Lisa McCormick (born 1971) is a singer-songwriter from

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Turning Observations Into Song: Vermont's Lisa McCormick considers herself a songwriter first
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Biography

McCormick began playing guitar at the age of ten, and by the age of sixteen was performing in clubs. She put her music career on hold while she studied at college and then worked at the

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as an English teacher. McCormick's debut album, ''Right Now'', was released in late 1996, containing songs which she described as "sketches of our tiny inch of history, these 1990s, with their unique spin on love and sex, science and culture and heroes."Bandler, James (1998) "Without Looking Back, Singer Takes Success in Stride", ''

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'', January 25, 1998, p. B7 She won the grand prize in the 1997 USA Songwriting Contest,"Folk Singer Performs in Area Friday", ''

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'', November 17, 1999 received three preliminary

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nominations in 1998, and was awarded with 'Artist of the Year' and 'Album of the Year' by

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. In 1988, she made the decision to pursue music full-time, and after trying several types of music eventually settled on her current style as an acoustic singer-songwriter. Her career received a boost in 1994 when she performed with

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, who invited her to record with him, and she was signed to his Rising Records label. McCormick is one of the online tutors on Guitar Tricks.com, having created the foundational hub of Guitar Tricks' Core Learning System, with her new versions of Guitar Fundamentals, Levels 1 and 2.

Discography

* ''Right Now'' (1996), Ladyslipper * ''Seven Solos'' (1998) * ''Sacred'' (1999), Orchard * ''Mystery Girl'' (2003), Ruthie's Noise * ''Talisman Groove'' (2007), Ruthie's Noise

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