We are "Surprise Me". Originating from Santa Barbara, Ca. People say our genre is: Electronic /Rock/Pop. We all met through school music classes at CC, and have been playing/performing with each other ever since. Please visit our Facebook page and check our acoustic live music recordings on YouTube. Because we recently change our band name from "Passion Draft" to "Surprise Me" some of the videos are still presenting as the old name, but either way search for our official name with the old name and all the songs will show up!

Band Members:

Joveth Jorquia - Lead Vocalist, Piano, Songwriter 
Julian Hall - Guitar, vocals 
Carmalisa Reichhart - Violin, vocals 
Dex Sullivan - Percussion, vocals 
Michael Bell - Bass

Singer /songwriter / Lyrics & melodies .
 My "name" deafsinger ~ Yes I am legally deaf & I sing , play the guitar , write music & lyrics, play around on keys & some percussion. I'm writing this to let others know what hearing loss & loving music & having the true basic need to still have my music incorporated into my life. It's about doing the impossible . It's about overcoming adversity  , so please do not mistake my description of what  it feels like with my type of hearing loss & deafness as a pity party . I am so thankful to have part of 1 ear back !  Just want for others to have an insight into what being deaf sort of feels like.   I have total sudden nerve deafness in 1 ear, partial hearing in the good ear. I don't hear in stereo & do not have  sensation or direction  of sound. I was told I would never be able to sing again after my profound  loss of hearing & residual  tinnitus that  rings 24 hours a day , 7 days a week. It rings so loudly I hear it buzzing & ringing over a jet taking off. It was over 6 months before I would even take my 12 string guitar out of the case to  see if I could hear it well enough to sing & play . I could not even hear it at all . I could put my good ear on it  & feel the vibrations of the strings. It was approx 1 year before I could  barely even hear it. What I heard was no longer in stereo that danced & delighted with bright  high end & full low end notes. What I heard sounded like a broken transistor radio on AM with a broken speaker that rattled , &  my ear sensation felt  like it was full of water after swimming , full of air after flying , a full sensation that roared all the time. A feeling that even at now at times  makes me wish that I could tilt my head to the side , jump on 1 leg so  the water would fall out.
 Playing music & writing songs is what literally got me through my preteen & teen & college years , playing & singing daily . My guitar & my music had been so easy , they had been my best friend.  I thought I was not any good  because it was so easy . After losing my hearing , & thinking my music was gone forever , I had to learn to talk in conversational  volume & tone again  & also had to learn to sing again . My range is much more limited now , but I am doing what I was told was impossible.  If I am not  pitch perfect , or kind of off ... well I am deaf  after all , LOL !  I control a lot of my vocals by feeling the vibrations in the back of my throat & also in my deaf ear that feels stuffed & full of water to know if I am going to the correct key.  
If you see me  out & about  or at a party , do not speak badly about me just because I won't hear you  because I DO read Lips beautifully ! 


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