About Cindy Nelson
Singer/songwriter, Cindy Nelson, is a performer as well as an acclaimed vocal & piano instructor. She has been singing and writing songs at a very young age, and began performing at 12, singing and playing piano in piano bars and restaurants. Cindy has also fronted several bands, from rock to punk, and has been in musicals, college operas . . . even a couple of vaudeville shows.
Cindy sharpened her skills by returning to college and getting a degree in music in just three years. She graduated cum laude at Sacramento State University, and was in the top ten of her class. Three months later she opened her own extremely successful music instruction enterprise, Bach to Basics.
She has recorded two of her own CD's. The first released Cd, "I CAN d," was recorded with some of the top musicians in Northern California, garnered her an international distribution contract with Tower Records and Bayside Entertainment. This album wound up in the hands of a respected Nashville producer, Neal James (REM, Bruce Springstien, Willie Nelson.) Working with Mr. James, Cindy completed her second CD at Creative Recording Studios, a master quality studio, with some of the finest musicians in the business. These included Byrd Burton (Nanci Griffith, Dan Fogelberg, Amazing Rhythm Aces); Darin Favorite (Collin Raye, Pam Tillis Band); Joe Koury (B.B. King, Eddie Raven); Bob "Funk Brother" Babbitt ( Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye); Jim "Turbo" Kirby (Roy Orbison's keyboardist); Dave Harrison (Edwin McCain Band); and Craig Krampf (Melissa Etheridge, The Motel's, Steve Perry, Kim Carnes, The Turtles.) The finished project, not released as of now, has already been submitted to major record labels by Mr. James, who continues to shop it around. These labels have indicated considerable interest and are still considering an offer.
A partial list of credits includes;
Her song "We're Not Falling From Grace," inspired by the tragedies of September 11, 2001, received considerable radio air play, and the video she produced of this song was played at the 9/11 Memorial Concerts held at New York City and Paris in 2002 and 2003.
Out of more than nine thousand tracks received, five of Cindy's songs were chosen to be placed in the database of MPX2000, a New York-based company which works for clients that are looking for songs for commercials, TV, and films. Tracks #3 and #8 ("I Could Be There for You," and "Intensity") were chosen to be used on the TNT/Warner Brothers "Witchblade" television series.
Paul Loggins Productions did a Billboard test on her last CD, "Hello," and six out of ten songs ranked the highest rating for commercial use and air play.
Cindy has been sought out to perform on several compilation CDs' locally and nationally, and has been asked to write music for other artists, churches, and schools.
Cindy Nelson is a highly respected musician and teacher. Everyone that has worked with her has been touched by her giving and creative spirit, her professionalism, and her relentless drive to attain her objectives in life.
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Posted by CindyNelson on October 24, 2006
Cindy Nelson
Releases Single- written for the movie Hits Top40 AC Chart
“Running With Scissors”
International recording artist Cindy Nelson releases her new song recorded for the Oscar bound movie starring Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood and Alec Baldwin.
Last year Ms. Nelson was approached to write the song for the movie based on Augusten Burroughs’ personal memoirs. After reading the book, taking fifteen pages of notes, and recording a demo Cindy sent her song to the movie’s music supervisor. In return he remarked that her lyrics were “dead on!”
A pre-release of this single was sent to the top Internet radio stations, and climbed to the Top 10 in many of them. The largest of these sites has this single charted at #2.
“Running With Scissors”, along with the rest of her re-mastered album, “Hello”, has just been picked up by a United Kingdom record label, for release and distribution in the UK and Europe, and is carried by CANmusic domestically. Cindy is now releasing her song to the airwaves in conjunction with the movie set to release October 20th, 2006.
National Radio Stats
“Running With Scissors” single
Hit “Top 40” on the AC/Hot AC Main Chart and “Top 30” AC/Hot AC Top Indie Chart
Moved up 17 positions this week in the Top College Chart
The 2nd highest in AC/Hot AC SPINCREASE this week and 7th Most Added song
With an 86% increase this week, it’s considered the 3rd highest AC/Hot AC Prime Mover
“In Your Eyes” single
Hit “Top 40” on the AC Main Chart during the week of September 22nd, 2006
This week moved up 20 positions in the Top College Chart
“Hello - Re-Mastered” CD/Album
This week is #21 on the “Top 30” College Main Chart and listed as a Prime Mover
This week is #16 on the “Top 30” College Indie Chart - up from #23 last week
Statistics and other information listed above is as of October 17, 2006 from Spin Tracking SystemÔ (STS) , which tracks Top 40, AC, Country and College Radio covering Hip Hop, Rock, AAA and Jazz.
Releases Single- written for the movie Hits Top40 AC Chart
“Running With Scissors”
International recording artist Cindy Nelson releases her new song recorded for the Oscar bound movie starring Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood and Alec Baldwin.
Last year Ms. Nelson was approached to write the song for the movie based on Augusten Burroughs’ personal memoirs. After reading the book, taking fifteen pages of notes, and recording a demo Cindy sent her song to the movie’s music supervisor. In return he remarked that her lyrics were “dead on!”
A pre-release of this single was sent to the top Internet radio stations, and climbed to the Top 10 in many of them. The largest of these sites has this single charted at #2.
“Running With Scissors”, along with the rest of her re-mastered album, “Hello”, has just been picked up by a United Kingdom record label, for release and distribution in the UK and Europe, and is carried by CANmusic domestically. Cindy is now releasing her song to the airwaves in conjunction with the movie set to release October 20th, 2006.
National Radio Stats
“Running With Scissors” single
Hit “Top 40” on the AC/Hot AC Main Chart and “Top 30” AC/Hot AC Top Indie Chart
Moved up 17 positions this week in the Top College Chart
The 2nd highest in AC/Hot AC SPINCREASE this week and 7th Most Added song
With an 86% increase this week, it’s considered the 3rd highest AC/Hot AC Prime Mover
“In Your Eyes” single
Hit “Top 40” on the AC Main Chart during the week of September 22nd, 2006
This week moved up 20 positions in the Top College Chart
“Hello - Re-Mastered” CD/Album
This week is #21 on the “Top 30” College Main Chart and listed as a Prime Mover
This week is #16 on the “Top 30” College Indie Chart - up from #23 last week
Statistics and other information listed above is as of October 17, 2006 from Spin Tracking SystemÔ (STS) , which tracks Top 40, AC, Country and College Radio covering Hip Hop, Rock, AAA and Jazz.
Let me Introduce Myself
Posted by CindyNelson on March 12, 2006
Hi I just joined up and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Cindy Nelson and I am a singer/songwriter. I would love to hear from you all, and feel free to let me know what you think about my music. I'm heading back to Nashville to do some more recording, and will keep you updated if you'd like. In advance, nice to meet you! cindy
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