 The lyrics and style of most of her music weaves older styles with the modern.As an adolescent she worked as a funeral and wedding singer, and aspired to become an opera singer.After her studies she began to record demos of her own songs, resulting in the early recordings "There Are Eyes Above" (2000), an album of ukulele accompanied songs strongly influenced by Tin Pan Alley, and an album of children's songs, "Little Life" (2001).