EPISODE · Sep 30, 2019 · 16 MIN
Vanessa Fergusson NBC's The Voice Throwback 2017
from That Voice: A Decade With The Performers On NBC's The Voice · host Arroe Collins
Vanessa grew up singing with her family. Raised by her grandmother, she enrolled in piano lessons at age 5 and competed in her first competition in fifth grade. She moved in with her mother at age 13 and began taking songwriting seriously. After being diagnosed with endometriosis, she was hospitalized monthly and poured her heart into music. In 2011, she lived in Beijing, performing six nights a week at the LAN Club and later toured the world on Holland America for five months with the BB King All-Star band. For the past 11 years, Vanessa has made money strictly from gigging and touring.If you could share a conversation with a seed before it becomes a tree would you speak of its future fruit or would it be all things right now?
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Vanessa grew up singing with her family. Raised by her grandmother, she enrolled in piano lessons at age 5 and competed in her first competition in fifth grade. She moved in with her mother at age 13 and began taking songwriting seriously. After being diagnosed with endometriosis, she was hospitalized monthly and poured her heart into music. In 2011, she lived in Beijing, performing six nights a week at the LAN Club and later toured the world on Holland America for five months with the BB King All-Star band. For the past 11 years, Vanessa has made money strictly from gigging and touring.If you could share a conversation with a seed before it becomes a tree would you speak of its future fruit or would it be all things right now?
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