Hailing in from Decatur, Georgia, this Michigan born songbird developed an appreciation for REAL music at the tender age of 6! While most kids were growing up playing with toys and playing “hide and seek”, P.E.JAY was busy competing in neighborhood and middle school talent shows. After that, came the high school choir, the church choir and a failed attempt to be signed to Warner Brothers Records in the early 80’s. This rejection took its’ toll on P.E.JAY’s musical dreams, but she would find that 20 years later, her desire to share her love for song with the world would be resurrected. It wasn’t until 2004, at a local karaoke function, that this songbird woud begin chirping again. At that moment of crowd cheers and great reception, she realized once again where her true passion in life had resided. This is P.E.JAY's time to shine and she has proven to do just that within the pass several years of her life! P.E..JAY…… the NEW songstress of this era.

It is quite obvious that P.E.JAY is someone who respects and loves the true essence of good music and who prefers to use it in a positive way for the purpose of spiritual and emotional uplifting. If you want proof of this, just listen to the heartfelt lyrics in P.E.JAY’s first original composition, “GET IT RIGHT”. This song was written AND sung straight from P.E.JAY's heart. P.E.JAY ELABORATES “Real music is supposed to be about love, peace and world happiness…not disrespecting one another, singing about sexing someone's man or woman, bragging about our fortune and bragging about how many times we’ve been shot and have lived to tell about it. This is not the kind of music I want my children to look up to someday. When I first sat down with the beautiful track for “Get it Right, in which my cousin T-FRESH had written for to me, I had no idea what I wanted to write about. I prayed about it and God led me to use my heart. At that moment, I realized that over the years, there was so much I wanted to tell my husband and the world about the love residing inside of my heart in song! Over the years, I had confessed to a few of my close friends (and with poor judgement, a few associates) about some problems I had faced in my marriage. I found out that many of them had encountered or were presently dealing with the some of same problems (some much worse than mine). This alone helped me to see the need to write this song. Not only was the song written to relay a message to my husband, but in hopes that someone else could share it with their spouse as a reminder of what marriage truly represents and to help them realize the sanctity of marital vows. The Bible tells us that the vow of marriage must not be broken because it is a promise made between yourself and your spouse, before God, the moment you speek the phrase “I do”. The devil is so busy these days breaking up strong marriages over the smallest issues you could ever imagine! As a result, I figured this song would be a wonderful message to share with those who are considering giving up on their marriages without a fight. I DO realize that there are some exceptions, but in most situations, the bad can be turned into good with prayer and faith. I remember the first time my husband heard the recording of “Get it right” at the recording studio. He teared up (although he won't admit it) and it was at that moment that I'd realize my writing was not in vain. I knew that my ideas for writing good music was heading in the right direction. Based upon this, I decided to develop my entire CD surrounding my personal life experiences and other situations that most of us can relate to. I’m no different from the girl next door. I've dealt with backstabbers, haters, home wreckers and people with very low self esteem who prey on people like me so that we can have our spirit and drive broken and feel just as useless as they do. We all have faced the same problems within our life span and some have been much worse than others. I just want to sing about the positive side of everything that is bad in lives. As one of God’s many messenger in music, I feel that I was bestowed with this talent for that reason. I want to help all of my brothers and sisters in the world realize that when they are down and out, praying to the Lord above will help them to find peace if they just believe it in their hearts to be true.”

Along the way in her rising career, P.E.JAY has had the pleasure of performing on-stage with several of the most incredible artists in the music industry to include; Kia Hamm (Independent Artist for CA), Dre Allen (THE Ghetto Rockstar & a former member of the Certified Gold 80’s R&B quartet, “IV Example”, now Independent Artist on self owned label, MoveMakers Entertainment, with a new CD being released on March 15!), Dawn Robinson (former member of the hot quartet, En’Vogue and the original female vocalist for Lucy Pearl), Mary G ( a highly respected and famed Chitlin’ Circuit Diva Performer Extraordinaire) and a host of others. P.E.JAY has competed in several Atlanta talent shows and has also participated in several charitable events, something that she loves to do in her spare time. P.E.JAY is also currently assisting several local artists with their personal musical projects with her main focus being on completing her own musical production entitled, “The Songstress- Volume I” which was slated for completion in the summer of 2008, but will more than likely be delayed due to her compelling determination to finish college and received her degree in Business Management. P.E.JAY STATES, “Unlike many artists in the industry, who did not either have time or take advantage of the opportunity to pursue a college degree so that they would have something to fall back WHEN they became (or become) a “has been” in the industry, I want to make sure that I am fundamentally prepared for life after the spotlight has dimmed on me. I’m not being critical towards any other artists or being negative about my own future success. I simply call it being a REALIST and making sure that my future is secure for me, my husband and my future little ones.”

The youngest of 11 children, P.E.JAY has been exposed to music all of her life and has her family to be thankful for. “Not a day went by was there not music being played in our home. My dad, who was a master guitar player in his early years, was always blasting the blues from upstairs; my Mom was playing gospel & classic soul music in the kitchen as she prepared dinner for me and my 10 brothers and sisters, who also had Motown, the Barkays, Switch, Cameo, Rufus and Chaka Khan, The Ohio Players and many other artists playing in the basement. To my siblings; Donna M. Vickers, Norma J. Polk, Terri L. Vickers, Laurie A. Jones, Barbara J. Hurtt, Glenda F. Perkins, Belinda K. Vickers , Marvin D. Vickers, Ronnie E. Vickers, and Willie J. Vickers, I thank you all for passing your love of music off on me throughout the first 18 years of my life. Look what you have created and each and everyone one of you should be proud. I love you all to pieces.”

“A very special thanks to GOD, my Lord and my Savior, for granting me with the gift of voice and creativity. Without Him, NONE of this would be possible. I want to thank my vocal coach, Tammy Allen, for helping me to climb musical mountains that I never thought I would be able to climb. When I came to you with the Beyonce track "Listen", we BOTH had VERY little faith that I would be able to perform this song for an upcoming competition, but with your instruction, encouragement and faith, I succeeded. Thank you! To my cousin T-Fresh, I can’t thank you enough for those wonderful tracks and your constant persistence on motivating me to get BUSY with my writing (lol). I promise I’ll have the CD done this year! (HAHA) Barry Wilkins, thank you so much for your support, guidance and for all that you are contributing to this project. I appreciate the hard work, the time and the undeniable talents that you are providing everyday to the creation of "The Songstress". And last but certainly, not least, to my husband Donovan. I want to thank you honey for your abiding support and encouragement. I didn’t see it then, but now I do from each and every trip to the recording studio we take together, how you tolerate the noise in the house from my singing and creating all day, and the way you feed me when I’m too exhausted from working and studying to feed myself. :-) Without the ups and downs we've encountered throughout our time together for the past 17 years, there would be nothing meaningful for me to write or sing about. The first Grammy is for you! I love you and I thank you so much for showing me that the ups and the downs in life and are merely stepping stones to eternal happiness as one union, as long as God is within our hearts along the way. With Him, we were finally able to GET IT RIGHT”!

P.E.JAY

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