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Dylan Cragle “Washington Wonder”

I don’t remember theDylan Cragle 2010 first time I heard Thirteen Year Old Dylan Cragle sing, but I know it stopped me dead in my tracks. His performance really captivated me as I watched this young inherent talent more than demonstrate his ability to deliver a song. It was then that I realized, Dylan was going to be a powerful force in the near future!  Dylan was born on May 4, 1996 in Washington State, USA. His Mother Lynn told me “Dylan immediately started using his voice an d hasn’t stopped since.” Dylan has always been a very social person. When people meet Dylan they often remark on how articulate, well mannered, charming and funny he is. Some have described him as having personality plus.

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As a small child Dylan was always dressing in costumes, acting out stories and putting on shows f or his family. When he was 3 years old he told his mother “I’m going to be a star (on stage, not television).”  Dylan began taking Dance lessons for the next 4 years and really enjoyed the Jazz and Hip Hop classes. He was a natural and excelled, receiving a Scholarship from the school. At the end of his 4th year of dance class he decided that the costumes had become a little too much for him and dropped out. Dylan then told his parents that he thought he could sing, so for his 10th birthday he was surprised to receive an interview with a vocal coach. It was then his parents turn to be surprised, when the vocal coach said “He has a re ally good voice, he can sing.” This was the start of Dylan’s passion.

Dylan’s greatest love now is to sing and be on stage. The first time he came off a stage his mother recalled him stating: “That Felt So Good”

Dylan gets very excited when he performs, he loves to make people smile and laugh. He has been performing at schools, street fairs, state fair, farmers markets, and shopping malls.
In addition to his great singing voice, Dylan just completed his first single entitled “He Taught Me” and is currently working on writing more original songs, and composing music with his producer.

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Dylan is also interested in acting, and would love to perform in a Broadway play. His favorite musical is Wicked, he collects anything that has to do with that Musical.

He greatly admires Kristen Chenowith, Pink, LeAnn Rimes, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. Dylan was privileged to have the opportunity to meet Carrie Underwood at the Washington State Fair.
On a personal note, Dylan is an A, B student and is involved with many after school clubs such as; drama, art and yoga club. When He is not singing Dylan loves training and playing with his German shepherd dog. He also enjoys swimming, playing soccer with his dog and Dad, biking and riding dirt bikes. Dylan dreams of becoming a professional recording artist, and traveling around the world.
To learn more about Dylan, you can either visit his You-Tube or MySpace Sites.
Dylan’s songs will soon be featured on TheSkyKid.com Radio as well, and of course you will want to check back here for updates on Dylan’s latest new original releases!
Listen to Dylan Sing his interpretation of “Going Home” a song originally written by:  David Fosters Daughter Amy Foster and Michael Buble. Amy won a BMI award for the song on November 22nd, 2008.
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To close this article I must offer one more song by Dylan which has a fantastic arrangement and of course one of my favorite genres “Country”  Listen to Dylan sing “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts.

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Keep up the great work Dylan our eyes and ears are going to be tuned in for more of your wonderful works!

Allan Clelland-Goddard Sings “Sleeping Child”

Allan Allan SingsClelland-Goddard is quite the amazing young man! You would think I guy would want to rest after all the activities he has been involved with lately. In fact, the busy weeks of Carnival and Calypso contests he was entered in just concluded yesterday. Well, like they say, you can’t hold a good man down. Today Allan released a wonderful new video to the song “Sleeping Child“.
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This video like his first was recorded by his tremendously talented mother and master crafted by Chris Nelson aka  “christoff555“.  The little girl in this video is Allan’s 2 year old cousin, Sayuri Rei.
I think it would be interesting to mention the hours of work that go into the creation of a video such as this. Deborah, Allans’ mom tell us that they actually began working on the sound track in December and completed the vocal track just before the first of the year. Chris Nelson tells me,  the audio track actually originates from a midi file. Then using some elaborate recording studio software, Chris mixes the different sounds, creates the different instruments, adds sound effects along with a variety of filters to make the final music backtrack.  This process alone can take up to about 20 hours of mixing and filtering.
Once the music track has been created it is sent to Allan to record the vocal track.  Allan’s mom uses some audio mixing software to record only Allan’s voice while he listens to the audio track that Chris has produced.  Once that has been completed it is sent back to Chris for the final mixing.  Meanwhile Allan’s mom starts shooting the video using different shots and especially endeavoring to capture Allan singing the song.  Once she is satisfied she has a good take she rushes that back to Chris for the final mixing and dubbing of the audio track for the final video creation which again Chris does masterfully.
When I spoke with Chris last night he proclaimed:“I’ve been in the recording industry for a long time, but I’ve never enjoyed working with an artist more than I have with Allan Clelland-Goddard of Trinidad. Both he, his mother Deborah, and his entire family are wonderful people, and a joy to know. Allan has a wonderful vocal talent, marvelous timing and a sensible disposition… and he just keeps getting better and better with every new production…”
“I personally recommend Chris’s work to anyone who is looking for a talented audio/video technician to master your video productions.”
You can contact Chris at: christoff555@gmail.com
This song, like many other songs that Allan chooses to sing has a message of Peace and Hope.  I know you will love Allan’s intrepretation of this song.  Please leave a comment for him here then visit Allans You-Tube Site to give him the praise that he rightly deserves!

The highlight of Allan’s adventures lately was accomplished while attending and singing at a charity event yesterday. He had the distinguished honor of meeting a Trinidad calypso icon called “The Mighty Sparrow”.

Allan was also invited to sing a a big outdoor party to be held on the street of one of their main towns, Chaguanas, Tuesday evening where he met some very high profile city officials.  See the newspaper article!

“I’m confidant that Allan will be a real crowd pleaser because he is quite the entertainer & does a great job getting audience participation”.