Saturday, November 13, 2010

Jan Edwards: Award Winning Songwriter

Featured Artist:  School's Open
Venue:               School II, Chanhassen, MN
Date:                 November 10, 2010
Time:                 7:00pm

During the past decade since Jan Edwards first began getting serious about her songwriting and performing career, she has successfully left her fingerprint on the music scene.  As a woman who's talent in the arts includes painting, sculpting, and graphic design along with music, Edwards' singing and songwriting was not always at the forefront.  The realization that she is, indeed, a songwriter, happened for Edwards with a short sentence.  The seemingly insignificant comment made about Edwards by a relative, "well, that's true of all songwriters," struck Edwards in a way that placed her on the path she travels today.

Edwards spent seven years living out of a suitcase between Nashville, TN and Minneapolis, MN.   This time was spent collaborating with a number of notable hit-song writers from Nashville.  She was recently awarded second place in the USA Songwriting Contest's country category.  This win resulted in an invitation to play at Nashville's famous Bluebird Cafe.  In 2009, an Edwards original placed within the top ten out of approximately 10,000 submissions in the CMT Songwriting Contest.  Edwards has also placed first in the SL's Got Talent Contest and 2nd in the WIMINN Songwriting Contest.

Edwards is also one of a growing number of artists thriving on Second Life.  She performs under the pseudonym Moondoggirl Moomintoog and has given upwards of 300 hour-long performances over the previous two years.  This alternative platform allows her to exhibit her personal brand of edgy country-blues around the world from the comforts of home.

Edwards feels things have a way of working out how they are supposed to and her songwriting career seems to be doing just that.  She broke into the music business by being proactive and positioning herself to meet people with shared dreams.  Discovering her direction in songwriting prompted her to pursue her ambition, and she is now enjoying the path to realizing her aspirations.

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