Artist: Jenna Drey

Songwriter and vocalist Jenna Drey is a success story just waiting to happen.

She’s smart. She’s talented. She’s willing to work hard to reach her goals. And she knows the value of creative collaboration.

That’s how she and co-writer Kevin Churko won top honors in the 6th Annual Great America Song Contest, impressing music-industry judges with their outstanding original song Impossibility.

“It’s funny to think that my winning song started out with a completely different lyric,” says Jenna. “After I recorded my first demo of the song, I sat back and listened carefully, and it was clear to me that my original lyric really didn’t really fit the music.

“I decided I needed to write different words to match the uplifting, positive vibe of the music,” says Jenna. “I’m glad I did because the song became much stronger in the process.”

Raised in Houston and now a resident of Miami, Jenna says there are important benefits to winning a song contest. “It’s great to be acknowledged and win prizes, of course, but it’s also important to have your work validated by people in the industry,” she says.

A fan of the pop-dance bands of the 80s, Jenna knew she wanted to be a singer when she was eight-years-old. When she shared her ambitions with her mother, her mother told her "If you want to be a singer, you're going to need to learn to write songs.”

From that point on, Jenna made a commitment to study the craft of songwriting, reading books by Sheila Davis and others. “I recognized very early that songwriting was a craft, something that deserved concentrated effort, not something that just popped out of your mind.”

That kind of dedication makes Jenna Drey a likely candidate for success in the music world, and already she’s weighing offers and making plans for a new album.

Nile Rodgers, producer of artists such as Madonna, David Bowie and Duran Duran, has already signed on to help her with some of the production chores.

Jenna is also starting to get radio play in some regions of the county, particularly on WBMX-FM in Boston where one of her songs has been adopted as the battle song for the World Champion Boston Red Sox.

In addition to the Great American Song Contest, Jenna has also won other high-profile competitions and events.

“I feel like I’m starting a very exciting time in my musical life,” says Jenna. “I feel like something wonderful is right around the corner.”

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To learn more about Jenna's music, visit her website at: www.jennadrey.com

To hear her winning song, click:
Impossibility

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