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Tori Skene is a singer/songwriter who has been performing on stage from almost the time that she could walk. She began competitive Scottish Highland Dancing at the age of five. Tori and her family have traveled for many years throughout the Western United States for dancing competitions. In many ways she has felt as if she has grown up on stage in front of an audience. It seems that music has always been in the center of her life. At the age of 10, Tori decided to start taking voice lessons. While traveling Tori found a love for music, and at the age of 13 retired from the Highland Dancing circuit, and began playing the guitar. Starting high school she began at Orange County High School of the arts in the musical theatre conservatory, and after a semester transfered back to her home school. Her passion for music has propelled her to begin writing her own songs after she took a trip to Nashville that same year. Since then Tori has taken yearly trips to Nashville to attend NSAI writing workshops and perform any chance she can get. Tori now spends part of her week in Los Angeles singing and songwriting. She has been apart of a charitable "Young Talent Night" at Kulak's woodshed twice in North Hollywood that has been streamed all over the internet. Tori is apart of NSAI, ASCAP and LAWIM. She finds inspiration in many situations in her everyday life with which to base many songs. She has been in one of the advanced choirs in her high school for 4 years, and has sung the National Anthem at her high school basketball games. She has competed in numerous vocal competitions in Southern California and took second at one called VOCE at Chapman university. She has completed up to level 9 in the Music Teachers Association of California Certificate of Merit program, and has been on Nashville Cable show "Nashville Spotlight" and caught the eye of a few songwriters during her time in Nashville. Her song "Wake Up" debuted in the top 10 on "Tween Pop Radio" and she is on the regular rotation of "Ladies of country music radio". Tori also sings and plays guitar in the praise band at her church. Her influences are Joni Mitchell, and Carole King and her songwriting mentor, Harriet Schock. Tori looks forward to a future in which she can touch many more lives with her music.