Ashley Nichole Honnell was born on June 28th, 1994, in the beautiful resort town of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Singing for the video camera since she was 2, and performing at school by age 9, she learned early on that singing made not only her happy, but others that listened and watched her as well.
By age 16, Ashley's parents bought her first guitar, and shortly thereafter, she began taking guitar lessons, and vocal lessons from Brett Mannings Studio out of Nashville. Soon she began posting cover songs on YouTube, and quickly, her numbers rose, to thousands of views. Requests for her to sing more cover songs became a daily occurrence. Her Facebook page began to explode, as well, and to her delight and surprise, fans from all over the country began to friend request her requesting signed autographs and posters.
In June of 2011, Ashley was asked by Quicksilver Photography to represent their studio as a Senior model. After which she was asked by photographer Brett Schneider, if he could enter her photos into a Senior Portrait contest. There were only 10 models selected from the United States and Canada. Out of all the hundreds of entries, Ashley was selected as one of the winners.
Then in late August, very exciting events began to take place, as Ashley's YouTube videos caught the attention of legendary music producer Keith Olsen. Keith is directly responsible for most of our beloved rock music of the 80's. He produced and engineered for the Scorpions, Rick Springfield, Chicago, Foreigner, Heart, Journey, Sammy Hagar, Santana, Ozzy Osbourn, and White Snake to name just a few. Communication began and recommendations were made regarding the direction of Ashley's music, as Keith Olsen became not only a personal friend, but a active mentor to Ashley.
That November, as a Spa Model winner, Ashley was flown to Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri where she would participate in a fashion show, and be photographed by different photographers from all over the United States and Canada. It was on that trip to Missouri, where she unexpectedly met country artist Craig Campbell who performed a private concert for the lodge guests promoting his recent release "Fish". After the concert was over and everyone was gone, Ashley visited with Craig and his record label sitting around a bon fire, where they gave her much advise, and encouraged her to follow her dream and Craig told her if she wanted it then she needed to "go get it".
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