Band Members: Me, sometimes my computer and.....
my dog, muse and sometimes collaborator (hear him on his song on my CD Back to My Roots) - here he is grooving to one of my favs TH White -myspace.com/thwhite:
Read Jelly's & my story by going to the link under our pic (in my photo section). Please help animals of abuse/neglect by rescuing them, reporting it and/or speaking for those who can't speak for themselves.
Influences
To name a few...The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dead, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Phish, Jimi Hendrix, Dylan, The Stones, the Doors, all The Beatles, Lynrd Skynrd (Free Bird:), Janis Joplin, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, tWarren Haynes, Stevie Nicks, Marianne Faithfull, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz (Let Love Rule album), Brand New, Brook Waggoner, Counting Crows, Foo Fighters, Hole, Mazzy Star, Liz Phair, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Juliana Hatfield, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Cat Power, Muzz Skillings, Barbara Maier (my voice teacher)& Blondie('s), Ted Lahey (Day By the River), The Honorary Title. Archers of Loaf, Keane, Ben Lee, Stereophonics, TH White, Elliot Smith, Citizen Cope, Cary Brothers, Josh Radin, Rachael Yamagata, Joseph Arthur, Terra Naomi...a bunch of current indie artists (that may not be so indie soon), boys, obscure fashion stuff, Jelly, art, twilight, sky, wind, beach, and too many more to name. AND I am being influenced in new ways everyday...
My debut music video For Swallow It Down-Remix
Directed by David Jr.
You can also see a behind the scenes vid on YouTube
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT ME:
THE LATEST-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
RECENT-DANA VARON- BACK TO MY ROOTS- (Self Recorded)
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 Preview
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), Back to My Roots & hear something you've never heard.
CMJ 2006
dana ~ dropped by to see how you've been and realize that you have gone so far and seen so much since we last talked ... looking forward to the new songs that will come out of your head once all of these experiences have processed! so proud of you, as always ~ paul
Dana, I have a new version of "Numb Enough" posted.... you liked it before when it was very rough! I would welcome any comments you have... and still dig your stuff....Bill
Hey Dana, thank you sweetie for accepting our request! Hope you've had a great hump day and have a great 3 day weekend!! Woot Woot! Your friend, Strat the Rat terrier
Hey Dana, Hope you have been well! Hope you are having a great weekend! Would be awesome if you and some friends could make it to our show next Friday in New York!!! : ) Thanks for being friends. Look forward to hearing back!!
Just wanted to stop by your page, it's been awhile. What's new with you?
I am in the studio recording my 3rd release, Perfekt World, with a street date in late March! Stop by my page then and check out the new music. I would love to know what you think.
Why thank you, I'm going to re-record it prolly, it was done on the fly. Yes I believe, we your fans are are looking forward to great music from you this year. :)
