Album Notes

STOP PRESS! : Corrinne's NEW CD "Safe in a Crazy World" is now available. Visit http://www.cdbaby.com/corrinnemay2 .PRESS and QUOTES. "This Singapore-born, Berklee-educated songwriter combines the haunting otherworldliness of artists like Sarah McLachlan and Sting with the open veracity of Joni Mitchell. The result is Corrinne May's stunning self-titled release. May's voice is instantly intoxicating-beautiful and adept, but never needlessly showy. Her melodies slide elegantly through well-executed, smart arrangements. Even though one track, the lovely "If You Didn't Love Me," was co-written with Carole King and Carole Bayer Sager, May's solely self-penned songs stand on their own as solid, engaging examples of writing. "Stay on the Road" and "All That I Need" are lush, driven pop while "Mr. Beasley" and the sweet opener "Fly Away" are piano adorned folk gems. With her hopeful, fluid lyrics and heavenly voice, this is a touching, enchanting record." --Performing Songwriter Magazine July/August 2002 "Corrinne May's unexpected phrasing and beautiful melody met the emotion Carole and I put into the lyric and took our song to a dimension we never imagined." - Carole King "I thought that Corrinne's song as well as her performance of the song was deeply moving. She brought a whole other dimension to the lyric that I hadn't known was there until I heard her melody. It invoked a deep emotional response in me." - Carole Bayer Sager "By the time she was into the second verse, I was sitting at my desk in tears. May's work makes the soul tremble....... (Sarah) McLachlan would give anything to sound like this." -Jennifer Layton, Indie-music.com "As the first note from the acoustic piano melted into the tender, hushed vocal from singer/songwriter Corrinne May's self-titled debut release, I was mesmerized. One part Sarah McLaughlin, one part Carole King, May comes across as a balladeer with a poetic verse surpassed only by her indelible melodies and inspired harmonic interplay." --Drew Walen, Nashville City Paper "This is one of those CDs that reinforce my belief in a Higher Power because there's just no other explanation for that voice...Guys, you may be tough, but she'll reach you. Ladies,two words: waterproof mascara." -Jennifer Layton, Indie-music.com "...some of the most poignant love songs never recorded by Celine Dion, the best of which may be "All That I Need," which could easily make somebody some serious money if a publisher or record company got behind it. This is high-end ear candy. May could arguably be the best never-heard-of voice in music this year." --Drew Walen, Nashville City Paper ---------------- ------- Corrinne May - A Bio -------- It is and always has been about the song. That's the motto that drives Corrinne May to write the music she does. There is something pure and old-fashioned about Corrinne's music. Perhaps it's the almost classical feel of her piano ballads, or the way her lyrics reminds one of Joni Mitchell's lyrical honesty or the way her melodies weave within your consciousness like a tapestry. Or perhaps it's just the way the intimacy of her music makes people cry... keep a box of Kleenex close by. But tears are not all she manages to evoke. She still manages to get you to smile, heck, even laugh along with the joyful exuberance of songs like "Something About You" or the hilarious pop quirkiness of "Mr. Beasley". All in all, Corrinne's music is a celebration of life at it's most spiritual. Corrinne grew up on the tiny tropical island of Singapore. She started humming songs back to her surprised parents at 16 months, started organ lessons at 4 years old and although she couldn't yet reach the pedals, began playing songs she had heard by ear. She started piano lessons at 6 and quickly drove her piano teachers up the wall by not practicing her classical music literature, insisting instead on making up her own tune