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Stevie Wilson clean Stevie Wilson [email protected] [email protected] (Stevie Wilson) 2006-2011 LA Girl in the Know and on the Go! http://la-story.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/_blubrrry_image.jpg http://la-story.com/category/music/indie-music/ TV-G Los Angeles, CA http://la-story.com/2013/12/music-mania-shilpa-narayan-drops-video-to-support-renegade-single/ http://la-story.com/2013/12/music-mania-shilpa-narayan-drops-video-to-support-renegade-single/#comments Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:45:37 +0000 http://la-story.com/?p=59009 http://la-story.com/2013/12/music-mania-shilpa-narayan-drops-video-to-support-renegade-single/feed/ 0 indie/pop musician/singer/songwriter,new single Renegade,NYC based,Podcast,Shilpa Narayan,Video launch Renegade While the name might not be familiar to mainstream music-lovers, Shilpa Narayan will be a name that you need to be aware of, following and listening to. This New York City-based pop singer-songwriter released a new music video for "Renegade, While the name might not be familiar to mainstream music-lovers, Shilpa Narayan will be a name that you need to be aware of, following and listening to. This New York City-based pop singer-songwriter released a new music video for "Renegade," first single off her sophomore album. Recently featured on Myspace, Shilpa shot the video in order to portray the meaning of the song: the empowerment of women and finding one's true passion. Shot in the Mojave Desert with Shilpa wearing a gorgeous Allen B. Schwartz gown in front of breathtaking scenery, the upbeat and progressive song channels an innate rebellion that lives in all of us. In the video, Shilpa and her cohorts literally break free of their colorless world and into a world of color after overthrowing a repressive sheriff. Shilpa sings, “So call me a deserter, discard me as a traitor, I don’t follow convention but isn’t that the point, I am my own dictator.” Who is Shilpa Narayan? Daughter of a Journalist and engineer, Atlanta native Shilpa Narayan has never shied away from a challenge. Daily balancing of her full-time finance job and her music has not deterred this 24-year-old songstress from pursuing her passion and bearing her soul in her music. Shilpa’s debut album Stand Alone depicts her personal struggle with romantic relationships as well as the inner turmoil of identifying her true self. In just a short two-year period, Shilpa has progressed quickly on her road to self-discovery through pursuing her true passion: music. While studying business and marketing at Georgia Tech, Shilpa picked up the guitar in her spare time and taught herself to strum chords to accompany herself singing cover songs by Rihanna, Beyonce, and various other R&B artists she revered. She began posting videos of herself singing on YouTube, and gradually, her views increased to well over 500,000. After moving to New York City to work as a business analyst, Shilpa continued to quietly practice her music and post more videos on YouTube. She competed and won an open mic contest at Don Hills, which landed her a small management deal who then introduced her to various producers and musicians in NYC. Soon thereafter, she was performing in front of 200+ crowds during Fashion Week 2010 as well as opening for hip hop artists Waka Flocka and Wale. These events compelled Shilpa to write her own music and a year later she released her debut album Stand Alone in May 2012. Her music has already generated buzz on AOL Music as well as praise from The Voice producer and host Carson Daly, who handpicked Shilpa’s submission to be sent directly to the show’s producers for consideration. Even with her initial success, Shilpa realizes she still has a long road ahead. “I don’t think I knew going in, how difficult it would be and how eye-opening of an experience it would be,” recalls Shilpa about her first experiences with the music industry. “It really forces you to grow up and also become comfortable with who you are and the life decisions you make. This album reflects a lot about that inner struggle I’ve had, and I’m hoping others will relate to it.” I have to tell you that I had done an earlier podcast with Shilpa a couple of months ago and unfortunately it got decimated when my computer started turning itself off and rebooting right in the midst of editing the podcast. So we redid it. SO MUCH FUN! Shilpa and I had been on the phone for an hour the first time. The second time, we picked up right where we left off and the cool part was #1 podcast was immediately after she finished the video shoot. #2 podcast was done within a day or so of the video going live! Such providential timing and I was able to pick up the energy she had from the first conversation and see it in the video. A real winner here- she has a huge talent to be able to go the distance. Buy her single on itunes.com! http://shilpanarayan.com/ https://www.facebook. Stevie Wilson clean 26:27 <embed src= "http://www.la-story.com/upload/podcasts/odeoplayer.