Prairie-born singer-songwriter Laura Hastings has lived and breathed music from the tender age of 4 when her parents put her in piano lessons after she played the Sesame Street theme song by ear on the piano. Several years of lessons, festivals, musicals, plays, and performances later and Laura is on the brink of releasing her second album and finishing a Bachelor’s Degree in Music at Trinity Western University. Her newest album, ‘Perfect Stranger’, is a four song EP that showcases songs abou...
Prairie-born singer-songwriter Laura Hastings has lived and breathed music from the tender age of 4 when her parents put her in piano lessons after she played the Sesame Street theme song by ear on the piano. Several years of lessons, festivals, musicals, plays, and performances later and Laura is on the brink of releasing her second album and finishing a Bachelor’s Degree in Music at Trinity Western University. Her newest album, ‘Perfect Stranger’, is a four song EP that showcases songs about new love, lost love, and hope.
Laura’s style of music is admittedly difficult to describe. Her influences range from artists such as Vanessa Carlton, Rachael Yamagata, Feist, Paramore, Evanescense, Norah Jones, and Sarah McLachlan. Her lyrics often reflect themes of love, perseverance, heartache, and hope. Most of her pieces start at the piano and take off from there with instruments such as Rhodes, drums, violin, cello, and other atmospheric sounds. Writing music is not just a way of life for Laura; it’s a way to vent what consumes her mind and what wells up in her heart.
In her early music development, she studied piano and voice through the Royal Conservatory of Music. After many local and provincial festivals and competitions, the budding songstress won a recording package valued at $2,000 that she used to fuel her first album entitled Butterfly, which was released in 2006. Wanting to pursue music further, Laura began a degree in Music at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. Being exposed to many different methods, genres, and musicians in the Lower Mainland has broadened her influences and challenged her songwriting.
The future of music looks like another degree, this time in Music Therapy at Capilano University, which Laura wishes to use to help more people through the powerful tool of music. She is looking forward to the future of her career in songwriting, performing, recording, and creating music that means something to people. Stay updated at www.myspace.com/laurahastings or at Laura’s Facebook Fan Page for all of her upcoming shows and for details on all her latest projects.
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