San Marcos, CA (Top40 Charts/ David Osmond Official Website) "Someday I knew I'd make it/whatever that is please tell me,"
David Osmond proclaims on "Last Day" from his album "Reflected."
For an artist with such a famous family tree, Osmond is steadily earning his own place in the family business and is finding the answer to his own question of what it is to "make it." He has also been named Stereofame.com's Artist of the Year for 2011. "My dad was the leader of The Osmonds, one of the main songwriters and also producer of the Donnie and Marie show...," he said. "As a kid you just think every kid's dad does that, you don't know any different...but (it was) the education of a lifetime."
Since winning Artist of the Month in June 2010 and becoming eligible for the annual Artist of the Year honor, Osmond has been busy. He's been relentlessly promoting his debut solo album "Reflected," and, most recently, released a double-album collection of original songs and classic hymns, "Road Less Traveled."
"It's got some great messages that are very contemporary and most people can relate to..." Osmond said.
Osmond doesn't seem content to confine himself to one genre, weaving his way effortlessly from soul to rock to pop and even gospel with the swagger of a seasoned performer. That makes sense, as Osmond has been singing and performing since he was a child.
"Me and my three older brothers had a quartet when I was just two years old and my dad used to always called us his retirement program..." Osmond said. "Quite honestly, he couldn't keep us off the stage. It was something that we loved with a passion because we grew up around it so much."
Despite his ability to play so many roles as a performer, Osmond shines brightest in the pop/rock arena. His songs are well crafted and thoughtful, deeply embedded with messages of hope and celebration. Osmond's voice can tackle soaring choruses with clanging guitars as effortlessly as it does a hushed ballad with sparse instrumentation.
With Osmond, there is no doubting his sincerity. Having battled the extreme lows of multiple sclerosis (which he defiantly refers to as a "gift"), Osmond searches for the beauty in life and explores themes of redemption as a reward for hardship. He tells his stories with confidence, never flirting with the disingenuous. "That joy of life and appreciation, it flows through me," Osmond said. "There's a lot of messages on ("Reflected") that are very near and dear to my heart."
Stereofame, Osmond said, has provided him with the opportunity to take advantage of a budding form of artist promotion. "Nowadays, especially with the social media out there and everyone's on Twitter and Facebook, it's how we communicate. As artists, we need this media to be able to reach audiences and to distribute our music to the masses" Osmond said. "Stereofame is a definite win-win for artists to be able to get on the web, to have a presence, build your own profile page and be able to distribute your music and talk about you as an individual and who you are on such a unique social music game platform."
Osmond's message of hope is resonating with the Stereofame community, who know what the rest of the music world is surely soon to find out; David Osmond is poised to make a splash.
As Stereofame's 2011 Artist of the Year, Osmond will get valuable exposure to an international audience in addition to a $5,000 prize.
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