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Crystal Sands shoots country music video for "Hank You" in Nacogdoches, Texas
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She was the only graduate (male or female) of her public high school in the state of Maryland to have their graduation photo taken in a cowboy hat and when the rest of her classmates headed off to nearby beaches with their friends for summer vacation, she headed straight to Nashville, with her father, to see just what her chances might be of making it in "music city." If you ask if she was nervous, she just smiles and says, "Nope!" Her confident, quick answer is reflective of all those years she says she spent practicing her singing in her room in front of a mirror, "dreaming and pretending to sing to thousands of people" she says with a smile. At the age of thirteen she began writing songs and another thing she says she wrote were a lot of "letters to God," asking for His help in making her dreams come true. At the age of sixteen she started singing with a local band and that experience only reinforced what she already knew, that she wanted to make singing her career. She had done her homework and was ready for the real deal. While in Nashville for the CMA Music Fest, she was able to sing with a local band at the world famous Tootsie's Orchard Lounge; an opportunity that served to fuel her ambition even more. A chance meeting the next day, with well known singer/songwriter Kelly Lang, led to a return trip to Nashville to record a three song demo; produced by Lang with the legendary T.G. Sheppard as overseer. After an introduction to singers/songwriters Carl Ray and Wood Newton, they agreed to co-produce her debut album. Her debut album for the newly launched Ah-Ha Music label is almost finished. The album will feature some great songs by some well-known writers, in addition to a few tunes penned by Sands herself. She says that one of several highlights on this album was recording a beautiful duet with Ron Williams; son of the celebrated singer/songwriter, Leona Williams. That duet eventually led to an introduction between Leona Williams and Sands and the two immediately hit it off. Encouraged by the opportunities in Texas, where Williams and several other artists that Sands admires perform on a regular basis, the decision was made to move there. Sands, a life long resident of Maryland, had already cranked up her schedule to include yoga lessons, guitar lessons and just recently started piano; and now she will be adjusting her schedule to include her move. All of this in addition to her "real world" job as a beautician. When you ask her how she does it, she flashes that mega watt smile of hers and says, "I just remind myself that it worked for Tammy Wynette."
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May 2008 -
Crystal
Marie Sands says that she knew at the ripe old age of three that she was going
to be a singer; even at that age, she says, a Karaoke microphone was always in
her hand and singing was her favorite pastime. Her future became even more
apparent the first time she put on a cowboy hat; at that moment, she knew that
country music was her calling. No one can accuse her of not being focused; fast
forward fifteen years to 2006. 
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