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Delaney Gibson 
Singer/Songwriter Delaney GibsonBackground information Birth name Jessica Delaney Gibson Born Panama City, Florida Genres Singer-songwriter, pop, folk Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar, ukulele, autoharp, harmonica, glockenspiel Years active 2006–present Website Official site Delaney Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, who has recorded two solo albums, The Worst Kind of Way and her more recent Hurricanes and Forget Me Nots, the latter of which had a song placement in the long running MTV show The Real World D.C. and also the Oxygen Network's The Bad Girls Club. She currently lives in New York and tours year round from coast to coast, with emphasis in New York City, NY and the Ventura and Los Angeles areas of California. She will be joining Wheatus on their UK tour in September.[1]
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Early life
Jessica Delaney Gibson, of Irish-Cherokee descent, was born in Panama City, Florida but at young age her family moved to Ventura, California where her schooling and musical ambitions really took root. She attended a parochial preschool[2] and by the age of five her compass was pointed towards singing when she performed the Dolly Parton song Coat of Many Colors. Delaney has studied classical music and opera since the age of nine. With voice coaching from Linda Ottsen of the Ventura College music department and later a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, Classical Vocal Performance from CSUN, the foundations were laid for the singer she is today.[3]
One of her favorite quotes is "Every wall is a door," by Ralph Waldo Emerson. And when asked about role models, in 2008 Delaney replied to a local newspaper "I love the story about Colonel Sanders going door-to-door selling his chicken recipe, until he found the person who believed in him enough to help promote his product. And the rest is history."[2]
Career
Gibson has shared the stage with Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli and Barry Manilow and, in 2007, she was chosen for the Sedona Jam Emerging Artists Music Festival in Sedona, Arizona. Her self produced 6-song ep "Cruel and Beautiful" had rave reviews and was featured on the cover of the February, 2007 Discmakers catalog.[4] Later the same year Delaney garnered her first Mavric award for the song "Push" in the alternative "song of the year" category.[5] By 2009, and with the release of The Worst Kind Of Way, her awards and nominations were mounting with two from the third annual Rockwired Reader’s Poll Awards and ten nominations for the 2009 Mavric Awards.[6]
Late in 2009 Gibson released her second album Hurricanes and Forget Me Nots. In 2010 the song "La Di Da" was featured in the hit show The Real World.[7] She has also performed on the Fox TV show Boston Public as a singer and dancer and on MTV's My Own, remaking Natasha Bedingfield's track, "These Words."
In June 2011, Delaney was chosen as one of two musicians to take part in IdeaJam, a collaboration between Ashton Kutcher co-founded Katalyst, Intel, and Google/YouTube. The event brought together top minds in the music and technology industry, including Ian Rogers of TopSpin, Rachel Masters of Red Magnet Media, Pete Wentz, Nikki Costa, and Scooter Braun. The live productions were released on August 12.[8]
In September/October 2011 she toured with Wheatus, Math the Band and City Stereo as one of Wheatus backing singers (the other being Gabrielle Aimée) on their tour of the UK, finishing in Inverness, Scotland on October 16.
Discography
Albums
Year Album Information 2008 The Worst Kind of Way[9] produced by Andrew Synowiec and Jesse Siebenberg, of Supertramp and A Fine Frenzy[10] 2009 Hurricanes and Forget Me Nots[11] produced by Chris Jay and Aaron Goldberg of Army of Freshmen[10] Awards and accolades
- Great American Song Contest 'Top 5 Pop' winner for La Di Da.[10]
- Five time MAVRIC Music Award winner.[10][12][13]
- Voted Best Musician in Ventura County 2008 in the Ventura County Reporter[14]
- Placed 3rd for Vocalist of the World competition and performed live on the BBC for the Eisteddfod Music Festival in Wales.[10]
- Co-Headlined the Cape May Singer/Songwriter Festival in Cape May, New Jersey.[15]
- Performed at the 2009 NAMM Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.[10]
- Performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Emmy’s and Baywatch.[10]
References
- ^ "Wheatus to play UK shows". http://sonicshocks.com/WHEATUS-uk-shows.php. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ a b "Delaney Gibson bio at the Ventura County Star". http://www.vcstar.com/news/2008/sep/18/no-headline---g12vcovergibsonbio18/. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ Ventura County Star: True To Her Own Vision, Sep. 2008
- ^ Santa Barbara Independent
- ^ 2007 Mavric Award Winners
- ^ 1888 Press Release
- ^ bandzoogle.com
- ^ "Music Artists - Breaking Out Online". http://www.redmagnetmedia.com/2011/06/30/music-artists-breaking-out-online/. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ Amazon.com
- ^ a b c d e f g "Delaney Gibson Official website". http://delaneygibson.com/. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ Amazon.com
- ^ "Mutual Admiration Society". http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/mutual_admiration_society/6730/. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Delaney Gibson performs at the MAVRIC awards". http://www.vcstar.com/photos/2008/sep/17/50078/. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Best of Ventura 2008". http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/best_of_people/6291/. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Female Singer-Songwriters Highlighted (Delaney in photo)". http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/48427-female+singersongwriters+highlighted+conference. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
External links
Categories:- American female singers
- Songwriters from California
- Songwriters from Florida
- American singers of Native American descent
- American singer-songwriters
- Cherokee people
- Living people
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