Arden Kaywin
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Arden Kaywin, well known in the indie pop world for her thoughtful, witty songwriting and her powerful voice, released her much anticipated second album, The Elephant In The Room on October 21, 2008. Her songs are soulful, often quirky creations with influences ranging from pop and alt rock to classical and funk, blended with ease.
Since childhood, Arden has immersed herself in music. She attended the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music where she was classically trained.
“I was totally immersed in classical music for most of my adolescence. When you’re studying classically, it’s kind of taboo to be playing or singing pop music because the technique is so different. So there I was in class perfecting Mozart, and then I would go home and write pop songs that nobody knew about”.
It’s clear from one listen of her songs that Arden has many musical influences. No matter where she resided or what she studied, Arden soaked up whatever was around her— a musical sponge saturated with inspiration from fellow musicians and music lovers.
“When I was a child, I was obsessed with Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. All I wanted was to sing like they did, and I would go around the house imitating them. Then in high school I discovered artists like Tori Amos, Dave Matthews Band, and the Indigo Girls. That’s when I fell in love with songwriting as a craft.”
She released her first album, Quarter Life Crisis, in 2006 to critical acclaim with its pop/rock musings on life, love and twenty-something angst. Singles like “Me With Me” charmed music lovers across the country and earned a nomination for Pop Song of the Year by the 2006 Independent Music Awards. Napster.com featured Arden as a Hot Pick on their pop page and Smother.net named Quarter Life Crisis an Editor’s Pick alongside Coldplay and The Dave Matthews Band.
Her songs, both old and new, have a Top 40 sensibility while maintaining an honest and often quirky lyrical insight. Arden worked with eleven-time Grammy Award winning Rafa Sardina on The Elephant In The Room, the follow-up to her debut CD. The album captures her ability to blur musical boundaries with sounds that span from pop to urban and from indie to commercial while using complex arrangements that take the listener on a musical journey.
In the past year, Arden has graced the stage of landmark Los Angeles venues like The Roxy, The Avalon, The Mint and The Hotel Cafe. She took the show on the road in 2006 playing to excited fans in the East Coast and Midwest and has quickly developed a core following.
Arden’s songs have been featured on numerous television shows on MTV, NBC, ABC and The WB networks. She recently wrote and performed the theme song to a new Discovery Channel show called Deliver Me and her music can be downloaded in Starbucks Music Cafes nationwide as well as direct to your mobile phone on the Verizon V-Cast Music Service.
Arden has been nominated for a few Best of 2008 awards, including Musiqtone’s Indie Artist of the Year, DJ Copperhead Next Big Hit Top 10 Albums of 2008, and Rockwired Reader’s Poll Best Album for The Elephant In The Room, Best Female Artist, and Best Song for “Let It Go”.
For more information visit www.ardenkaywin.com or www.myspace.com/ardenkaywin
About
About Arden
Arden Kaywin is a Los Angeles based songwriter and performer well known in the indie pop world for her thoughtful, witty songwriting and her powerful voice. Her 2006 debut album, Quarter Life Crisis, is available in wide online distribution (iTunes, Amazon, Best Buy etc.). Since its release, Quarter Life Crisis found a spot on many editors’ choice lists. Napster.com featured it as a Hot Pick on their pop page and Smother.net named it an Editor’s Pick alongside Coldplay and The Dave Matthews Band. In addition, Arden’s single “Me With Me” was nominated for Pop Song of the Year by the Independent Music Awards. Arden has just finished recording her second album, The Elephant In The Room, and is eagerly anticipating its release October 21st, 2008.
Arden’s songs have been featured on television shows on NBC, ABC, MTV and The CW networks, and she recently wrote and performed the theme song to a new Discovery Channel show called “Deliver Me”. Arden’s music can be downloaded in Starbucks Music Cafes nationwide as well as direct to your mobile phone on the Verizon V-Cast Music Service.
In the past year, Arden has graced the stage of landmark venues across the East Coast and Midwest. She also plays regularly in Los Angeles at venues like The Roxy and The Hotel Café. Visit her on www.ardenkaywin.com.
Arden News
Great New Interviews
I have two great interviews for your viewing pleasure!
December Shows
Thank you to everyone who came out to the big CD release show last month! It was so nice to see so many familiar faces. For those of you in SoCal who missed it I have two shows coming up in the Los Angeles area before the end of the year please come out to support and hear the new record.
Watch Arden Kaywin perform all of her new music from "The Elephant in the Room" in a Acoustic set. Come to this show and receive discounted entry to Arden's Hotel Cafe show on Dec. 18th.
Receive discounted entry to this show if you come to Arden's FREE BMI Acoustic Lounge show on Dec. 1st, 7:00pm @ Ghengis Cohen
xoxo, Arden
The Elephant in the Room OUT NOW!!
Arden's new album THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM available October 21st, 2008!
Deco DriveTV
When I was in Miami, Deco DriveTV came out to interview me and shoot the show at Studio A. Check out the segment. . . .
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MTV baby!!
I just signed a deal with MTV Networks that allows them to use all of my songs in their TV shows.
College Radio
Thank you to all of the college students requesting my songs to their college radio stations. They logged over 3,800 spins of my music last quarter!
QUOTES
"I am an ice cream for breakfast, talk back to the TV screen, card carrying organ donor, Prius, driving, always read for a hot-tub Red Head."
“There's generally a lot of random music running around in my head at any given time. I'll often be listening to the radio or a CD and hear a little nugget or a chord progression that buries in my brain and spins off lots of little children that then become their own songs, completely unlike the original.“
“I like that water is clear but will take on the colors around it. I am sort of like that.”
"My friends say that I don't have a filter, that I just say the first thing that comes into my mind............not a great trait at a dinner party but invaluable for songwriting."
I have two great interviews for your viewing pleasure!
