Deborah Holland
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Deborah Holland was the lead singer and songwriter of Animal Logic
featuring Stanley Clarke
and Stewart Copeland
. Beginning her musical studies at age 14, Holland attended the Berklee College of Music
and Rutgers University
, from which she received her B.A. with Highest Honors in Jazz Studies.
A Los Angeles-based piano teacher and songwriter, Holland was hired for Animal Logic almost immediately after a two-song demo tape was forwarded to Copeland, selected over hundreds of other singers who auditioned for the band. Holland is credited with writing nearly all the songs recorded by the group.
Since the demise of Animal Logic, Holland has released four solo albums and recorded and performed music for movies, television and commercials. In 1996, Deborah received her Master's Degree from California State University, Los Angeles
where she was honored as the Outstanding Graduate Student in Commercial Music. Holland subsequently joined the faculty, where she teaches a variety of music-related courses as part of the commercial music program.
Holland also continues to tour and play live. In 2007 Holland announced she was joining a newly formed group called The Refugees, featuring Wendy Waldman and Cindy Bullens
. The group released their first album Unbound in 2009.
In 1988 she recorded the main song of the movie Fright Night II
called "Come To Me".
Animal Logic (band)
Animal Logic is the name of a band formed in 1987 by ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland, virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke, and singer-songwriter Deborah Holland...
featuring Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...
and Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks...
. Beginning her musical studies at age 14, Holland attended the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, from which she received her B.A. with Highest Honors in Jazz Studies.
A Los Angeles-based piano teacher and songwriter, Holland was hired for Animal Logic almost immediately after a two-song demo tape was forwarded to Copeland, selected over hundreds of other singers who auditioned for the band. Holland is credited with writing nearly all the songs recorded by the group.
Since the demise of Animal Logic, Holland has released four solo albums and recorded and performed music for movies, television and commercials. In 1996, Deborah received her Master's Degree from California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles is a public comprehensive university, part of the California State University system...
where she was honored as the Outstanding Graduate Student in Commercial Music. Holland subsequently joined the faculty, where she teaches a variety of music-related courses as part of the commercial music program.
Holland also continues to tour and play live. In 2007 Holland announced she was joining a newly formed group called The Refugees, featuring Wendy Waldman and Cindy Bullens
Cindy Bullens
Cindy Bullens is an American singer and songwriter who grew up in Massachusetts. She released two albums in the late 1970s on United Artists and Casablanca and another on MCA in 1989...
. The group released their first album Unbound in 2009.
In 1988 she recorded the main song of the movie Fright Night II
Fright Night II
Fright Night Part II is the 1988 sequel to Fright Night. William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall both reprised their roles from the first movie. The sequel was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. Composer Brad Fiedel also returned with another distinct synthesizer score...
called "Come To Me".
Solo Albums
- 1994 – Freudian Slip
- 1997 – The Panic is On
- 1999 – The Book of Survival
- 2006 – Bad Girl Once
With Animal Logic
- 1989 – Animal LogicAnimal Logic (album)Animal Logic is an album by Animal Logic.-Track listing:*All songs Arranged and Produced by Stewart Copeland & Stanley Clarke*All songs by D. Holland, except......
- 1991 – Animal Logic II