{ABOUT CHERYL}
In short:
Cheryl B. Engelhardt is a singer/songwriter and founder of CBE Music, a music creation and branding company that provides music and branding strategy for commercials, brands, films and web content. She’s toured the globe, placed dozens of her songs in TV shows, and is passionate about supporting musicians through workshops and courses on her website In The Key Of Success, the most popular being her new course { MX4 } (The Marketing & Branding, Money-making, Mentorship Mastermind).
After losing her musical influence... her father... over two years ago, Cheryl took a cloes look at her motivation to following a musial career path. She has found strong purpose in providing a space for self-expression through partnership, which has led her to work on releaseing a 4th pop record, "Inevitably", a collaboration project.
The detailed version:
After graduating from Cornell University and spending several months SCUBA diving for the United States Geological Survey, Cheryl landed a job at a New York City jingle composing studio. There, Cheryl started first as a technology assistant, then as a composer and music supervisor, writing music for Fortune 500 companies’ commercials. During this time, her love of performing took over and while working in the ad industry, she put together her band and recorded her first album, “Shoes Off And Run”, in 2004, which won her VH1 and Billboard Songwriting awards as well as the Unsigned Artist of the Month in Keyboard Magazine.
Cheryl released her sophomore album, “Craving The Second”, in September 2007 with the marque singles “16 Walls” and “Keep”. Both songs have appeared on MTV’s “The Real World”, and “Keep” was heard in several episodes of ABC’s “All My Children.” Cheryl left the jingle house to pursue touring through the USA and Europe, appearing on the bill with Seal, Elvis Costello and Jason Mraz, and performing on the FOX Morning Show.
In May 2011, she released her third album “One Up”, which features a combination of upbeat pop songs and edgy anthems. This record was funded by fans and quickly got placements on an ABC Family promo ad, Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance", ABC's "Jane By Design", Pandora Radio, and in stores like Anthropologie. "Inevitably" is her fourth studio record with all songs being co-written with other full time indie artists including Toby Lightman, Kristin Hoffmann, Ari Herstand, Brian Desveaux of the band Nine Days, Cameron Ernst and Cyndi Harvell (the last two whom she met while attending ASCAP's prestigious month-long Lester Sill songwriting workshop in Los Angeles in 2012).
Her commercial scoring credits include Honey Nut Cheerios, Tena, Ziploc, Lysol, Lowes, Sonic Drive-Through. Known for her speed and prolificness, Cheryl demonstrates her versatility as composer for web content like CollegeHumor.com, documentaries, and narrative films. Recently, CBE Music as taken a turn to focus on providing sonic branding solutions for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Cheryl has become known as a powerhouse in the music-creation world across several entertainment industries including the film, advertising and music industries. She speaks about being an independent musician, business woman and creating a career to love at colleges and music conferences like SXSW, the ASCAP Expo, and the Millennium Music Conference.
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