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://www.la-story.com/upload/podcasts/shilpa.mp3"pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed> http://la-story.com/2013/11/hot-ticket-popfolkcountry-duo-the-roamies-go-live-at-the-hotel-cafe-tues-1232013/ http://la-story.com/2013/11/hot-ticket-popfolkcountry-duo-the-roamies-go-live-at-the-hotel-cafe-tues-1232013/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:17:33 +0000 http://la-story.com/?p=58567 http://la-story.com/2013/11/hot-ticket-popfolkcountry-duo-the-roamies-go-live-at-the-hotel-cafe-tues-1232013/feed/ 3 http://la-story.com/2013/09/the-jardines-a-perfect-example-of-motherdaughter-singing-duo-hannah-pinkguest-blogger/ http://la-story.com/2013/09/the-jardines-a-perfect-example-of-motherdaughter-singing-duo-hannah-pinkguest-blogger/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:50:36 +0000 http://la-story.com/?p=56699 http://la-story.com/2013/09/the-jardines-a-perfect-example-of-motherdaughter-singing-duo-hannah-pinkguest-blogger/feed/ 3 http://la-story.com/2013/08/indie-musician-dan-godlin-hits-the-fast-lane-on-the-music-freeway-podcast-cd-tours-and-musexpo-performances/ http://la-story.com/2013/08/indie-musician-dan-godlin-hits-the-fast-lane-on-the-music-freeway-podcast-cd-tours-and-musexpo-performances/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:42:05 +0000 http://la-story.com/?p=55930 http://la-story.com/2013/08/indie-musician-dan-godlin-hits-the-fast-lane-on-the-music-freeway-podcast-cd-tours-and-musexpo-performances/feed/ 1 club remixes,dan godlin,indie/alt musician,musexpo,NYC,Podcast,touring Dan Godlin isn't a name you have heard on the top 40 quite so much as other musicians. However he's made not only a full CD and also an EP. He's hitting the concert trail and video highway equally hard.! He was here in LA gearing up to play MusExpo in... Dan Godlin isn't a name you have heard on the top 40 quite so much as other musicians. However he's made not only a full CD and also an EP. He's hitting the concert trail and video highway equally hard.! He was here in LA gearing up to play MusExpo in May when I caught up to him and got him on the phone for a conversation about life, music, touring, writing new tunes and lots more. While bouncing around campuses across the country, including a brief stint at UCLA and final semesters at NYU, Godlin recorded his first album, Loving on Empty. The full debut album of 13 self-written songs revolves around the uncertainty of young love and the rollercoaster of a good-guy's mix of frustration and compassion. In March 2011, his debut single "My Hurricane" broke the Top 200 Hot Adult Contemporary Charts. The following year his upbeat, sing-along single "Did She Look" hit number 3 on Channel One's iHeart Radio's New!, and Dan was named Channel One's Artist of the Month as well as nominated for 2012 Artist of the Year. Godlin's brand new EP, In Between, puts romance on the back burner. Co-written and produced by Jim McGorman and Robb Vallier in late 2012, Dan refers to the collection of five songs as a “concept album” revolving around the quarter life crisis and a generation struggling with the dichotomy between actual reality and the "follow your heart" fairytale it was raised to believe. The unique sounds and lyrics on this EP reveal a more mature Godlin, an earnest artist described in a Bloginity.com profile as: His latest single from the EP just dropped 2 days ago: Summer Roads Since the conversation, Godlin's been burning up the music space in lots of channels: 3 of his songs were aired on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"; Dan's music is being played on American Airlines in-flight pop music station. Godlin opened up for Howie Day in Natick, MA on July 27th and is opening at the House of Blues Chicago on August 16th--supporting Tyler Hilton and Ryan Cabrera. Here's a good description of Dan Godlin who deftly fielded my questions despite any nerves he might have had due to rehearsals for MusExpo here. He's got his head on straight, not taking anything but the music too seriously and willing to go "all out" for his career path. …a 23 year old dreamer who croons like Jason Mraz, hugs like a best friend and embodies a magnetic, good-guy charm reminiscent of a male version of Taylor Swift… A recent video Podcast Interview with Dan Godlin. While I couldn't be there for the MusExpo performance, here it is on video from Youtube.com Touring Dates: Aug 16 House of Blues (HOB) Chicago, IL Tickets RSVP https://www.facebook.com/dangodlin http://www.twitter.com/dangodlin http://dangodlin.com/ This is a musician to keep your eyeball on. Very much like GooGoo Dolls and The Fray yet as a solo act, he's got lots of potential to create his own vision, direction and persona. Fun and amusing, he can be very serious too about the things that are important to him. DO follow him on all the usual places. BUY his CD's- the newest one shows significant progression from the first. Loved it! Thanks to Dan GOdlin for all the time! Stevie Wilson, LA-Story.com FREE Standard Shipping on ALL Orders Over $49 at L'Occitane! Enjoy your Summer Ready Collection for $18 with purchase of $45 ($37.50 value)! Use code SPLASH. Valid 5.13-6.4 Spend $40 in the Beauty.com makeup category and receive a free Stila Lip Glaze ($22 value)! Offer ends 07.20.2013 or while supplies last. Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner If you are going to feature content from LA-Story.com including podcasts or videos including the accompanying text, please respect copyright provisions. We require a notation of content origination (meaning credit tag), a linkback to the specific page & please email the link to stevie@la-story. 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