| R&B/Soul Artist Dionyza Flips Kanye West Sample |
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| Written by Lucy Beer | |
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R&B/ POP DIVA DIONYZA TO KICK OFF SINGLE WITH NATIONAL RADIO CAMPAIGN Dionyza (Dee-on-cha) is the daughter of Motown singer/songwriters Michael and Brenda Sutton. She sang on the best-selling soundtracks of the Disney TV movie High School Musical 1 and High School Musical 2. She also provides the singing voice of the characters “Sasha” and “Jade” on the Saturday morning cartoon The Bratz. Recently, Dionyza was in the studio wrapping up vocals for the voice of “Gita” on The Cheetah Girls Movie - One World as well as finalizing vocals for the theme song on this Fall’s hit TV talk show “The George Lopez Show.” In addition, a national radio campaign was launched with MixMatters Promotions for the single. Dionyza has also just finished filming her video of “I Told Myself” with final editing touches in the works.
Dionyza says, “What makes ‘I Told Myself’ even more special is the music track. Back in the `70s, Motown vocal quartet The Originals recorded one of Michael & Brenda Sutton’s songs titled ‘Sunrise’. That song was sampled by Kanye West for rappers Scarface & Jay-Z’s “Guess Who’s Back” in 2002 and was a Multi-Platinum hit. Dionyza has chosen to sample Kanye’s flip of the track for her original song “I Told Myself.” The single is available digitally on Little Dizzy Records. She’s also collaborated with hit-makers such as: Rashod Holiday & Sauce (Ne-Yo), Jared Gosslin (Macy Gray) and Nate Butler (3LW). She stays busy behind the scenes singing background vocals for top-flight songwriter/producers such as Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Robbie Nevil and the team of Soulshock & Karlin. Her extensive credits include singing on Christina Aguilera’s, “My Kind of Christmas” album and accompanying singer Jon B on his Cool Relax tour. Dionyza has chosen to collaborate with several different writers. Her provocative writing approach is evident on her debut single “I Told Myself,” which she co-wrote with Robbie Nevil. |
