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Abby Gregori
Born into a family of singers and artists, Abby Gregori noticed at an early age her passion for art and music. Already in kindergarten she started to sing the songs she heard on the radio or TV. While Abby was a student of an artistic oriented school in Europe, she began playing the violin at the age of seven, but soon discovered the acoustic guitar as the best way to express herself. She stated, "My guitar teacher, a professional guitarist who had live performances with internationally known acts such as "Nena" (99 Red Balloons) and "Westernhagen", supported me for six awesome years and helped me to find my talent of writing and singing my own songs." Her music style is influenced by soft rock, accoustic rock and alternative. After she had the great opportunity to play one of my songs live on stage in Vancouver, BC, she experienced that this is exactly what she wants - to perform her songs, entertain and touch people with her music. Having years of experience in classical guitar, she pronounces her thoughts and feelings by combining singing/songwriting with her instrumental talent on numerous guitars, and piano. Spending the last two and a half years in Canada, Abby is now almost 18 years old and has widend her gaze to many different cultures and styles. With great influences such as Secondhand Seranade, Evanescence, and RED, Abby has two people who shine through and are her strongest inspirations, her grandmother and grandfather. Both being opera singers, Abby feels it is they who inspire her the most and, as she says, "They are where I get my talent from."

Visit her myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/abby_gregori

Abby Gregori has collaborated with Dan Marcelino, who is an experienced self taught drum/percussion, bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitars and piano player, and created a dynamic duo called 2Step Closer that was created in early September 2010. With its unique blend of taste and style, Abby Gregori and Dan Marcelino have decided to make a genre all their own. The silky smooth sound, mixed with modern drive and memorable, poetic lyrics give their music a harmonic balance.

Visit 2Step Closer here: http://www.myspace.com/2stepcloser

Abby Gregori is not only a musician but also an artist and photographer. Midnight Famous was one of her first photoshoots. A commercial rock band from Kelowna that has been around for a long time. Her photography is Modern, Abstract, Expressive and Narrative. She blieves, "My photography tells a story and makes the observer pensive."

Visit her blog here: http://abby-photography.blogspot.com/