Gina is the lead singer, keyboard player and a founding member in Convertible Blondes. 

 

Gina is a classically trained pianist and began singing in church at the age of 8.   Throughout her teens she would perform at talent shows and benefits and hosted a weekly TV show for kids.   The variety of these show business experiences helped her realize she wanted to pursue a career performing.  It was while in college working on a piano performance degree at Morehead State University that she started singing in a rock band.  "That band led to international tours to Europe, Caribbean and Australia in January 2004.  I don't know how I ended up a singer in a rock-n-roll band, but it's certainly been an amazing experience". 

 

With all the classical training and theory classes under her belt, Gina only started writing songs when she joined Convertible Blondes.  "I recieved alot of encouragement and felt really open to sharing my musical ideas and early lyric attempts in this band.  I had never really tried to write a song before".  After a couple of years and some recognition from songwriting contests like Billboard, she says, "the songs kept getting better and better." 

 

So, she eventually found her voice and the songs the band are writing now are very personal.  "When I'm on stage, I feel free to talk about the daily things we all have to deal with.  Sometimes I can see people in the crowd nodding their head - and that is the biggest compliment of all". 

She loves to tour and meet new people and in her down time she likes to stay home, read, cook and garden.  "I'm a people person most of the time, but sometimes I like to hide away from the outside world."