Frustrated with college, Noëlle Hampton left San Diego and headed back to the San Francisco Bay Area. While on vacation she picked up her dad's guitar and taught herself 3 chords and by the time everyone came back into the cabin she was singing them a Dylan song. She bought her first guitar at age 19, began writing music and about a year later she got up on stage at an open mic to sing in front of an audience for the first time. She was hooked. Read more on