Dana Varon

Bio:

In addition to being a singer/songwriter, sometimes content writer/blogger (she has written for dossierjournal's style section + her blogs-coolshitdv.blogspot & livingdolldv.blogspot +more), sometimes maker of art or her fliers & other stuff like her perfume oil Doll that she hand mixes.

She's also an actress: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/452112/Momma-s-Man/trailers

Momma's Man went to Sundance. So did she. Also, opening for OZOMATLI at their Sundance show the prior year. She says, "It was rad and f-king freezing."

Has worked with Muzz Skillings(Living Colour), Greg Yates & Roger Che(Bad Boy) of Genius Ent., Tony Polemeni (formerly of the Duanes), etc..

*CURRENTLY WORKING ON RECORDING HER NEW SONGS AND STATES "THEY'RE RAW AND GOOD.**

S.E.G(Show Entertainment Group) Presents 2010 DANA VARON is a beautiful NYC songstress with a clear voice and a self-produced record that mixes indie and classic rock, and even a bit of grunge thrown in.

-Dana Varon-Back to My Roots- Travel to Dana’s MySpace page and fall in love. Instantly endearing, her somewhat bare-bones music offers an intimate take-me-as-I-am glimpse at her world. Not as raw as PJ Harvey, not as spacey as Hope Sandoval, the music is sometimes atmospheric in nature. In fact, Back to My Rootscould be the perfect accompaniment to cooking dinner with a special someone or sitting in a darkened bar at 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon. Rocking the hidden-track remix of “Swallow It Down,” her debut video follows her through the streets of New York City, strumming her guitar and drawing you in. Slightly exhibitionist photos in her Pics section make you thankful she’s not as wholesome as you might first think. Innocent? Yes. A prude? Thank heavens, no. Enjoy a refreshing departure from all the jaded, soiled crap you’re probably listening to right now. [myspace.com/danavaron] SP-Reviewer Mag http://www.Reviewermag.com

DANA VARON- BACK TO MY ROOTS- (Self Recorded)..another Well, what do we have here? A young, beautiful songstress with a mind of her own. Initially, upon hearing her debut, released all by herself, “Back to my Roots” one was reminded, a la the vocal stylings, of Hope Sandoval, the dreamy, doe-eyed vocalist for Opal and Mazzy Star. With Dana Varon, though, one gets a more personal record, one which ends up speaking with one voice, one person’s expressions and that consistency helps create both continuity and celerity. Two songs, “Jelly” and “Don’t Shut Me Out” both stand out to me – speaking of “Jelly,” there is also a person with the moniker ‘Jelly’ who helps out vocally on this album – there was just something catchy about both tunes in different ways, respectively, but they weren’t catchy in a pop sort of way, not “hook”-driven, etc. Just something about those two songs that was hard to articulate; you’ll just have to listen for yourself to find out what I’m talking about. Another great tune that stood out for me was an uncredited song (figures, huh?) As far as the back of the CD goes, there are only 8 songs listed and “Goodbye to Yesterday” was the last one to be listed and so I assume that “Goodbye to Yesterday” was the slow, acoustic and wistful goodbye of a tune. Then, to my surprise there came another song – track nine and isn’t it funny that this surprise, untitled track was one of the best ones on the CD!

In spite of the fact Dana has a clear, tuneful, well-enunciated and just plain beauteous vocal range, she’s not just your average, everyday chanteuse; Dana’s got talent, she is a musician for real; on Back to My Roots Varon, besides singing, plays “guitars, bass lines, percussion & other ear candy…” she also, besides writing all the songs herself, produced the CD too. It just shows that the only reason you see so little of this independence in a talented woman – even in today’s “Hillary 4 Prez” society must be due to some hierarchical machinations or some just hard-headed resistance to change or just plain hatred from the “establishment”, run, of course, by old men (you know, that “vast, right-wing conspiracy” ha-ha). Talent, motivation and originality make all the difference; prettiness helps, but beauty, whether authentic or surgically enhanced – fake – beauty is ephemeral and fleeting.

Dana Varon, man or woman is a talented musician and hopefully will continue to grow, musically and lyrically and that this won’t be the last we hear of her. I would be happy if her next musical effort was just better than this one which is always – or always should be – the goal of any musician/singer/band. For more information on this dynamo, check out: http://www.danavaron.com – KM. Reviewer Magazine

DV at CMJ What do you get when you mix classic rock roots, grunge influences, indie darlings (think Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Juliana Hatfield), the emerging singer/songwriter crew and the current resurgence of rock bands with a muse named Jelly? Landing in NYC after hailing from the Garden State and blossoming in Miami - Dana Varon recently went off on her own to have complete creative freedom after previously collaborating with others including a producer from Bad Boy Entertainment and former bassist for a popular late '80's, early '90's rock band. DV takes all her experiences rolled into one that unravel with each rocked out song. Simple enough but equally profound, you'll want to sing along with her raspy verses and then pick her brain later. While at BLVD for her CMJ Showcase pick up her self recorded CD done in true indie style (in the basement) and hear something you've never heard.

Member Since:

January 12, 2005

Members:

Band Members: DV, Guitars.

Influences:

Zeppelin, The Dead, Stevie Nicks, The Rolling Stones, all the Beatles, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Hole, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, The Cult, Radiohead, Lenny Kravitz (specifically Let Love Rule album), Mazzy Star, Liz Phair, Evan Dando, Melissa Auf Der Maur, PJ Harvey, Jewel, Cat Power, Garbage, Muzz Skillings, Ben Lee, Stereophonics, Joseph Arthur, Brand New, etc, etc. . Marianne Faithfull, Miss Pamela, Patty Boyd, Jo Wood and all the original rock muse dolls, downtown NYC, the beach, obscure clothing & beautiful interesting things, her dog Jelly, rock bios, editorial mags, the sky & stars, darkness, light...and so much more..."it's a big world."

Sounds Like:

"real. real man real."