iSound

Denise AKA Big D was born in Michigan in the late 60s. She, and her two older siblings were brought up in an unstable home for the first 3 years of her life. Then, through her father’s divorce and remarriage, lived the next 7 years in a normal, middle class home. During this seven years, she sang…a lot…with the radio. The seventies music was piped in throughout her comfortable, two story home. Her musical influences would be shaped during this time by groups like: The Eagles, James Taylor, Kenny Loggins, and anyone on the popular radio stations of the 70s. Denise sang a couple of solos in elementary school: ‘Snoopy Come Home,’ and ‘M.O.T.H.E.R.’ These songs were sung as solos before the entire school…. Denise recalls how she actually enjoyed practicing for her gigs;). No other ‘gigs’ were pursued at that time, and Denise’s singing career was halted for the next several years. By the time Denise was 11, she (along with her sister and brother) was thrown back into chaos when her fa...