Search - Dian Diaz :: Dian Diaz

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Are You In It
2. Lay It On The Line
3. No More Tears
4. Pot of Gold
5. Sending Me A Message
6. Willing to Love
7. Get With You
8. This Night
9. Don't Touch Me There
10. Just Ain't Feeling It

CD Details

All Artists: Dian Diaz
Title: Dian Diaz
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Strip City Records
Original Release Date: 7/1/2003
Re-Release Date: 2/1/2004
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 681471030620

Synopsis

Album Description

Dian's New CD includes 10 new original songs, including four of which were written by Dian. The new music reflects her artistical evolution and an aggressive change in her style. As you begin to listen, it is not easy to predict what follows next. Some of the songwriters include Multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter producer Narada Michael Walden who's credits include Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin and many more. Also on the new CD is The DJ Jazzy Jeff's Crew out of Philadelphia. Their credits include Will Smith and Jill Scott just to name a few. The main man on the album is producer, songwriter Rodney Alejandro, who's credits include the theme song for "The Shield" on Fox and the theme song for "Now and Again" on CBS. In addition Rodney has worked with The Temptations, Olga Tañon and many others.

CD Reviews

She might just go on to become the next big diva.

Indie-Music.com | 11/22/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dian Diaz has made a name for herself by singing at a lounge in Las Vegas. But the sound of this disc reveals an artist who clearly doesn't want to end up as just another aging lounge act. She has a well-trained voice, and with the right material, she might just go on to become the next big diva.

The one diva this disc brings to mind most is Whitney Houston. A couple of these ballads, namely "No More Tears" and "Willing To Love," sound the most like Houston. It's Diaz's Latin heritage and sound, however, that sets her apart from many of the other top divas of today. Such Latin sounds run especially through "Remember How We Danced," "Get With You," and "Just Ain't Feeling It." This disc is not all ballads, even though the album is a bit on the ballad-heavy side. "Colour Everywhere" is finger-snapping soul, in a bit of a contrast, and "Lay It On The Line" is R&B lite.

One other positive factor about Diaz is that she writes some of her own material. And the few songs she's contributed here are good ones, too. Once upon a time, great singers simply weren't expected to have the ability to write. But audiences today expect a little more than just a pretty face and voice from their artists. Only time will tell if Diaz breaks through with her Latin-influenced pop. But if that happens, I wouldn't really be surprised.

-- Dan MacIntosh, Indie-Music.com"