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Biography
“I don’t want to be one person onstage, then totally different off stage. I want to be who I am no matter where I am at.” -CJ English
Florida grown guitarist, CJ English, has spent a lifetime honing her guitar and vocal skills in both rock and metal subgenres, making her a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Driven by her desire for life-changing connections, she toured for 8 years with GFM, a band she co-founded with her two sisters, playing to audiences across the US and overseas. During those years of touring, she held dual roles as guitarist and lead vocalist. CJ has now branched out on her own and is enjoying a successful career as a solo artist.
CJ’s skills, impressive stage presence, and love for her instrument, have earned her a stellar reputation. This has led to some amazing company endorsements and sponsorships, including PRS Guitars, Ernie Ball Strings, PigHog Cables, Enki USA, and 64Audio. CJ has charted on Billboard, iTunes, Apple Music, and also appears on multiple trending Spotify playlists. She has consistently stayed in the top 10 of the charts mentioned. She has been featured in multiple social outlets such as Altpress, PRS Spotlight, and many other print magazines known worldwide.
CJ has shared the stage with monumental genre staples such as Motionless In White, Breaking Benjamin, Skillet, Lacey Sturm, A Day To Remember, Disturbed, Halestorm, and many more. She has also collaborated in the studio with creatives such as Joey Sturgis (Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men), Billy Decker (Sam Hunt, Trace Adkins) and Josiah Prince (Disciple).
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Current Projects
CJ is currently working on several projects. She has collaborated with social media figures/musicians to create content and promote music that she loves and has a passion for playing. She has worked with Kasey Karlsen (Deadlands, Nita Strauss), Samuel Cristea (Liliac), and Krislyn Miller (Lacey Strum), to name a few. She is also continuing to connect with her fans, face to face, by making appearances on the road, as a special guest, with multiple bands that are out on tour. CJ has also found her way into the studio world, actively working as a songwriter and session musician in Nashville.
CJ is open and excited to work with different bands/artists, whether that is playing live, songwriting, or session work.
She states, “I just want to play music. It’s what I feel I’m meant to do.”
If interested in working with CJ, feel free to reach CJ’s management email below.
CJEnglish.Mgmt@Gmail.Com
My vision
“I want to connect with people, give them a chance to be seen and heard,” CJ shares. “I want to have conversations. I want people to know that they’re worth loving and respecting.”
Through music, her testimony, and her love of people, CJ has been able to help many individuals, from counseling young women she has met on the road, to sharing the love of Jesus for hours to those who need to be heard and loved on. She believes God opens the doors for her, and in this chapter in her life, that means reaching out to anyone who is willing to hear her speak and offer them the truth.
THe sound
“I’ve always loved the free energy on stage, going crazy, letting go and not being so serious.”
-CJ English
Musically, that identity is a fusion of Nu-metal grooves in her riffs and Metalcore melodic vocals. She cites influences such as Linkin Park, Wage War, Avril Lavigne, Knocked Loose and System Of A Down. All of these bands boast the same authenticity and rawness that CJ English aims to embody.
