Hayley Sales: Biography

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• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Gillian Welch
• Jack Johnson
• Norah Jones
• Ryan Adams

• John Mayer
• Dave Matthews Band

Born:

Aug 31, 1986 in Washington, D.C.

Genres:

Rock Music, Singer/Songwriter Rock Music, Adult Alternative

Decades Active:

2000's

Providing a distaff version of the easygoing, sun and surf folkrock of Jack Johnson or Ben Harper, Hayley Sales also rates comparison to more musically expansive alternative folkies like Erin McKeown and even Suzanne Vega. The daughter of a recording engineer, Hayley Sales was born in Washington DC and raised near Portland, Oregon. Although Sales taught herself to play piano and guitar starting at the age of eight, she attended a performing arts school in Portland with an eye towards becoming an actress. After stints in local and regional theater companies, Sales moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career in earnest, but health problems necessitated a move back to her parents' home, which by this time was an organic farm growing blueberries on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Sales began working with her father in his recording studio on the farm, learning the basics of engineering and studio management while writing her own songs. After a selfreleased demo CD, The Drifter, attracted the attention of a management company, Sales signed to Universal Records in 2006. Sunseed, Sales' first album for Universal, was released in the summer of 2007, featuring production and instrumental work by her father, Richard Sales.

- Stewart Mason, All Music Guide