Danielle Egnew
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Danielle Egnew is a psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...

, musician, actress, media personality, and activist known in the areas of music, film, radio and television for both performing and producing in all four genres. Born in Billings, Montana
Billings, Montana
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...

 on February 28, 1969, Danielle Egnew currently resides in Los Angeles1.

Psychic

Danielle Egnew is recognized in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand for her work in the spiritual and metaphysical fields as a Clairvoyant Channel, Paranormal Investigator, and Healer. She is alleged to have successfully assisted law enforcement on cold case profiles, as documented on TV pilot Missing Peace. Danielle Egnew has worked as a creative consultant for paranormal television programming and has consulted for corporate and private clients including Hollywood Studio Heads and Fortune 500 Executives2.

In 2006 Danielle Egnew co-founded the paranormal
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...

 investigation group, The Western Pacific Paranormal Alliance and launched the paranormal website Haunted Playground3. In February 2010, Haunted Playground with Sheena Metal and Danielle Egnew became a paranormal talk radio show26 on LA Talk Radio, with a companion webseries, both co-hosted by Egnew and talk radio veteran Sheena Metal. Danielle has been a guest Psychic on many paranormal investigative teams throughout the country1,2,13,14. In 2009 Danielle Egnew wrote, produced, directed and starred in the feature length paranormal documentary Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting10,13,14, chronicling the haunted history of the Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast
Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast
Reported to be one of the most haunted locations in Kalama, Washington, by townsfolk and former occupants, Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast was built in 1908 on former Cowlitz Indian land in Kalama, Washington , a logging town along the Columbia River now known for its antiques...

 in Kalama, Washington
Kalama, Washington
Kalama is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States. It is part of the 'Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 2,344 at the 2010 census.-History:...

.

Her great great grandmother being Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...

, Danielle claims to inherit her psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...

 ability through family lineage, citing a cousin during numerous interviews who also claims to experience extra-sensory perception, and a grandfather who claimed to see "death masks"2, a paranormal phenomenon that allegedly occurs prior to a person's death.

At the age of three, Danielle claims to have witnessed a deceased aunt, with whom she was never acquainted, the aunt having died prior to Danielle's birth. She claims to have experienced paranormal occurrences all throughout her childhood, and in 1985, at the age of 15, Danielle allegedly experienced the collapse of the World Trade Centers while on the observation floor in the North Tower. Distraught, she recounts grabbing a railing, reporting the sensation of the floor dropping out from beneath her feet.1,2

A licensed minister and former Christian pastor2, Danielle Egnew acts as a media activist through radio, television and film in an attempt to bring understanding and education to the public on the subjects of clairvoyance
Clairvoyance
The term clairvoyance is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses, a form of extra-sensory perception...

, clairsentience, channeling
Channeling
Channeling, or channelling, can refer toscience*Channelling , the process that constrains the path of a charged particle in a crystalline solid.*metabolite or substrate channeling in biochemistry and cell physiology.law...

, psychometry
Psychometry
Psychometry , also known as token-object reading, or psychoscopy, is a form of extra-sensory perception characterized by the claimed ability to make relevant associations from an object of unknown history by making physical contact with that object...

, telepathy
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...

, mediumship
Mediumship
Mediumship is described as a form of communication with spirits. It is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Voodoo and Umbanda.- Concept :...

, and many other paranormal
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...

 and spiritual subjects1,2,3,13,14,18. Though she is alleged to utilize many spiritual aptitudes, she is widely known by film and radio audiences for her claims that her primary form of direct communication with spirit life is through angelic entities1,2.

Danielle Egnew currently owns and operates her own private metaphysical practice in the Los Angeles area2.

Music

Egnew is a singer/songwriter/composer (ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them...

) with many songs to her original catalog in the areas of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

, rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

, alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

, country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

, industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

, and folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

. She has also composed numerous ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 tracks and film scores4.

