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“Chinese and a Movie Day” featured on a holiday music blog!

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Well, first of all, Diana’s alternative Christmas song, “Chinese and a Movie Day,” is available as a FREE download for a limited time… go get it!

How did this song get featured on a blog called “Stubby’s House of Christmas?” Find out!

We made the 2011 Hot 100 in Music Connection Magazine!

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

How cool, right? Check it out… “Take A Picture” is hot. And cool. Whoa.

And just for the holidays, the album is available at a reduced price on CD Baby. And it’s reduced even MORE if you buy more than one (for presents, perhaps?) Click here go to CD baby and take a look-see!

Youtube Channel Launched!

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

In my quest to continue to (slowly) join the 21st century, there is now a DianaLawrenceMusic Youtube channel! Hop over to view all the Diana & the Dishes and Diana-related videos your little heart desires:
http://www.youtube.com/DianaLawrenceMusic

“Take A Picture” reviewed in Music Connection Magazine!

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

We’re in the same magazine as Sugarland! … maybe we should go country…. But this review seems to think we’re actually doing alright as we are.

Go to Music Connection Magazine’s online edition if you’d like to check out the whole publication.

“Boy in the Thrift Store Sweater” was in a musical!

Monday, May 9th, 2011

The wonderful Kurt Johns recently directed the CCPA (Roosevelt University) April Musical Theater Showcase, titled “Crossing Crazytown,” and he had the nerve to include one of my songs in his show. That is, after asking me for permission. After which I said “Ohmygoshthatwouldbeawesome!”
The video quality isn’t so hot, and they were taking promo photos at the same time, but I hope you still enjoy it.

Crossing Crazytown- CCPA April Musical Theater Showcase

Performed by Ashley Braxton featuring Patrick Rooney on Guitar

Directed by Kurt Johns
Musical Directed by Ryan Brewster
Music and Lyrics by Diana Lawrence

Help Diana win a songwriting contest!

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Guys, I’m a semi-finalist in a songwriting contest. Yay!
The contest is called “The Next Movie Classic,” and as you may have guessed, it’s a contest focused on songs that could work well as part of the soundtrack for a feature film.
To get to the finals, I’ll need lots of online votes,
NOW through the end of SATURDAY, APRIL 23rd!

So if you’d like to give me a leg up,
CLICK HERE
to go to the contest site, then vote for my tune, “End of the Line.” You can listen to the song on the site, OR on the Dishes page… which is where you can ALSO buy the album that the song comes from…

THANKS DISH FANS! Having a few people rooting for you makes all the difference in this crazy world of music-making…

Diana does burlesque!

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Well… ok, not really. Lola Martinet does burlesque, but she used one of my songs (“Blue Again,” from my long-ago EP) for this fantastic piece of hers.

Lola Martinet in “Blue Again” from Red Velvet Swing on Vimeo.

New York Times Feature: Uptown Poetry Slam

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

This is rather old news, but I realized I never posted it on this here sight… so here you go:

The New York Times (yes, THAT New York Times) did a feature on the Uptown Poetry Slam in June 2009. Check out Cam’s Tie (Cam McIntyre, bass, Scott Hirtenstein, yours truly, piano) as the soundtrack to the awesome AUDIO SLIDE SHOW that was a supplement to the written article.