Overdue by two weeks and in no hurry to arrive to her proud parents, Leland and Theresa, Deirdre Leah Faegre made up for lost time by learning to swim before she could walk at nine months.

Typing at four, with determination and confidence she proceeded to each task and accomplishment with extraordinary grace and style and became a model for others during her developmental years that also included gymnastics and a sudden interest in the piano at age nine.

Her dad's passion for Vangellis' 'To the Unknown Man,' was the inspiration that piqued her interest in playing the piano, but it was her steady cultural diet of John, Paul, George and Ringo that established her direction as a singer/songwriter and musician/arranger.

But not until she received international recognition for her 'Cartwheel Heard 'Round the World' where Deirdre dominated a nearly a week long news cycle in November, 2004 with many appearances on radio and television including Ryan Seacrest, Today and Jimmy Kimmel Live who described her as "...an American Hero," would she be firmly ensconced in her music.

A published singer/songwriter at thirteen, the worldwide release of her infectiously innocent, 'Shining In My Hair,' appearing on an artist compilation CD from AudioSparx entitled, Female Pop - Volume 1, came only 9 months after its debut in Summer, 2006. A collection of female-vocal pop music with a flair, including pop, soft pop, alt pop and Lillith Fair-styled pop music tracks, 'Shining In My Hair' stands out as an endearingly attractive statement of youthful wonder and love of life.

Based in the United Kingdom, Deeper Thought Ltd, a new entry in the coin operated video game industry and creators of amusement content for video games that build on current and popular trends has licensed Deirdre's 'Shining In My Hair' for 'Make Meez A Rockstar!' a music based Flash game. Deeper Thought Ltd specialize in game and system development, game design, programming, hardware design and interface development.

Deirdre's newly re-released follow-up single, 'In My Eyes' has been placed in a short film written and directed by Jack Kearney of [The JAX Company Film Production Group LLC] entitled, 'Indian Hill,' about a 12 year old boy and his friends growing up in suburban Portland, Connecticut, circa 1975. A neighborhood coming of age story about the challenge of conquering 'Indian Hill Road' on a bicycle; a feat that separates the “little kids” from the “big kids” in their neighborhood.

Deirdre Leah Faegre also pursues figure skating as a member of U.S. Figure Skating in addition to gymnastics as a member of USA Gymnastics and music as a member of ASCAP while maintaining her academic and leadership standards for all who know and love her.

A Case of You
Deirdre performs Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of You' on dulcimer with an orchestral arrangement by her father, Leland Thomas Faegre who also plays piano on the track...
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Shining In My Hair
Based in the United Kingdom, Deeper Thought Ltd, a new entry in the coin operated video game industry and creators of amusement content for video games that build on current and popular trends has licensed 'Shining In My Hair' for 'Make Meez A Rockstar!' a music based Flash game. Deeper Thought Ltd specialize in game and system development, game design, programming, hardware design and interface development.

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Across the Universe
Deirdre performs her interpretation of John Lennon's 'Across the Universe' on piano with an arrangement and production by her father, Leland Thomas Faegre from sessions beginning in November, 2007 concluding in March of 2009 at On Top Of a Cloud, Lake Tahoe.
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In My Eyes
My newly re-released follow-up single, 'In My Eyes' has been placed in a short film written and directed by Jack Kearney of [The JAX Company Film Production Group LLC] entitled, 'Indian Hill,' about a 12 year old boy and his friends growing up in suburban Portland, Connecticut, circa 1975. A neighborhood coming of age story about the challenge of conquering 'Indian Hill Road' on a bicycle; a feat that separates the “little kids” from the “big kids” in

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Big Yellow Taxi
Although hardly my favorite Joni Mitchell song, Big Yellow Taxi still resonates perhaps better than any other in her catalog of great work when I perform it, which even without a full rhythm section, is always great fun for patrons and attendees. So my dad decided to produce a full arrangement to take the song to the next level; an arrangement of full instrumentation that she had never recorded which includes piano, bass guitar and a horn section.
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Bryon Tosoff

12/9/2009 12:13:49 PM
hello Deirdre
I saw that you came by music is truth. I appreciated your acknowledging the add of the joni mitchell cover. I love the way you intro that song and your fantastic singing and use of the dulcimer , very moving and lovely, indeed you have a wonderful talent
I hope that my comments were not taken too hard on my point of view of the way the orchestration came in, that of course is a personal observation and not to take anything away from the arrangement or the beauty of your singing or your fathers skill in developing the song..I was indicating that to my ears, I found the strings et al detracting from the vocals....I have have you on other stations and will add more
thanks again for coming by
bryon


gabe stenziano

4/3/2009 1:33:00 PM
added a song with dulcimer. thanks for the inspiration. gabe


gabe stenziano

3/10/2009 8:52:42 PM
hello, got curious when i saw the dulcimer (i'd been checking to see if my new one had been added and the little picture caught my eye). been thinking of using one on a song. glad i stopped to hear your music. i liked the softness of the vocal and the feel of your music in general. nice work. gabe

 

       

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A published singer/songwriter at thirteen, the worldwide release of her infectiously innocent, 'Shining In My Hair,' appearing on an artist compilation CD from AudioSparx entitled, Female Pop - Volume 1, came only 9 months after its debut in Summer, 2006. A collection of female-vocal pop music with a flair, including pop, soft pop, alt pop and Lillith Fair-styled pop music tracks, 'Shining In My Hair' stands out as an endearingly attractive statement of youthful wonder and love of life.


