Naomi Striemer
Naomi Striemer (born October 6, 1982 in Putnam Valley, New York) is a Canadian/American singer. She was raised on a hobby farm in Malagash Point, near Truro, Nova Scotia and homeschooled by strict Seventh-day Adventist parents. At age ten, her family moved to Manitoba where in 1993 the 11-year-old recorded an album of Christian music. In 1998 he family moved again, this time to Florida.
In April 2001, Naomi Striemer was signed by Epic Records and completed her first album for them in 2003 which was never released following a shakeup at Epic's parent, Sony BMG. The following year she and her family moved to the rural community of Delhi, Ontario. Depressed over Epic's shelving of her album, she nontheless continued performing in the Toronto area where she met new manager Steven Nowack following a performance at an Indigo Bookstore.
In a November 21, 2006 interview on CBC radio's "Sounds Like Canada", Ms. Striemer revealed that she is very protective of her voice. Her diet excludes caffeine, fizzy drinks and very hot / cold items. Concerning her childhood, she reflected on the close ties she had with nature and animals on the farm. While still 5 or 6 she sang with adults in a group. She further stated that she basically knew from an early age she wanted to sing professionally.
Following Nowack's advice, Striemer moved to Los Angeles in 2005 where she began working on a New album with producer Narada Michael Walden who launched the careers of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Her CD Images, which has Carlos Santana's guitar work on the song "Cars," was released on December 19, 2006 on the S Records label and was the No. 1 downloaded album in Canada on Sympatico/MSN. "Cars" was released as a single and in his review, Billboard's Chuck Taylor described it as "The year's most promising melodic debut...A standing ovation of an endorsement...Remember the first time you heard Whitney, Mariah or Celine and recognized a star was born?"
Discography
- Images (CD) - S Records - 2006
Track List:
- 1. Cars
- 2. Images
- 3. I Know That It's Love
- 4. Three Days Ago
- 5. I Believe (Theme Song For The Hospital For Sick Children)
- 6. Derailed
- 7. Last Chance
- 8. I'm Taking Everything
- 9. Reach The Top
- 10. Fall Behind
- 11. Something to Lose
- 12. Starting Gate
- 13. J’Irai Au Sommet
- 14. I Love You Still
- 15. Go Away
- 16. Wild About You
- 17. United We Stand
- The Demos (CD) - Download Records - 2004 (04.04.2004)
Track List:
- 1. Let Me Go
- 2. Fall Behind +
- 3. Stay With Me (Tonight)
- 4. Live Through You
- 5. Starting Gate +
- 6. Run
- 7. Play Along
- 8. End Of Time
- 9. Waiting
- 10. I'll Catch Up
- 11. Sailing Away
+These songs are also on the Images album. (They had additional editing before being included.)
External links and references
- Official site.
- MySpace: Naomi Striemer.
- Naomi Striemer Official Fan Club Site.
- Naomi Striemer Fan Site.
- CTV: "NS singer being called the next Celine Dion."
- National Post: "Always check the label."
- Globe and Mail: "From Nova Scotia to Billboard."