Contemporary @ MindSay 
With a flair for versatility and a skill of diversity, Elisa Fiorillo, currently known as E. J. Dease, is a singer who can perform with anyone. At sixteen, she won the National Junior Star Search competition. She has performed with legendary talents such as Prince, Belinda Carlisle, David Cassidy and Savage Garden. Now, E.J. Dease is breaking out with her style of country music, releasing her first single “I know” nationwide on OneWest Music.
In 2002, Chuck Murphy, CEO of OneWest Music, began working with E.J. Dease to create a new sound for E. J. that would be a blend of both pop and traditional country. Co-writing and producing her debut country CD was no small feat given the history of producers she had worked with in the past. Murphy enlisted Jeff Silverman as a co-producer on half of this 13-song CD which ensured a unique and dynamic country music sound that is sure to impress even the youngest of country fans.
With vocals which resonate like Martina McBride and Reba McIntyre “Light That Shines” the new release by E.J. Dease will connects with a larger teenage audience, which has been long desired by Music Row in Nashville.
"I Know" opens up the CD up-tempo note setting the bar for energy and emotion. The song is about a person who is wising they could get the love back in a tired relationship and it lets the listener experience that the vocals are the emphasis of E J Dease. The track is co-written by Chuck Murphy, Jeff Silverman and Debra Lyn.
"Lost and Found" was co-written by Chuck Murphy and E.J. Dease. A hidden giant, this track is about a woman that has been hearing the same thing from the same guy too long. The track has all the elements: harmonic vocals, slide guitar, delicate fiddle background and driving instrumentation to make “Lost and Found” the centerpiece of the CD.
"Light That Shines." This track is the most "country sounding" and up-beat track on the CD. This track, which is about having a higher power to help you find your way through the darker times in life is the uplifting namesake of the CD and is powerful enough for radio airplay. This song was co-written by Chuck Murphy and David Gonzalez
“Forgive Me” is a beautiful, heartfelt country ballad that talks about the love found and then lost. E.J. Dease sings this song with strength and love that we can all understand, relate to and connect. Her graceful vocals and lush harmonies ease the pain when she talks about what love failed to bring. This track is written by Chuck Murphy
“How Many Times” cleverly delves into descriptions of the intangibility of love. Dease sings, “It’s like the rain that falls at night. You know it’s there, just out of sight. The wind will blow it through the trees. You know it’s wet, you know it’s real”. The lines explore love’s elusiveness, while contending that love is indeed a definite, and sometimes, the only way to find it again is to leave behind a relationship that offers everything but. This track is written by Chuck Murphy
"payroll", but they seem to magically and efortlessly spill out song after song. 
Does a composer hear it then lay it down, or is it perhaps they exact opposite way all around. Is a composition written, for the satisfaction of the writer, and then happens to please the listener, or is the "great" songwriter intentionally giving other "ears" just what they want to hear?
Because there seems to be a "Right" way to "Write a song, and I haven't got a clue, I have often wonder, what methods do YOU use? 
Is it about improvisation, and then some recalculation, or more about systematic and intentional motives, melody, and harmonization? 
Blessed with a gift, a talent, or a muse, and surely there must be a template, a method that they use.
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ok on fridays i have a contemporary dance class. so on fri i went as usual. me and hannah were a bit late, so they had already closed the door. so i dashed in, and ellen, another girl in my class who is younger thatn me an hannah, yelled, 'youre here!' and that was good cos shes a shy person, and i was happy that she thought of me as a friend. then miss lisa, my teacher, was all exited cos she ahd planned our lesson really carfully and written down every exercise. and then when hannah walked in, miss lisa jumped up and said,
"omg! i couldve used you two!' and then she explained that she danced at the rally of canberra, and she needed two extra dancers to dance with the troupe and she couldnt think of anyone that could learn a dance real quick , and she needed two people who were jazz orientated.and miss lisa said that she shouldve used me and hannah. I was so chuffed!!!! so the lesson goes on as normal, and theen 20 mins before the end of class, our whole power grid has a blackout. so we spent the rest of the lesson doing exercises and talking. and next week we can bring in a piece of music, and then we can interperet it our way, and make up our own dances.i am looking forward to next weeks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!11
