Crystal Day

This article is about the American actress and singer Crystal Day. For the Mayumi Iizuka album, see Crystal Days. For the Echo & the Bunnymen album, see Crystal Days: 1979–1999.

Crystal Day
Day performing at the Country in Nashville, TN
OccupationSinger/actress
Websitecrystalday.net

Crystal Day is an American actress and singer.

Early life

Day started in the theater at the age of six. Her largest adolescent role came when she was eight when she starred as Marta Von Trapp (second youngest child) in the popular musical, The Sound of Music. The production was performed eight times a week. In addition, she was a part of the theater production of Tobacco Road, performing alongside Lin Shaye. At 13 years old, Crystal Day entered a studio in Nashville, Tennessee and started recording songs for her first CD "Anything Can Happen"[1]

She teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Tom Weir at Studio City Sound (Kelly Clarkson, Lee Ann Womack, Willie Nelson, LMFAO). During that time, she also began taking classes at the Songwriting School of Los Angeles. After honing her songwriting craft in L.A., Day went to Music City where she began co-writing with professional songwriters, joining forces with Nashville producer Biff Watson (Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Charles Kelley, Martina McBride, etc.) and developing material for her upcoming EP Brave. She began taking acting lessons and had soon landed roles in several independent films such as Brain Blockers[2] and The Passing.[3] She also wrote and performed songs that were featured on the sound tracks of those two films.

She became a fixture in the Los Angeles theater scene, performing in several productions before moving to Nashville to focus on her music career.[4]

Music career

Day opened for multi-platinum recording artist Martina McBride. The South Boston, Virginia native traveled to Los Angeles to perform at Universal Studios for the World Championships of Performing Arts where she placed gold.[5] In addition, she became the youngest American to be invited to perform in the Amsterdam Music Festival. Here she had the opportunity to perform in front of 30,000 people daily. Her success in Amsterdam led her to begin touring the Eastern Hemisphere. She is also an author.

References
  1. "Crystal Day Bio". Official Website. June 25, 2007. Archived from the original on April 3, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
  2. Schmidt, Gavin. "Killer Film Details: Brain Blockers". Killer Reviews. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  3. "Crystal Day film airing on Chiller network". The News Record.com. October 20, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  4. Chandler, Joe (July 3, 2016). "South Boston native Crystal Day is a rising talent as a singer, writer and actress". The Gazette-Virginian. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  5. NEWS:NEWS HEADLINES:CRYSTAL DAYS FORBIDDEN IS RELEASED TO ITUNES
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