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About Deb
Deb Ferrara has spent virtually her entire life developing an intimate relationship with every aspect of the songwriting process. Deb entered the studio before she could crawl and walked out a child star at the age of 5. The success of her first single, “Christmas Time (is Near),” earned her the sort of media attention that people several years her elder could only dream of. By the age of 18, Deb was in the studio with her own band, recording and co-producing a five-song EP of her original pop/rock material. The self-released record, “Go Away," attracted interest from Chrysalis Records, and garnered two songwriting awards from Billboard. Nick Massi (Four Seasons) engineered much of Ferrara's early work.

The list of fellow artists who have license Deb's songs and have collaborated with her continues to grow, and includes the likes of hit songwriter/producer Rob Fusari (Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Will Smith). Deb has also licensed music for film and television projects. All this hard work has earned her ASCAP Pop Songwriting Awards (2003, 2004 and 2005), as well as the chance to perform at the 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame Showcase at The Cutting Room in New York City and a SXSW showcase spot in March 2005.

This prolific songwriter keeps coming up with new material, and more people keep taking notice. After recording a seven-song sampler in NJ, Deb found herself signing an exclusive representation contract with New York attorney Ron Bienstock and being offered a publishing deal with DSM Producers. In 2002 and 2003 when she teamed up with Los Angeles producer Dan Marfisi (POE, Harry Dean Stanton, Mindi Abair [Backstreet Boys/Mandy Moore]) to record a pair of CDs, Songbook and Songbook Volume 2, she earned rave reviews, new industry interest, and radio airplay, as well as licensing several songs from the collections to other artists.

The latest addition to Deb's catalog is a brand new CD, Anything But Ordinary, a collection of twelve infectious pop/rock songs produced by Dan Marfisi and mixed by Grammy winning engineer, Carter Humphrey (Rod Stewart). The album has been getting substantial spins on college radio and rave reviews. One of the tracks, Walk Away, was featured in 2 recent episodes of MTV's MADE and two tracks (Cryin' and Loving You) were licensed to outside artists. Deb most recently has been working on the theme music for Fashionistas - a major motion picture based on a book by Lynn Messina in development by CFP Productions. Set in New York, it features Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

Aside from her songwriting, Deb is involved in a variety of music related projects. She is a member of ASCAP, Women in Music (Board of Directors - V.P.) the National Academy of Popular Music (Songwriters Hall of Fame), and a voting member of the Recording Academy. Ferrara is the host and coordinator of the successful monthly songwriter showcase New Jersey Songwriters in the Round, which is sponsored by ASCAP. In conjunction with NJ Songwriters in the Round, she organizes an annual concert to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Songs For The Cause, in memory of her sister, Lynn. Deb is also a NJ Director for the monthly Chick Singer Night songfests. She is the President of More Good Music, which has been a family owned ASCAP publishing company since 1968.

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