If you knew Vanessa
Almost every song here came from someone's hard drive.
Vanessa wrote nearly seven hundred songs. Eighty-six of them are here because friends, listeners, and forum acquaintances kept them safe for twenty years and returned them to one place. If you have anything (a file, a memory, a correction), this archive would like to have it.
How to reach us
Email is the best way to reach us.
Rights holders, family, or estate representatives: if you'd like material updated, credited differently, or removed, please email and it will be handled promptly. This archive is maintained for noncommercial memorial preservation.
What helps
Any of the following, in any form.
Audiopreferred
MP3, WAV, any format. Even lossy, even low bitrate. Every version matters.
Lyrics
Words to a song, whole or partial, however you have them.
Artwork or liner notes
Cover art, a burned disc, anything printed or drawn that went with the music.
Musical memories
A song she played, a demo she sent, a track she talked about making.
Track information
A title, a date, the album a song belongs to, who worked on it.
Corrections
A mis-transcribed lyric, a wrong year, a typo in a title.
Made possible by
The people who kept her music.
Todd Hertzelle friend
51 tracks, carried for twenty years
Amanda Miller friend
Recovered 26 tracks · March 2026
John Alan Fessel collaborator
Recovered 9 tracks, lyricist · Jan/Feb 2026
Suzanne v.d.B. friend
Memories & context
Eric D. friend
Memories & context
Sherri E. friend
Memories & context
Jena M. friend
Memories & context
René friend
Memories & context