normally it's relationships, but I'm finding in some of my newest songs, that they are just about experiences in general,” she explains. “Sometimes it's just the silly things I do in life that get me thinking and then I find myself analyzing what I really feel.”
Though Pam Mae doesn’t necessarily acknowledge that her sound definitely has a country feel, songs like “Someone Else’s Treasure” bleeds down-home country sound with its quick guitar plucking and strong vocals. And while not everything she does needs to be dressed up in a cowboy hat and boots, there’s no denying that there’s a taste of it there.
With her truthful (and all self written) lyrics and her melodic guitar strumming, it isn’t hard to imagine her playing for crowds bigger than the ones in Denver. With future plans to get out her independently recorded debut album, Pam Mae hopes to hit it big just like anyone else, but insists that it will always be about the fans.
“I definitely think the most important thing about being an artist is to allow your fans to relate to you and to get lost in the music. Music to me is about capturing those moments in time and living in that.”
Which seems to be exactly what this local artist intends to keep on doing.