I was 4 years old when I started to sing. In public school I sang with the choir and acted in the plays. At age 11 years old I got my first guitar and old upright piano. I was self taught at this time. In High School, I played the clarinet in the Junior and Senior Band at Parkside High School. In the 1970's I played the Bagpipes and was with the Dundson Legion Bagpipe Band for 4 years. I took 1 yr of lessons with Norm Jenner in guitar and have used DVD's with Paul Baloche to learn more. For piano I took a course through Mohawk College as well as a Correspondence Course with Rod Russel from British Colombia. I loved playing country on my guitar and singing country until 1980 when I slowly started changing my music over to mostly Christian music because it was uplifting, powerful, and was a great healing tool for me. My husband Gord Conn is a singer songwriter who use to sing with the band Nucleus (Lords of London) and also changed his music over to Christian and wrote his own songs which I have put music to for him. Now I have been writing my own songs. I have always loved music and it has been a tool to help me in life to overcome and be set free and healed from so many things. I have been taking my past hurts and have used them to help others by being the Worship Leader for Celebrate Recovery on Wednesday nights at Brantford Worship Centre. Have done this now for 6 years until they closed CR Dec 2013. Prior to CR I was with the Sunday Worship Team playing my guitar and singing, but stepped down to help CR since they had no one to lead worship. I have learned much from the Sunday Worship Team and have grown in my guitar playing. I then had an injury that has slowed me down with my guitar, and Mandolin so mainly play the piano, and have been relearning the clarinet. For Celebrate Recovery, I sing lead, with Veronica singing harmony with Praise and Worship on Screen. I have been creating my own slide shows with the lyrics to the songs I wrote, trying to incorporate all my instruments to some of them, some how. The Bagpipes I don't have anymore, but have used my synthesizer for the bagpipe sound in some songs. I have a heart to Praise my Lord and spread the message of His love to all!

Exposure for our new songs! To also share our other songs we have learned from others, with people on Fandalism. Hoping to help those who need help!

I have an Electric Roland Piano Plus 450, Electric Roland E35 Synthesizer, Electric Yamaha E303 Keyboard, and Electric Yamaha Portable Grand 640 Electric Piano

My Guitar is an Electric Epiphone.
New York Pro Mandolin Pear Shaped.
Roy Benson Clarinet.
I also play Recorder Flute

I like my Epiphone guitar because the neck is not thick and easy to get my hand around.

I love the sound of my mandolin because of the double strings for stereo sound.

Playing the clarinet helps with breathing control, as well as the recorder flute.

My Roland Piano I love playing for the keys are easy to push. This piano was the first I could play after my work injury having carpal tunnel. My old upright I had to part with since the keys were hard for me to push down with my work injury at that time.

My Synthesizer was awesome when I had it hooked to my piano and a Midi. However I don't have the Midi anymore since it started to malfunction. I have used both of my Rolands for my Print Music software for writing our songs out and also for our band Praisebound that we had last year (2012). They have great hook ups in the back of them for doing other things.

Now I mainly play my Yamaha grand piano since it has so much you can do with it. You can play and record into it and add tracks to your song as you go. You can also play with the accompaniment that is with it, so you have drums and bass to play with you. I can also play my own style with the drum beat which is fun to do and keeps my timing more accurate. Pretty awesome!

The Beatles were my favorite when I was growing up. Englebert Humperdink another. Elvis Presley for sure! Ann Murray, Barbara Fairchild, Helen Reddy, Roy Orbison, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Olivia Newton John, Amy Grant, John Denver, Wayne Newton, Roger Miller, Glen Campbell and I'm sure others I can't think of right now.

I was trying to encourage my husband to get back into his music, so started a band called Praisebound. I asked our friend Mike Jennings, who plays guitar to join us, and the 3 of us have done songs, which I have put out on You Tube. Then his girlfriend Sherri McCaw wanted to join us, so tried to encourage her with Sign Language, some singing, acting, and playing tambourine. Then Veronica Froman, who sings with me at CR joined us, and she sang harmony and melody, playing keyboard. My husband Gord sang lead and harmony, while I sang lead, played piano, guitar, and mandolin in the videos we did. Each of us have disabilities, yet tried our best to work together as a band, and it was fun. I find when you get together and encourage each other, you grow in music. Even Crystal joined us with a shaker for one song.

I also was in the Brantford Worship Team band for Sunday Worship at our church with Robin being our Worship Leader at that time. Naomi is now the Worship leader at our church. In this band I played my guitar and sang.

Now I have been the Worship leader for Celebrate Recovery on Wednesday nights at our church using Praise and Worship with lyrics to sing with and Veronica Froman joins me with harmony. Unfortunately CR closed Dec. 2013. Since then my health issues have escalated so play my instruments only at home and sing for Internet when able.

I love jamming with Mike Jennings, Gord Conn, Veronica Froman and Sherri McCaw, because we have had some great laughter times, like the song "Old Joe Clark" we did as Praisebound going Bluegrass Bound and my husband acting like Old Joe Clark. I was laughing so hard!! When you put Mike and Gord together, who have also been clowns together for various organizations, it is so comical!!

Now I love singing along with You Tube videos of, Kari Jobe, Natalie Grant, Billy & Cindy Foote, Point of Grace, Twila Paris and Lou Fellingham.

Playing clarinet with Parkside High Junior and Senior Band was the biggest since we put on concerts for others and travelled. Then there is the Bagpipe band when we played with the Mass Bands in Fergus. WOW that was something I will always remember that, having all those bagpipe bands playing all together while marching around the track outside.

Praisebound would be the smallest since we did videos for You Tube but that was all.

Sunday Worship Team playing for our Congregation and one time at a Centre in Eagle Place to reach the lost there.

Celebrate Recovery changes every Wednesday, so sometimes you get 10 or more and sometimes less. Cr is now closed since Dec 2013.

I have played my guitar and sang solo at corn roasts, camping, at parks, and for family gatherings.

Linda Conn Originals, because they were inspired by the Holy Spirit and have helped me. These are songs I wrote.

If it were someone besides me, then it would be an album that had various Christian women singing on it, for I like a variety of songs from different artist.