Henta

November 2008

Grammy 2008 Nominations – Henta’s album ‘Daisy Dancing’ has made it into the overall Grammy Nominations Selections for ‘best pop album’ 2008 and her song ’so loved’ has made it into the ‘best female vocal performance’ 2008.

“Nothing quite like’ has been included in the fourth volume of a Benefits CD in an ongoing CD compilation series that generates money to house, feed, and find homes for wayward pets.

Henta’s songs now available for download through Nimbit on her music page. Please support her work by using this site. CDs can still be purchased through CD baby but this facility will also be available through Nimbit in due course.

Henta continues to teach children to play the piano and express themselves through music and songwriting in Seattle. Please contact her for futher information.

September 2008

‘Nothing quite like’, from Daisy Dancing, received an award in the Pop category of the UK Songwriting Contest 2008 which received over 6,200 entries

August 2008

‘So Loved’ from Daisy Dancing was placed in the Beat Marketing ‘Hear it Here’ Vol 36 distributed to 1200 cafes and coffee houses across the United States during September 2008

Henta provided a voice-over for Drum DJ’s TimeWarp intro

Henta has been working with Musical Minds Piano Keyboards Club who bring electric piano keyboards to schools and give kids an opportunity to learn to play their favorite tunes and melodies, from radio hits to movie and television theme songs. Check out the link for more details about Musical Minds.

April 2008

View Henta’s EPK

Also check out new videos and photos on Imagery page

March 2008

Henta’s latest album, “Daisy Dancing” is now available through CD Baby

please see music page for all the other download sites

To view Henta’s gig listings, please go her MySpace page.
Her latest gigs in Seattle will be performed in surround sound.

February 2008

Henta has finally finished “Daisy Dancing”, her 2nd album, after spending just over a year in Seattle and many hours mixing and mastering with Laz Harris. Please keep checking the website for updates on CD release date, which is scheduled for the beginning of March, followed shortly by a CD Release Party in Seattle.

July 2007

Henta has recently contributed a track called ‘Mercy mercy’ to Karuna Recordings’ debut release coming out this summer, MyGlobal Lounge is a Mix CD of Ethnic Fusion Lounge Grooves by emerging producers found on MySpace and mixed by Dj Muad’deep. This eclectic mix of Eastern and Western soundscapes coming together harmoniously is a reflection of the artists shared vision of global unity. These artists are collecting no licensing fees or royalties until their shared goal to raise $20,000.00 USD for the Breakthrough organization (a Member of the Clinton Global Initiative) is met or exceeded. Breakthrough is a international human rights organization that uses media, education and pop culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice.

Henta wins second place in Electronic Mantra’s Synthesizer Contest with her entry called ‘Butterfly’ which can be heard on the Podsafe Music Network

Henta will be collaborating with Kevin Sawka, who will be remixing one of her tracks called ‘nothing quite like’ which can presently be heard on Soundclick.com

General 2007

Henta is presently working on her second album in Seattle, consisting of rhythmical and melodical downtempo, ambient and acoustic heartfelt songs, some of which are collaborations with artists like David Miles Huber,
Marcell Marias and Ludington GT.

Newsflash: Hear Henta’s collaboration with Seattle’s David Miles Huber, click the play button below:

2006 – the year Henta moved to Seattle

November

Henta sold her home in Guildford, UK and moved to Seattle to go and stay with her good friend Ludington GT.

August

Henta performed with Ludington GT at Center Camp at Burning Man in the US.

June

Henta performed with Seattle’s LudingtonGT at Critical Mass in Seattle on the 23rd of June and met David Miles Huber for the first time.

2005

Xan Phillips latest Podcast features an extensive interview with Henta, with many examples of her finest tracks.

La Mint Collection album is now complete.

One of Henta’s new collaborations is working with Ludington GT, a DJ, house artist and producer from Seattle, on some co-writes and remixes.Click here to check out his cool tunes.

December 2005 – Henta contributed vocals to the Podsafe for Peace ‘If every day were Christmas’ track in support of UNICEF – please check out the site and support this worthy cause: http://www.podsafeforpeace.org