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Fireflight’s Freedom: A Conversation with Dawn Michele, Part 1
As lead singer of Fireflight, Dawn Michele has been a steady röst in Christian music for nearly 20 years, bringing listeners with her through open embrace of the painful parts of life and into ultimate triumph through grace and hope. With songs like “You Decide,” “Unbreakable,” “Stay Close,” and now most recently “I Won’t Look Back” and “Die Free,” Dawn has stood alongside bandmates Glenn and Wendy Drennan in offering a consistent hand of solidarity and encouragement to their listeners.
2018 has seen the birth of a new årstid for Fireflight– and in particular, for Dawn. With Fireflight releasing new songs one at a time and spending less time on the road, Dawn is preparing to release her first solo record, Surrender. I had the chance to catch up with Dawn Michele about all things Fireflight and solo venture related, hearing more of whe
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[2000 – Present?] Rock, post metal, to electronic rock fusion.
Lead Singer (center): Dawn Michele Photo: Fireflight in 2012
Some heavy guitars, hard rock, but somewhat pop (IE like Paramore, Evanescence?)
Fireflight music has been described in many ways over the years, especially as they’ve evolved musically. Everything from raw rock (Glam-rok, 2002) to progressive rock, to hook-delivering rock/pop and post metal grunge. The band slimmed down their lineup, as some members moved on to other pursuits and callings, and moved into electronic/rock fusion by 2015 (Innova). It’s hard to say what’s coming next for Fireflight, (March 2017: SEE THIS UPDATE) but as a Grammy nominated act (2010), surely there’s the potential that there’s something more. Recent news (Jan 2017) has Dawn Michele in-studio recording “something” with “someone” so there’s always the possibility that Fireflight has at least one more record for their fans. Nevertheless, *NEWS* check out this
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Fireflight
Hi! I am Dawn Michele, the lead singer of the band Fireflight. Since childhood, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to be a really really ridiculously nice person. I always felt that was a noble pursuit, but one day a counselor suggested that I might not actually become a ridiculously nice person but instead a person who was ridiculously afraid of confrontation. I guess being ridiculously nice can be like a shield. So now I just shoot for “regular healthy nice and a bit cheeky.”
My family moved a lot when I was younger and I grew up in various mostly rural areas in central Florida. The rural lifestyle, along with losing my only sibling at a young age taught me to be pretty independent. Years later, when I was blessed enough to receive more siblings it was too late to become well adjusted. I had already become a bit eccentric, running around by myself in nature all those years.
I love to meet people and hear their stories. Being in a ba