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Ocracoke Island NC
residents Marcy and Lou thrive on the peace this area feeds to their music.
The waves, sand and wind are just as much a part of their creative process
as the sunshine, humidity and hurricanes. They share the love of
family and community that is so important to everyone in this coastal town.
Marcy Brenner started her musical career Alexandria, VA,
playing flute and violin in the elementary school band. She received a
pawn-shop guitar for her 10th birthday and was a classical guitarist until
at 14 she joined her first basement rock band. While earning her business
degrees at Radford University in the Blue Ridge Mountains she found folk
music.
She spent time each summer in Nags Head with her family. In the years between she played (guitar, percussion, mandolin, vocals) in basement bands, churches, coffee houses, bluegrass gatherings, weddings
and special events. After a move to California to work as a marketing and artist relations manager for
Dean Markley Strings, she sat on “the other side of the desk” with world-famous artists
which was valuable and exciting experience for a musician with a marketing degree.
As a songwriter, she had the chance to work with the late producer Nik Venet (Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, Bobby Darin) and calls him her greatest artistic mentor. She spends a good deal of time immersed in
music, songwriting and
speaking about the back-handed gifts her cancer journey has given her. As a cancer survivor, she volunteers for advocate and support organizations. Her slogan is “live while you’re alive!” and she’s doing just that.
Visit her site
www.deadgirlwalking.net for information about the documentary film made
of her life by
Ray Schmitt of Real Earth Productions. |