HOUSTON, TX (OCTOBER 2011) – Deborah Pyle Wedekind (pronounced: wee-dee-kind), brings an uplifting pop approach to timeless standards we all know and love. Often referred to as a “jazzy Michael Buble”, she adds a fresh, exciting, vibrant, and yet beautifully different pop approach to her arrangements. She certainly has developed a sound all her own. In her new CD,
Clear Skies Ahead, these lush arrangements are only outshone by her vocal clarity and range, reminiscent of “a young Barbara Streisand” or a “female Josh Groban”.
Though a recent entrant into the full-time music scene, Deborah comes from a highly talented and musical family, with six brothers and sisters all involved, professionally or otherwise, in music and acting. Now living in Kingwood, Texas, part of the Houston area where she was raised, she has recently completed her music degree. Now she’s not only arranging and performing music, but has composed her original and highly acclaimed: “Psalm on Danny Boy”, with more original songs in the pipeline.
Deborah has starred in several local productions including “Cabaret”, and “Magic Flute”, and has been a guest soloist with the Kingwood Pops Orchestra, Houston Chamber Choir, Houston Symphony Chorus, Cantare, and the Kingwood Chorale. She often “hears the music” in her head, and feels that writing songs and arranging them, along with performing, are gifts from God. She wrote or arranged all the songs for Clear Skies Ahead, along with her Producer, Troy Warren, of Absolute Sound, in Houston. Troy has stated that he ranks Clear Skies Ahead at “the very top of his long list of CD’s” he’s produced in his over 30 years of work.
Her husband, Larry, is also a professional singer in addition to his busy life as a CEO, and lends his resonant vocals to the duet, The Prayer, on Clear Skies Ahead. Deborah has been inspired by Larry and her family to: “get out there, and make my dreams of performing and writing music a reality”. And so she has. The Observer in Houston has said, “her vocal style is so unique and smooth, that it’s almost unparalleled”.
Now that Clear Skies Ahead is completed, it’s time to share this beautiful collection of songs with the world. The CD releases digitally at stores like iTunes, Amazon, and all other online stores through Fontana Distribution on November 8, 2011. Song clips can be heard now on: www.Facebook.com/DeborahWedekind. For pre-release orders, please contact: lisa@indieextreme.com or visit: www.DeborahWedekind.com, (after November 5th).
Diva Prince Productions, Deborah’s independent label and production company, will host two CD benefit release concerts which are scheduled for the Kingwood, TX area, to celebrate her CD release: November 6th at Kingwood United Methodist Church (see announcement below), and November 25th from 6:30-8:30pm, at Kingwood Country Club (please call Terry at 281-358-2171 for dinner reservations, to register, or for more information).
November 6, 2011, from 4:00 – 5:00pm
CD RELEASE CONCERT BENEFITTING KUMC MISSIONS AND SOCIETY OF ST. STEPHEN
This Premier release benefit concert will be held at Kingwood United Methodist Church, 1799 Woodland Hills Drive, Kingwood, TX 77339. Tickets: $20 in advance or at the door: add a pre-sale CD with the purchase of your advance purchase ticket for only $10. CD’s will be available for $20 the day of the concert. 100% of ticket proceeds and a portion of CD sales will benefit Society of St. Stephen* and local church missions**. There will be a live band, and a nursery is provided. For tickets or for more information, please call 281-358-2137, or visit www.kingwoodumc.org for more information.
Society of St. Stephen*is a community outreach agency serving people living in the Humble, New Caney and Splendora school districts. Clients can visit SOSS for food, clothing, and for financial assistance. They have three special projects a year. Their Back to School drive supplies over 750 children each year with school supplies, a shoe voucher for a pair of new shoes, and backpacks. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, they provide over 450 food baskets for family holiday dinners, and gifts for over 1,500 area children.
Kingwood United Methodist Church**has been serving the Kingwood/Humble area since 1972. Its mission is to make disciples of Christ for the transformation of the world. Ticket proceeds will benefit the local mission programs of the church including: the Society of St. Stephen, UM Army (youth missions), the Kairos Prison Ministry, and the Grief Support and Counseling ministry.
A born arranger, singer and speaker, Deborah’s desire is to bring hope, inspiration, and joy to everyone who hears her music. She is looking forward to bringing her unique, uplifting brand of music and performance to diverse people and events around the world.
indieExtreme, with offices in Houston, TX, and Nashville, TN, represents musicians ranging from folk legend Judy Collins, to 7 year-old singer and Disney actress, Kaitlyn Maher. Deborah’s Diva Prince Productions, is a client label with indieExtreme. The firm partners with Fontana Distribution for distribution and retail marketing, along with providing label services such as marketing, publicity, social media management, management consulting, music licensing and online marketing systems to independent labels.
For more information about Deborah Wedekind, visit www.facebook.com/deborahwedekind. To learn more about indieExtreme , please visit http://www.indieextreme.com, call: (615) 309-1718 or (281) 890-5034, or you may send an e-mail to: kathyd@indieextreme.com.