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Dalton Cyr Heads to Nashville to Continue Recording Second Album

“Music is something I can always go to and know it will make me happy. If my music can do that for others then I think I’m doing something right.”        Dalton Cyr

Dalton Cyr 2014Of all the young artists that grace this site on a regular basis, Dalton Cyr is one of the most progressive and fastest growing in popularity and musical skill. It is for that reason we are bringing you more great news regarding this very special young singer, songwriter, and astonishing young performer.

Much like the great songwriters that have inspired him, Dalton Cyr is inseparable from music, spending most of his time studying music and writing for his upcoming second album.

Having released two singles which will appear on this album, Dalton released his third single, “Nothing Could Be Better” on May 1st.  [button_round color=”blue” url=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nothing-could-be-better-single/id866872479″] GET IT NOW ON iTUNES ! [/button_round]  A great summer song that seamlessly merges pop hooks with a reggae back-beat, you can’t help but be in a good mood after listening to it. And you can’t help but be excited about what he’ll release next after hearing his first three songs, which all could easily hold their own against some of the best songs written this year.

Watch Dalton perform his new song live on The Morning Show on WJXT Channel 4  in Jacksonville.

Dalton heads back into the recording studio in Nashville at the end of May to record several more songs for this album and is excited to be back in the studio with Bobby Amaru who produced songs from his first album, “I’ll Be There.”

Dalton says,

“It’s been a while since I worked with Bobby and I’ve grown so much as a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist since then. We had magic when we worked together before, I can only imagine what it will be like now. Bobby is a really talented guy and he’s only gotten better too.”

unstoppable coverDalton will have one of his original songs included on Unstoppable, an international album which is bringing together artists from all over the world to help raise money and awareness against bullying. Unstoppable will be out in August.

Amidst songwriting and recording, Dalton is doing a lot of gigging and getting better and better. Two recent appearances had the whole place buzzing about him.

In February, Dalton took the stage at Michelle Clark’s Sunset Sessions, a conference which includes performances from both new musical talent and established acts in front of radio programmers, music supervisors, artists’ managers, and major and independent record labels.

 

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Dalton being interviewed on ET

After his appearance there, his song “You’re Not Alone” began playing on MTV’s “MTV SoundTrack and Dalton also appeared on Entertainment Tonight (ET.)

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California’s Singing, Songwriter, Actress J’Rose

Be A Light In The World. “B True 2 U”     J’Rose

JRose Profile

 

Singer /songwriter, performer J’Rose, is a young musical talent who exhibits a soulful, raspy tone and unique ability to connect with her audience. She possesses an authentic spirit, humble nature, and an infectious personality which makes her unstoppable.  At four years of age, J’Rose would perform for anyone who visited her family’s home, singing Shirley Temple tunes and bowing after every performance with a deep dimpled smile.  By the following year, she was performing in school talent shows and by age 8 she actually wrote her first original called “Heart Song”. This song was dedicated to foster children who were longing to be adopted and have a family of their own.  Her first performance was for a children’s charity event and after singing “Heart Song” to an audience who held up their lit up cell phones; she knew the stage was where she belonged.

 At about 9 years of age, J’Rose noticed kids at school being bullied, especially one little boy and decided to write a song called “Mean Kids” to help empower kids.  She worked with a music producer and the song was made into a music video that has played in schools around LA, New York and even as far away as Japan.

 

J'Rose Mean Kids Video J’Rose Sings her original “Mean Kids”

 

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Only a year later, J’Rose was already busy in a studio recording new songs.  She was asked to sing one of her originals entitled, “From My Heart” at a fund raiser for the victims of Japan after the massive earthquake and Tsunami in March 2011. 

J’Rose also auditioned and became a cast member of a show at CBS Studios that was put on by actress, Dyan Cannon.  The show ran 10 months through 2012 and gave way to opportunities to sing, dance and act. In a competition during the show at CBS, J’Rose won first place for performance/song and first place for acting.

From there she joined in on school tours with Chasing Your Dream Tour and Peace Thru Music Tour. 

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