Candice Maelani Heermance Davis-Bicoy

was born in Lana'i City, Hawai'i in 1985, and raised on the island of Molokai. She grew up surrounded by a family and community of singers and musicians, but one of her greatest influences will always be her mother Debbie Davis. She was a music director, choir conductor, organist, and pianist for the church she grew up singing in. She saw Candice's potential at a young age and constantly pushed her to perform publicly. Her mother taught her the fundamentals of reading and writing music, singing harmonies, and deeply rooted in her a love and respect for it. Her Grandmother Hannah Davis was also a beautiful sopranino singer and ukulele player whom Candice admired and learned from.  There were always string instruments, sheets of music, and at least 1 piano in the home growing up. Although she was raised in a culture of church hymns, contemporary Hawaiian music and island reggae, Candice soon found herself being drawn to pop, rock, soul, blues, jazz and other genres that were on the radio or becoming popular. She participated in youth and adult choirs both in and out of school. Her first taste of a real stage came at the age of 15 when she, her older sister, and a close church friend started a vocal group, and won their school's talent show Brown Bags to Stardom, going on to represent their school in front of thousands at the state level competition held at the Waikiki Shell Concert Hall on Oahu. She was 1 of 3 students from her highschool who auditioned and were selected to join the Hawaii All-State Honors Choir. Some of her biggest influences in music have been songwriters and vocalists like Eva Cassidy, the Allman Bros., Meshell Ndegeocello, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Van Morrison, Chaka Khan, James Taylor, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, India Arie, Sade, and Lauryn Hill. As a kid growing up in Hawai'i, some of the local artists who have influenced her are Amy Hanaiali'i, Keali'i Reichel, Kalapana, The Brothers Cazimero, Cecelio & Kapono, Na Leo Pilimehana, and the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau. 

After graduating, Candice began singing in her Uncle's classic rock band, performing for parties and events on Molokai. This lit a spark in her wanting to perform American Rock N Roll, although it would lie dormant for a few years. In 2003 she moved to the island of Kaua'i, where she continued her journey in discovering herself through music, this time performing reggae and at one point being the youngest member of the

\group "Version", underage, performing in local bars, and "learning the ropes". There was an incident where the venue owners found out she was under 21 and told her she had to leave. When the rest of the band heard this they began breaking down their equipment and packing up stating