Deirdre to Appear on RSN-TV

Following previous appearances in February and June of 2009, Singer/Songwriter, Deirdre Leah Faegre will again grace the airways of *RSN-TV this Thursday, January 21st 2010...

In her February, 2009 appearance on Brandi Ledbetter’s 'Tahoe Tonight,’ Deirdre performed Joni Mitchell’s anthemic, inside looking out historical epic, ‘Woodstock’ on piano; and in her subsequent encore appearance on ‘Tahoe Tonight’ in June, Deirdre performed Joni Mitchell’s ‘A Case of You’ on dulcimer which is found on her debut CD, ‘Shining In My Hair.’

For her Thursday, January 21st appearance, Deirdre will perform on guitar, ‘Peoples’ Parties’ from Joni Mitchell’s commercially and critically acclaimed most successful 1974 folk/jazz studio album, ‘Court and Spark.’

Following on the heels of previous commercial licensing successes, Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson Srl, an Italian publishing house based in Gardolo, Trento, Italy has licensed Deirdre’s title cut from her CD, 'Shining In My Hair' for inclusion on DVD for their research on Asperger Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder affecting significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests and differing from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development, physical clumsiness and atypical use of language.

Deirdre’s CD, 'Shining In My Hair' is available from AudioLife at http://www.ontopofacloud.com/deirdre.htm

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For Immediate Release 12/2/2009

On Top Of a Cloud announced today that Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson Srl, an Italian publishing house based in Gardolo, Trento, Italy has licensed Deirdre Leah Faegre’s 'Shining In My Hair' for inclusion on DVD for their research on Asperger Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder affecting significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests and differing from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development, physical clumsiness and atypical use of language.

According to Sara Modens of Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson, “We are preparing a book on Asperger syndrome with a DVD where we would like to insert the following music: 'Shining In My Hair', by Deirdre Leah Faegre. We would be grateful to receive your permission to use the above mentioned music so that the piece can be reproduced in the DVD that will be enclosed with the book.”

The commercial success of ‘Shining In My Hair’ is remarkable having previously been licensed by London’s prestigious Royal Lancaster Hotel, Ireland’s entertainment retailer, Byrne’s Music and based in the United Kingdom, Deeper Thought Ltd, a new entry in the coin operated video game industry and creators of amusement content for video games that build on current and popular trends.

Deeper Thought Ltd has licensed Deirdre's 'Shining In My Hair' for 'Make Meez A Rockstar!' a music based Flash game. Deeper Thought Ltd specialises in game and system development, game design, programming, hardware design and interface development.

Arranged and Produced by Leland Thomas Faegre; Engineered by Michael French at ‘Down to Hear Productions,' Burbank; Engineered by Patrick Collins at Collinator Studios, West Los Angeles; Engineered by Leland Thomas Faegre at On Top Of a Cloud, Lake Tahoe; Mastered by David Scharf at In Fidelity Recordings, Los Angeles


For Immediate Release 6/18/2009

Brandi Welcomes Deirdre Back to ‘Tahoe Tonight’

Singer/Songwriter/Performer, Deirdre Leah Faegre will make an encore appearance on RSN TV when host, Brandi Ledbetter welcomes Deirdre back to 'Tahoe Tonight,' Lake Tahoe's top rated evening show Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Deirdre will perform Joni Mitchell’s ‘A Case of You’ and will be interviewed afterward about last February’s Premiere of ‘Indian Hill,’ in Portland Connecticut, [a coming of age short film written and directed by Jack Kearney of The JAX Company Film Production Group LLC], in which her recently re-released ‘In My Eyes’ was placed; her new CD, ‘Shining In My Hair,’ which includes newly re-released original songs and cover songs produced by her father, Leland Thomas Faegre including Lennon/McCartney’s ‘Across the Universe’ which is being considered for placement in ‘The Prisoner,’ a year-end mini-series remake of the 1960s British cult television series starring the late great Patrick McGoohan for musical consideration in the reinterpretation of the British 1960s cult hit series.

AMC and ITV have paired up to produce this wildly ambitious six-hour update starring Sir Ian McKellan as Number Two and Jim Caviezel as Number Six and shot on location in Namibia and South Africa. The series will air here in the U.S. in November on AMC, and on ITV in the UK at the start of 2010...

