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Danielle
Egnew signs Unprecedented Recording Deal with
Maurice The Fish Records
January
5th 2008 Los Angeles, CA -- Multi-award winning
pop / rock artist Danielle Egnew, known for successfully
fielding various artistic pursuits from solo music projects
to fronting and producing popular all-girl band Pope Jane
as well as her on-camera acting and scoring work in film
and TV, has signed an unprecedented multi-tiered record
deal with Maurice the Fish Records. Egnew, who made headlines
in the past after declining label deals due to contract
restrictions, cites this diverse opportunity with Maurice
the Fish Records as a "perfect marriage of business
and expression." |
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With market-changing spikes in digital music distribution
through vendors such as iTunes, coupled with a sizable decline
in major label artist signings in 2007, Maurice the Fish
Records is one of many high-end boutique labels springing
up to claim the spoils from the jaws of the crumbling music
industry infrastructure. Creating a razor-sharp commercial
focus through hot artist branding and aggressive out-of-the-box
marketing, Maurice the Fish Records leads the pack amongst
boutique labels, and has the added distinction of being
exclusively run by women.
“This deal is an absolute dream,” said an enthusiastic
Egnew, “taking into account every
aspect of my music career, unlike anything I have ever been
offered. With such an
artist-friendly staff and such a visionary team, this singular
deal is more like getting four
record deals in one, as the label has considered all the
separate projects that I am
involved in.”
Traditional record deals require an artist to commit to
a single musical genre, such as rock or country, for the
duration of their contract. These traditional marketing
models are designed with the simple intent of securing a
repeat product-buying audience for an artist. However, this
traditional model is not only artistically limiting to artists
who thrive across different musical genres, such as Egnew,
but it also limits the earning power of the label per artist.
For instance, the music produced by Egnew’s band Pope
Jane is considered to be Pop, whose prime demographic is
females between the ages of 15-30, while her solo material
contained on her new album Red Lodge falls in the Americana
category, which tends to appeal to both males and females
between the ages of 30-45. Egnew’s band Junkie Cousin
is Alternative Rock – appealing to a buying public
of males between the ages of 14 and 25 -- but Egnew also
composes rich catalogues of ambient music that can be licensed
to film and television, a listening demographic of both
genders between the ages of 35-65.
Though successful cross-genre artists like Danielle Egnew
are a rare find, they are an extreme asset to the sleeker,
more market-nimble boutique labels, which are able to quickly
assess changes in the music market and immediately provide
product to reflect these changes.
“This deal really is revolutionary in how labels contract
with artists,” said Egnew. “The
terms are terrific, great for everybody involved. It’s
just refreshing that there are still labels out there that
really want to partner with their artists.” |
Danielle
Egnew wins!
  
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Nov.
3rd 2007,Hollywood, CA - In a star-heavy awards
night at The Knitting factory on Hollywood Boulevard,
Danielle was honored for the second year in a row by the
All Access Awards Committee with the maximum number of
award nominations -- three -- for Best Female Rock Vocalist,
Best Overall Songwriter, and Best Keyboardist in the Pop,
Alternative, and Glam catagories. Danielle was very excited
to take home the award for Best Keyboardist. You
can watch some of Danielle's award-winning piano work
in her music video, Swinging
At Nothing.
In
addition to walking away with the Best Keyboardist
award, one of Danielle's many bands, Sheena
Metal's Beer Bong, was honored with one of
the most coveted awards of the evening -- the People's
Choice Award. Beer Bong opened up the awards
ceremony, and is an established theatrical 80's metal
satire band in the vein of Tenacious D and Spinal Tap,
whose ten year career has included gigs on the Hollywood
and Vegas strips. Within Beer Bong, Danielle plays the
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character
of "Ivana Rock, the Angel of Metal", an Eastern
European block keyboard-playing backing vocalist sporting
a silver Tina Turner wig and three foot long black feathered
wings. Danielle is currently co--producing the first
ever Beer Bong album The Funnel of Love
with Beer Bong lead guitarist and writer Paul Houston.
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Watch
Danielle's Video!
