Tawnee featured on Photography Blog!

January 2019, I was 10 weeks pregnant. I spent 10 consecutive days being photographed all around SF by Arizona based photographer, Boban Gligoric. Recently, I was interviewed about my experience and my new current status of “Mom”.

Here’s an except from the interview:

Was music a big part of your life growing up?

Huge. Both my parents had a massive influence on my relationship to music in different ways. My mom is musically inclined, playing guitar and singing. Anytime there's music on, my mom is tapping her feet or fingers or swaying to the beat. She'd always be humming or singing to me and my sister. My dad isn't musical, but he's music obsessed. He'd sit down with me for hours in front of classic rock albums and we'd discuss the lyrics, the phrasing, the meanings, and the history. I also remember him giving me 5x5 sheets of white paper for me to sketch out a "redesign" of the album art to whatever CD we were listening to. He'd also give me prompts for making up new songs. "Play me something that sounds like rain in winter" he'd encourage me while we were at the piano or in front of a pile of old dilapidated instruments he'd find somewhere. He's incredibly creative.

After working in the tech industry for so many years, what prompted you to pursue music?

After getting married, my husband and I decided to save up money, quit our jobs in tech, and backpack around the world for a year.….Read the full interview on the blog.