Joyce Seamone Female Country Music Singer

		I grew up in rural Nova Scotia, Maplewood, to be exact.
		As a small girl, I sang in church, school, variety shows, and radio.
		Graduated from New Germany Rural High School & started working for the Royal Bank of Canada, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
		I got married in 1964.
		In 1967, I transferred from the Royal Bank of Canada, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, to the Royal Bank, Woodstock Ontario.
		During this time, I made many new musical friends and joined a local band.
		While still working at the bank in Woodstock, I was “discovered” by an A & R representative for a record company and was signed to their label, Marathon Records, and recorded my first LP - Testing 1-2-3.
		The first release, also titled, Testing 1-2-3, from that LP, went to # 1 across Canada on the Canadian Country Music Charts.
		I received a Gold Record for Record Sales.
		In 1972 I left my day job with the Royal Bank of Canada to pursue music full time.
		I continued on that path of full time performing, playing clubs, T.V., concerts, festivals and receiving radio airplay across Canada.
		I finally “left the road”, got a new day job with Ralston Purina of Canada, Woodstock, Ontario, and still played music as a sideline.
		I moved to a new record label, Boot Records.
		My husband and I soon found our family growing with the addition of three girls.
		In 1987 we moved back to Nova Scotia, lock, stock and barrel.
		After a year, I went to work, again in a day job, at the South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater, N.S.
		During weekends, I joined a new band, made new musical friends, connected with musicians from my past and wrote songs.
		In 1994, we formed our own record label, Gemini Records, and recorded a new CD, The Other Side of Me, produced by Georges Hebert, long time guitarist for Anne Murray.
		Received airplay, mostly overseas.
		While working my day job, I used vacation to perform at festivals & concerts, traveling to Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden in 1996, 1997.
		In 1998, I wrote the winning centennial song to celebrate Bridgewater, Nova Scotia’s 100th Birthday.
		In 1999, I broke my leg one hour after arriving in Holland to perform at an international festival and to promote my records. I could not perform any overseas concerts that year and many dreams fell by the wayside.
		Because I was hospitalized in Holland for several weeks, and unable to return home as expected, I missed the opportunity to be the opening act for well known Canadian singer, Michelle Wright, back in my hometown of Bridgewater.
		In 2001 I became a published author with a story in Music Horror Stories, A Goodnight Kiss Production, California.
		In 2004 I was given the opportunity to put together the concept for a new country music festival to take place at Fox Mountain Camping Park, Aylesford, Nova Scotia. This now is a yearly event at which I act as host, perform with my band, Total Country, as well as book all the acts and manage all musical concerns.
		In 2004, I was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.
		I retired from my “day job” in 2006.

During my lifetime of being involved in music, I have gained knowledge on everything from performing live, recording, record contracts, songwriting, and everything in between. While continuing to do all of the above, I am also now a music consultant, truly enjoying every opportunity as it comes my way. Life is good!