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David Kraut -- Songwriter

A Day Job and a Dream

About Me

From New York City's Bitter End to the studios of VH1, David Kraut has been entertaining audiences with his unique brand of piano-based pop and country for over a decade.
Two of his songs, "Liquid Sunshine" and "Change of a Dress", have been cut by new Texas artist Shiela Harrison for her self-titled debut album -- other songwriters on the album include Bill Champlin (keyboardist and vocalist for Chicago [he sang "Look Away"]) and Chris Omartian (Pink, Hillary Duff).
David also just signed his first Nashville publishing contract for the song " A Day Job and a Dream" with My Three Kids Music (BMI). The song is also the lead song for "Hits They Missed", a charity album featuring songs that were submitted to the American Idol songwriting contest, but didn't make the finals. A portion of the proceeds from the project will go to benefit the Oakland School for the Arts in Oakland, CA, so buy your album today at www.melodiesthatmatter.com.
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Music:

Member Since: 9/11/2005
Band Website: davidkraut.com
Influences: John Mayer, Steve Seskin, Rivers Rutherford, Billy Joel, Elvis Costello, Don Henley, Stevie Wonder
Type of Label: None

My Blog

My First Cuts by Texas Artist Shiela Harrison!!

Two of my songs, "Liquid Sunshine" and "Change of a Dress", have been cut by new Texas artist Shiela Harrison (www.myspace.com/shielaharrison) for her self-titled debut album -- other s...
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:55:00 PST

My song on "Hits They Missed" (American Idol Songwriting Contest)

Exciting news!Some music producers in California and Nashville decided to put together a charity album featuring songs that were submitted to the American Idol songwriting contest, but didn't make the...
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:20:00 PST

"Honorable Mention" in CMT/NSAI Contest!

The winners were announced in the 7th Annual CMT/NSAI Songwriting Contest, and my song, "Don't Listen", got honorable mention.  In the past few months, it has also been played for Darius Ruc...
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:10:00 PST

SongDoor Finalist!

My song "Liquid Sunshine" is a finalist in the country category of the 2006 SongDoor International Songwriting Competition, and another song of mine, "Don't Listen", got Honorable Mention.(www.songdoo...
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:32:00 PST

"Do the Right Thing" featured on the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio!

I hear from my UK sources that Scott Mills, the BBC DJ, played "Do the Right Thing" last week.  Combined with my mention in the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv, I am becoming internationally known! ...
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:55:00 PST

BUY "DO THE RIGHT THING" AND OTHER SONGS AT WWW.DAVIDKRAUT.COM

You can buy "Do the Right Thing" and "Liquid Sunshine" at www.davidkraut.com for only $0.99.  Enjoy!
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:56:00 PST

"DO THE RIGHT THING" PLAYED ON THE BERT SHOW IN ATLANTA!

I just got word that Q100 in Atlanta just played "Do the Right Thing" today.  The song keeps spreading!
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:29:00 PST

"DO THE RIGHT THING" PLAYED ON THE TOM LEYKIS SHOW

Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Leykis played the Internet hit "Do the Right Thing" on his nationally syndicated radio show on Tuesday, August 1 in a discussion of everyone's favorite J-dater, Da...
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:04:00 PST

WELCOME READERS OF WWW.PRDIFFERENTLY.COM AND WWW.GONZORANGERS.COM

Welcome readers of www.prdifferently.com and www.gonzorangers.com.  The song you are looking for is "Do the Right Thing".  Enjoy, and feel free to listen to some of my other songs as well.
Posted by David Kraut -- Songwriter on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:43:00 PST