Life is what you make of it, and you have to decide to enjoy it. Music is Amanda Holmes' mode of transportation, moving audiences in a positive way. With a yearning to inspire, console, and paint a metaphoric picture, Amanda bends notes and belts a blues flavor stripped of excessive frills and ornamentation. With songs about living life to the fullest, encouraging abused women to stand up for themselves, and the personal experience of losing a close loved one, her music slices as a shard cut ...