Biography

Contact: Carrie Cunningham
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Quotes:

"The goosebumps are full body chills with this song!"~R.Swenson

"You did a great job and should be really proud of this one!" ~Cliff Audretch / Great Shakin Music, Nashville

"'ll wait is classic Cunningham showing depths of interpretation perhaps not expected from Carrie, it's just that element that makes it special." ~ Richard Copeland / Zetland FM Country -UK

CARRIE CUNNINGHAM -KARMA'S A BEACH

This song is a reminder to all military men and women, and anyone who has to leave for a while, there is someone waiting at home for you. Please return safely.

Production
Sean Spence/ Blue Grotto Sound, Brentwood, TN
Engineer: Sean Spence

Vocals: Carrie Cunningham
Backing vocals: Carrie Cunningham
Acoustic and Electric Guitar: Justin Weaver
Drums: Tim Buppert
Bass: Gary Lunn


Songwriters: Carrie Cunningham, Avrim Topel, John Kendall Royston
Publishing & PRO: Sound Barn Publishing, ASCAP / Avrim Topel, ASCAP / John Kendall Royston,BMI

Carrie Cunningham Biography

Carrie Cunningham is an International Chart topping Performing
For my 7th birthday, I received a  clock radio.  I would go to bed listening to what was currently being played over the airwaves, in my small Nebraska town.  But the night I heard  “Man- Eater” for the first time, was the night that changed everything.  Hearing the cool groove the bass was playing, then the eerie keys and sax following,  peaked my attention.  When Daryl came in singing, I didn't fully understand what the meaning behind the song was, but all I could picture was an image of a woman turning into a tiger, and that fascinated me.  By the time the song pierced through me, I had been through physical abuse and neglect,  was in and out of a foster home, and was currently going through what no child, or person, should go through.  I never knew a song could create such a vivid picture until that moment, when I wanted to be a tiger.

    When I started getting serious about music as my career, I wanted to do more than sing songs by other artists.  I was called the “Next Shania” by the stations around the Spokane, Washington area, and for a moment, I thought, “ I look like her, I can sing her songs, now I need to learn how to write like her”.  Although Garth was hot on the charts as well, Shania spoke my language.  Her and Reba.  But what was so funny and ironic, was if anyone looked into my living room, they would have seen me dancing to Donna Summer, Lou Rawls, and the Bee Gees; or I would have been dusting and cleaning the house while singing along with the Supremes and Mariah Carey.   All of these amazing  artists, and so many more in every genre helped shape my musical ears.  As if Motown, Pop, and Country stars weren't enough for me, I was also singing Jazz and I was part of The Spokane Symphony Chorale for five years!  

So I set out to learn how to write. I dove right in, going to Nashville, taking courses, studying the charts, etc.  When I started having marital issues concerning my music, I decided to go back to school for audio engineering.  My mentality was, If I can’t be on the stage, then I will be in front of it, or behind it.  It was great!  That experience and knowledge landed me gigs where I was running sound or assisting for artists such as Joan Jett, Trace Adkins, Herman’s Hermits, Zach Brown, Chuck Wicks and numerous other regional and national touring bands.  Going back to college, is also where I met Jessica Williams from Divulge Records, and from 2006-2011, I was on her label. 

Since then I have gone on to achieve some wonderful accolades, such as:
~2 albums, 3 EP’s and a few singles
~Top 10 album of  2017 by Women of Country music.org
~Contracts for film and TV
~Topped country charts all over the world
~ National anthem for many sporting events to name a few…

I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the stage with artists such as Kacey Musgraves, James Otto, Love and theft, Collective Soul, Diamond Rio, Restless Heart, Andy Griggs, Jake Owen, Crystal Gayle, and so many more..


Due to where I’ve been and where I’m going during my time on this planet, I have volunteered with “Big Brothers and Big Sisters”, the local lunch buddy program, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the court system), and a  voice for Domestic Violence.  I am also going to be 4th generation in the Auctioneering Business as of June 2019.  

My heart is bigger than my body and I love to leave pieces of me wherever I can.  I’m  a passionately  driven funny person who writes from a place I know.  The Heart.  The Heart of a Tiger.
    

Carrie Cunningham