About Me
DEANNA (pronounced: dee AH nah)..the name means From The Valley; Divine.
DEANNA was raised in a suburb north of Boston and learned early how to drop her r's and sing her ass off! Home was filled with the music of Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand and Elvis...DEANNA absorbed the musical diversity. With hairbrush in hand, she made the family basement her stage and practiced singing along with Whitney Houston, Donna Summer and Patsy Cline records. Prince turned her on! Sting made her pay attention to the craft of lyric writing! Patti made her wanna roll around on the floor and HOLLA! It all helped to make DEANNA the versatile singer and songwriter she is today.
After high school DEANNA wasted no time on recording a professional demo. While taking a break from a vocal session, she was singing, putting quarters into her parking meter. It was then that a staff member at Berklee College of Music discovered her. Impressed by her singing abilities, she was placed into the prestigious college's 5 week extensive Summer performance program. By the end of it, DEANNA had wowed the institution into giving her a full tuition scholarship to study. Emerging with a BA in Music Business and Management, DEANNA moved to NYC to pursue her career and in 2008 made the move west to LA.
DEANNA has had the honor of performing with Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Yolanda Adams, Cece Winans, Crystal Waters, Veronica, Joan Osborne, The Chieftains, Martha Wash, Ann Nesby, Angelo & Veronica, War, Average White Band, Sweet Sensation, Steve Smith of Journey, and Lisa Page of Witness...to name a few!
DEANNA has been invited to entertain Patti Labelle, Oleta Adams, Terri Lynne Carrington, Armand Zildjian, Horace Silver, Arif Mardin, Joyce Kulhawik, Alan Silvestri, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, and Pat Metheny...to name a few MORE!
DEANNA's singing and songwriting can be heard in film and tv projects such as: "Sex and the City", "The Sopranos", "Melrose Place", "Seventh Heaven", MTVs Laguna Beach and the Showtime original movie "The Tiger Woods Story...and that's just a sampl-ing!
DEANNA has also sung radio and TV jingle spots for Nabisco, Proctor & Gamble, Mattel, Siemens Technologies, Fila, ESPN, and BJs Wholesale Club.
She is a proud member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation Of Television And Radio Artists (AFTRA), and Actors Equity Association (AEA).
DEANNA was selected to attend the ASCAP EAST COAST EXTENDED SONGWRITING WORKSHOP (NY) , THE LESTER SILL SONGWRITING WORKSHOP (LA), and the BMI Foundation Contemporary Professional Songwriting Workshop. She was also awarded The Heineken Music Initiative / The ASCAP Foundation R&B Grant for her song "I've Been Waiting (Someone Like You)".
In 2000, she co-wrote and sang "Higher", which went to 3 on the Billboard charts. It was produced by 1999 Grammy winner, David Morales & Albert Cabrera. DEANNA also sang & co-wrote two songs on Satoshi Tomiie's SONY release "FULL LICK". Her song "I Don't Wanna Sleep" was used for the Mattell project "The Barbie Diaries". Just recently "Take Me Or Leave Me" landed as the theme song for the overseas version of WE TV's reality series "High School Confidential".
DEANNA's cuts include: Capitol Records recording artist: Bret Ryan, Universal Classics/Decca recording artists: Three Graces, Sony/BMG artists: Storm, PHI/DEP/Universal artist: Slim Williams, EsNtion recording artist: Danielle Bollinger, Strip City Records recording artist: Dian Diaz.
Deanna is excited about current work with Stephen Wrabel, MoZella, Bleu, The Killer Heels, Maurice, Rob Write & MORE!
Look for new dance releases from DEANNA in 2008 on Nervous Records, Ultra Records & Warner Italy!
In 2007 DEANNA launched BOMB CHICA ENTERTAINMENT, her own Record Label, Entertainment, Production & Clothing Company. Her first full-length album, 8:45 AM, is scheduled for a Fall 2008 release on BOMB CHICA RECORDS.
DEANNA... a talent as unique as her name.
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