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Here are some previous news events...
January 10, 2005 -- My voice is heard on the Lifetime TV movie Dawn Anna premiering today. The score was composed by Adam Fields, who was the main composer of Dawson's Creek.
January 4, 2005 -- My album The State I Get In is now available on Apple's iTunes! You may listen to clips from all tracks and purchase tracks from the iTunes Store. (Or click here to download the iTunes software from Apple.)
February 2, 2004 -- My producer and I have just returned from the international music business conference MIDEM in Cannes, where we were in talks with companies from around the world to negotiate international licensing and distribution for "The State I Get In". Stay tuned for more information...
January 22, 2004 -- I have been featured in the official MIDEM magazine "MIDEM Preview". This is a special-edition magazine that was distrubuted to approximately 9000 participants in the international music business conference, MIDEM, held in Cannes, FRANCE on January 25-29.
January 14, 2004 -- Announcing the release of my new album, "The State I Get In"!!! The album is available on www.cdbaby.com/dinatorok. Enjoy!
December 19, 2003 -- Happy Holidays! The mastering and artwork of the album are completed... and we will be able to ship the CDs to the stores for an early January release. Stay tuned......
September 17, 2003 -- We have finished recording and mixing my solo album!
July 29, 2003 -- Rodney Dangerfield's new movie, The 4th Tenor, in which I sing and appear onscreen as a singing waitress, is now available on DVD & Video. It is a very cute & funny romantic comedy -- See The 4th Tenor website or movies.yahoo.com for more info.
June 24, 2003 -- We're making progress on my solo album... sneak previews of two of the songs on the album are now available on my projects page.
February 12, 2003 -- My voice is heard on episode #119/615 of Dawson's Creek on the WB.
January 1, 2003 -- I have started pre-production on my first Solo Album with Producer Daniel Bautista (of the band Asa Cruz). The album is due to be released this spring... check back in April for more info!
November 22, 2002 -- Great news! My movie debut, in Rodney Dangerfield's new movie, The 4th Tenor, opens Friday, November 22 (Rodney's birthday), in New York and L.A.! It is a very cute & funny romantic comedy -- See The 4th Tenor website for theater and other info. (Can you spot me in the trailer?)
October 25, 2002 -- I would like to announce that after 3+ terrific years with Lily's Siren, I have decided to leave the band to focus on my own musical career. To kick off the new career, my band and I will be playing at The Mint on Thursday, November 14th, and soon afterwards at Borders Books & Music in Long Beach. See Show Dates for more info. Also see the Lily's Siren page for a link to the Lily's Siren website to stay connected with them.
October 14, 2002 -- Lily's Siren is featured in Music Connection Magazine in the Studio Mix Column. You can check out our picture with producer Geza X by clicking on the column titled Studio Mix and scrolling down to the bottom to view our picture.
July 2002 -- I played a show opening for Sophie B. Hawkins ("Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" and "As I Lay Me Down") at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA, on Saturday, July 20, with my band who named themselves "Plug-n-Play". See the Video page for clips from the show!
May 2002 -- It's been a busy spring around here... I've been co-writing with Lily's Siren, and we're about to go into the studio to record with Geza X (who produced Meredith Brooks' hit "Bitch")... I co-wrote and recorded a song with guitarist/producer P.J. Labinski for his compilation album "watercolor dream", with plans to shop the song to film/tv and to other artists... and I recorded vocals for Daniel Bautista of the band asa cruz, for a song being shopped to other artists as well. More projects are currently in the works!
March 2, 2002 -- I performed my first-ever solo acoustic show at the Unurban Cafe (Santa Monica). It was a great night -- Thank you to everyone who could make it!!
January 2002 -- B.C. Rich Guitars extend their endoresement relationship with Marc Minarik to all of Lily's Siren... Look out for me playing my new B.C. Rich guitar in our upcoming shows!
December 31, 2001 -- For the first time ever, a recording of my music is available online. "From Within" was produced with Martin Blasick and can be heard here. :)
December 8, 2001 -- Lily's Siren won the award for the Best Pop Band at the Rock City News Awards (aka The Rockies)! The award ceremony was held at Paladino's in Tarzana, where we played a four-song set that included my DEBUT of playing guitar with Lily's Siren! :)
November 2001 -- Lily's Siren is forwarding 100% of all donations for downloads of the song "We Are America", written in the wake of September 11th, and performed with members of the California State University Northridge Singers.
October 2001 -- Lily's Siren was nominated for Independent Pop Album of the Year at the L.A. Music Awards, held November 8th at the Whisky A Go-Go on Sunset Blvd.
Summer/Fall 2001 -- Lily's Siren has been in the studio recording songs for our full album... We're down to the last 100 copies of our current album, Take The World, so get yours now if you want one! I have also been recording demos of my own songs, in my home studio... So samples will finally be available soon!!!!
October 30, 2001 -- Lily's Siren has been been nominated for both Best Pop Band and Best Alternative band by Rock City News! The Awards ceremony will be held December 8th, at Paladino's in Tarzana.
October 2001 -- Lily's Siren has been nominated for Independent Pop Album of the Year in the L.A. Music Awards, held November 8th at the Whisky A Go-Go on Sunset Blvd.
June 2001 -- Lily's Siren was a top vote-getter for the MVP Award at the L.A. Weekly Music Awards.
May 18, 2001 -- Lily's Siren was featured LIVE on WMIR (NBC) TV in Palm Desert, CA, on the morning news show before Good Morning America. That was a first for Lily's Siren *and* for the tv station! There's nothing like starting your day at 3:30 am...
March 19, 2001 -- If you happened to miss the airing of Lily's Siren on Farmclub.com's tv show on the USA network, never fear! You can see our live performance of "Little White Lies", which was also featured on Farmclub's FC Unsigned Artists website.
Lily's Siren was featured on Farmclub's tv show March 16 - 19, nationwide on USA Network! Thanks to many of you, Lily's Siren finished at #1 on the charts of FarmClub.com in January and February. Thank you for all of your support!
February 23, 2001 -- Going to the movies? You can hear my voice on Brendan Fraser's movie "Monkeybone". Listen for the "Brick House" track... especially when the on-screen action moves to a different scene -- you'll hear me there. For a preview, check out the track on my demo page.
February, 2001 -- Dina and the rest of Lily's Siren are endorsed by Audix Microphones.
January 26, 2001 -- I debuted some original songs at The UnUrban Cafe in Santa Monica, CA, and have been playing there several Fridays since.
December 7, 2000 -- Lily's Siren was voted "Best Modern Pop Band" at the Rock City News Awards show, Tarzana, California.
December 5, 2000 -- My first CD is now available for sale! "All A Dream" contains nine show tunes, recorded as piano-vocal arrangements. All proceeds are donated to the Jesse Billauer Rehabilitation Fund. For more information or to order the CD, click here to follow the link to the Showtunes CD page.
November 2000 -- Lily's Siren was voted "Best Unsigned Band in America" on the late night Indy Video Show, PTV, aired nationally this fall on UPN.
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