Debby was born a sassy Army brat in Granite City, Illinois but Corporal Bobby Turners' young family was transfered to the Pacific Northwest where Debby grew to run wild and free in the ocean and in the National Forest of Oregon. She picked blackberries, rasberries, played in the waterfalls, swam the rivers, climbed the tallest trees, learned to read and write poetry and struggle with her violin. When she opted out of wearing her glasses in the orchestra and couldn't read the tiny print sheet music, she developed her own style, composing little fiddle tunes and falling in love with creating music and poetry, one note, one word at a time.
Raised in a strict military household, Debby refused to follow orders and was determined to carve her own path in life. She was rebellious. Some called her a work in progress.
Back in the Midwest, High School Graduation Day meant Debby was free to live life on her own terms. Adventurous she left town fast to travel the country, working small jobs to pay the way. She washed dishes in Oregon, folded paper in Kansas and she sold cowboy hats and boots to the Kansas City - Chicago truck drivers.
She knew she was on a fast train to nowhere until the day she enrolled in the St. Louis Technical School of Drafting and Design. She studied ElectroMechanical drafting and design until she landed her first "real job" with a prominent St. Louis Engineering firm. She became more confident with her abilities, new career choice and pursued it with a passion. She studied Electrical Engineering but remembered those crazy days in high school and the well meaning counselor who told her she could do well in life, if she would only apply herself. When she finally decided to apply herself, she discovered that she could do anything she put her mind to. There was no stopping her now. Debby began applying herself with a passion. She studied the things she loved the most; music, poetry, religions, the sciences and business. She was guided by the music of the day and wrestled with demons of lonliness, fatique, anxiety and her self destructive tendencies. She wrote her poetry to the tune of the day and sang herself to sleep at night.
She traded her broken violin for a guitar, devoted herself to study the chord charts from Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens song books. Debby was becoming a workaholic who cherished the tranquil moments of expressing herself in poetry and music. Songs no one heard. Songs of sadness and joy, songs of working too hard, songs of new love and lost love, songs of survival. Furthering a career in Industrial Engineering, she worked long days, went to college at night and wrote music on the drive to somewhere. Debby was burning the candle at both ends. Exhausted, she needed a vacation. After exploring the Pacific Northwest and the Mighty Mississippi riverbanks, she wanted to see New England in the Fall. Imagining the great Lewis and Clark Expedition, she quit her good job in the city, grabbed the cat, packed her Jeep and drove the other way, East. She discovered northern Pennsylvania and the Allegheny. She discovered the Adirondacks of up state New York with the pristine waters and singing loons. She played in the Atlantic Ocean, tasted sweet lobster and swordfish on Cape Cod. The Midwest Girl marveled at Grand Central Station, the Waldorf Astoria and hailed a New York City yellow cab. Strolling down Park Avenue looking up, she realized "Wow! Coast to coast, This is one amazing country! The little girl with a broken violin finally grew up and It feels so good just to be alive in New York!"
Debby is living proof that carving a path in life is usually an uphill struggle, but the miracle of music reminds us that "Life is good and worth living every minute of it". Debby never forgot where she came from and who she was before she discovered that the music was always her guiding light on that long road to somewhere else. Always searching for "Home", she found it within her wherever she happened to be.
Working with seasoned and developing artists worldwide, she founded Debby Turner Music Group to create, publish, produce, promote and distribute a variety of music catalogs including her "New York Country" music. Her songs are sung around the world and her music is heard in film, cable, television and broadcasting everywhere.
The international community of musical talent and dreams wants to bring a message of harmony and hope to a world so out of balance, a world in war and turmoil that desparately needs fresh new inspiring, songs to sing.
Debby Turner Music Corp.
P.O. Box 4557
Queensbury, NY
Contact: Debby@debbyturnermusic.com
