While most bio's are written in third person by the person the bio is written about, due to fear of bragging and desire to sound important, I'm gonna take a chance here, and just try writing an honest bio, and hopefully you'll still think I'm special and cool and stuff...lol...here it goes!!!

My name is Christine DePauw. People call me Chrissy. I probably won't answer to Christine because I haven't been called that a day in my life unless I was in trouble. I'm an 80's baby. Yes, I totally dug Paula Abdul, but I was quite young and thought she was singing "mush mush, hurry lover come to me." My childhood was very rough emotionally, and music was my escape. I loved by 90's R&B. To this day I still listen to the whole first SWV album. I had the most amazing music teacher all through elementary named Mrs. Patty. She would give me leads in Christmas plays, and would even invite me to the kindergarten classes to teach them songs. My parents were dead-set against me singing so Mrs. Patty was my only real encouragement musically until I graduated high school.

I moved up to Los Angeles right after high school to pursue my dream. At first I pretty much had my life in my car and slept at friends' houses. I eventually started waiting tables and settled in Hollywood. Things really started to happen when I got here. A friend introduced me to Darryl Anthony, (singer from the group Az Yet, a group I also adored growing up).  It took a whole summer of annoying the crap out of him, but once he invited me into the studio he fell in love my work and started producing exclusive tracks for me.

I've always sang, but I didn't pick a guitar until I met a super talented artist named Hope (Atlantic Records), who introduced me to the idea of playing acoustic songs and selling CD's on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. Hope's brother taught me a few chords and some picking techniques and the next thing you know I released my first acoustic CD and began signing live 8 hours a day on the Promenade.

To date, I've sold over 15,000 units on my own, and have been listed on the "Top Artists" MySpace charts for the past year, charting in the top 100 worldwide, in Acoustic, Pop and Soul. My band and I play around town at spots like the Hotel Cafe, the Viper Room and the Temple Bar, and have even gotten as far as Canada and Michigan.

I since have had the pleasure of working with some amazing producers and artists, like Jean Baptiste, (Black Eyed Peas, Kevin Michael) Mikal Blue, (Colbie Caillat, Augustana) Greg Curtis, (Keyshia Cole) Focus, (Beyonce). I also love working with up-and-coming producers and artists. They have the same gigantic hunger as me, and our chemistry is always incredible. I'm currently working on my debut major label Mainstream album while touring clubs and venues, and I'll be making my college circuit debut this fall.  See you soon!!!

~Chrissy