About this user
Interested in music from a very young age, Krista wrote her first song (Way Down South where the Elephants Shit their Butts) at 3 1/2 years old. Upon its completion, she immediately sang this prodigal hit into a plastic tape recorder, and, fortunately, it has been preserved for posterity thanks to her cousin Aimee's amazing memory and astounding recall. As an additional bonus, this ditty will be included in Krista's upcoming CD, Thanks, but No. Originally hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Krista grew up idolizing such pop culture icons as: Shaun Cassidy, Kiss, John Schneider (Bo Duke), Robert Wagner (during his Hart to Hart phase), and Hutch (as opposed to Starsky). At age 18 (not 19 1/2 as some records indicate), she graduated from The Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (along with Chris Garver of Miami Ink fame). Upon graduating, Krista was accepted into the illustrious Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, California. Unsure of how to fend for herself in a substantially larger city than her own, she decided, instead, to accept a Music scholarship at nearby Youngstown State University. Upon successfully completing the single longest school quarter of her adult life, Krista withdrew from this fine institution to attend Pittsburgh's exclusive Community College of Allegheny County. Krista went on to attend many other illustrious academic institutions and even spent a semester overseas at London's Richmond University. Upon graduating from Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock University with an English degree (after many semesters spent watching Northern Exposure, The X-Files, Forever Night, and The Whoopie Goldberg Show), Krista moved back to Pittsburgh to begin her musical career in earnest. Krista additionally holds degrees from The Ohio State University, Southern Oregon University, and Portland State University (none of them in Music). Krista makes her home in the southern Oregon basin and cultivates interests in David Duchovny's aging process, prison shanks, new salad fixings, National Public Radio, Pug fold care, the Tarot, and outlandish British humor. Having been stripped of all of her dignity (she is, after all, also a teacher), and spends her Friday nights weeping uncontrollably while watching CBS's The Ghost Whisperer.
