I've been interested in music as far back as I can remember. My mom said that when she brought me home from the hospital, I wouldn't stop fussing until she turned the radio on. I was an only child at first, so I would make up songs and stories to keep myself preoccupied. It wasn't until Christmas at age 13 that I first owned my own musical instrument - a cheap keyboard with which I immediately started making music, driving my mother up the wall.
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As I got older, I got into a wide variety of music. I had friends that introduced me to Nine Inch Nails, Aphex Twin, Tori Amos, early Seal. I had already picked up interest in The Art of Noise, Thomas Dolby, and Howard Jones on my own. I loved storytelling and found that I had a penchant for melody. In my 20's, I changed out the keyboards for a guitar and in time was also able to focus on vocals. I had an okay singing voice at the time. I independently released an album under the name equals the RAVEN back in 1999 / 2000.
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Something happened, though, that would forever change my world and how I viewed it. In 2001, I came out as a transgender woman and started taking both medical and social steps towards transition. Part of what I had to re-think was how I wanted my music to be seen. After releasing an album, "Wrapped in Music" under the then-name of Katie Turner, I noticed that interest in my music waned. Society seemed almost laser-focused on what I looked like instead of what I was doing. This exacerbated already-present mental health issues I had at the time and I didn't create much music for nearly a decade.
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What brought me back to making music was simply the fact of getting older and realizing that I still wanted to do something with my music, even if nobody bothered to hear it. I realized that it was a wonderful form of therapy for me, if I allowed myself to do it. But who would ever listen to the music of a middle-aged trans woman? I found that I didn't care. I wanted to go back to doing something that I loved: creating music and interesting audio.
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In spring of 2017, I released my first new music since 2007: an EP called "Spirited" under the nom de plume of SheedyJaye. I started putting out vocal music under my own (new) name later that year, starting with a re-release of "Wrapped in Music." The following year, I released "Shattering The Silence," which was my own personal breakthrough.
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While I still prefer to create more sonically experimental tracks as 69 Susans, I still have a place in my heart for doing pop-styled music. Back when I was 13, it was pop music that got me interested in making my own work, and I continue to make it out of love of the craft.
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Below, you will find my pop music albums, singles and remixes. Feel free to peruse them and perhaps pick something up, if you're of a mind to.
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My music can be found on most streaming services and at the Moderate Potatoe Multimedia BandCamp page.
