| Artist Name: |
Chris Anderson Album: WAiT-it's a musical! |
| Email address: |
info@amtuneshop.com |
| Hometown: |
Oak Hill, VA, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.waitiam.com |
| Style of music: |
Christian Christmas Pop Musical |
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| Description: |
"WAiT - it's a musical!", by GRAMMY in the STREETS winner Chris Anderson, tells the Christmas story of Jesus' birth through upbeat songs in pop styles - including Latin, R&B, Klezmer and Funk. |
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| Bio: |
E. Christine Anderson (Chris) is a songwriter from the Washington, D.C. metro area. She won the 2003 GRAMMY in the Streets Contest in Baltimore (presented by the DC Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and BMI), for the song Their Leader (sung by King Herod) from her Christian Christmas rock project, "WAiT -it's a musical!".
She currently plays electric guitar and mandola for a Northern Virginia church praise and worship band, and has been spotted at the DC area Mamapalooza on harmonica in the all-female band HotFlash.
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| Press Release: |
Independent Songwriter pens Christmas Rock Musical
Contact: Jean White, Director of Communications,
A.M.TuneShop, LLC
Phone: 703-758-4875, 1-888-AMTUNEZ
Email: press@amtuneshop.com
OAK HILL, Virginia (November, 2008) -- Not many songwriters would try to write a rock musical alone. But that's exactly what independent songwriter E. Christine (Chris)Anderson (BMI) did when she couldn't find something for her church band to present one Christmas.
"Most of the other religious musicals I heard were sort of sappy 'Timmy's in the well, let's call Jesus' type things, or they had really outdated piano music," said Anderson, who plays electric guitar. "So I decided to write one myself."
Good call. The result, "WAiT - it's a musical!" has been performed by churches, theaters and schools all over the East Coast. A Christian theater group recently presented the first shows in Washington state. In 2007 "WAiT - it's a musical!" was presented in India by a cast of 400 children in eight shows,"the largest cast and the most performances in one season by one organization," said Chris. Another group in India performed this show in November, 2008.
"As an independent songwriter, it is very encouraging to know that I can write music with international appeal."
Anderson formed her own record label and publishing company, A.M.TuneShop,LLC , to record the Christmas musical,which has thirteen original pop and rock songs styles of music - including R&B, Funk and Latin. The Klezmer-style song 'Their Leader' won a GRAMMY in the Streets demo contest sponsored by BMI and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
"WAiT - it's a musical!" is set in ancient Israel and focuses on the key characters in the Biblical story of Jesus' birth.
To hear samples from "WAiT - it's a musical!" or to find out how to perform it, visit: http://www.waitiam.com
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