Bio

Hello and welcome to my showcase, thank you for stopping by! Here is a little about me. My name is Hayley Oliver, and I am an Independent Country Music Vocalist in the UK. I began singing at a very early age, I remember the very first time I sang on stage, I was five years old and I sang a solo for my school nativity play. As a child I always enjoyed taking part in music and drama activities at school. When I was eleven years old I was asked to record a single “saint of the Orphans”, that was such an exciting experience, the first time I had worked in a recording studio. The record had some airplay on national radio and I appeared on the Saturday morning breakfast shows “the Wide awake club” and “going live”, and the BBC evening news program “London plus”. It was all such a great experience for me, it was so strange and exciting to hear myself singing on the radio and seeing myself on television! Through my Teens I enjoyed working on further recording projects and performing at various festivals and theatres. I took a break from recording while I studied business at college and university. In 2000, I began entering talent competitions and performing in clubs and theatres in and around London. I one a competition hosted by British comedian Joe Pasquale and this led to further recording projects with folk singer and comedian Richard Digance. I also enjoyed working with Mike Ozman at the London Palladium in 2003. Currently I am working on my own recording projects. In January of 2006 I released my first self-produced album “two Hearts”. This includes some of my favourite classic country songs and an original song, the title track, “Two Hearts Dancing as one” written by British country music writers Sue Bennett and Lorna Flowers. This was a really exciting project for me, it was the first time I had ever produced and promoted my own CD, it was a lot of fun to do, and I have learned so much from it. I am now selecting new songs for my second CD, and I already have some great writers working with me on material, my aim is to make the second album more original and include other vocalists and musicians. I love working with other people, music is stronger and much more fun when it’s shared and I really value other musician’s opinions and ideas. I love singing all kinds of music styles, and I have experimented with some pop and rock,, but I have always been a country singer at heart. Country is what I really feel at home with, and what I know I’m strongest at as a vocalist. I have grown up listening to country music, and my greatest influences are Reba Macintire, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, patsy Cline, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tilis, and Trisha Yearwood. Music has always lived in my heart and played such an important part in my life, and my greatest ambition is to be able to reach others through my music. Even if just one person out of a crowd of people tells me that a particular song meant something too them and touch their heart in some way, that makes it worth while for me, and I know that I am achieving what I want most to achieve. My dream, of course, is to someday visit Nashville, to perform or record there would be truly wonderful! My main goal is to continue doing what I love to do, just keep on singing and sharing my music with others in the hope that they get as much pleasure from it as I do.