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Songwriter/Producer/Recording artist
Monday, February 3, 2003
Interview by Dan Kimpel
Produced by Denise Bradley
14 Below
1348 14th St
Santa Monica, CA 90405
6:30pm Open Mic (Open to all writers)
8:00pm Randy Sharp
9:15pm Arleen Nicastro, Warren Sellars, Deborah Poppink
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Randy Sharp, is an artist whose songs have been laid down by everyone from Marty Robbins and Brother Phelps to Ray Stevens, the Texas Tornadoes, Holly Dunn, Reba, Emmylou, Tanya Tucker, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and John Conlee. His #1 hits include Clay Walker's "Then What", "Why Does It Have To Be Wrong or Right" and "A Tender Lie", recorded by Restless Heart, and "Nobody's Talking", "Even Now", and "Yet" with Exile. Other cuts include Alabama's "The Cheap Seats", Jennifer Warnes "Could It Be Love", Patty Lovelace's "You Will" and The Dixie Chick's "A Home", co-written with Sharp's daughter, Maia.
His film credits include The Horse Whisperer, The Apostle, and Follow That Bird (Sesame Street Movie). The Connection, his first solo release in 15 years, is co-produced by the Sharp team of Randy and Maia. Randy is currently a board member for the Songwriters Guild.
http://www.randysharp.ws
was born in Savannah, Georgia with a mix of Italian, Russian, Dutch, Danish and Scottish blood,. When she was three, she and her parents moved to Playa Del Rey, California to participate in the expressionistic art scene. Deborah, imbedded in this creative climate, began playing piano, singing and dancing. She wrote songs while attending U.C. Berkeley where she studied voice, drums, guitar, and piano as well as sociology, Italian and astronomy. Upon graduating from Cal, Deborah began teaching music privately and traveling around the world, performing and writing with her guitar. Recently, TreeTop Records has signed Deborah and has released not one, but two CDs of DebPop material. Chasing Lunatics includes the dark alternative-pop song "Hit Girl" featured on The X-Files. The Wheel's title track is the song that airs on two episodes of the WB show Jack and Jill. The Wheel also includes "Addicted" featured in the Roy Sheider film "Love Thy Neighbor".
www.debpop.com
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As a writer, Arleen has shared the bill with such legendary songwriters as Michael Anderson, Severin Browne, Spencer Davis, John Herron, Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro, Dillon O'Brian, Harriet Schock, Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp, Jodi Siegel, Danny Timms, John Townsend, Wendy Waldman, Randy Weeks, and Terry Wilson.
A loyal supporter of the songwriting community, she has regularly participated in a number of Songwriter Showcases in Los Angeles, including Western Beat, The NAS (National Academy of Songwriters) Acoustic Underground, The NSAI (National Songwriter Academy International) Songwriters Lineup, and Bret Perkin's The Listening Room Concerts. She was also chosen to perform one of her songs in an AirTouch Cellular radio spot that ran nationwide, and has been recognized in a number of songwriting contests.
www.arleennicastro.com
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one of the media's foremost authorities on pop music and songwriters, contributes to a variety of print and electronic mediums, including LA's Music Connection. 14 million monthly passengers hear Kimpel's interviews with songwriters and recording artists on United Airlines flights. Author of the best-selling book, Networking in the Music Business, Dan has taught a course based on this text at Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts since 1998 Dan has produced concerts and events with Sheryl Crow, Sting, Paul Simon, Joii Mitchell, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Quincy Jones, Tom Petty, Burt Bacharach, Kenneth Babyface Edmonds, Glen Ballard and Diane Warren.
www.dankimpel.com
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