It's rare that you go through life without a nickname. I got mine during my freshman year in high school. Hildy. I've gotten plenty of others in my lifetime but Hildy has always stuck. It was given to me by friends that knew me, as a term of endearment, and that's why I'm using this name for my personal music project. I want to create these musical projects for myself, for my friends, and most of all, for my family.  If other people like it, grateful for that, but for the first time in my life, I'm not making music to satisfy bandmates, labels, radio formatting or employers. There's nothing wrong with working to serve others, matter of fact I love doing it and think everyone should, but we each have a voice, and sometimes, you need to just

speak from your heart without filters. 

So here it goes...