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   MusicDish to All   
   'Where Is Your Heart?' From Award-Winnin   
   15 Jul 17 21:27:44   
   
   From: musicdish@gmail.com   
      
   There are times when life events prompt us to hide behind inner walls, and   
   then, methodically, to break out of loneliness, darkness and anxiety. That   
   journey - and its ultimate redemption - personify the sonic triptych of "Where   
   Is Your Heart?"   
      
   Co-written and co-produced by award-winning Ayhan Sahin with hit songwriter   
   Bernadette O'Reilly and released by New York City-based Young Pals Music,   
   "Where Is Your Heart?" is the unprecedented eighth single from the album "Pop."   
      
   As the song explores that internal pilgrimage to find strength on the other   
   side, its gently cascading melody, acoustic guitars, plucky piano and   
   rat-a-tat percussion boost the track with an inherent spirit of optimism that   
   helps propel its missive of    
   recovery.   
      
   In the lead vocal from Sahin, he sings, "When night goes never-ending, when   
   winter is your heaven, why is this the story of my life?/Where is your heart,   
   Where is your soul, Who reaches out there when you fall?/Never say never when   
   you're down.   
      
   "Where Is Your Heart" was recorded live with renowned New York musicians Tom   
   Gallaher on piano, Rob Preuss on keyboards, drummer Mike Sorrentino, and   
   bassist Carras Paton, with background vocals from Jerri Bocchino & Keith   
   Fluitt. It was mixed by Sahin    
   and mastered by Greg Calbi of Sterling Sound.   
      
   "This single is particularly close to my heart and to Bernadette's, reflecting   
   on a very real struggle that a dear friend endured," Sahin says. "The happy   
   ending is that through such sadness she found strength she never knew she had."   
      
   The album project, meanwhile, "took three years of planning to find the right   
   vocalists to go with the songs. We've been really fortunate to gather so much   
   talent," he adds. "It's been so gratifying—and a lot of fun—to release   
   each single and watch    
   them find their audience in diverse and often unexpected ways."   
      
   Indeed, "Pop" is the album that keeps on giving. "Where Is Your Heart?"   
   follows last winter's single "Hard Times," sung by multi-platinum recording   
   artist and American Music Award Winner Randy Jones, who is beloved as The   
   Village People's iconic cowboy.   
      
   The single before that, "Another Bad Mistake," features lead vocals from   
   beloved disco act Anita Ward, renowned for her seminal No. 1 "Ring My Bell,"   
   which hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100, Disco, and Soul Singles charts in   
   1979.   
      
   In all, the 12-track "Pop" showcases more than a dozen diverse vocalists &   
   musicians across a myriad of styles, including R&B & soul, dance, jazz,   
   country and of course… pop. All songs are co-written and co-produced by   
   Sahin. In April, "Pop" was    
   awarded The Akademia Music Award for Best Rock Song for single "Drink."   
      
   The album is the first namesake project for award-winning Turkish-born Sahin.   
   He founded independent label Young Pals Music in 2007, through which he has   
   released a dozen albums over the past decade. He has worked with Olivia   
   Newton-John, Mexican    
   superstar & Broadway star Bianca Marroquín, Melba Moore, Phoebe Snow, Turkish   
   superstars Sezen Aksu and Sertab Erener, Sandra Bernhard and five "American   
   Idol" finalists.   
      
   Sahin has appeared on Univision, while his music has been featured in   
   Billboard, The Los Angeles Times, Playbill, MTV, Yahoo! Music and on CNN and   
   "The Wendy Williams Show."   
      
   https://www.facebook.com/YoungPals/   
   Music: http://youngpalsmusic.com/files/290694/where-is-your-hear   
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