Haley nearly a country music recording artist?

[Miguel]

Haley's cousin, Jenna, does a "Fun Fact Friday" bit on Twitter wherein she tweets something about Haley on Fridays that may not be common knowledge. Last week we learned Haley used to painstakingly paint designs on her fingernails.

This week's fact is more newsworthy, I think:



That was likely sometime in 2006, when Haley would have been 15-16 years old.

Taylor was 15 when she was signed: http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=taylor...ne-records

[fover]

Can't deny Taylor was a great signing on their part, although signing Taylor and Haley would have been monumental.

[John Brown]

Can't deny Taylor was a great signing on their part, although signing Taylor and Haley would have been monumental.

If I remember correctly, which is not by all means guaranteed, Taylor was the first artist signed by that new record label. I believe that Taylor was initially signed as a song writer by a major record label, but due to some sort of brouhaha she eventually left. Then subsequently she was discovered singing a gig at a local lounge famous for other new artists being discovered at that same spot by her new record label. Only she didn't find out I believe until later that she was the first artists signed by that new record label. I don't remember where I got this info. It must have been from sort of documentary or something I must have watched some time ago.

[Miguel]

That link up above gives a pretty good account. She was signed previously by another label but they wouldn't let her do her own material.

...in early May 2005 she was hired as a staff songwriter – the youngest ever, still 14 – at the Sony/ATV publishing house...By age 15, she also walked away from an earlier 2003 deal she had made with RCA Records. The company wanted to extend her another one-year offer, but they refused to allow her to record her own songs. Taylor was not excited about their tepid one-year offer and she was set on doing her own material.

...Borchetta had heard a bit about Swift and knew she was a young songwriter over at Sony. He invited her to drop by his office to play some of her songs. He then watched her perform at Nashville’s Bluebird Café where she was being showcased one night. Taylor later recalled watching him in the audience that night as she performed, and noticed that he “was the only one who had his eyes closed and was totally into the music.” But Borchetta had competitors in the café that night, as he later told CBS. “There were several other record companies that were in the room. And I’m looking around, I’m going, ‘I hope none of these other guys are getting it.’” Borchetta liked what he heard that night, and soon called Taylor to a meeting. What Borchetta was planning was a new record label and he wanted Taylor Swift to be a part of that – an independent label that would take on the major Nashville Music Row companies. That sounded perfect to Taylor who seemed to like long odds and shaking things up.

[Miguel]

[John Brown]

That was likely sometime in 2006, when Haley would have been 15-16 years old.

I think it was in 2003, 8 years ago, as I heard her talking in an interview somewhere, but I can't remember where, about spending some time in Nashville with her dad when she was 13 years old. She even mentioned singing a couple of songs in some bars during the day in that interview.