Classical training led to a tour of Europe as Virginia Ambassadors of Music and two Carnegie Hall performances. Jazz has my attention lately. Newest jazz album out now: Sharing Spirits by Black Velvet.

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Shouting at people and abusing guitars in the DMV. Indie band Honey Kill and fuzz rock outfit The OSYX. Dueting and soloing in smaller spaces.


Anon Bee EP released August 2016.

Lisa Said (pron. Sa’yeed) is a musician and songwriter who grew up Egyptian in Tennessee... yearning to get out. She learned how to play guitar and bass hanging out with punks, hippies, and rock & rollers after college living up and down the East Coast. Eventually while living in Washington D.C.,  she recorded most of her solo music which is riddled with nostalgia and mashups of her musical past.

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