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Shania rehearses NEW SONG in "Why Not?"


OFFSTAGE: Shaniatherapy? Why Not?

Sure, Shania Twain is a superstar. But she's also a something of a super survivor -- of domestic violence, extreme poverty, the tragic death of her parents and the collapse of her marriage. At 44, her life has gone through more crisis than most people will face in a lifetime. And yet, Twain has come out on the other side and wants to find ways to help others. So this Shaniatherapy (I made up that description) she's offering during her new TV series, Why Not? With Shania Twain, seems to be a very solid way to heal. After opening up about her own troubles and struggles, with shocking details about her childhood in Ontario, and playing some music in a bluegrass song circle, Twain heads out to visit families who have faced the same tragedies she has faced. In the first episode, which airs May 8 on OWN, she brings dinner and a shoulder to cry on to a young family who lost both their parents. What I see when I watch this show, beyond the therapy and the revelations, is that Twain is just like the rest of us. She's every bit as fragile as she is strong. She cries as much as she laughs. She has an ugly past that is kind of her broken road to a shiny future. She's normal. Except, you know, she has a voice like an angel. And you can hear a little bit of that when she starts rehearsing a new song, "Today (Is Your Day)," and when she admits, "I cannot live without singing."

http://www.cmt.com/news/cmt-offstage/1662860/offstage-shaniatherapy-why-not.jhtml



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Bluegrass????????????????????

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PurplePeopleEater wrote:

Bluegrass????????????????????


 

Or maybe Hip Hop. biggrin

 



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The song is officially listed as "Today" with an alternate title of "Today Is The Day" in Shania's BMI Song Catalog. Of course written by Shania.

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Bluegrass????????????????????


 

Or maybe Hip Hop. biggrin

 


 ..or yodeling..



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It's to early to say "I told you so"........but

I've previously stated that we'd get the book release, the TV show and suddenly a song would appear on the radio way in advance of the CD. So "Today" will be that song? We'll see.

It's called "marketing" and that is OK! They are going to spoon feed us a little Shania at a time, creating a demand.

Tuesday comes the book. I just got laid off from my job, but I will find $25 for the book.

I can't wait.

Chris

 

 

 



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I went to that link you post there are some songs of shania I never hear of. do you think that her new ones?



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Those are all the songs she has written. There could be some that she has recorded for the new album.

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I saw a longer clip from why not which shows Shania trying to get the confidence just to sing with Fred, Carrie, Corey and another man- you could see that she was clearly struggling with confidence- and although she only sang the word Today a couple of times- her voice sounds fantastic. Hope she manages to get her confidence back!!

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Shania Twain to Debut New Song on Why Not? with Shania Twain, Premiering Sunday on OWN

Shania Twain's journey back into the spotlight continues Sunday, May 8th, with the premiere of her new OWN docu-series Why Not? with Shania Twain. The show follows Shania as she recovers from her divorce from producer Mutt Lange and finds new love with husband Frederic Thiebaud. She even debuts some new music for her fans. The trauma from her divorce left Shania unable to sing in front of an audience, and she had vowed that new music wouldn't be a part of Why Not? Shania tells us, "I was petrified of even going there and sharing new music with the public. I had already started writing prior, but I hadn't finished any songs yet."

As filming progressed, Shania found herself writing a song called "Today Is Your Day" that really cheered her up. "It became a bit of a cheerleader and just an optimistic, arm around my shoulder saying, 'You can do this,'" Shania says, "'Cause it was a very scary process filming the Why Not? series."

Shania finished the song and surprised herself by recording the song during the show's filming. She tells us, "That song was me living what I was preaching to myself literally every day."

Another big part of Why Not? is Shania's relationship with her nine-year-old son Eja. The show premieres on Mother's Day, and Shania is certain she wouldn't have gotten through the pain of her divorce if not for Eja. She explains, "Because I was a parent and knew that I had to carry on for my child and be a responsible parent through it all, I was able to ask myself what I was going to do about the state that I was in." She adds, "If I would have been a parent and I didn't have somebody relying on me, I'm not really sure if I would have felt the same way."

Why Not? with Shania Twain premieres Sunday night at 11:00 ET on OWN. Her memoir, From This Moment On, is also in stores.

Provided by ABC News Radio

http://wplj.com/Article.asp?id=2179240&spid=36851



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Shania Twain Previews New Song ‘Today Is Your Day’

Shania Twain hasn’t debuted a new song in six years … until today. Today is her day, today is your day and today is theday that a two-minute teaser of the a capella, played-on-a-banjo-and-acoustic-guitar song ‘Today is Your Day’ was unveiled.

The song is Twain’s first newly recorded tune since ‘Shoes,’ which appeared on the 2005 soundtrack for ‘Desperate Housewives.’ It’s been six long years since we’ve heard new music from Twain, and it’s about time!

The song is slow in tempo and is a stark contrast to the big, bouncy, pop-country songs that helped Twain move millions of units and to become the biggest selling female country artist of all time. It’s a marked difference from even her ballad-y megahits like ‘You’re Still the One.’

Twain is working hard on locating her voice, and this song is a benchmark moment for her, as she is letting her voice be heard despite feeling like she could no longer sing, which is something she is documenting very publicly on her new reality series ‘Why Not? With Shania Twain.’

