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For Immediate Release [date]
DAVID A. ALBERDING TO PERFORM IN [your city]
[Day of week, Month, Date], Maryland based songwriter David A. Alberding will be dropping by [your region] for a concert appearance at [your venue], [the address]. Show time is [time]. For show information, please call [your phone] or visit (your web address). Also featured on the program are [other performers].
With over 20 years of experience entertaining audiences, David has honed his craft performing at festivals and venues up and down the East and Southern coasts. He delivers his award winning songs with an awesome, compelling baritone and a contemporary folk guitar style that extends from intricate finger styled blues ballads to rocking rhythm-filled acoustic fury. David’s incredible vocal range, his mastery of the acoustic guitar, and control of the pen, have yielded an artist who wins over the ears and hearts of his audience with every note, chord, and story.
David’s influences are as varied and eclectic as the landscape of contemporary folk itself. His strong deep voice and formidable guitar skills reflect years of study blended with the influences of masters such as BB King, James Taylor, and Joe Cocker, resulting in a range that combines nimble precision with unbridled power. David’s songwriting, though unique to itself, gives a nod to the storytelling abilities and poetic imagery of such artists as Harry Chapin and Van Morrison. David writes songs that run the gamut of human emotion: from the sweet taste of newfound love to the mild bitterness of lost-love-lamented, from all-too-familiar stories of family weekend adventures to the sad struggle of a family coping with loss; all delivered with a promise to entertain and inspire.
Honors of Note:
2004 WAMMIE Award Nominee for Songwriter of the Year
by the Washington Area Music Association
2004 WAMMIE Award Nominee for Contemporary Folk Album of the Year
by the Washington Area Music Association for Wrestling With Angels
2004 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Finalist
for "Mary Had A Bad Day" & "Goin' Down de Ocean"
2001 Individual Artist Award in Music Composition
by the Maryland State Arts Council
2000 Unisong International Song Contest Finalist
2000, 1997, 1996 WAMMIE Award Nominee for Contemporary Folk Male Vocalist by the Washington Area Music Association
2000 WAMMIE Award Nominee for the Contemporary Folk Album Way Back
by the Washington Area Music Association
1999 The John Lennon Songwriting Contest
Runner Up for "The Waiting Room"
1999 The 9th Annual Billboard Song Contest
Honorable Mentions for "The Waiting Room" & "Way Back"
The Reviews are in:
"Maryland's David Alberding is a singer/songwriter with many personalities waved together by his robust, soulful voice and thought provoking lyrics. Some serious talent and potential here."
Mark E. Waterbury - Serge Entertainment - April 2005
"Smartly written, beautifully played, and elegantly produced, the songs here will haunt you long after this CD stops its spinning."
Patuxent Publishing - June 25, 2004
"(David A. Alberding) has the voice other men wish for."
Fred Lieder: DC Area Musician December 2003
"A powerful set of masculine lungs, which gives (his music) a feeling of unexpected heart."
Carolyn Feola: The Takoma Voice December 2000
"David takes the listener on a beautiful, twisting, turning musical adventure.
Between his rich, lush voice and brilliant lyrics lie an experience no true lover of music should miss. "
Customer Review: Amazon.Com August 2000
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For interviews please email davidaalberding@aol.com.
For more information, articles and downloadable color and black & white photos, please visit www.davidaalberding.com
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