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Too Close On Purpose, the song, describes my confusion and resulting inquiry when a desired connection doesn't occur with a person I had hoped to get to know.* The title fits the whole album, which features an up-close-and-personal collection of songs spanning a couple decades of my life. Here are some reviews: "This songwriter's songs are nakedly vulnerable and delivered with persuasive confidence. The emotions expressed...feel real. Musically, they are distinctive...
convincing." -- Bay Area Music Magazine

And Fran Gray of Portland Music Central said the CD was full of "torturous mind shadows...and the strange idiosyncrasies of human behavior." She called it, "A celebration of love and life...a celebration of women in music."

I wrote some of the songs on the CD while I was taking songwriting classes taught by Bill Spooner, formerly of The Tubes rock group. Click here to see Bill's website. I'm hoping to work with him again soon.

Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle said: "Go Away" ... made me stop and pay attention. If I was going to describe it in one
word:

About Too Close On Purpose

Los Angeles Rock City News called me "a cross between Eric Clapton and Carly Simon."

I've spent the past several
years seeking ways to express
myself, and receive others,
with the same care and power
that music has afforded me.
I want to live life more fully
and experience joy through my relationships as well as
through the arts.

All my life I have found that
even with people who
seem to share similar
values to mine, interactions have
been so painful,
I have chosen to avoid relating
and to write songs instead.

About Mary Ann Vorasky

Maybe it's just a result of
growing older, but I have
been learning how to stay
more tuned into my heart,
even when faced with something
other than what I'd hoped for.
It is like Mick Jagger said, you
can't always get what you want,
but if you try sometimes
you just might find
you get what you need.