She has served as the frontwoman, writer, and producer for several projects including female alternative rock band Pope Jane5 from 1996–present (on hiatus), alternative rock band Junkie Cousin from 2006–20076, and Backseat Bordello6a, an acoustic guitar and vocal duo formed in 2009 with Pope Jane drummer Kristen Coyner. She has portrayed the character of the keyboard-playing Eastern European block "Angel of Metal, Ivana Rock" in the theatrical satire 1980's hard rock band "Sheena Metal's Beer Bong" from 2007–present7. Egnew has also penned country music both on her own and with former Chris Ledoux
Chris LeDoux
Chris Ledoux was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion.During his career LeDoux recorded 36 albums which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007...

 writer Wayne Lembcke and Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

 co-writer John Scott G7a. Egnew's superior vocal ability, flexible vocal style, prolific production of viable musical product across many genres, and marketing contributions to pop and rock music have been the subject of numerous interviews1.

Danielle Egnew is also a music producer within the pop, rock, and country-crossover genres. She has been noted in magazine articles and interviews as a strong female producer due to creative production choices and musical direction7b, superior technical skills7c, and commitment to budget7d. In 2010, Egnew produced Pope Jane bassist Holly Shawver's rock solo project, The Holly Shawver Project7e, also contributing vocal arrangement, backing vocals, and rhythm guitar.

In 2008, Egnew signed a multi-tiered recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...

 with Maurice The Fish Records8, allowing her to create music in several different genres simultaneously. Her solo album Red Lodge was her first label release (2008), nominated for the 2008 NAMMY Awards [Native American Music] in the Best Folk Recording Category9.

As a composer, Danielle Egnew writes film scores and television theme music for a number of broadcast endeavors including the feature films Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting (Paranormal Documentary - Ave Vox Entertainment / 2009), Changing Spots (Drama - Clear Pictures / 2007), and the Cannes Film Festival Tough Love (Comedy - 2010)10.

Egnew is endorsed by Minarik Guitars, Scoop Straps, InTune Guitar Picks, and Studio Devil Software1.

Discography / Film Score:1

2010 - Backseat Bordello (with Kristen Coyner)

2010 - Wayne's Waitress: The Holly Shawver Project (Producer)

2010 - Tough Love Film Score

2009 - Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting Film Score

2008 - Red Lodge (solo)

2008 - Changing Spots Film Score

2007 - Junkie Cousin (EP)

2006 - Otherworld (ambient)

2006 - Wild Lamb (Solo)

2005 - Rise (ambient)

2004 - Vast (ambient)

2004 - Pulse (ambient)

2003 - Dog and Pony Show (Pope Jane)

2001 - Industry Whore (Pope Jane)

2000 - Hide Me From The Moon (Pope Jane)

1998 - Relief (Pope Jane)

1996 - Pope Jane (Self Titled)

1995 - Country vs Western (with Wayne Lembcke)

1992 - Danielle Marae Live

Film, television and stage

Having earned two full-ride college scholarships in stage performance (University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

 [Musical Theater] and Eastern Montana College11 [Theater]), Egnew went on to be an actor, film producer and screenwriter. Her original screenplay Thunder Walk was optioned by Los Angeles production entity Light Renegade Entertainment (2003)12. As an actor, Egnew starred as "Peg Franklin" in the Clear Pictures feature film Changing Spots (2008), for which she is also credited as a Producer10.

Egnew appeared as herself onscreen in a Psychic / Medium capacity in Montgomery House: The Perfect Haunting (2009)10,13,14, a feature length paranormal documentary covering the haunted history of the Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast
Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast
Reported to be one of the most haunted locations in Kalama, Washington, by townsfolk and former occupants, Montgomery House Bed and Breakfast was built in 1908 on former Cowlitz Indian land in Kalama, Washington , a logging town along the Columbia River now known for its antiques...

 in Kalama, Washington, that was written, produced, and directed by Egnew through her production company Ave Vox Entertainment15. The film contains Egnew's contributed musical score10.

