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February 22, 2012 by Whitney Wolanin
Hey guys!

I don’t know if you noticed from my incessant posting, but I was so excited to perform on The Daily Buzz last week. It turned out to be everything I could’ve imagined…and more. First off, the air staff is hilarious, which I’m sure you already know if you watch the show (speaking of, if you don’t, you need to look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself “WHY?!…then go turn it on). I performed both “Far, Far Away” and “Honesty”, and I talked about the backstory behind the Whitney Wolanin cowbells. If you missed it, you can check it out here!

Here’s a photo of the cast and I (Mitch being a goofball as per usual):

For the moment, I’m back home in Florida, hanging out with family and spending copious amounts of time with my favorite piano in the world. In fact, I just wrote a new song on said piano. AND it’s a happy, upbeat duet, all things that aren’t too common in my songwriting, so I’m feeling very satisfied with myself. Now the only question is, who should I get to record it with me…. :]

I hope everything is well with you.

Love,

Whitney
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I’m so excited…and I just can’t hide it.

February 1, 2012 by Whitney Wolanin
Hello everyone!

I hope you’re having a great February already. I have some things to update you on because I just had an excellent week touring some radio stations.

In Baltimore, MD I got to see Greg Carpenter and all of the lovely staff at WLIF, including, but not limited to Doug and “Paisley” Tim. There must be some kind of rule at that station that you must always wear a sassy tie, because they rocked them.

Next, we stopped by WASH in Rockville, MD and I got to meet Bill Cahill, who is a legend in his own right at radio. I then got to go to Harrisonburg, VA where I was on the Jess and Jeff in the morning show at Fresh 96.1. I had so much fun hanging out with them and being put on the “hot seat”. In fact, if you want to see me awkwardly bop along to songs in between them asking me questions, you can see the whole interview here.

Lastly, I went to WFLO in Farmville, VA (yes, it exists and it’s great). I got to meet up with Chris Wood and the whole family there.

Minus the abundant ice at the beginning of the trip, it was a ton of fun. Also, this past weekend I got to shoot the final shots of the “Honesty” music video, which will be coming out verrrryyy shortly. I promise. I cannot wait for everyone to see it :]

Love,

Whitney

p.s. “Honesty is number 34 on the AC chart this week! thanks to everyone who’s been calling in and requesting it…keep it up!
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“Why didn’t you bring the warm weather?!”

January 24, 2012 by Whitney Wolanin
On the road for the promo tour again, we started today in Wilmington, DE, where it’s freezing, and where the question was on everyone’s mind: “Why didn’t you bring the warm weather?” I tirelessly explained that despite my pleading and wishing, I couldn’t bring the sun with me. They’re pretty strict on the airplane weight restrictions.

I got to spend my afternoon at WJBR (check out their website!) and all of their incredible staff. We had a lot of fun messing around, I mean working, and I was asked to perform an italian aria with one of them. I, of course, said YES.

Check out this video of one of the songs I played at the station! Whitney Wolanin-Live at 99.5 WJBR

Off to Baltimore and D.C.! Hope you’re staying warm wherever you are.

Love,

Whitney
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“Let’s Promo Tour It UP!!” -me, every day.

January 18, 2012 by Whitney Wolanin
Hello there!

Well the past two weeks have been great. “Honesty” is OUT, and was featured on the homepage of iTunes, which was very cool. Thank you to everyone who has checked it out, or written a review about it. In case you like to read such things before you buy music, you can check one out here. I know I do before I buy shoes online, which usually improves my chance of them fitting from about 55% to 72%. But who’s counting?

I would also like to thank all the radio stations that are already spinning “Honesty”. It’s the most incredible thing in the world to hear your song on the radio, and hearing positive feedback from people listening is a very happy bonus.

So this next week we embark on another promo tour to spread some “Honesty” around the land (really, I need to stop using this pun). I can’t wait to visit some radio stations and break out the piano rig and play for them!

I realize this blog post has begun to sound like an unintentional acceptance speech for no award whatsoever. So it’s only fitting that I end it with: And i’d like to thank you, the fans, for reading this blog post. I never could have composed it without you.

Which is the truth.

Love,

Whitney

p.s. Click on the image to check out “Honesty” on iTunes!!
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So much “Honesty”

January 3, 2012 by Whitney Wolanin
Hi everyone!

The last couple months have been spent working on my new single “Honesty”, which I wrote in August of this year, and which is being released on January 10th (but you can pre-order it today on iTunes!)

