Crystal Day
{{short description|American singer}}
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Crystal Day is an American singer.
Early life
Day started in the theater at the age of six. Her largest adolescent role came when she was eight when she starred as Marta Von Trapp (second youngest child) in the popular musical, The Sound of Music. The production was performed eight times a week. In addition, she was a part of the theater production of Tobacco Road, performing alongside Lin Shaye. At 13 years old, Crystal Day entered a studio in Nashville, Tennessee and started recording songs for her first CD "Anything Can Happen"{{cite web
| url = http://www.crystalday.com/bio.htm
| title = Crystal Day Bio
| accessdate = June 25, 2007
| date = June 25, 2007
| publisher = Official Website
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050403143617/http://crystalday.com/bio.htm |archivedate = April 3, 2005}}
She teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Tom Weir at Studio City Sound (Kelly Clarkson, Lee Ann Womack, Willie Nelson, LMFAO). During that time, she also began taking classes at the Songwriting School of Los Angeles. After honing her songwriting craft in L.A., Day went to Music City where she began co-writing with professional songwriters, joining forces with Nashville producer Biff Watson (Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Charles Kelley, Martina McBride, etc.) and developing material for her upcoming EP Brave.
She began taking acting lessons and had soon landed roles in several independent films such as Brain Blockers{{cite web|url=http://www.killerreviews.com/staff_review.php?movieid=1253|title=Killer Film Details: Brain Blockers|first=Gavin|last=Schmidt|work=Killer Reviews|accessdate=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233421/http://www.killerreviews.com/staff_review.php?movieid=1253|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=usurped}} and The Passing.{{cite web|url=http://thenewsrecord.com/index.php?/news/article/crystal_day_film_airing_on_chiller_network/|title=Crystal Day film airing on Chiller network|work=The News Record.com|date=October 20, 2011|accessdate=August 24, 2016}} She also wrote and performed songs that were featured on the sound tracks of those two films.
She became a fixture in the Los Angeles theater scene, performing in several productions before moving to Nashville to focus on her music career.{{cite web|url=http://www.yourgv.com/lifestyles/county_life/south-boston-native-crystal-day-is-a-rising-talent-as/article_08951a34-413b-11e6-8794-d3aa0c244f10.html|title=South Boston native Crystal Day is a rising talent as a singer, writer and actress|first=Joe|last=Chandler|work=The Gazette-Virginian|date=July 3, 2016|accessdate=August 18, 2016}}
Music career
Day opened for multi-platinum recording artist Martina McBride. The South Boston, Virginia native traveled to Los Angeles to perform at Universal Studios for the World Championships of Performing Arts where she placed gold.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wcopa.org/news-3/news-headlines/389-crystal-days-forbidden-is-released-to-itunes.html |title=NEWS:NEWS HEADLINES:CRYSTAL DAYS FORBIDDEN IS RELEASED TO ITUNES |access-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827232849/http://www.wcopa.org/news-3/news-headlines/389-crystal-days-forbidden-is-released-to-itunes.html |url-status=dead }} In addition, she became the youngest American to be invited to perform in the Amsterdam Music Festival. Here she had the opportunity to perform in front of 30,000 people daily. Her success in Amsterdam led her to begin touring the Eastern Hemisphere.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} She is also an author.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1404397}}
- [http://www.crystalday.net/ Official Website]
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Category:American women singers