Musical Career Biography
Before renaming herself Summer XO in 2013, she performed under the names "Summer" and "Summer The Artist."
In June 2013, Summer began digitally releasing one song per month under the artist name "Summer XO." The first song, "Invented The Word" was accompanied by an official music video and an official lyric video. It was produced by Henry Strange and Uri Djemal.
In August, 2012, Summer digitally released a cover version of the Cyndi Lauper song, True Colors (song), produced by Henry Strange and Jess Stroup.
Summer released the album Timing And Lighting on LossLess Records in September, 2008. It was produced by Henry Strange, with the exception of the song, "Messed Up," which was produced by Jess Stroup.
In October, 2006, Summer was recognized as one of the “Top Ten Songwriters of 2006” by the Portland Songwriting Association.
Summer XO exclusively plays handmade Wechter brand acoustic guitars that have a visually unique double cutaway body style. She owns three Wechter Pathmaker Elite series. She often performs with all three on stage because of her use of different guitar tunings.
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