REGINA Big Dog 97.5 FM WINNER:  Val Halla “The Bad Girl Touch”

Val Halla

BIO

When Val Halla was only 12 years old she purchased her first guitar magazine. At the time Val had just started learning songs of the 90’s grunge movement, playing on an old nylon string classical guitar her grandfather had given to her mother. After a few years of lessons focusing on grunge and rock n roll, Val’s guitar teacher was finally able to persuade her parents to buy her an electric guitar.

Val Halla’s song “The Bad Girl Touch” was featured and reviewed in the November 2009 issue of Guitar Player magazine by the Editor in Chief himself, Michael Molenda. Molenda made note of Halla’s “seductive singing and coy lyrics” in addition to a positive review of her playing abilities. Only a few weeks later Halla was contacted by Guitar World Magazine to be featured in their 2009 Holiday Buyer’s Guide.

After 7 years in Vancouver, 3 full length albums, a cross Canada tour, and a 3 year audio engineering apprenticeship, Halla decided it was time to take back her base on the prairies in her hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan. She is now able to spend her time touring extensively all over Canada and the United States, and working with great writer’s, producers, and players in her part time home of Nashville, TN.

Halla’s new album is scheduled to be released in January of 2010. It will be her first full length release in two and a half years.

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WINNING SONG LYRICS:
“The Bad Girl Touch”
© 2009 Val Halla

My room is all pink with a cute teddy bear,
But the walls match the lace on my underwear
I wear  my shirts low but keep my hair in a bow
I’m where Carmen Electra meets Mariyln Monroe

I sang in the choir after takin a toke
I like to drink my whiskey with a splash of cherry coke
I’m always changin’ my hair to keep my past unknown
I make a horrible blonde cause my roots always show

I’m the good good girl with the bad girl touch
Good good girl with the bad girl touch
Good good girl
Good good girl with the bad girl touch

I can’t stand war and I can’t stand hate
But if you grab my ass I’ll still punch yah in the face
I believe in compassion I believe in the soul
I still love sex, pot, and rock and roll

Chorus
So come on over
I’ll show you I’m good and true
And while you’re over
I’ll show you my bad side too
I’ll show you what good girls do
With the bad girl touch

It’s good to be a good girl
With the bad girl touch