Duane began creating songs at age 4, playing the guitar at age 8, forming bands at age 12, playing school dances, parties and weddings at age 15. He also created his first song book at the age of 12 and by the age of 15 he had 250 songs in it. He went to Nashville at age 19 and met with music publishers who gave him an insight into commercial quality songs. In 1985 he attracted the attention of Atlantic Records with some of his music. Then tragedy struck and he gave up his pursuit of being a national recording artist. He continued to write and record, self publishing 12-CDs of his original, rock music.
In 2014 he went to Nashville to record some of his best country rock songs, in honor of a lifetime of creating songs. He had the good fortune of recording with record producer Dennis Money of Sweet Song Nashville and had the 'A' list of session musicians perform his songs. He created the artist Nashville Music Machine. These session musicians have played on scores of hit records. As technology in recording and distributing music changes, so has the landscape of the music business. Instead of needing radio air play, there is the internet and a host of sites where new music and artists can be discovered. Instead of performing in every conceivable venue, there is youtube and cable t.v for broadcasting performances and reaching people right in the comfort of their own home.
Today music lovers can discover new songs and artists from all over the world right on their own computer. They can even communicate with them.
It is with great pleasure that I present to you songwriter/artist Duane Orvedahl and The Nashville Music Machine.
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Mark Gardner
2018-04-23 07:58:15