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John David Schrader

John David Schrader is a singer/songwriter/composer/multi-instrumentalist from Kingston, NY. John was born in Kingston, NY. He attended Chambers Elementary School, M. Clifford Miller Middle School and Kingston Senior High School. Upon graduating high school, John entered SUNY Ulster County Community College to major in Music education/performance. Upon graduating Magna Cum Laude from SUNY Ulster, John was accepted to the Crane School of Music and several other music schools. It was then that John was diagnosed with Cancer. His set backs began. John lost his father to Cancer when he was only 9 years old. Then he lost his Uncle to cancer and eventually lost his Mother to Leukemia. It was after several years of battling back from cancer that John began writing his music in ernest. He slowly began piecing his own recording studio together after years of recording and working in other studios. John eventually went back to college and earned his BS in Media Production - TV/Film/Audio production and post production from The State University of New York at New Paltz. After being awrded by the college President as the "Outstanding Graduate" in the Communications Major, John accepted a position as an Adjunct Professor in the Media Dept. at SUNY New Paltz. Within a year, he found himself free-lancing in all aspects of the Media World from NYC to Albany, NY. John was awrded several awards fro his work as a Director, Asst. Director, Lighting Director, Music Composer, and Cinematography. Among these are a "Videographer Award of Distinction" and "The Communicator Award of Distinction." John was awarded in several songwriting competetions such as the "Musician Magazine Songwriting Contest and "The Billboard Songwriting Contest." As a member of ASCAP, John has won 5 awards for his songwriting and film/tv score compositions. John owns his own production company "Bugbird Productions" and recording studio "JLS Sound" in Kingston, NY. He has relased 3 CD's of his original songwriting's where he completed all tracks solo in the studio. John performed all instruments, all vocals, engineered and mixed all tracks. His latest CD, "Daylight Crashing" has been getting fantastic reviews and airplay on a host of over-the-air stations and web radio across the globe.