Based out of NJ, New Day Dawn is a melodic modern hard
rock band with a touch of blues -think Shinedown or
Black Stone Cherry and with a sexy, fiery lead singer
who is often compared to a modern-day Ann Wilson or
Pat Benatar. The band is produced by Chris Henderson
of 3 Doors Down and John Moyer of Disturbed- Their latest
CD was also mixed by Rogers Masson (Daughtry, Vintage
Trouble) and has been getting great reviews and an ongoing
radio support on over 200 commercial and college stations
throughout the U.S. New Day Dawn s music has recently
been featured on major commericial stations like Q104.3
(NYC), WMMR (Philly) and The WRAT (NJ). Their official
music video, featured on GuitarWorld Magazine.com. New
Day Dawn have opened for many national acts including
Lacuna Coil, Sick Puppies, LIT, Saving Abel, Gin Blossoms,
Tonic, The Fixx, Adrenaline Mob, and Mr. Big. They ve
played most of the major music festivals including SxSW
three years in a row. Most exciting, they were chosen
to perform as part of the 2013 ROCKLAHOMA line-up (in
Pryor, OK) with Alice In Chains , Guns N Roses and Cheap
Trick and many others.
But maybe the most interesting part about this band
is lead singer, Dawn Botti's story. For years these
petite front lady led a double life. She was an executive
at a major media company by day and a rock musician
by night... until June of 2012, when she was confronted
with an ultimatum. My boss said to me either you re
going to be successful here and you re gonna push your
music back down to a hobby level, or you can t work
here. It was a choice Botti had thought about on a regular
basis but she says when it was actually presented to
her, it was the easiest decision in the world to make.
I m not giving up music.
Musically, Botti describes Rise Above This as anthemic
rock, with big, bold choruses. This is due, in part,
to New Day Dawn working with platinum-selling songwriter/
guitarist Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down), and John Moyer
(Disturbed, Adrenaline Mob) who each produced tracks
on the album. For Botti, she says one of the highest
compliments someone can give her is that they can t
get her songs out of their head. To me, that means I
ve succeeded. I want you to remember. After one listen
to Rise Above This, it s clear Botti is a woman, and
New Day Dawn is a band, you won t want to forget.