Nicolette Lagace | Biography

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Fresh Powerful Female-Fronted Keyboard-Driven Progressive Rock!

Singer and Artist Nicolette Lagace was born and raised in the Ottawa Valley. Stepping on to the stage for the first time at age 6 as a soloist, and beginning her musical studies at age 9 with Royal Conservatory, she began composing her own music at 12 years young, and would share her innate talent through grade school, summer camps, high school and churches, with whoever would lend an ear, and many did. Now almost 20 years later, her music is a delightful mixture of powerful keyboard sounds, gripping lyrics and heavy rock, complimented by her dominant vocals and versatility of her multi-talented band members who are all readily adaptable to her ever-growing, dynamic waves of songwriting.

All of Nicolette’s songs which she has written are filled with her own keyboard riffs, being the lead instrument in her band rather than the more commonly heard lead guitar. Lyrically in her own pieces, Nicolette explores and expresses love, loss, peace, depression, victory, humility, spirituality and humanity. She places great importance on the overall message in songs as if they were stories in themselves. “Proposal”, a popular track from her debut album “Truth and Time”, takes you right into the heart of her passion for her own marriage with a true, piercing Gothic feel.

Influenced by a wide range of female artists including Bjork, Kerli, Tarja Turunen, Metric, Evanescence, Annie Lennox and Sinead O’Connor, Nicolette’s musical style and songwriting are still uniquely her own. Nicolette’s live shows are known to be stunning to unprepared audiences, with the emotional intensity flowing from song to song. At a recent battle of the bands competition, she silenced the crowd with her opening song and then brought them alive with her second, showing her ability to capture their attention right from the start.

Nicolette is presently recording her second album at Half String Studios in her hometown of Pembroke, Ontario and is looking forward to her new CD release this upcoming summer. Feeling very positive about 2010, she is excited to spread her love of music as far as it will go...especially into your hearts and homes.