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Conya Doss
Conya Doss (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known as "The Queen of Indie Soul".〔(CLEVELAND’S REIGNING QUEEN OF INDIE SOUL CONYA DOSS TO RELEASE FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM BLU TRANSITION ). Hip Hop Press]. Retrieved on April 1, 2011〕
In 2001, Conya Doss started her own recording label ''Conya Doss Songs'' and began recording her first album. In 2002, Doss released her first singles "Good Good" and "Coffee" which were followed by the release of her first album, entitled "A Poem About Ms. Doss". Followed in November 2004, she released her second album "Just Because".〔http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007MU0YW〕 In 2006, she released her third album "Love Rain Down". In May 2008, Doss released her lead single "What I'd Do". In April 2008, Doss released her fourth studio album, entitled "Still...".〔http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001451YB4〕 The album also spawned a second single "It's Over", which listed her for iTunes' "Best R&B Indie Track". In September 2010, Doss released her fifth album "Blu Transition" followed up by her sixth album, "A Pocketful of Purpose" in April 2012. With music-making always in her heart, she released her seventh album, appropriately entitled "VII(Seven)", which she says symbolizes "completion", in May 2015. She teases that fans can find clues to the number "seven" being her favorite in previous albums and has expanded on its various symbolic meanings, for her, in several interviews.
==Early life==
Doss has been singing since she was five. She grew up listening to the likes of Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Angela Winbush, Nina Simone, and Jane Child. She attended Cleveland School of the Arts along with Avant and 71 North and sang with childhood friend, Stacy Richardson-Crawford (former back-up singer for the late Gerald Levert and Anthony Hamilton (musician) in the duo Lyrik. As an adult, Conya wrote for the group 3LW (singers of the hit song, “No more. Baby, I’ma Do Right”), and worked with Gerald Levert and PAJAM before venturing into a career as a solo artist. She later received her teaching credential and has become a teacher of children with special needs in the Cleveland Public School system. She began using music in her classroom as a way to connect with her students and her debut album “A Poem About Ms. Doss” was inspired by a heartfelt letter from one of her students.〔http://www.saveoursoul.nl/aom/aomapr2005.htm〕
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