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Bijou discovering her passion for music in an early age, growing up with the creative energy of her father John Phillips (The Mamas and the Papas) and listening to the sounds of Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Phoebe Snow, among others. She began writing music at 13, and her father encouraged her to work through family issues through music. When Bij was 15 he taught her 12 chords on a tiny guitar he had lying around in his basement.

Her writing skills developed more formally at the renowned Miles Copeland songwriting workshop, where she worked with real-deal songwriters Howard Jones, Eric Bazilian, Jill Sobule, Jill Cunnif and Belinda Carlisle. At 17 Bij acquired a record deal with Almo Sounds and made her debut album 'I'd Rather Eat Glass', produced by Talking Heads and Modern Lovers guru Jerry Harrison. It was released in 1999.

Bijou hasn’t released any more albums since her debut, but she is still making music. You can listen to a couple of songs on her MySpace-site. If you are interrested in hearing songs from 'I'd Rather Eat Glass' you can contact me, I'm happy to help.

I'D RATHER EAT GLASS

1. Hawaii
2. Polite
3. I Own You
4. I Am A Mountain
5. Little Dipper
6. Stranded
7. I Never Shot The President
8. So Tired
9. Mermaid and the Earthman
10. Just Look Around
11. When I Hated Him (Don't Tell Me)
12. Breakfast
13. Slow (bonus track)

IREG FACTS

The title of the album is a reference to what she'd rather do than go back to modeling.

"When I Hated Him" was the first single from the album and it's about her father.

The song "Polite" is also on the "I still know what you did last summer" soundtrack.

Bij wrote "Breakfast" when she was 13 years old.

"Little Dipper" is an ode to her mother.

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