I Have A Dream

You cannot wait as waiting
makes it stay exactly where you left it.
You must pursue,
You will see many
If not already
Bumps.
They are never bigger than you couldnt handle.
Perhaps the second time around
Well that does not seem to matter
Passion is not shy
To Question
To Relish
To Reflect
To Thrill
To feel alone.
It knows it all too well
But thats what makes it
Marvelous.
Because it is your own.
No One else is you.

To Be Sown

The road parted and I came back to New York City, alone.  I only had one idea and it was to be something.  I held onto this belief through all the changes and all the ups and plenty of downs.  I kept the road open and continued to dream while always taking on and facing everything head on. Not in my wildest did I think I would write and compose the music that came from my wild adventure.  It happened.  From one failed musician to the next somedays I had had enough but then I remember what it took to get here. A disastrous heartbreak and crazy changes I had ended up in a place that once made me happy.  Now I could decide my road, I no longer was held captive by him.  Years later I would understand more clearly what this actually meant.  I was a free bird, soaring with a deep connection to a passion that needed nurturing.  I was curious from the jump.  It wasn't enough to say, I had to do.

When I was low I said I wanted a beautiful product to come from this hardship.  As we wrap up our first album entitled "To Be Sown" I couldn't be more proud.  The title comes from the start of a beautiful flower, first you must drop a seed into the ground.  With proper care, watch it grow.   Very much represents the journey I have been on.  It didn't happen overnight, however frustrating that is I planted my seed and I continue to watch it bloom. No one said it was easy and it most certainly is not but this shouldn't discourage you.  Make peace with how familiar this feeling feels when you yourself continue to grow.

I love that people get an idea (seed) however outrageous it may seem to others.  Life I believe is one big adventure and the more you water and give light to the seed things will continue to bloom. You watch it unfold before your eyes.  People didn't evolve by sitting in complete comfort and routine. They used the imagination that they had as a child and believed in something.  Its very powerful the thoughts you keep.

To Be Sown is my first album released under Dani Erin and the final product is beyond any hope I could have had.  All 10 songs were done in under 3 takes and preserved to reflect our current ability musically.  No Autotune.  In a world full of highly produced music I am proud to say that the talent on this record really shines because its real and because its honest.

 

Album #1

Next week marks the recording of the first album.  I wasn't proud enough to record an album until it was perfect.  I wanted to record music I would want to listen to and its finally ready.  In under 2 years I went from saying I was a musician to being a real one.  I remember recording vocal clips without a band and what it felt like to sing alone.  Now its more beautiful then I could have ever hoped, it is time to put to rest songs that represent such a tragic yet transformative stage in my life.  

I can finally say that every song on this album brings me such joy and pride.  I have yet to feel that until now. I had a lot of musician leave never understanding where I wanted to take my music.  I felt heartbreak to the harshest degree and yet decided even then to take something ugly and make it beautiful. Every word, every note more pretty then the next.  I passionately believe that when you continue on through hardship you will eventually come to a clearing.  You will be given such a gift as long as you still believe.  Never wavering in the sight of hopelessness.  Continuing on even though you will at times feel like you stand alone.  You will always stand alone when it comes to the art of believing.   No one cares as much as you do. 

With the album to be recorded next week and released to the world soon I am hopeful and excited.  It has been a journey of many ups and downs but I wouldn't change not one thing.  I have learned lessons along the way.  I have been shown many truths and for that I am forever thankful. 

Heres to the first album and having it be recorded without smoke and mirrors.  The Ray Charles way of recording live and in under 3 takes per song. 

From Dani and The Mad Men to Dani Erin featuring The Jimmy Valentin Trio where it was once a idea to an actual thing.  

-Dani    

danierinmusic.com Bringing back real original music.  

live rehearsal-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctp5G3y-6Dw 

live session-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awQJ8f3N7DM