MTSU Can Jam is Monday, November 19th in the James Union Building Tennessee Room. It begins at 7 PM and admission is 1 can.

Candace Brown is often at her keyboard, composing the music she vocalizes. “I write songs using my keyboard and the world around me. Singing is my addiction, and I am so grateful that I have people in my life who don’t get too sick of me and my noise.”

Candace started out in a small Central California town and only sang once in public before relocating to Walla Walla (WA) in eighth grade. Around her junior year in high school, she and a few fellow musicians, including younger sister Helena, started the Storybook Maneuver band. Candace was lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter.

They performed at school functions, put on an occasional concert and opened for larger acts that came to town. “It was a very fun time. But after several different band members graduated and moved on to other schools, the band broke up.”

When she graduated from high school, she participated in local nonprofit Embracing Orphans in Jamaica. There she led music for a girls camp, which inspired a lot of her music and the song “Broken” is included on her new album.

Her musical style varies, with elements of pop, rock, funk and jazz. “The songs really tell a lot about my growth as a person and as an artist. I really focused on writing them in a way that would delve into some deep parts of life, whether it be chaos, contradictions, sadness, hope, irony or love.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npTMh1jBg74