This is brilliant, Ashley.  Just a gorgeous rendering, so original and heartfelt. <3

Inspired by my friend who lost his young son in a car accident at the beginning of December.  Download for free by clicking the down-arrow icon, between November 10, 2014 and January 20th, 2015 in celebration of The Beauty Indestructible Project.

Silent Night (what I wouldn't give for a...)Ashley Daneman

An original acoustic soul Christian ballad about God being the same in every season of life. #SongsFromMyHeart
Written and executive produced by Amber Anderson
Accompanied by - Gil Rodriguez - Lead Guitar, Kevin Lawrence- Bass Guitar, Dan Rouse - Keys, Kevin "Hothandz" Mayfield- Engineering & Production, Phillip Kingsford Smith- Mixing & Production

Every Season

Never Let Go (DEMO)

TRANSIENT BEINGS:
E.J. Strickland - drums
Sarah Elizabeth Charles - vocals & effects
Nir Felder - guitar
Tom Guarna - guitar
Rashaan Carter - electric bass

Testimony (live at Smalls 5/2/15)

Derrick Hodge - We live Today feat. Common

This track is from the album Estelle's Farewell Gift and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/benjedaneman

Floating On

from The Push​-​Back is Missing, released 18 January 2013 
music by: Aaron Kruziki 
lyrics by: Jon Wert and AK 
produced by: Ian Hersey 

euphonium: Adam Dotson 
trumpet: Andrew McGovern 
bass: Zach Lane 
guitar: Travis Reuter 
drums: Jon Wert 
vox, woodwinds, keys: AK 

engineered by: Ian Hersey and Shaun Sutkus 
mastered by: Kevin Blackler 
artwork by: Kelly Chilton


Are you aware of Upton Sinclaire? 
grievances shared, let us breathe fresh air 
the ILO is now just a century old 
senate seats sold, so society folds 

Is it true what we've been told 
by these men in their shiny blue coats? 
Corporate locals trying to infiltrate 
our minds' controlled 
could this truly be our fate? 

I don't care for the things that you choose 
little to fair for, the things you do 
In the right hand, you stand 
can't you see where we loose? 

Sing along kids, you know the part 
Forget about art class it's about to get dark 
If we don't stand up for our creative rights 
east vs. west will clearly win this fight 

Seal your lips while they pull your strings 
pocket change for us corporate kings 
The elite compete to defeat main street 
Beyond reprimand, so now we fill grand strands 

Must we end collective bargaining? 
Wisconsin is the key, my friends, you see 
Raise your voice in solidarity 

I don't care for the things that you choose 
little to fair for, the things you do 
In the right hand, you stand 
can't you see where we loose? 

M.L.K. gave his days, paved our ways 
Great lake states rue your bait, 
now aim straight 
do not wait, 
demonstrate 
reap your fate 
Now

07 Collective Bargaining

Single release, commissioned by Spark and Echo Arts.  All instruments performed and recorded by myself.  

I've Got All The Light I Need (thank you very much)

DownBeat Magazine selected Ashley Daneman’s self-produced, fan-funded debut, Beauty Indestructible as Editors’ Pick (January 2015) and printed a full-page interview with her in their March edition. A huge response for a little-known singer releasing an independent debut at age 37, but critics would agree it was worth the wait. “Daneman is an assured singer who has clearly found her sound,” says Peter Bacon (The Jazz Breakfast) and All About Jazz calls it, “the triumphant debut of a seriously talented singer and songwriter.”

Born and raised in Toledo, OH, Daneman performed in musicals and later studied Opera at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before finishing in Psychology and turning to study jazz on her own. In 2003, USA Today noted her as “a fine young jazz vocalist” and her unique voice as a composer earned her a spot in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead as a resident artist.

What followed then was a complicated series of personal events, leaving Daneman’s career on the back burner as she returned to a “desk job.”  Several years later, renewed efforts to pursue her dream landed her at Manhattan School of Music studying under Peter Eldridge, Kate McGarry, and Theo Bleckman. Successfully completing her masters degree as a scholarship student, in 2010, Daneman was chosen again for her artistry into The Banff Centre’s Jazz and Creative Workshop as a resident artist.

A late career start and plenty of interesting life turns have caused Daneman to go deep with her blend of jazz and modern folk debuting “a publicly intimate recording that is frank and unapologetic. Beauty Indestructible is a collection of nine original "spirit poems" scored and written by Daneman, existing as an intensely personal song cycle. Daneman addresses the fundamental healing power of love” (C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz).

Drawing comparisons to Becca Stevens, Laura Nyro, and even Stephen Sondheim, Beauty Indestructible is summed up as “beautiful jazz art music from a gorgeous voice with superb accompaniment” (Mark S. Tucker, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange) and as “a profound work of art that is so alive, so positive, and so blessedly musical” (Richard Kamins, Step Tempest). “Charming and enchanting with its offbeat/outside the lines sensibilities, [Beauty Indestructible] is killer stuff that’s sure to resonate with the gypsy in your soul” (Chris Spector, Midwest Record).

Ashley and her husband, trumpeter Benje Daneman, are based out of Kalamazoo, MI.

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