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When Dana Jean Phoenix was a little girl, she would lock herself in her room for hours every night and study the moves and music of Michael Jackson and Bette Midler. And when she wasn’t in her room doing that, she would hang out in the den with her dad enraptured by the sounds of Genesis, Journey, and the Beatles. Then she would go to school and try to educate her classmates on her developing musical revelations, but the kids and teachers in her grade 4 class just didn’t understand! By the time she had gotten to Eastwood Collegiate high school it had gotten worse. Dana Jean had discovered the world of David Bowie, Prince, Madonna, and Queen. "I finally found a place where I wasn’t considered "different or weird". Where I could be free to express all of my ideas, fears, and fantasy’s" says Dana Jean, 22, who landed into the schools exclusive Triple Threat Program where she intensly studied music, theatre, and dance. "My love of R&B and Rock grew as I delved deeper into Pop and Theatre".
While at Eastwood Dana Jean appeared in numerous on stage performances such as Peter Pan, Pirates of Penzance, Kiss Me Kate, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. All the while she was also performing in numerous talent shows where the Kitchener, Ontario native won big at the 2004 Western Youth Talent Search. "It was around that time that Jazz started to really come into focus as the staple of a lot of modern music. I had to learn more about it," says Dana Jean, who had also started penning songs for local R&B, pop, and rock artists.
