Search - Shari Elf :: I'm Forcing Goodness Upon You

15 years later and right on schedule, Shari has finally completed her debut CD. Shari decided to see if she could turn her funny little poems and stories into songs. The experiment worked and she ended up with a bunch of songs. So she played her songs for friends and strangers. People wanted at tape. Shari jokes "When I started this project, it was way before they had CDs. I was just trying to make an 8 track tape." Many of the songs are just Shari and her $15 thrift store guitar. Songs like the crowd pleasing "Jesus at the Hardware Store." "I can't play at a local coffee shop here without getting a request for that song, unless, of course, no one knows me there." Then, when she got her demo deal, Karyn Rachtman, Interscope Records Soundtrack President (at the time) gave her an omnichord. Omnichord enthusiasts, you're in for a treat with "Shari's Big Omnichord Hits" (six songs recorded with the omnichord) People have thrown around comparisons (Daniel Johnson, Jill Sobule, Blondie?!, Cher-well, Shari throws that around but it usually lands on the floor.) "I've been getting lots of good reviews from the comedy and college radio programs I've been sending the CD to, to my mom, to my friends and their friends and even some strangers."