Twain told Perez Hilton that the entire song will be released by the end of the series, which is a gripping docu-drama about the singer’s search to find her voice and to learn how to  sing and perform again amid the crippling betrayal she endured at the hands of her ex-husband and her best friend.

Tune in to the show on Sunday nights on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network at 10PM ET. In the meantime, get a sneak peek of Twain’s new tune right here.

Watch Shania Twain Sing a Snippet of ‘Today is Your Day’

http://tasteofcountry.com/shania-twain-today-is-your-day-new-song/



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Shania Twain Is Still Around, Will Have A Song To Prove It
Posted by Katherine St Asaph on 05/17/2011 at 3:28 PM News

It’s been seemingly forever since we’ve heard a new Shania Twain track. For the record: about five-and-a-half years if you count “Shoes” from the Desperate Housewives soundtrack, or six if like us you’d never heard of that song (it’s just OK) and instead count the non-smash “I Ain’t No Quitter.” Not that she hasn’t been in the news since then. A mini-timeline:

  • 2008: Twain’s husband and longtime producer Robert “Mutt” Lange had an affair with Shania’s best friend, Marie-Anne Thiebaud. (Damn.) The two separated after more than 14 years of marriage.
  • 2010: The divorce is official.
  • 2011: Twain gets some measure of revenge by marrying Marie-Anne’s ex-husband, Frederic Thiebaud.

You’ll notice that none of this involves music. Turns out there’s a good reason: she couldn’t sing. Well, literally she could, but it seems all the pressure and double betrayal–which is the least of Twain’s woes–took their collective toll on her vocal cords.

Not a permanent toll, mind you. Twains’s resurfaced lately with memoir From This Moment On, OWN docuseries Why Not? and, in the video below, a preview of new single “Today Is Your Day,” which Twain said would be released by the end of said series.

Best to reserve judgment until the song proper comes out, but “Today Is Your Day” really doesn’t sound much like Twain, does it? Her voice has changed, obviously, but more than that, the banjos, lyrics and singalong vibe add up to less Shania than Seuss. This shouldn’t be a surprise. After all, all her major hits–”Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” half of Up!–bore Lange’s stomp and his stamp, but it would hardly be surprising if Twain wouldn’t want to keep working with him. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing, though! Twain’s “new” voice (if it’s permanent) certainly isn’t bad; we hear shades of Lucinda Williams in there. And “Shoes” was well past Lange’s point of diminishing returns. We’re hopeful–both for the song and for Twain’s continued happiness.

http://popdust.com/2011/05/17/shania-twain-is-still-around-will-have-a-song-to-prove-it/



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Shania Twain Previews New Song, 'Today Is Your Day'

Shania Twain is revealing her first new song in almost six years! A video has surfaced featuring the country megastar rehearsing her new tune, 'Today Is Your Day,' marking the first performance footage of Shania in more than five years. (Watch it below.)

"I wrote this song in real time as the series developed," the songbird tells Perez Hilton, referring to her 'Why Not? With Shania Twain' television show. "I'm mixing the record now, and by the end of the series the song should be released. I'm so excited! I can't believe it!"

Shania's reality/documentary series airs Sundays at 10:00 PM ET on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network. The series finale is June 12, so if her prediction is correct, that will also be the day that 'Today Is Your Day' hits country radio! (I think it will probably be more like a couple weeks after.)

In addition to promoting the show, the singer is also on a whirlwind media tour in support of her new autobiography, 'From This Moment On,' which was released May 3. The book chronicles Shania's struggles from humble beginnings to becoming a pop culture phenomenon with over 75 million records sold. It also tells the heartbreaking story of her now ex-husband's alleged infidelity, which ironically -- and downright magically -- ended with her finding love with the other jilted party in the affair, Frédéric Thiébaud, to whom she is now married.

Click below to watch Shania rehearsing 'Today Is Your Day.' It's her first recorded song since 'Shoes' from the 2005 'Desperate Housewives' soundtrack.

 
http://www.theboot.com/2011/05/17/shania-twain-today-is-your-day-video/


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Needs lots of work..

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Needs lots of work..


 Agreed!



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The song doesn't need lots of work. It is not a studio version.

It's catchy. I keep singing it in my head.

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Shania's new single, "Today Is Your Day" (as featured in "Why Not? With Shania Twain"), will be available for DOWNLOAD from iTunes, Amazon and other digiital music stores on June 21!

LISTEN TO A SAMPLE AT AMAZON.COM.

***Amazon has 2 different release dates posted on its page (Sunday, June 12 & Tuesday, June 21). I'm going with June 21 since new music almost always comes out on Tuesdays.



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this is the best news ever! this is going to be another hit for her!

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I went to Amazon and I can't hear the new song!

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It looks like Amazon has removed the listing.

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Shaniafanforever wrote:

I went to Amazon and I can't hear the new song!


 they took it down - I believe they did not have the finished track up as there was background noise (folks talking)...



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New Music?????

Oh happy days, Oh happy days!!!!!!!

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I went to Amazon and I can't hear the new song!


 they took it down - I believe they did not have the finished track up as there was background noise (folks talking)...


Here it is.

 



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Sounds different to what we're used to hearing, but it's still good.



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It does nothing for me.

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It sounds like a jingle for a commercial.

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Its hard to judge a 30 second preview, but her voice sounds really good. smile



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Never saw this interview with CBC News:



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