Emma G
About Emma G from Auckland
If Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Pink and Alanis Morrissette had an orgy, Emma G's music would be the lovechild - with Tracy Chapman and Bic Runga as godparents.
Emma G is a rock singer / songwriter / musician originally from the Waikato, New Zealand.
An inspirational young person, Emma G was brought into this world with severe health problems.
Born with a cyst in the middle of her head, and water on the brain, (a condition called hydrocephelus), it was almost certain Emma G would be permanently brain damaged, if not also developing cerebral palsy. However, thanks to skilled medical staff at Waikato hospital, Hamilton, modern health technology and the perseverance of a strong mother, Emma G beat the odds, and went on to live a normal happy life.
When issues cropped up yet again at age 9 with Emma G's health, she turned to music as a way of coping. Using songwriting as a tool for self expression, Emma G began writing prolifically on life and what it meant to stay true to yourself.
Emma G wrote her first successful song, "Look Around", at the tender age of ten which was then recorded and released on Waikato-and-Bay-of-Plenty-based album "The Present". With strong R'n'B influences, local hip hop group "The Native Sons" heard the song and debuted on the track also, bringing a few rhymes to the mix.
Emma G's determination and success at such a young age, won her the opportunity to travel to a world symposium the following year as an ambassador for New Zealand youth in Florida, USA. Returning back to New Zealand, Emma G was filled with a new sense of purpose: to inspire and encourage others to be the best they can be, to stay true to themselves, and to express themselves through her music.
Since then, she has been writing music and performing non-stop. From gigs at various bars in the Waikato and Auckland, to local events such as 2009's Waitangi Day commemorations to busking on the streets of Hamilton and singing on Maori television's Homai te Paki Paki and TV2's The Singing Bee!
Her perseverance in the music industry got her ninth placing in the 2004 Innaugural Play It Strange Secondary Schools Songwriting competition with her song "Soon". She also appeared singing and talking about this song on the 2004 Play it Strange documentary which was aired on TV2 twice. Stunning award winning Russian-born classical-cross-over singer, Yulia, heard "Soon", and looked into covering it, however, upon meeting with Emma G and hearing her other material and voice decided to encourage Emma G to follow her dreams and get involved in the musical industry instead.
Emma G has now moved to Auckland and has been doing many solo performances around the city at Juice Bar, Windsor Castle, Deschlers, Grand Central and Crib Bar. She has also joined forces with some top musicians for her all-new soul / hard-rock and band, also called "Emma G" with a debut album in the pipelines with help of producer Dave Edtmeier of Miscreant Recordings.
Emma G is a unique combination of determination, rock, pop, soul and attitude!
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