Indie Music Women’s Artist of the Day is…
Rändi Fay (@randifaymusic)
Award-winning songwriter and vocalist Rändi Fay has made her mark defying genre in her fusing of the intimacy of nostalgic artists from the past, the richness of jazz, the passion of classical orchestrations and the sonic intensity of electronica. Rändi’s poetic lyrics, dynamic melodies, and transcendent vocals captivate listeners, connecting and inspiring. Re-creating herself after an injury forced her to give up her career in veterinary medicine in 2001, this Green Bay, Wisconsin native has evolved into one of Wisconsin’s top performers, recording artists and songwriters.
Rändi’s most recent accolades include being named alongside co-writer and producer Aaron Zinsmeister a “Top Five Winner” with “Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting” by the Great American Song Contest for “Supernatural” (March 2019). Her music video (director Jocelyne Berumen) “Lone Wolf” (October 2019) has been selected for screening at film festivals across the nation, and “Supernatural” won the honor of “Best Music Video” at the Wildwood Film Festival (March 2019). She has been nominated Jazz Artist of the Year six times (2015-2020) by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry and has received repeat UK SONGWRITING CONTEST honors, the most recent being 2019: Finalist “Joy “Whispered.”
Rändi strives to be exploratory, empowering and candid in her writing, encouraged in her collaboration with co-writer and producer Aaron Zinsmeister of White Raven Audio (Appleton, WI). Their most recent release, an 11-cut concept album “Intuition,” is evidence of their ingenuity and fearless emotional intensity as they further develop the epic intimacy of their signature sound, symphonic electronica.
Rändi shared with me what it means to her personally what it means to be an indie music woman artist:
“Being an indie music woman artist is captured in each word: INDEPENDENT: the luxury of creating with the only limits being my imagination, my skills, and my moral compass. MUSIC: the joy of creating the sweet balm of sound and story blended in a stream of emotion. WOMAN: the responsibility of representing the courage, quiet strength and sensitivity women possess in a compelling medium. Artist: the thrill of honing art and skill to communicate clearly what is in my heart.”
You can hear Randi’s single, “Intuition” on Indie Music Women’s Spotify Playlist.
Randi shared with me what it means to her personally to be an indie music woman artist: