Leslie Nuss

Chicago native Leslie Nuss captured the music bug at age four, expending hours singing in to the handle of the jump rope. Small did she understand then that it might be well over twenty years and several profession detours afterwards before she’d finally accept music as her accurate vocation. Arriving in NEW YORK fresh away from college, Nuss kept various careers — working being a nanny, a recycling planner, a concert promoter, along with a lifeguard. She honed her developer skills by their studies at the style Institute of Technology and captured the attention of suppliers Abercrombie & Fitch, Timberland, and Handbag Bazaar. In 1995, she was selected to generate headpieces for developer Betsey Johnson’s fall series, andNuss’ signature red cup beaded tiara styles were showcased in the cover of YM magazine’s springtime 1998 prom dietary supplement, leaving a mini teenager fashion craze. However, the desire to generate her very own music was therefore strong she utilized arises from her components business to fund the producing of her March 1999 folk-rock-styled debut,Heliotrope. Motivated by the achievement of independent feminine singer/songwriters such as for example Ani DiFranco, Nuss began her very own label, Small Leaf Information, Inc., and released her sophomore saving, Actions Hero Superstar, in Apr 2001.