I wrote “Honesty” about the irony of when someone is “being honest”, while really giving you (at most) half-truths in order to keep you in the same state: stuck in the middle of nowhere, with no idea what is truly going on. I’m sure you’ve seen this and felt this in your life as much as I have. It’s the WORST. It leaves you analyzing their words, and then their actions, watching as they don’t match up. Writing “Honesty” was my way of funneling out the frustration I was feeling towards someone that made me feel so powerless.

In some ways, it feels like just yesterday that I wrote this song, because the feelings are still present. For this very reason, I can’t wait to play it live and share it with anyone who will listen. I think it’s magical the way that a song can bring back emotions like they never left, and in this case, they haven’t yet.

Thank you to everyone who is working hard to help me spread my music, and to anyone that takes a moment to listen to “Honesty”. I hope it rings true with you.

Love,

Whitney
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Lights! Camera! (“Whitney stop laughing!”) Action!

November 17, 2011 by Whitney Wolanin
Guys. Real talk. I just shot my first music video ever for my single “Honesty”. And it was ridiculous. In fact, if I didn’t have the raw footage I’m viewing right now, I would not even believe it actually happened. So let me tell you a little about it, without spoiling any huge twists in the plot…

Day one we shot in this beautiful courtroom in downtown Nashville. I had tons of my extremely attractive friends there and some amazing musicians to fill the whole place with lots of action. Tons of it. Then we shot some nighttime shots outside on Broadway, where we got lots of yelling passersby. In fact, we had one very very special guest rap “artist” who decided to sit at the light and blast his music for us all while yelling the lyrics…I digress…

Day two! These were some more “intimate” shots we filmed at a condo in Nashville. They show the exposition of the video…the real essence of the plot. These I shot with one of my lovely friends Kristyn playing the “other woman”, and our man-candy, Robert, playing our “no good, cheating boyfriend”. You’ll get it when you see it, I promise.

No one was harmed in the making of this video. Well, except for Robert, who may or may not have bruises from a door that wouldn’t get out of his way. And although it was hard not to laugh constantly, we somehow managed to get the whole thing done in two days. I can’t wait for everyone to see it!!!!!!!!!!! (obnoxious squeal noise!!!!!!)

Here is a sneak peak photo!!

Love,

Whitney
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Welcome to Vegas

October 14, 2011 by Whitney Wolanin
Yes, I went to Vegas. Holy moly I forgot how interesting people can be. My sister, mom, and I just sat at the slots and people watched…for HOURS. Well, mostly I people watched and mom and sister gambled. Turns out, I hate gambling. I must be more practical than I thought, because I do not like the whole “the-machine-says-you-won-$0.50-but-you-really-lost-$1.50″ thing. I see right through your tricks, Steve Wynn.

But it was an all together wonderful experience mainly because I got to see one of my best friends, Grace. We ended up laughing so hard that she accidentally knocked her shoulder into my nose, which is STILL sore. If you’re reading this, Grace, you’re lucky you’re cute.

What was the point of this post? Probably nothing, but I told Grace I’d blog about her, and I’m trying to do better at following through. So, cheers to you for reading. And I’m including a photo of a real, silver spork, as well as a sign I found in the bathroom. These two things combined, I hope, made it worth it to read this whole thing.

Love,

Whitney
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And we’ll be back after a short break…

October 6, 2011 by Whitney Wolanin
Hey there!!

So recently I’ve been finishing up recording and mixing my first, full-length, wholly-Whitney Wolanin-written (why am I talking in the third person?) album. It’s been approximately a three-year project, mainly because of Vanderbilt and homework taking over my life. But that’s all done now! I recently got my diploma (in the mail, since Vandy doesn’t do a Summer ceremony…which is REALLY anticlimactic).

I’m so excited for everyone to hear these songs, I can’t even tell you. Some of these lyrics go back to my early high school years. Some of them are from literally a few weeks ago. This album really shows a chronology of all the places my life (particularly my love life) has been recently. I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out the album title…which I’ll share soon :]

After five weeks of non-stop listening to these songs, we’ve decided to take a few days break. I’m visiting one of my favorite people in the whole wide world at one of my favorite places in the whole wide world: DISNEY. And I’m not going to lie…I’ve still been listening to these songs over and over. Someone who’s been around the business a long time once said to me “Make sure you sing songs you love because you’re going to have to sing them the rest of your life”. I think I’d be more than okay with that.

Love,

Whitney
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