.rain.noise.chaos.vøid. |||||| artist | filmmaker | noisemaker | researcher | writer |||||| I like noisy flickering stuff.
Soundies were musical films produced in the USA in the 40s. They were short films containing only songs, dances or orchestra performances. They were shown on a coin-operated machine, a kind of jukebox, that you could find in nightclubs, bars, restaurants, and other public spaces. 
She was born in 1842 in Welsh. When she was young, she studied singing with two musicians from her village. In 1864, she was accepted in the Royal Academy of Music in London. She then began to earn a living by singing and giving singing lessons.