ael Meyer (born Yael Elisa Meyer Barbarach, June 13, 1981)is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, musician and producer.Meyer was born in Santiago, Chile. She starting playing piano at the age of 5, began writing original music at 8, and learned the guitar at 13. As a teenager, she participated in various music festivals in Chile, and was a youth leader at Maccabi Hatzair, a Jewish youth organization there.At age 19, Meyer left Chile for Boston, Massachusetts, to attend the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship. She graduated in 2003.It was in Boston that she wrote, produced and recorded her debut album, Common Ground, released in the US in 2004.She played all the instruments on the album, producing and engineering most of the record herself. A blend of indie folk and lounge electronica, Rolling Stone Chile called it "one of the top 50 albums of the year.