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Heather Hill

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Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. ~Charlie Parker

Sounds Like:

Roots in piano rock, stems from word love, and flowers into a strong, silky blush!

Influences:

Beattles, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan, Joni Mitchell, Chantal Kreviazuk, Carole King, Alannis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, U2

Favourite Singer/Songwriter:

Joni Mitchell

Website:

http://www.heatherhill.ca

Contact Email:

heather@heatherhill.ca

Social Media:


Songs by Heather Hill

FIND YOUR WAY

You want to fit in
You want to be invited to the party now and then

You want to be liked
You want to be noticed when you walk into the room

Is it so hard to be included,
When you have so much to give?

Find your way
Tomorrow is another day
You’re okay
No matter what people say
You’ll find your way

You want to be heard
You want to be treated with a little respect

You want to know
What it feels like to be told right to your face

Is it so hard to be included
When you have so much to give?

Find your way
Tomorrow is another day
You’re okay
No matter what people say
Believe in yourself
Look for the truth
Dig a little deeper within
To find your way

Sticks and stones will break your bones
But words will never hurt you
Don’t let them, don’t let them get to you

Find your way
Tomorrow is another day
You’re okay
No matter what people say
You’ll find your way

You want to be good
You want to be admired
For the person that you are

[Lyrics]


Home
 
It’s a stone, cold day
The children bundle up to play
Hockey nets, bails of hay
Frame the pond of frozen grey

Maple sap fills the line
Raging fire burns the pine
Sugared snow, mulled wine
We live for this happy time

On a perfect winter’s day
In a small town kind of way
No matter how far we stray
Home is never far away
 
The train rolls down the track
Whistle blows, a smokey stack
The curious crowd waves back
Staying close, warm in the pack

On a perfect winter’s day
In a small town kind of way
No matter how far we stray
Home is never far away

Memories of childhood are near
The scents and sounds are dear
Those times together well spent
Cause we lived in the present
 
On a perfect winter’s day
In a small town kind of way
No matter how far we stray
Home is never far away

Words and music © Heather Pirie
Produced (and guitar) by Steve Addabbo, Shelter Island Sound, NYC

[Lyrics]


Petrified

He is numb
And young
He’s only 21
He’s petrified
And he can’t feel you

Ecstasy finds romance
Speed completes his trance
He drops down to dream
Wakes up, repeats the theme

His blue films turn black
Soft goes hard then crack
His heat loses steam
Love becomes obscene

He is numb
And young
He’s only 21
He’s petrified
And he can’t feel you
 
Video game plays prison
His keyboard strikes a rhythm
Hate animate
If he could just escape
 
He doesn’t know what he wants
The hole in his heart haunts
Easy to hide
Harder to try

He is numb
And young
He’s only 21
He’s petrified
And he can’t feel you

Words and music © Heather Pirie
Produced by Steve Addabbo, Shelter Island Sound, NYC

 

 

[Lyrics]


Second Skin

My brow is damp
My cheeks are flush
It’s been so long
I hope you're in a rush
It’s hot in here

Your love is my second skin
Your love is my second skin
When you’re gone from me,
I feel like I’m falling
When you’re gone from me,
I feel like I’m falling apart.

My legs are smooth
My neck smells sweet
It’s been so long
Can’t wait ‘til we meet
It’s soft in here.

Your love is my second skin
Your love is my second skin
When you’re gone from me,
I feel like I’m falling
When you’re gone from me,
I feel like I’m falling apart.

All I want to do is dance the night away
Hope you don’t mind no space in our sway
I want it tight in here… tight in here

My back is golden
My hips are curved
It’s been so long
You know it’s well deserved
It’s pretty in here

Words and music © Heather Pirie-Hill
Produced by Steve Addabbo, Shelter Island Sound, NYC

[Lyrics]


She’s So Hungry

Girls want to be her and the boys want to do her
And she much too busy working out her figure
But the time is passing and she’s got to make her move

She eats her greens but she holds the sauce
If it’s baked or boiled, she’s always the boss
Now she’s off to the gym, keeping up her Barbie groove

Hard to be a perfect girl
She’s so angry at the world

She’s so hungry, She’s so hungry
Searching for, something more, never satisfied
She’s so hungry, She’s so hungry
She looks at you, and sees right through with her guilty eyes

Skinny jeans and sexy hair
Her body’s flawless with skin to bare
Her phone’s always ringing, but she’s falling apart at the seams

She makes her grades but it’s hard to think
Her stomach growls more water to drink
She stares at the pin-ups of her supermodel dreams

All the pressure in the world
She’s a really angry girl

She’s so hungry, She’s so hungry
Searching for, something more, never satisfied
She’s so hungry, She’s so hungry
She looks at you, and sees right through with her guilty eyes

The sweetness in her life is gone
She’ll pay any price to belong
She’ll do anything for fame and stardom

She’s so hungry, She’s so hungry
Searching for, something more, never satisfied
She’s so hungry, She’s so hungry
She looks at you, and sees right through, with her guilty eyes

[Lyrics]


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Region:

Toronto, ON

Level of Experience:

PROFESSIONAL

Genre:

Rock and Pop

I Write:

By myself | For myself | With others | For others

I prefer to write:

Lyrics | Melody

Songs Recorded:

Run Away, Listen, Second Skin, Three Words, Petrified, Not Into Me, Draw Near, Make it Good, Just Her Ideal, Home, Precious, Rush to the Heart, She's So Hungry, Find Your Way

Albums Released:

"Listen" 2005

Song Placements:

"Just Her Ideal" - Velocity Theatre Company NYC, "Home" - ad agency placement Toronto, "Rush to the Heart" - health care soundtrack Toronto, "Precious" - Healthy Earth Bilingual School promotional site.

Awards:

2010 Songposium Songwriting Award

Other Credits:

Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto

I am interested in:

Web Cowriting | Face to face Cowriting | Networking | Pitching Songs to Artists | Pitching Songs To Tv/Film/Etc. | Getting a Publishing Deal

Other Jobs:

Marketing Consultant

Biography:

Heather Hill is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter; her music has roots in piano rock, stems from a love of words, and flowers into a strong, silky blush! She is enthusiastic about introducing her second album in the Spring of 2012. This album, entitled "Leuty Station" captivates listeners with songs that speak to how women survive and even thrive in the face of hardship. Her sound features percussive piano reminiscent of Tori Amos and vocal colours of Jewel and Kate Bush. This album was recorded at Humber Recording Studios and it features a number of co-writes with talented artists: Meghan Morrison, Chris Assad, Orville Heyn, and Alec Steinwall.

"Leuty Station" is a departure from her first album, "Listen" (2005), which was a folk rock album produced by Steve Addabbo of Shelter Island Sound (Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin) and released in New York. Her guitar-driven debut effort was based on experiences in her life at the time – quitting her job, traveling the world and living in New York. When Heather returned home to Toronto, she continued to write songs and develop as an artist. For her second album, she chose highly regarded composer/musician/vocal instructor Orville Heyn (Humber College) to produce because he is adept at nurturing an artist’s creative vision.