Interview with Dayna Shereck
Toronto's Dayna Shereck releases her debut EP called Suitcase Full Of Dreams on June 23rd. The project was produced by Larry Beaird of Beaird Music Studios in Nashville. She is also releasing a music video for the song "Goodbye Doesn't Say It All".\n\n\u201cLife is messy, and I\u2019m not afraid to write about it,\u201d says Dayna. \u201cThere is no such thing as playing it safe in music. I want to say what people are really feeling, and that comes down to being willing to be vulnerable.\u201d\n\nDayna\xa0describes herself as \u201ca late bloomer\u201d in music and more of a writer than a vocalist.\n\nIn the four short years Dayna has been writing, she has made numerous trips to Nashville and developed a strong relationship with Dan Hodges Publishing which has led to writing opportunities with more established writers. She has been placed on NSAI\u2019s \u201cOnes to Watch\u201d list, and has been a finalist and semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition for 2012, 2013 and 2014. She has had her songs recorded by several independent artists, including co-writing two songs placed on Marcum Stewart\u2019s album \u201cPut It in Drive\u201d, an album that has secured TV and film placements in the US, and that has received airplay on \xa0the UK-BBC. \u201cWhadaya Say\u201d, a song co-written with Marcum Stewart and Shantell Ogden, was recently placed in the new film \u201cOn the Wing\u201d with Corbin Bernsen and Shirley Jones.\n\n\xa0\u201cCountry music has always been about honesty and true emotion\u201d says Don Graham of Cashbox Canada.\xa0\u201cDayna Shereck delivers both in spades. Great songs, great voice. With talent like this, she will be around for a long time\u201d.