Jessi Robertson's music is a study in contradictions. A simple rhythm for an intricate chord that can't be transcribed. A disaster retold with blunt words that twist themselves into poetry. A romantic dance with disappointment and desire. We live in a chaotic, lonely world- the contradictions are audible. Jessi draws a tense truce with contradiction, but wars forever with compromise.

Inspired by the fast pace of NYC, Jessi has also found time to be deeply involved in the local music scene. She is one of the co-founders of the Local Correspondents Community for independent artists, a contributor to Urban Folk Magazine, and author of the Indie Music Resources blog (http://indiemusicresources.bl ogspot.com). For the past four years she has curated shows for September Concert (http://septemberconcert.org), a worldwide concert series to promote community and healing on 9/11. In between all these activities, she designs and maintains the websites for jessirobertson.com, localcorrespondents.com, and tanyabuziak.net.

Desp ite her many interests and commitment to community, Jessi's most intense passion is songwriting and performance. Although some people use music as a device to bring them fame, fortune, and power, Jessi sees a notebook page as a canvas, a pen as a brush, words as paint, and notes as colors. Her goal is to create something true, without compromises or hidden motivations.

Currentl y Jessi is learning yet another skill and acting as her own engineer and producer while recording at home. She is also a member of the band, "Asher, are you drawing pretty things?" (www.myspace.com/asherareyou).