10/25/2011 - Behind the Scenes...Danika Holmes
Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “Go confidently in the direction of you dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.”
For Bettendorf, IA native, Danika Holmes, she is definitely taking that quote to heart with the upcoming release of her new album, Living Your Dream.
Having spent the better part of the last year in and out of a Nashville Studio, The Bonus Room, Holmes is set to release her sophomore album. She is celebrating the occasion with a CD release party at the Blackhawk Hotel in downtown Davenport, IA on Friday, November 4th. David Martinez of Corpus Christi, Texas will be opening the event at 7 p.m Holmes will follow at 8 p.m. with her 10-piece band that includes local musicians, Jeb Hart, Wes Weeber, Drew Irion, Holly Oleary and Megan McMahan.
Although the featured album won’t be available nationally/internationally until January 1, 2012, the Red Schoolhouse Records recording artist is releasing the album to her hometown fans early. Copies of the album will be available at the Blackhawk Hotel event in addition to a new merchandise line.
For Holmes this album is a labor of love highlighted in the process of a how song goes from a vocal/guitar demo to a fully produced song. “It’s such an organic process and each song has a life of it’s own,” she added.
Joining the local artist for songwriting duties on this album were Hart, Ann Juenger and Neil Ebanks. The album also includes a remake of Forever Young by Bob Dylan.
Living Your Dream follows up Seconds Chances, which was released in 2010. The release of the first album propelled Holmes to Los Angeles, CA for the shooting of a music video for the Lock Me In Tonight single. She was also featured at SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, toured in Europe twice this year and has played at various clubs, festivals, college campuses, private parties and casinos across the country.
During a recent show at The Grape Life in Davenport Holmes told of how she had her heart set on making a video for the single, Unlit Match, from her debut album. But her fans had a different idea and voted overwhelmingly for a video to Lock Me In Tonight. And thus her mind had been changed. Her fans will again be able to choose their favorite song for a music video from the new album.
Sponsors for the November 4 event include The Blackhawk Hotel, The Barrel House, Tantra Asian Bistro, Guitar Center, Zanes Painting Passion, Quad Cities Night Out and The Barrel House. The Barrel House is also sponsoring the after party event immediately following the show. Those with tickets from the Blackhawk Hotel event will receive special discounts at the Barrel House and the opportunity to win a variety of prizes.
A limited number of tickets remain available for the CD Release Party and are $25 for adults and $10 for children. For more information on the event contact Red Schoolhouse Records at info@redshrecords.com
Quad Cities Night Out will also be giving away a pair of tickets to the event as well as a copy of Holmes’ album Second Chances. Visit QuadCitiesNightOut.com and Danika Holmes Music on Facebook and ‘like‘ the pages. A mutual fan will then be chosen on November 2nd.
~By Jennifer Davis, Staff Writer, QCNO
Jennifer@quadcitiesnightout.com
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