Her desire to be as close to music as humanly possible inspires her to keep exploring music, whether it be by listening to music she's never before heard, or by playing on instruments she's never before studied, Shannone has an unquenchable thirst for all things MUSIC!

At age 2, she sang her first public solo, "I Don't Feel No Ways Tired" on top of a chair in her father's church in Nashville, TN.When she was 6 years old, her mother began teaching her classical piano, where she was introduced to the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven, J.S. Bach, and Mozart. At age 7, she began singing solos for audiences as large as 20,000. She started taking violin lessons at the Flint Institute of Music in Flint, MI, under Norwegian instructor, Kari Povich, and shortly after, began playing her new instrument in the Flint Symphony Orchestra.

The perfectionist, longing to enhance her vocal skills and take her talent to the next level, Shannone embarked on a self-imposed, rigorous schedule of self-vocal training and conditioning, while in high school and soon emerged as a force to be reckoned with. She continued studying voice, piano and violin throughout high school and earned a music scholarship to college for all three areas of study.

Determined to take her love seriously, Shannone moved to NYC and in 2005, she released "The Shannone Holt EP," a promotional album, that she recorded with a 14-piece band, The 21st Century Band, with Dion Parson as the band leader. In 2006, she went on college tour around the country, promoting her new CD with her down-sized band of herself on piano and newly learned acoustic guitar, and received rave reviews.

Shannone is now working on her first full-length album, tentatively titled, "Songs I Sing," set for release in early 2008.