About Me
WENDY STARLAND CURRENT NEWS
- Dancing With The Sea, which she wrote and produced, was released in Europe on Universal and went to 8 on the charts. Performed, in a solo concert, at the National Philharmonic to an audience of 3,000 in May 2007 which was televised on network TV.
-Video for Dancing With The Sea is airing on every major music network in Europe, including MTV.
- Reggae remix of Dancing With The Sea went to 5 on the MTV Tempo Top 20 Countdown.
- 6 city European tour for Wendy beginning in Sweden, August 2007.
- Featured on Moby’s new album, “Last Night†where she sings the lead vocal on the entire song “I’m In Love.†The album was on the cover of MySpace and iTunes as the ‘Staff Favorite’. It is currently 4 on the Billboard Charts.
-Set to perform a 4 city tour of Central America opening for Beyonce and Juan Gabriel to an audience of 23,000 people a night.
-Sponsored by Straight Up Brands (Akon, Edie Falco) to create her own line of drinks
- Dancing With The Sea video, endorsed by Instantstream, was blasted to over 500,000 cell phones and posted on their website receiving a million hits a day. In addition, Wendy is the “spokesperson†for Mobile Vision Player (M.V.P.) which is launching a campaign, using her image, video and music. This press launch will include a network TV national ad campaign, NY Times, NY Post and all relevant press as well as being sent to 110 million cell phones.
-Created SONICA, an all female tour of solo artists signed to DreamMakers, which will release a compilation CD and TV show utilizing the talents of legends such as Tony Levin (John Lennon, Peter Gabriel), Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Sarah McLachlan) and Arturo Ofarril. Sponsors include Bosendorfer pianos, Nord, Mobile Vision Player, Boy Meets Girl by Deesh, and Crave. SONICA was featured on the Feb 2008 cover of Indie Sounds Magazine.
- Her upcoming album is being produced by multi Grammy winners Hugh Padgham (Sting, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel), Steve Lilywhite (U 2, Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews), Steve Brown (Elton John, George Michael, Queen) and Dave Hillis (Pearl Jam, James Blunt Soundgarden).
- Recent guest on Bloomberg TV’s Night Talk with Mike Snyder, alongside Editor and Chief of Spin Magazine, Doug Brod, and heavyweight manager, Andy Leff - aired internationally.
-Based on the success of the Universal compilation (which includes multi-platinum stars Norah Jones, Feist, Edie Brickell and Katie Melua - in addition to Wendy) they will be releasing a Volume 2 in which Wendy’s song Stolen Love will be featured, and followed up by a video.
- Received the Best Emerging Songwriter Award for 2007 by The Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame at a ceremony in June, and is featured on their CD.
-Performing for charity All About Hope hosted by Jay Leno, Laureaus Sport For Good Foundation hosted by Tony Hawk , and Ruby Peck Foundation hosted by Patrick Ewing, John Starks and Trent Tucker.
-Ralph Lauren / Polo has added Wendy’s music to the playlist in their stores.
-Trans World, the largest retail distributor in the US, approached Wendy to set up an in-store tour for her across the country to promote her forthcoming CD.
-Wrote and sang on 2 songs for British duo Ror-Shak’s new album, Deep, released internationally on Koch, alongside Capitol Records’ artist Morning Wood, and Warner Bros. Artists Morcheeba and Julee Cruise. It charted in the Billboard Top 50.
-Wendy’s tracks for Ror-Shak are currently featured on Delta Airlines and are featured with a banner on the front page of iTunes as the “Staff Favorite.â€
-3 songs featured in the widely released movie “They’re Just My Friends†which included her duet with multi-platinum rapper Capone of Island/Def Jam’s Capone & Noriega.
- Featured artist on the homepage of Broadcaster.com getting over 16 million hits a month, followed by a 20 minute segment on their news show.
-Her music will be included in an upcoming documentary produced by Richard Branson featuring Jewel, Will I Am, India Irie, and Damien Rice.
-2 hours of Wendy’s music will be heard in the upcoming HBO documentary, Sample Sale, produced by the prestigious Michael Mailer. This film will also be seen in the Cannes, Tribeca and Sundance Film Festivals.
-Named Music Supervisor for the feature film, Swipe, starring Oscar winner Forrest Whitaker and Jennifer Tilly alongside Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls. Several of Wendy’s songs and original score will be heard throughout the film.
-Releasing an entire remix album with the prestigious dance label, West End Records.
-Lead model and sponsored by the $250 million dollar brand, “Boy Meets Girl†by Deesh, worn by celebrity clientele such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Selma Hayek. She was featured in Women’s Wear Daily and soon to be featured in Teen Vogue, Cosmo Girl, The New York Times and on TV. Her music and video are featured in their ad campaign as well as on their website.
-Garden Of Temptation, which she wrote and produced, is featured on the 67 Records Essential New Artists Compilation.
-Wrote and performed Diamond Gun for Cipriani Compilation to be featured exclusively at the chain’s restaurants and stocked in every room of their hotels internationally.
-Return will be released on Backlight Records compilation alongside Duncan Sheik.
-Wrote, performed and produced the theme song for the movie, The Original, as well as the upcoming feature film, Blood Rails, by the director of Hell Raiser.
-Guest on the MSNBC’s Voices Among Us talk show, where she was interviewed and sang live.
-Named VH1’s Best Emerging Artist after winning Step Up And Rock Contest (national audition)
-Playing on over 40 HOT/AC radio stations in the US and several more internationally. Voted Top Indie Artist of 2006 by listener’s requests on Boston’s WNRC 97.5 FM
-Garden Of Temptation was featured twice on ABC’s Regis & Kelly.
-Garden Of Temptation was also the lead promo for 2 NBC primetime series, “Las Vegas†& “Hawaiiâ€
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