'Across the Universe' has also been forwarded by Taxi [the world's leading Independent Artist & Repertoire Company] to Konami Digital Entertainment, (KDEI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation (NYSE: KNM), a leading, global developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market.

Headquartered in Tokyo Japan, Konami Corporation first began operating in North America in 1982, and has been publishing computer and video games as Konami of America (KOA) since 1999 from its offices in Redwood City, California near San Francisco.

Available from Independent Artist Company at www.iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?ID=45055, soundclick.com and AudioLife at www.ontopofacloud.com/deirdre.htm

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For Immediate Release: 5/27/2009

On Top Of a Cloud announced today that 'Across the Universe' has been forwarded by Taxi [the world's leading Independent Artist & Repertoire Company] to Konami Digital Entertainment, (KDEI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation (NYSE: KNM), a leading, global developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market.

Headquartered in Tokyo Japan, Konami Corporation first began operating in North America in 1982, and has been publishing computer and video games as Konami of America (KOA) since 1999 from its offices in Redwood City, California near San Francisco.

Available from Independent Artist Company at www.iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?ID=45055 and from AudioLife at www.ontopofacloud.com/deirdre.htm

Engineered by Leland Thomas Faegre at On Top Of a Cloud, Los Angeles and On Top Of a Cloud, Lake Tahoe; Mastered by David Scharf at In Fidelity Recordings, Los Angeles

For Immediate Release 5/11/2009

On Top Of a Cloud Announces Mini-Series Consideration of 'Across the Universe'

On Top Of a Cloud has revealed today following correspondence yesterday with Nicole Sanzio, Creative Director and CEO of InDigi Music, that Deirdre Leah Faegre's most recent release, Lennon/McCartney's 'Across the Universe' has been forwarded by InDigi Music c/o Multi Music & Media Group to the producers of 'The Prisoner, ' a modern take on the 1960s British cult television series starring the late great Patrick McGoohan for musical consideration in the reinterpretation of the British 1960s cult hit series.

AMC and ITV have paired up to produce this wildly ambitious six-hour update starring Sir Ian McKellan as Number Two and Jim Caviezel as Number Six and shot on location in Namibia and South Africa. The series will air here in the U.S. in November on AMC, and on ITV in the UK at the start of 2010...

On Top Of a Cloud Owner and Founder, Leland Thomas Faegre who also arranged and produced the Beatles cover, was delighted by the decision. "Even if the music supervisors ultimately decide not to place Deirdre's version of the song in the year-end mini-series, it will not be because it fails to measure up to industry standards for production. Reputable publishers such as InDigi can't waste the time of music supervisors and producers by sending material that is not suited for the project," Faegre said.

"The criteria for music placement and synchronization in visual production is not science," the 55 year-old arranger-composer observed. "More often than not, what appears to be a good fit at first glance can easily be a size too large or too small."

'Across the Universe' was over a year in production at On Top Of a Cloud, Lake Tahoe. Deirdre's fifth single, 'Big Yellow Taxi' is due to be released May 11, 2009.

For Immediate Release: 9/29/2008

Based in the United Kingdom, Deeper Thought Ltd, a new entry in the coin operated video game industry and creators of amusement content for video games that build on current and popular trends has licensed Deirdre's Shining In My Hair' for Make Meez A Rockstar!' a music based Flash game. Deeper Thought Ltd specialize in game and system development, game design, programming, hardware design and interface development.

Deirdre's newly re-released follow-up single, 'In My Eyes' has been placed in a short film written and directed by Jack Kearney of [The JAX Company Film Production Group LLC] entitled, 'Indian Hill,' about a 12 year old boy and his friends growing up in suburban Portland, Connecticut, circa 1975. A neighborhood coming of age story about the challenge of conquering 'Indian Hill Road' on a bicycle; a feat that separates the “little kids” from the “big kids” in their neighborhood.

!!! Indian Hill Film Premiere !!!

PORTLAND, CT — A local screening of 'Indian Hill' will be held on Feb. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Brownstone Intermediate School Auditorium, 314 Main St. Doors open at 6 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., there will be a slide show of cast and crew from the set, to the complete versions of the songs used in the movie (this is on the finished DVDs). At 7 p.m. is the showing of the full film, "Indian Hill" (24 minutes). At 7:30 p.m., town native and director Jack Kearney will introduce the cast and crew, hand out DVDs and answer questions.

Deirdre's newly re-released follow-up single, 'In My Eyes' has been placed in a short film written and directed by Jack Kearney [The JAX Company Film Production Group LLC] entitled, 'Indian Hill,' about a 12 year old boy and his friends growing up in suburban Portland, Connecticut, circa 1975; a neighborhood coming of age story about the challenge of conquering 'Indian Hill Road' on a bicycle, a feat that separates the "little kids" from the "big kids" in their neighborhood.

For more information visit: www.IndianHillTheMovie.com
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