Marie nurtured her musical abilities early while growing up in small-town South Carolina: “I started taking classical piano lessons when I was six and started writing at the age of twelve. Being a “professional musician” was something I kind of fell into- when I was in my late teens, I realized that the ability to create music was something that was uniquely mine, something I could build and develop on my own. I started to embrace it as an identity, a way to process my thoughts and interpret the world around me. As I got older, I began to experience the beauty of connection through songs. The feeling of being able to connect with people across the world through some words you wrote in a quiet, private moment is one of the most rewarding and perplexing feelings I’d ever known, and I was hooked. When I moved to Nashville in 2005, I did it to surround myself with people that were better than me. I knew I needed that constant challenge in order to become a greater musician.” Marie found inspiration among fellow songwriters as well as larger acts like Norah Jones and Coldplay, all the while developing her own class of bright, satiny melodies.

Marie’s music has seen commercial and critical success with features in a long-standing international Heinz Ketchup advertisement, a national Eckrich Sausage advertisement, and a worldwide Walmart Valentine’s Day campaign. Her music has also been used in advertising campaigns by Swarovski, Samsung, Ben & Jerry’s, Google, Comcast, Reed’s Jewelers, Google +, NUDE Skincare, Teach For America, Cornell’s Jewelry, Epson Europe, Kashi, and Simon’s Jewelers. In addition to these brand campaigns, Marie’s love songs have been featured in thousands of wedding videos across the globe via The Music Bed (https://www.musicbed.com/), and her music has been featured in TV shows on ABC, MTV, ABC Family, and UPtv.