Dain Norman

Singer-songwriter

Dain Norman is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio producer, based out Tacoma, WA, he fronts his band The Chrysalis Effect, with current members, T.J. Wolfe on Drums, and Denny Byers on Bass.

Norman is not really from anywhere; he moved his entire childhood from state to state, city to city. He considers himself the most from both Florida and Georgia, US.

Since middle school, Norman has been performing in bands, self-releasing his first solo album, performing every instrument, and producing, "Michael" in 2008, in tribute to his late step-father. Norman began to steadily move around the SE US performing, in a vagabond fashion and self-releasing demo quality singles between 2009-2013. Norman briefly played with a reggae band called "Reggae Rockus", who shared a bill with "Ziggy Marley & The Wailers", in 2013 in Gainesville, FL at The JAM festival. Norman relocated to the PNW in late 2013 to pursue his dream of a music career and meet with a record label in Salem, OR, which fell through right before arriving. Norman made the trip across the country into a DIY tour, playing at open mics, blues jams, street corners, and little beatnik coffee shops, arriving in the PNW in November with only $15, living in his car, and street performing to get by.

The Chrysalis Effect project band was formed in 2015, in Tacoma, WA. The project has since toured throughout WA state, and OR. Releasing the self-produced "HelloJudeProductions" EP in 2016, named after Norman's first child born, "Jude" in 2015, also "6 AM Hangups" single in early 2018, about losing yourself to a job you hate to provide, and the full-length "Lantern" in late 2019, a concept album in tribute to Norman's fiance' Aili, about letting Love be your Lantern, to guide you through the darkness of life sometimes. The project put out an EP titled "Back Down To Earth", in June 2021 through Aldora Britain Records,
- "A concept record about getting back in touch with your roots, relaxing, and de-stressing so that we have a clearer vision of the reality of the world and life as we know it" -Dain Norman

The first single "Fellow Man" from the EP received airplay on 14 + radio programs throughout Europe, Australia, and America.

Norman has also been recording and producing the TCE project's second full-length album, "Shades of Blue", with co-production on a handful of tracks done at London Bridge studios by legendary producer Jonathan Plum, who has workedwith acts such as Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Sound Garden, and currently Brandi Carlile.

The title track, "Shades Of Blue/What You're Worth" was put out on Aldora Britain Records, and received airplay on 30 + stations in Europe, Australia, and America, including KBCS 91.3 FM out of Bellevue.

"The record is a reflection of the psychology of people at large internally in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, living in shades of blue, with themes of 1960s peace and love in a single breath." -Dain Norman

Bandcamp:

https://www.Dainnormanmusic.bandcamp.com

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/Dainnormanmusic/

Facebook:

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