Joanna St. Claire
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Joanna St. Claire is a singer, songwriter, composer, and music producer born in the state of California and active in Los Angeles
.
Joanna St. Claire's projects fall into several categories. As a rock artist, she toured with the Lee Daniels Band in the United States
and Canada
. She was the lead singer and songwriter for several alternative-rock bands that she founded, including Autobahn, Vienna and The Big Picture. Her original work outside of bands includes collaborations with band member, saxophonist, songwriter and composer Tom Borton (her former fellow band member from The Big Picture), rock guitarist Jimmy Haun
, drummer Stephen Klong and rock bassist Dave Meros
. She worked with engineer Tom Davis, composer Scooter Pietch, writer Stephen Pouliot and composer Tim Truman.
Her work in the entertainment industry also includes singing, writing and producing original music for film and television for studios such as Showtime Television, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. One of her higher profile projects was the film Revenge
, where she wrote, produced and performed original music used in the film, specifically the song Are You Ready and earned praise from the film's score composer, Jack Nitzsche
. She also performed I Put A Spell On You in the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Joanna’s work in musical theater includes having co-written two shows for musical theatre: Naked Ladies (a four woman show that she also performed in, in Los Angeles) as well as the dance oriented musical Step by Step (also known as The Right Step) with Scott DeTurk.
Joanna St. Claire's finished writing, arranging, producing and performing an original CD entitled Stream in May 2010. Stream features performances by violinist Nimrod Nol, guitar work and vocals from Roberto Montero, percussion by M.B. Gordy and guitar, mandolin and Turkish saz performances by her husband Donny Ward. She shares mixing duties on the project with Per Lichtman, the Chief Mixing Engineer at Dreamtown Music, who succeeds his mentor Rob Woo in the position since 2007.
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Joanna St. Claire's projects fall into several categories. As a rock artist, she toured with the Lee Daniels Band in the United States
United States
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and Canada
Canada
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. She was the lead singer and songwriter for several alternative-rock bands that she founded, including Autobahn, Vienna and The Big Picture. Her original work outside of bands includes collaborations with band member, saxophonist, songwriter and composer Tom Borton (her former fellow band member from The Big Picture), rock guitarist Jimmy Haun
Jimmy Haun
Jimmy Carey Haun is a U.S. left-handed guitarist, known for his work with the bands Yes, Air Supply, and Circa.-Career:Haun's first band was Lodgic with childhood friend Michael Sherwood and, later, Michael's younger brother Billy Sherwood. Haun went on to play on Yes's Union album before work in...
, drummer Stephen Klong and rock bassist Dave Meros
Dave Meros
Dave Meros , is an American bass guitar player, best known as the bass player for progressive rock band Spock's Beard...
. She worked with engineer Tom Davis, composer Scooter Pietch, writer Stephen Pouliot and composer Tim Truman.
Her work in the entertainment industry also includes singing, writing and producing original music for film and television for studios such as Showtime Television, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. One of her higher profile projects was the film Revenge
Revenge (film)
Revenge is a 1990 crime-drama-thriller directed by Tony Scott, starring Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Miguel Ferrer and Sally Kirkland. Some scenes were filmed in Mexico. The movie is a production of New World Pictures and Rastar Films and released by Columbia Pictures...
, where she wrote, produced and performed original music used in the film, specifically the song Are You Ready and earned praise from the film's score composer, Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others...
. She also performed I Put A Spell On You in the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Joanna’s work in musical theater includes having co-written two shows for musical theatre: Naked Ladies (a four woman show that she also performed in, in Los Angeles) as well as the dance oriented musical Step by Step (also known as The Right Step) with Scott DeTurk.
Joanna St. Claire's finished writing, arranging, producing and performing an original CD entitled Stream in May 2010. Stream features performances by violinist Nimrod Nol, guitar work and vocals from Roberto Montero, percussion by M.B. Gordy and guitar, mandolin and Turkish saz performances by her husband Donny Ward. She shares mixing duties on the project with Per Lichtman, the Chief Mixing Engineer at Dreamtown Music, who succeeds his mentor Rob Woo in the position since 2007.