Danielle
Egnew - "Swinging At Nothing"
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Video
Shoot in Montana - July 2007
Danielle's long-awaited solo album Red Lodge,
named after her favorite mountain town, is due out early
fall of 2007, with the flagship single "Swinging
At Nothing" captaining the album launch with a video
directed by Paul Mehlhaff. The shoot took place in Danielle's
home state of Montana. "Swinging At Nothing is the
perfect single to kick off this album," says Egnew,
"because its simplicity is exactly what Red
Lodge is all about." The video features
sentimental locations such as Egnew's childhood home,
where she is seen playing her family's 1912 Steinway baby
grand. "We had the weirdst living room in Montana,"
Egnew adds, "because instead of a big screen TV,
we had this enormous magical piano, full of songs just
begging to be written. The piano is really the star of
the video, in my opinion."
The
album is an expressive, intimate piece featuring Egnew's
trademark vocal work and her playing of a litany of instruments
from piano to guitar, mandolin, bass, tibetan bowls, penny
whistle, and an array of percussion tools including tribal
drums. Red
Lodge will be available for retail sale
online and at numerous download sites. |
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The
NAMM Show 2007, Anaheim January 18th
- 21st
As an endorsed artist, Danielle will be a featured guest
of Minarik Guitars at The NAMM Show in
Anaheim, January 18th - 21st. Come find her and say hello!
The stars come out in force during the NAMM Show. Throughout
the show, a steady stream of legendary musicians and celebrities
drop by to sign autographs, take photos with fans and
check out the latest gear. Past star sightings include
Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Dave Navarro, Peter Frampton,
Eddie Van Halen, Carlos Santana, Gene Simmons, Kevin Bacon,
Keanu Reeves, Kelly Clarkson, Brian Wilson and even Shaq.
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Nov.
4th, Hollywood, CA -- Danielle was repeatedly honored
at the All Access Music Awards 2006 in
Hollywood with her three nominations and win. The total
number of nominations an artist could receive was three,
so Danielle was thrilled to have been honored with three
out of three nominations.
The ceremony took place at The Knitting Factory on Hollywood
Boulevard. The star-studded night was an all-around hit
for Danielle, who was also excited to be endorsed
by
Minarik Guitars, makers of the beautiful custom
Sanhaim electric guitar pictured with Danielle -- the very
guitar she won that night!
"Samhain" is Celtic for "New Year",
which on the ancient Celtic calendar was the day after Halloween.
The theme of the Samhain is "mysticism", with
an inlaid moon and clouds on the twelfth fret, and inlaid
writing on the fretboard in the Harry Potter
font. |
Ted
Haggard |
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Listen
to Danielle's interview with Out of The Closet TV's Ted
Trent, discussing the outing of anti-gay Evangelical minister
and top Bush religious advisor Ted Haggard.
Real
Player or a player that supports .ram files required
to listen. |
Changing Spots Preview!
View the Changing Spots trailer
below, complete with Danielle's
original film score! Read more
about Danielle starring role in Changing Spots!
Activism
- August 2006
Need
free Danielle-endorsed campaign materials for
your local Gay Marraige campaign? Click here!
Danielle
backed Virginia's movement to
Vote
NO on the Marshall-Newman Amendment.
The Marshall-Newman Amendment would forever deny
the Virginia General Assembly the right to enact
a law that recognizes civil unions
or affords to unmarried couples and their families any
of the legal
or financial benefits, rights or obligations of marriage.
Listen to Danielle's PSA for Gay Marriage
Rights.
Book
Danielle to speak at your Gay Marraige
campaign rally!
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Cover
Story
Pride and Equality
May / June 2006
"Changing Spots: Changing the Face
of Lesbian Cinema"
by
Jesse Kramer
Danielle shares the cover with fellow actress
Lane West for the upcoming Clear Pictures
drama, Changing
Spots, in which Danielle
stars as Peg Franklin. |
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VDay
New York 2006
The Vagina Monologues |
The
two evening, charity performance of Eve Ensler's The
Vagina Monologues was a smash hit for the Upper East
Side! Running April 1st & 2nd, the celebrity cast and new
monologues by playwright Eve Ensler brought pertinent attention
to the continued abuse of women throughout the world, with particluar
emphasis on the "Comfort Women" -- the group of women
forced into sexual subservience by the Japanese military in
WWII.
Celebrity
cast included:
Kathryn Erbe
Ally Sheedy
Danielle Egnew
Jenny Sherwin (a.k.a. "Sheena Metal")
Senator Liz Krueger
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
See the celebrity cast!
and others...celebrating all that it is to be a woman.
Musical Guest: Bet Williams Trio.
For
more information on future upcoming events, visit:
www.vdaynyc.org
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