As she moved into her pre-teen years, cable television and MTV (which was "banned") would introduce her to to the glories of punk & metal. She got really into “driving around”, “partying”, and muscle cars. At 17 she moved to Minneapolis & got a job at historic First Avenue nightclub where her personal goals of hanging out with more “bands” and “cool people” really came together. She eventually built up the nerve to play guitar & sing out loud in front of strangers, and was in a bunch of bands that toured all over for a bunch of years.

In 2006 Annie realized that lifestyle wasn't probably going to be sustainable for a lot longer, so she took a day job at this very studio when it used to be BWN, making background music for commercials, and figuring out what they meant when they said she would be their "producer" (No, not the kind that makes rap music). Looking for new jobs is a pain and nobody else wanted to be in charge so Carl gave her part of his newly formed company (this one) in 2017, and she is still here.