Egnew has made other numerous TV appearances both as an actor and as herself, as well as garnering a classical and contemporary theatrical career from 1987 to present1,10.

While at The University of Arizona, Egnew was one of the first featured female members of the sketch comedy group "Comedy Corner", sharing alumni status with other notables such as Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

writer Alex Baze16.

She has contributed as a repeat bi-coastal cast member of The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...

for both the 2007 V-Day
V-Day
V-Day, February 14th, is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls inspired by Eve Ensler's play, The Vagina Monologues. The movement was started in 1998 by author, playwright and activist Eve Ensler. Ensler has been quoted as saying that it was women's reactions to the...

 WestLA Celebrity Charity Cast, as well as the 2006 V-Day New York Celebrity Charity Cast17.

Radio

In February 2010, the weekly paranormal talk radio show Haunted Playground with Sheena Metal and Danielle Egnew26 was launched on LA Talk Radio, along with a companion webseries, produced by Danielle Egnew and co-hosted with talk radio veteran Sheena Metal. The program airs Tuesdays from 3-5pm PST.

Egnew is also a regular re-curring guest on the top-rated talk program The Sheena Metal Experience18 on LA Talk Radio19, a daily two hour talk radio program hosted by stand-up comic, radio personality and celebrity journalist Sheena Metal, Monday-Friday 5-7pm PST. Danielle Egnew has produced and co-hosted the world-syndicated talk-music hybrid The Music Highway with Sheena Metal20, also airing weekly on LA Talk Radio21.

Egnew has produced and anchored her own syndicated talk radio program The High Road (2004–2006)22, focusing on spiritual and sociological topics, and composed the musical themes for both The High Road and The Music Highway with Sheena Metal.

Activism

Egnew is a celebrity advocate for same-sex marriage rights, acting as a celebrity endorser for a number of local and national campaigns including Virginia's VoteNO campaign, providing PSA's and print materials for the endeavor23.

In the past, Egnew has worked on a number of campaigns ranging from political candidates to Washington State's "Right To Die" campaign, supporting the legal upholding of living will
Living will
An advance health care directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, or advance decision, are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or...

s in a court of law, as well as working on the campaign to implement Washington State's Universal Health Care System, which is emulated by Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 in their individual health care plans1.

Danielle Egnew officially endorsed New York Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries for the 2008 Presidential Election24.

Awards and affiliations

Danielle Egnew earned two-full ride college scholarships, one for Musical Theater from The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona (1987), and one for Theater from Eastern Montana College in Billings, Montana (1989)1. Egnew attended both educational institutions. Due to the 1994 restructuring in the Montana University System, Eastern Montana College was re-named July 1, 1995, as Montana State University - Billings11.

Danielle Egnew is also a Voting Member of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences - The Grammys1,as well as an inducted member of Theta Alpha Phi
Theta Alpha Phi
Theta Alpha Phi National Theatre Honors Fraternity is an American recognition honor society that accepts members who achieve excellence in the art of theatre. Membership is available to undergraduates and graduate students at member institutions....

25, a national honorary Dramatic Fraternity which bestows national honors on both graduate and undergraduate students who distinguish themselves with consistent above-average quality in theatrical study and theatrical production at over 36 hand-selected accredited colleges and universities across 22 states.

2008 Native American Music Awards (NAMMYS): Danielle Egnew's solo album "Red Lodge" (Maurice The Fish Records) was nominated as Best Folk Recording9.

2007 All Access Music Awards in Hollywood, California: Danielle Egnew won in the categories of Best Keyboardist and the All Access People's Choice Award for Sheena Metal's Beer Bong, a musical project that she both produces and participates in musically1.

2006 All Access Music Awards in Hollywood, California: Danielle Egnew won in the category Best Female Guitarist and was also nominated for Best Overall Songwriter and Best Pop Female Vocalist1.

External links and references

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