Amy Studt

Amy Studt
Studt performing in Peterborough in 2009
Background information
Born	(1986-03-22) 22 March 1986 (age 31) Hammersmith, London, England
Origin	Bournemouth, England
Genres	Pop, pop rock, alternative rock, Pop punk
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	2002–present
Labels	2002–2004: Polydor 2006–2009: 19 Entertainment
Website	http://www.amystudtofficial.com/

Amy Jane Studt (born 22 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family she recorded her first demo, "A New Day Breaks" by age 14, which eventually got her signed to Polydor. Studt released her first single "Just a Little Girl" in July 2002, to international success. It was followed almost a year later by "Misfit", which came to be her highest charting single. The same month her debut album False Smiles appeared. Late 2003 and early 2004 two more singles were released, "Under the Thumb" and "All I Wanna Do" respectively, but only to diminishing sales. That caused Polydor to drop Studt in February 2004.

From then until the end of 2006, Studt stayed out of the public eye. But in 2007 it was announced that she was working on a new album, now with the label 19 Entertainment. Some of her new material was published on MySpace. On 3 December 2007, "Furniture" was released as a digital single, and the album, My Paper Made Men, issued on 5 May 2008.

Studt was born in Hammersmith, London. Growing up in Bournemouth, Dorset, she started learning piano, playing guitar and learning the oboe. Studt's father is a violinist and a conductor who has worked with Roy Orbison, Shirley Bassey and The Beatles to name a few, either touring or recording and has played on countless films, while her mother was head of music at St. Katherine's Primary school. Amy also studied a term at Vocaltech vocal school in London, working with close friend, fello co-writer and Vocaltech tutor Yak Bondy.