All About Jeryl

Bio

Jeryl is an accomplished singer, songwriter, musician and starting to work with other artists as a producer. After winning the Cabo Wabo Battle of the Bands at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC Jeryl’s song "I Told You So" ( written by butch Walker/ Produced by Jim Ebert ) caught the attention of NYC radio's Z100 and “The Radio Chick” Leslie Gold. "I Told You So" was a final pick on NYC's Z100 "Radio Star" contest, hit  1 on the Charts at GarageRadio.com and is on the SBS Indie Music Sampler Vol. 10.

Her song "So Many Things" is the theme song of the California based cable TV show Sidewalks Entertainment which made it network TV prime time premiere on Thanksgiving 2009. Jeryl's song "19" is the theme song for the documentary Sentencing the Victim that aired on the PBS program Independent Lens. And MTV’s Laguana Beach featured Jeryl’s song "Stupid" in its first season. "Stupid" is on The Female Musicians "Listen Learn and Groove Radio CD" Series and Helzberg Diamonds compilation "Diamonds in the Rough." Other compilations include "G" Global 1 released by Woobie Bear Productions and Kid Antrim Music K.A.M Rock Compilation.You can check her out on the Daisy Rock Girl Guitar website as an endorser.

Her songs “Be With You” and “He’s a Whore,” are featured in the second episode of the new web based show called Venice the Series. Jeryl’s other current projects include music for an animated series being produced by Powerful Beyond Imagination and a dance music project. GO Magazing named  Jeryl “The Peoples Choice" in their "Chicks with Picks feature.  She teamed up with producer Jim Ebert, who has worked with artists such as Madonna, Meredith Brooks, Butch Walker, Cowboy Mouth, and Sophie B. Hawkins to record her second CD "Radio Friendly" at Cue Studios in Falls Church, Virginia.

In addition to NYC’s Hard Rock Cafe, Jeryl has performed at The Spiral, CBGB's, Kenny Castaway's, The Bitter End, and Downtime. She also has booked shows at Acme Underground, Arlene Grocery, The Continental and nationally and is currently booking shows for 2011.

A member of OUTMUSIC and a performer at Pride festivals all over the US.  Jeryl has written and donated songs to the Songs of Love Foundation, and is a regular on HomoPod Radio , OUTVOICE and Durham Dales Radio in the UK. She has also appeared on the Uncle Floyd Show and is a featured artist on WNEW Indie spotlight.

 Jeryl didn’t fully pursue music as a career until she finished college. Soon after graduation her brother Jay started a cover band and needed a bass player so Jeryl learned all the tunes and that was her first "real" gig. Once Jay and Jeryl tired of playing cover songs, Jay started writing his own music and they formed a power trio called Superheated. Jeryl played bass for the touring band until she decided to buy her first acoustic guitar. In the comfort of her living room in Elmwood Park, NJ, with the tablature to the Counting Crows album "August and Everything After", Jeryl taught herself some of their songs to learn some basic chords on the guitar. Singing had also become a new adventure and she spent hours laying down tracks on a Tascam cassette 4 track, which is where the songs for her first CD "Everything and Nothing" were born.

Jeryl does not know how to read music and says, “I learned to sing so I could just get the songs down on my 4 track. It was a necessity to try and release all this creativity and the songs that I had rolling around in my head. When Jeryl is not busy writing, recording or playing music, she is still an avid athlete and is training for her third New Jersey Ride Against Aids on Sept. 24-26, 2010. A 250 mile cycling ride to raise awareness and money to “Help Make AIDS History,” The 2011 ride will be the 10 year anniversary. Jeryl is donating $1.00 of every download of her "Radio Friendly".

More recent projects are Lava Sessions with Tina Vero, Spending the day in the set of Anyone But Me. Jeryl had the opportunity to ,meet the cast and crew and be and extra on this amazing web series. (www.anyonebutme.com)  the amazing web blog Mindschmootz uses Jeryl's music for their podcasts.