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Danielle Egnew Biography


Born and raised in Billings, Montana and now living in Los Angeles, multi-award winning musical artist / actress Danielle Egnew's name is synonymous with success.

A voting member of the Grammy Recording Academy, Danielle was named as one of the “Ten Most Powerful Lesbians in Music” and chosen as “Most Likely To Turn You Into An Obsessed Fan” twice over by the editor of Curve Magazine. Danielle's album Red Lodge was nominated as BEST FOLK RECORDING at the 2008 NAMMY's (Native American Music Awards). Danielle was named a three-time nominee in the All Access Music Awards 2007 (Best Overall Songwriter, Best Female Rock Vocalist) while winning Best Female Keyboardist, a repeat performance from the All Access Music Awards 2006 (Best Female Pop /Alternative Vocalist, and Best Overall

Songwriter) while winning Best Pop/Alternative Female Guitarist.

On July 30th of 2010, Danielle produced and released an 11 song CD entitled, "End Times Diner", under the project name Backseat Bordello, the acoustic duo with Pope Jane's Kristen Coyner. Danielle is also currently producing Pope Jane basisst Holly Shawver's solo rock project, Wayne's Waitress, due out in the fall of 2010, and she can be found throughout the album on backing vocals, vocal arranging, and rhythm guitar tracks.

With a reputation for prolific turn-around in music production, 2010 also brought Danielle an invitation to write with Merle Haggard co-writer John Scott G., whose song "Bad Actor" recently debuted at number 18 on the Country Charts. Currently, Danielle is recording, arranging and producing several country songs for Golosio Publishing, the company in which John Scott G. is a principle.

In 2008, Danielle joined forced with with Maurice The Fish Records, an artist collective that allows her the freedom to create and release music in several different genres at once while maintaining the rights to her material. Her acoustic solo album Red Lodge has been released on the label, and Danielle continues to front and produce several other projects including her legendary girl band Pope Jane , and her road-rock project, The Whiskey Roadshow Band.

As a composer and actor, both Danielle’s pop and orchestral works appear in several TV and film projects, including the feature-length paranormal documentary Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting (Ave Vox Entertainment / Dec. 2009), in which she directed, produced and starred, as well as feature film Changing Spots (Clear PIctures / 2008) in which she also stars as disenfranchised former rock star “Peg Franklin”. As a composer, Danielle also scored Changing Spots, as well as the Cannes Film Festival comedy Tough Love. Danielle was honored to be part of the VDAY 2007 West LA celebrity cast of The Vagina Monologues with Jennifer Beals (The L Word, Flashdance), Alexandra Hedison (Designing Blind, the L Word), and a host of others. She is also an alumni of the New York 2006 VDAY cast of The Vagina Monologues alongside Ally Sheedy (High Art, he Breakfast Club) and Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent),

You may even recognize Danielle Egnews’ TV appearances as herself on Haunted Voices, Spirit Search, and NBC’s The Weakest Link: Psychic’s Edition, or on her many radio appearances including co-anchoring the LA Talk Radio Paranormal hit, Haunted Playground with Sheena Metal and Danielle Egnew (Tues. 3-5pm PST), or appearing as "The Resident Psychic" on top-rated LA Talk Radio's The Sheena Metal Experience. As a Clairvoyant, Danielle has been part of numerous ghost hunting teams and has been called in to advise law enforcement on cold and active cases. She is one of the co-founders of the Western-Pacific Paranormal Alliance, a paranormal investigation group with members in several states. In addition, Danielle will be anchoring the fellow paranormal investigator position on the Queen Mary in Long Beach alongside with Psychic Criminal Profiler Robbie Thomas in the spring of 2011.

As a writer, Danielle has penned screenplays, stage plays and sketch comedy, having her original screenplays optioned by Los Angeles production entities and her original dramatic plays produced on stages in Montana, Arizona, and Seattle. On a comedic note, Danielle performed as a stand-up comic on the southwest circuit while writing and performing as a sketch comedy troupe member with famed college comedy group Comedy Corner, whose other notable alumni include Emmy-nominated writer Alex Baze (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live), actress Nicole Johnson (Mad TV), and actor Paul Goebel (Will and Grace, Beat the Geeks, ).

Danielle has been the subject of several magazine cover stories highlighting her diverse career as a Musician, Actor, Psychic, Writer, Director, and Producer, as well as being featured in books about the music industry on Billboard Publishing.

Danielle Egnew is endorsed by Minarik Guitars, In Tune Guitar Picks, Studio Devil Software and Scoop Straps .

Discography / Film Score:

2010 - Backseat Bordello (with Kristen Coyner)
2010 - Wayne's Waitress: The Holly Shawver Project (Producer)
2010 - "Tough Love" Film Score
2009 - "Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting" Film Score
2008 - Red Lodge (solo)
2008 - Slightly Used: The Best Of Album (Pope Jane)
2008 - Changing Spots Film Score
2007 - Junkie Cousin (EP)

2006 - Otherworld (ambient)
2006 - Wild Lamb (Solo)
2005 - Rise (ambient)
2004 - Vast (ambient)
2004 - Pulse (ambient)
2003 - Dog and Pony Show (Pope Jane)
2001- Industry Whore (Pope Jane)
2000 - Hide Me From The Moon (Pope Jane)
1998 - Relief (Pope Jane)
1996- Pope Jane (Self Titled)
1995 - Country vs Western (with Wayne Lembcke)
1992 - Danielle Marae Live

Press Highlights:

“Danielle Egnew has been finding herself in demand as a producer, thanks to a reputation she earned…”
- Music Connection Magazine Cover Story

“…it was my extreme pleasure to share a candid conversation with the power-sexy, in-demand, multi-talented creative visionary that freely writes her own heavy-hitting Hollywood ticket: Danielle Egnew…to shed some light on what it’s like to live in her genius skin.”
- Pride and Equality Magazine Cover Story

"Danielle Egnew is a beacon, shining without remorse, becoming in the process exactly what it is that real entertainment legends are made of -- Magic."
- New Music Weekly Magazine

Danielle Egnew chosen as “Most Likely to Turn You Into An Obsessed Fan.”
- Curve Magazine

“Danielle Egnew’s Midas touch is something that everyone wants a piece of, and not without reason.”
- Afterellen.com

“Danielle Egnew has earned her rank as a multi-talented creative prodigy in the mainstream entertainment industry, with Hollywood’s deepest respect.”
- Boston Girl Guide



Online:

Danielle Egnew can be found online at her many websites:

Danielle Egnew Official Site
www.DanielleEgnew.com

Danielle Egnew – Clairvoyant / Medium
www.DanielleEgnew-Advisor.com

Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting
www.MontgomeryHouseHaunting.com

Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting on MySpace:
www.myspace.com/montgomeryhousehaunting

Haunted Playground – The Western-Pacific Paranormal Alliance
www.HauntedPlayground.com


Pope Jane Official Site
www.PopeJane.com

Danielle on Facebook
:
http://www.facebook.com/danielleegnew

Danielle Egnew on MySpace:
www.MySpace.com/danielle_egnew


Danielle on MySpace Music:
http://www.myspace.com/danielleegnew


Danielle on Twitter
:
http://www.twitter.com/danielleegnew

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