Anna Sheer - Dreamer

By Ben Ohmart (more articles from this author) 2002-05-31

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Artist: Anna Sheer (www.annasheer.com)
Title: Dreamer
Genre: Pop

Have you ever wished you could pick just what music wakes you up in the morning? Something that is fresh, fills you up with enough positive hormones to Make you want to start the coffee pouring into you? Young Anna Sheer just may be your chance if you hook yourself into her uplifting, high energy sound.

From the Prairie Township Fish Fry to performances at Border's and the Columbus Arts Festival, from performing to the Westland Area Business Association in Gala Event Hall to giving the Arts Garden Party's Greater Hilltop Area League a grand singing event, Anna's list of performance credits is as varied as it is driven. As this credit list is from July of 2001, it's probably tripled as of this writing (May 2002). But the thing that impresses me Most is the professional attitude of this young creature. I get a Lot of flashy promo kits in the mail, on colored paper, maybe with feathers and sometimes intricate packaging (keep sending that candy though!), but few, if any, have had the artist details that this one has. Newspaper and magazine articles, emails from fans, prize notification from ASCAP, Complete contact info, bio, etc. The only thing not included is lyrics. Not bad for someone born in 1984. Half my age, and 1500 miles further down the road to stardom than I'll ever be.

That's because she has such a sweet voice, and writes pop tunes that are acoustic in nature (thank the constant violin and piano, perhaps keyboard, for that). And yet the songs are so happy and frolicsome, if you ever missed electrics or thought that 'true' pop couldn't be achieved without plugging in, Anna will set you straight.

Though the album is only 25 minutes long, it's full. Full of long notes held to the heavens among the bass and drum that accompany the strings and keys. Her voice is quite good for a youngster; an adult too. She probably has a ways to go, especially since she's not relying on the filter of studio tricks to keep her 'perfect' since, as I say, these are acoustic songs. But, all the more reason to applaud her live-like set at the end of every tune.

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