danielle braund
Danielle Braund is taking a chance with her new EP "Sunday Morning". After performing for such acts as SEAN KINGSTON, BOYZ II MEN, AND KIM MITCHELL, she has proven herself a dynamic and compelling performer, an outstanding vocalist, talented musician and a gifted composer. Her passionate pop songs have already been noticed, receiving HONOURABLE MENTION in the INTERNATIONAL WEST COAST SONGWRITING CONTEST. And now, with producer Ryan Stewart, a new pop sound, and a brand new instrument (guitar) to add to her arsenal, Danielle Braund is prepared to unleash her new brand of music on Western Canada.
From studying piano from the age of four, to begging for voice lessons at the age of twelve, to earning her degree in Music from the University of Lethbridge, music has been the one constant, driving force in Danielle Braund's life. Urged by her university music professors to continue her early studies in opera, Danielle had other plans after graduation. This meant a move to Detroit to expand her studies in music, this time exploring the demanding world of jazz and jazz composition. Having mastered many aspects of the genre from timeless standards to harmonics and improvisation, something still did not feel right, and Danielle sought her true niche elsewhere.
After Detroit, New York City lured Danielle to its musical melting pot, and within six months she had wrangled together a band and recorded her first album "No Tears" (2007) with producer Stephen Joseph, all the while moonlighting as a backup singer for local bands, performing at top clubs in the area. Performing in New York helped strengthen her confidence and push her musical boundaries, and would help give rise to the wide variety of styles that are melded together in her first album, an eclectic and exciting mixture of blues, soul, and R&B.
"It has been a long road trying to find my place in the world of music, but I finally feel that I have found my niche, and I have something important to say." With this in mind, Danielle returned to Canada and sought out renowned producer Ryan Stewart (Jessie Farrell, Carly Rae Jepsen, Laurell, Mariana's Trench) to work on her new songs, with the intent of making her next album as genre-defying and widely appealing as possible.
Danielle Braund's refusal to define herself by genre, and her insistence that it is her voice, and her voice alone, that will define her, has become the touchstone for this new album. "It is my voice that defines me, it is my voice that creates the music that I write, and it is my voice that carries me on this journey." Packed into her Honda Fit she is taking this unmistakable voice, her keyboard, her guitar, and a small suitcase to every corner of this country in an effort to have her voice heard by as many people as possible.
What is next for this emerging artist? Stay tuned to find out
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