Product Description In her second CD, "Tulips Bleed", Brooke Ramel created a more artistic, edgier recording. It's a more eclectic set of songs with a more serious tone. Songs from "Tulips Bleed" have been featured on "Dawson's Creek", "Charmed", and "Ed", to name a few. The songs "The Answer" and "Anything" are available on a "Dawson's Creek" soundtrack. About Brooke Ramel: Brooke was born in Raytown, Missouri. By her seventh birthday, she started playing the guitar and by the time she was 8 years old, she was playing gigs at local churches, fairs, pizza parlors, and the state prison. By age 9 she had made her first television appearance on a local talent show and had done a one-hour live radio show. Brooke attended Stanford University and also studied in Paris. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion for music. In 1996, Brooke recorded 'Movie Star' and put together her first band, playing at LA clubs such as The Troubadour, Genghis Cohen, and others. In 1998 Brooke released her second CD, 'Tulips Bleed'. Songs from 'Tulips Bleed' have been featured on the television shows 'Ed', 'Charmed', and 'Dawson's Creek', and in the film "Stealing Harvard". Brooke's third album, 'Make Tomorrow Up', was released in the summer of 2000. Brooke appeared on the television show '7th Heaven', singing the title track, and songs from 'Make Tomorrow Up' have been featured on 'The Chris Isaak Show' and 'Drawn Together'. Brooke released her fourth CD of original music, 'Be', at the beginning of 2002. Her song 'Someday' was heard in the motion picture White Oleander, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Renee Zellweger, as well as the television shows 'Three Wishes' and 'Gilmore Girls'. The album 'Be' and two of it's songs -- 'Someday' and 'Only' -- were nominated for music awards. In 2003 HBO's hit series 'Six Feet Under' featured her song 'As For Me' from her first CD, 'Movie Star'. The following year she released another CD of original music, 'Turn It Around'. In 2005 Brooke recorded background vocals for Ziggy Marley's latest CD release, 'Love is My Religion'. Brooke is currently featured in the eighth episode of the PBS series 'Branson Jubilee', and she is participating in NBC's new music competition 'Star Tomorrow', and her song 'Let It Out' will be featured in the motion picture 'Bonneville', starring Jessica Lange. Brooke has performed with many well-respected artists, including many of her own influences, such as Vonda Shepard, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Deana Carter, David Wilcox, Christopher Cross, A Flock of Seagulls, Warren Zevon, Kevin Bacon and the Bacon Brothers, Raul Malo, John Corbett, Sophie B. Hawkins, Starship, Sally Taylor, Jude, Taylor Dayne, David Gates, Grant Lee Phillips, Willie Porter, Jonathan Brooke, and The Nelsons. Brooke continues to play with her band in the Los Angeles area. In fact, she does over 200 gigs a year and has now sold over 40,000 CDs on her own as an independent artist. Review Brooke Ramel is an original, and she knows how to rock. Listen loud, and listen often. -- KSTE Radio, Lafayette, December 1998 About the Artist Brooke was born in Raytown, Missouri. By her seventh birthday, she started playing the guitar and by the time she was 8 years old, she was playing “gigs” at local churches, fairs, pizza parlors, and the state prison. By age 9 she had made her first television appearance on a local talent show and had done a one-hour live radio show. At age 10, her family relocated in Kansas. As she progressed through junior high and high school, Brooke got involved in every choral group, play and musical possible. She found her creative outlet in doing theater while continuing to write songs such a "Boogie Down Disco Lane" in junior high and serious love songs in high school. While in Kansas, Brooke found her creative outlet in theater while continuing to write songs in junior high and in high school. Brooke attended Stanford University, in California, and after graduating moved to Los Angeles to pursue her obsession with music. Since then, she has never looked back. Brooke has been making her living as a professional artist performing in local bars, coffeehouses, restaurants, mountain lodges as well as venues such as The Coach House, The Crazy Horse and Universal City Walk in Los Angeles and the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas for well over 5 years. In 1996, Brooke recorded “Movie Star” with her producer, Johnny Pierce, and put together her first band, playing at LA clubs such as The Troubadour, Ghengis Cohen, and others. During 1998 radio celebrity Rodney Bingenheimer (KROQ) debuted her song "Mainstream" and chose it for his "Top 5 Picks of the Week." At the same time, the television series "Party of Five" featured her song "Down”. By the end of 1998, Brooke had returned to Nashville to record her second CD, “Tulips Bleed”. Songs from “Tulips Bleed” have been featured on the television shows “Ed”, "Charmed" and "Dawson's Creek". Her songs have since also been used in several independent films. By spring of 2000, Brooke had sold over 12,000 CDs on her own and had built up a substantial following. She returned to Nashville and recorded her third album, “Make Tomorrow Up”. This was released in the summer of 2000, together with her first music video. In the Fall of 2000, she appeared on the television show “7th Heaven” singing the title track of her new album. To date, Brooke has sold approximately 20,000 albums, and she's still going strong. She currently continues to play with her band in the Los Angeles area and has opened for acts such as Sophie B. Hawkins, Shawn Colvin, David Wilcox, Sally Taylor, Taylor Dayne, Warren Zevon, Jude, Grant Lee Phillips, Willie Porter, Jill Sobule, Shannon Curfman and most recently Sophie B. Hawkins, The Nelsons, Starship, Scott Wilke, Christopher Cross, Royal Crown Revue, A Flock of Seagulls, and Me'Shell Ndegeocello. See more