While Belinda Hardesty's musical experiences have been wide and varied, it is the music of the people that moves her soul. The music of old people. Very old people. Very old dead people. So what better place for her than Dead Men's Hollow? With her music degree, Belinda has performed everything from medieval to jazz music on everything from recorder to bari sax to voice. She's performed with the Akron Symphony Chorus, the Hiram College Madrigal Singers, numerous other choirs, orchestras, bands, chamber groups, and even a gospel choir or two. While memories of these experiences still send chills down her spine—who can forget playing bass clarinet on Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue or singing the alto solo in Bach's Mass in B minor—she finds the most freedom in music when the human story is told in it's most real terms. That's why she and DMH take pride in doing everything from gospel to death ballads all in the same show. A self-proclaimed harmony junkie, Belinda gets joy both in crafting harmonies for the DMH crew to sing and in letting the harmonies find their own way in the crew's capable hands, just as nature intended.

Music may be her first calling, but it is not her only calling. After a couple of years teaching in elementary schools, she met her bandmates Mike and Caryn while doing marketing in a tech company. After that bubble started to burst, she took up bartending until the birth of she and husband Stephen's first child. With number two on the way, she happily sings songs of love-gone-wrong, revenge, and redemption while studying medical transcription in hopes of someday working at home with the kids.

Belinda has received much support over the years from her family. Her grandfather, a WWII-era trumpet player, and she have shared a musical bond that spans the genres and generations. Even though neither of Belinda's parents are musical, they allowed her to pursue music in any way she desired, which she is always thankful for. Interestingly enough, her sister Stacy, one of her few other musically inclined relatives, has an almost identical voice to hers. She and her sister hope to one day become the next Kossoy sisters, that is, once they figure out a way to live in the same state for more than a few weeks at a time. Until then, Belinda and her husband look forward to raising their children amongst the music and friendship that is Dead Men's Hollow.