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May 2008 Award winners:
Anjanel Folkens
We are pleased to announce that 2 singers we work with won awards at the North American Country Music Association International competition, held in late April. For the 2nd year in a row, Anjanel Folkens (http://www.anjanel.net) won the Rising Star Award for Female Entertainer of the Year in New/Modern Gospel. In addition, she won the Rising Star Award for Songwriter of the Year for her original song, Road Trip, which is on her CD with the same title. This award-winning song tells a story about a young woman just taking off with some friends and cruising along old Rt 66, and it has a nice twist. at the end. It's a fun song with plenty of energy and appeal. Her CD, Roadtrip (contemporary country), offers a variety of songs that take advantage of her unique delivery, with compelling vocals. You can feel her energy. Anjanel's versatile voice is truly showcased in this entertaining CD, which includes several of Anjanel's', along with four songs written by Pat and Greg. If you want a very entertaining variety of songs from a marvelous talent, please visit her web site and order one for you and maybe one for a close friend. This CD is great listening for your next road trip! We congratulate her for such an amazing accomplishment! Way to go, Anjanel!!
Janet Durham
Janet also won top
honors at this prestigious award ceremony. She won a prestigious award at the
same competition. Janet won as Top Female Vocalist in Traditional Country. Janet
blew away judges by her performance, in which she dressed up like a pregnant mom
and sang her own original song, Behind That Smile. Janet delivered a tremendous
performance, fully utilizing her tremendous voice, while putting together a very
creative delivery. She is truly a talent and an angel! You can hear her on
reverbnation, singing A Woman Knows, a heart-rendering ballad about falling
out of love. This song is clearly radio-ready, as it has captured the attention
of local radio djs. Check it out! Janet's convincing delivery really stands out!
Kudos to Janet!!
Pat Sheridan
Most of the songs we
have listed on
reverbnation (and on our
www.2gdp.com web
site) are co-written by the extremely talented Pat Sheridan. Pat
has a gift for bringing life to lyrics through his music. Pat is an amazing
talent on guitar, and he is extremely adept at creating powerful, new music. His
creative energy provides us with a wide range of captivating songs. He has been
a driving force in developing our catalog of songs--one we hope you'll enjoy. He
never ceases to amaze. And, we have more coming...! In fact, if you scroll
down to songs without genre and gender listed in the title, you'll hear songs we
have in the works, with Pat singing them. He's actually pretty good, so if you
want to hear how our songs start down the road to production, take a listen!
Ashleigh Morrissey
We have been working a
lot with another rising star, singer Ashleigh Morrissey. Ashleigh performs on
several of our songs, including You Ain't Sayin', Goin' Nowhere, Your Touch,
Give Me a Kiss, and a duet, Tonight. Ashleigh is a wonder to work with in the
studio, and as you can hear, her voice is packed with emotion and appeal. She
can make your heart pound or your tears flow. She's that good! We are in the
process of putting together an Ashleigh CD, mostly with our originals, along
with a few "unplugged" covers. We'll keep you posted. Listen to any of the above
songs on
reverbnation.
Erik Nelson - Eclipse Studios
One additional note.
We
also want to thank the very best engineer and producer in Central IL, Erik
Nelson, owner of Eclipse Studios (www.eclipsestudios.net)
in Normal IL. This Gold Record owning songwriter has proven himself to be
masterful at tapping into Pat's and Greg's ideas. He stands above any studio owner
we've known, and we've known some pretty good ones in our time. Currently, Eric and
Greg
have been writing together...such as I Love for This. That is Erik singing a
scratch vocal. He does a job! Additionally, he and his brother, Dave Nelson, are
excellent musicians who play guitar, keyboards, drums, and bass. Dave also sings
excellent background vocals with Chris Krause on A Test, Change Me, and with
Brandon Howard's Sweet Tennessee.
Thank you all for listening and supporting us!!! We're thrilled to have you listening, and we welcome any feedback you may want to share!
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