This is Maren Parusel, a San Diego singer/songwriter who gave up the glamour and glory of playing in the Zeros cover band Wild Weekend to pursue her own projects.
Parusel has written between 90 and 100 songs, 25 of which she believes are very strong. Perhaps this should be expected from someone who was classically trained on the piano and endured 10 years of lessons from an “old-school strict German piano teacher.” But it’s an impressive number from someone who didn’t start writing songs until she came to the United States to learn English nearly five years ago. For Parusel, whose first name means “coming out of the ocean” and whose surname means “troubled child,” it’s all part of the journey.
Read more of my profile for the San Diego City Beat here. Maren Parusel will be playing in San Diego on Thursday, Aug. 6, at The Casbah and Saturday, Aug. 8, at U-31.
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