JAN SEIDES

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Quote of the day: "Listening to Jan was a trip! She is an incredibly talented woman with a beautiful voice. Her soul soothing voice along with her penetrating blue eyes will grab your heart. She sounds like a folk singer on Broadway, or a blues singer at the Opera."....David Barnett, A CORE LIFE - online blog

Jan Seides

Jan Seides (pronounced Sigh-deez) has won major awards in regional to national songwriting competitions. They include The Great American Song Contest, Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, Kerrville New Folk, (regional NewFolk winner), Metro Detroit Songwriting Contest and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. In 2005, Jan was a finalist in the KRCL Founders Festival Songwriting competition in Utah. She also a Judge's Award winner at MOVA (Mountain Valley Arts Council) Festival Songwriting Competition, and, most recently, was awarded First Prize at both the Dallas Songwriters Association Competition and the Austin Songwriters Group Competition. Jan was nominated for the prestigious B. IDEN PAYNE award for Outstanding Musical Director for Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah

Singer/songwriter Jan Seides's songs combines down-home honesty with up-town sophistication. Jan has an eclectic writing and performing style: folk to pop to jazz. Her unique musical background includes a degree from University of Texas, School of Music. There she studied piano and composition, exploring folk, classical, jazz, pop, rock and country.

In 1992, Jan Seides released her first solo album, "Slowly but Surely". "Slowly but Surely" received radio play on national and international radio. "Everyday People", Jan Seides latest recording, was released by Panda Productions in 2002. This CD has garnered glowing reviews, frequent radio airplay and has claimed songwriting awards. Her new CD, "Family Album" was released in March 2007.

Jan has played at these prestigious venues among others: The Bitter End, New York City, The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN, The Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Santa Fe, NM, Artz Rib House in Austin, TX, Chicago House in Austin, TX, Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN, Café Stella Blue in Melbourne, FL and the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena, CA. Jan has opened for Buddy Mondlock and shared the stage with Jeff Talmadge, The Therapy Sisters, Albert & Gage, David Llewellyn, and Tim Grimm. Jan is a member of the Austin Conspiracy of Performing Songwriters (www.austinconspiracy.com).

Jan Seides is currently in the studio, recording her newest project.

Contact Information:
www.janseides.com

Jan on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/janseides

Bookings:

(512)933-0826 or (512)627-2115
pandaproductions(at)yahoo(dot)com

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