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GRAMMY Award Winning Songwriter
Monday, January, 2003
Produced by Denise Bradley
14 Below
1348 14th St. (cross of 14th and Santa Monica Blvd.)
6:30pm-7:50pm Open mic
8pm-9:30pm Write-With-A-Pro, featuring Dave Merenda
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Artist/Songwriter/Producer Dave Merenda took home a Grammy Award for the Best Pop Vocal Performance with Sarah McLachlan at the 2000 Grammy Awards for "I Will Remember You". The song obtained Triple PlatinumRIAA Certification (3 million units sold) for it's appearance on Sarah McLachlan's live album, Mirrorball. That same year he was awarded a SOCAN Award and an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the for "I Will Remember You".
Kenny Rogers went on to cut the song and his version of "I Will Remember You" from his release, She Rides Wild Horses, is honored with a Platinum award for sales of over 1 million units.
As a producer, Dave produced and recorded a 14 song CD for Nicole Gordon which was released on the independent label Klover Records."Lost In My Head" the album produced by Dave for Nicole Gordon on Klover Records gets TOP DIY Spotlight in June, 2004 issue of PERFORMING SONGWRITER magazine
His pop trio CHOCOLATE SEASTORM recently released "Dive In" and he also produced the album and wrote all of the original songs.
Merenda's song, "Breakout" is now the theme for the Speed Channel show, TRACKSIDE and another one of his penned songs, "Get Going" was selected as theme for AFL WEEKLY on Fox Sports Net.
www.davemerenda.net
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