Michelle Featherstone

Michelle Featherstone is a British-American singer- songwriter. Born in Chester, England, and grew up in Cambridge, England, Featherstone now resides in Hollywood, California. At age nine, she began playing the piano and composing his own music. She received awards from the Royal Academy of Music for piano and violin and the Bishops Award for her voice.

Career

Beginning

Featherstone had not originally intended to pursue a career in the music business. With a degree in art history and a minor in anthropology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester ( Pennsylvania), she eventually became the administrator of the Walt Disney Tishman Collection of African Art, what she was not very happy:

"It was heartbreaking in some ways for me because ... I had come from the Guggenheim where if somebody sneezed in the general vicinity of a painting ... a conservator was there with a little Q -tip ... and I was now working for a corporation ... that Because it was not Necessarily making them any money, theywere a little bit more trepidatious in spending money on the collection ... what it mostly frustrating at times to work for them Because of reason did. "

After about 18 months at Disney Featherstone decided that the "commercial America " ( "corporate America" ​​) was not for her and decided to develop their musical roots while she was working as a waitress in Southern California. Indeed, it was during their working as a waitress when she played some songs on the piano, while the actual musicians just had a break. Due to the positive reaction of the audience was clear to them that music was the path they had to follow in their lives.

"It was the most bizarre experience ... everybody sat down and was quiet ... I played three songs and people were asking me where my album was ..."

Success

In recent years, the reputation of its songs rose through use in film and television. Stay was on ABC's Alias ​​- The agent used, FOX's Wonderfalls and CW's One Tree Hill as well as in several independent film projects. Another song, Over You, found its use in Smallville and the newly recorded I'm There Too was used in the pilot episode of Aaron Spelling's drama Summerland Beach. Summerland Beach used later in the season also I Will Be Fine and All That I Want came in the pilot episode of NBC's Las Vegas. The song Careful help was heard at the end of How I Met Your Mother episode in spite of himself. Last year, Featherstone has worked on various music projects in LA and the UK.

Use in film and television

• How I Met Your Mother used Featherstone God Bless the Child in the 18th episode of the first season, The Decent and Careful in the 23rd episode of the fourth season, help against his will.
• One Tree Hill Michelle Featherstone's music used in many episodes, including: Stay ( Season 1, Episode 21 )
• Looking For Love ( Season 2, Episode 15 )
• Back of the Church ( Season 2, Episode 17 )
• Sunday ( Season 3, Episode 2)
• Go On My Child ( Season 3, Episode 14 )
• God Bless the Child ( Season 3, Episode 16 )
• Coffee & Cigarettes ( Season 3, Episode 21 )
• Sung directly from Featherstone in episode - We Are Man and Wife ( Season 3, Episode 22)
• Looking for Love ( Season 5, Episode 6 )
• Running Down ( Season 6, Episode 5 )

• Smallville used Perfect in the season finale of season 7.
• Canon used We are Man and Wife in a TV commercial of 2007.
• Alias ​​- The agent used Stay in the 4th episode of Season 2.
• The Hills used ' Stay' in Season 2 of the MTV series.