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See Markup for how to mark section headings. Section headings are delimited by equal signs (=), which are used to construct the table of contents of a page. This draft does not appear to indicate which of the musical notability criteria is satisfied. If one of the criteria is satisfied, please revise this draft appropriately, with a reliable source, if necessary stating on the talk page which criterion is met, and resubmit. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:08, 14 January 2019 (UTC)}} Stephanie Rivers (singer-songwriter) Stephanie Nicole Rivers (born October 11, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, producer, and philanthropist. She first achieved success in 2008 with her debut LP, Play Things, produced with Ron Rogers. Comparable to Jill Scott and Sade for her style and vocal character, Rivers creates “folk soul” music. Having previously released two EPs, Rivers has created her first full-length LP, Time Tells a Lie (May 2015). Produced by Carey Alex Clayton of the rock-jazz trio Carbon Mirage, Time Tells a Lie features soulful hooks infused with Rivers’ mezzo-soprano. 1982-2002: Early life and career beginningsRivers was born Stephanie Nicole Rivers on October 11, 1982, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Mary (Davison) Rivers, a nurse from Tulsa, and Willie Rivers, an aircraft mechanic and private pilot from Atlanta, Georgia. Rivers’ father is African American, and her mother is of Native American and European descent. Her parents separated when she was 10. She and her younger brother, Michael, share six half-siblings from their parents’ previous marriages. Rivers started performing at an early age. At age 4, she competed in a Miss Black Tulsa pageant, where she lip-synched Whitney Houston’s “How Would I Know?” She went on to compete on the syndicated music/variety show Puttin’ on the Hits, where she won the top prize, and also landed a spot on Star Search. At age 5, Rivers’ family moved to Atlanta, where the burgeoning 1990s music scene saw the emergence of LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings. She attended church with the female R&B quartet Xscape and met Usher and other up-and-coming acts on the local circuit. Following the divorce of her parents in 1992, Rivers and her mother moved back to Oklahoma and settled in Norman, just 20 miles south of Oklahoma City. Though far removed from Atlanta’s music industry, Rivers delved into Norman’s local arts programs. For the first time, she learned how to read, write, and play music. She began studying classical piano at age 10, which she continued for another 10 years. From age 12, Rivers took private voice lessons and went on to compete in state and national opera championships. At Norman High School North, Rivers joined the jazz choir, where she learned to belt out tunes in the style of The Manhattan Transfer, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. Determined to establish her own voice, Rivers graduated high school in three years and attended the University of Oklahoma, where she majored in Political Communications and Spanish. 2002-2003: LondonAfter spending her first two years singing in OU choir, Rivers left the States to study abroad at the University of Reading in the UK. She often credits this experience as the most influential in her music career. While sharing a cabin with 10 other women, many of them musicians, Rivers ignited her spark for songwriting. Borrowing a roommate’s guitar, she churned out “Helpless” and a batch of other original songs. She shopped her demo around dozens of London clubs until she caught the ear of two producers, Simon Paul (of the DJ team Lost Witness) and Pete “Mixmaster” Hammond (Kylie Minogue), who recruited Rivers to sing vocals on House tracks including a hit called “Club Together,” which helped to launched her stint as a studio session singer in the UK. While wrapping up her senior year in the States, Rivers used her dad's airline pass to fly back and forth to London to write and record music. After graduating college, Rivers secured a work visa and teamed up with two musician friends overseas and formed a group called Deuce Laureates. Together, they made music in the style of the Fugees and spent six months shopping their demos around London. 2005: AtlantaIn 2005, with an expired visa, Rivers moved back to Atlanta. She connected with Chris and Conrad Rosser (AKA DJ Chris Cutz and DJ Twin). As the production duo [https://soundcloud.com/bread-water Bread & Water], the Rosser brothers worked with Tupac Shakur (All Eyez on Me), David Banner, Goodie Mob, Bone Crusher, and other artists. With Bread & Water, Rivers wrote and recorded two R&B tracks, “Come Onto Me” and “Natural High,” shaping her versatility as a songwriter. Chris Rosser presented her work to producers in Atlanta including Jermaine Dupri, who expressed initial interest. However, a deal did not materialize. 2006: New York CityRivers moved to Harlem in 2006. With a background in politics (she was a former campaign staffer for the John Kerry and Al Gore campaigns in Oklahoma), she got a job at MediaGlobal, a nonprofit news agency based at the United Nations. Rivers was later recruited by Helen Keller International, a global health organization based in Manhattan, to fund-raise for its domestic program, ChildSight®. All the while, Rivers kept writing music. With a backup band she found on Craigslist called [https://myspace.com/thetollywoodallstars The Tollywood AllStars], she played her first NYC gig at 169 Bar on the Lower East Side. The set list, comprised of original tracks Rivers wrote in London, was an arrangement of "folk soul.” 2008-2010: Play Things and Play Things RemixedIn 2008, Rivers cut her first EP, Play Things. She hired veteran composer, producer, and songwriter Ron Rogers (whose credits include Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle, and Kid Creole and the Coconuts), to produce the five-track EP. Featuring Colombian guitarist Camila Celin, Play Things was a moderate success, with 2,000 copies sold and more than 2,000 single copy downloads of the song “The Whole.” Rogers also produced Rivers’ follow-up EP, Play Things Remixed (2010). Rivers subsequently went on tour and played shows along the East Coast in 2008 and 2009. 2014-2015: Time Tells a LieAfter a brief hiatus, during which Rivers traveled to Los Angeles to shoot a music video for “The Whole,” Rivers returned to the studio in 2014 to record her first full-length LP, Time Tells a Lie (May 2015). Released on Rivers’ [https://angel.co/srpr-music SRPR label], Time Tells a Lie weaves a personal story of faded love and renewed passion. Its boozy chords and drum pockets, as heard in “As Long as You’re Here With Me” and “Southern Comfort,” meander from old school Soul to the Delta blues. Rivers wrote the album in four months while camped out at a friend’s loft in Peekskill, New York. To produce the album, Rivers asked Carey Alex Clayton (of the rock-jazz trio Carbon Mirage) to work on the project. Clayton originally responded to Rivers’ ad seeking a guitar player to help arrange songs. After playing a number of gigs together, along with drummers Charlie Schmidt and Josh Giunta (of the electro-soul band Love Science Music) and bassist Jordan “JORSCAN” Scannella (of the electro-pop band Tortured Soul), Rivers and Carey teamed up in the studio. Recorded at SweetSounds Studio in SoHo, Time Tells a Lie is Clayton’s first major production. Rivers is the executive producer, Guinta serves as the mixing engineer, and Brooklyn-based mastering engineer Kevin Blackler rounds out the team. PhilanthropyFrom 2010 to 2013, Rivers served as a full-time fundraiser for Helen Keller International’s eye health programs. In 2014, Rivers joined the Board of Directors for Turning Point, a community-based nonprofit organization that supports individuals and families in need through education, health, and social services programs. References1. ^Helen Keller International's ChildSight program gives eye exams, glasses to I.S. 227 students, News12 Brooklyn. September 27, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2015. [1]External links
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