DREAD DAZE
The sights and sounds of Dread Daze were started by lead vocalist, Najashi. Based in Los Angeles, California, Dread Daze is a multi-racial, multi-cultural group of six dedicated and hardworking, talented musicians, whose positive attitudes and heart-felt honesty are brought to life throughout their poignant songs. They play and write original material, creating an uplifting and new sound, in hopes of touching the world through positive music and always encouraging love and peace within mankind.
Dread Daze consists of Najashi(lead vocalist), Ria Daniels(vocals), Brian Ward/Belfast Posse(guitar/vocals), Issac/Dread I(keys/vocals), Toi(drums), Brain C(bass), Together, they have made their mark in the music scene having performed with legends such as Steel Pulse, Arrested Development, Pato Banton, Eek A Mouse,Half Pint,Mikey Dread Wailing Souls, the Abyssinians,Don Carlos and many more. They have also recorded with members of The Black Eyed Peas, Jurassic 5, James Early of M.C Hammer’s first album, and more recently recorded in the infamous Hitsville West, a.k.a. Motown Studios, where legends, Marvin Gaye and The Jackson 5 once created music history.
Apart from the band’s official website, www.dreaddaze.com, don’t forget to check them out at www.myspace.com/dreaddaze for updates and music downloads. To date, Dread Daze has had over 76,000 hits and downloads online alone...just a small indication of their worldwide audience and appeal. Made of true substance, their message is pure and their songs are infectious. Prepare yourselves for the new and positive vibration that’s about to explode right through your speakers. Welcome to the future of music…welcome to Dread Daze!
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While living in Germany in the 1980s Belinda began Gypsy Literary Magazine and Sanctuary Tape Series where she published writings and vocal performances of poets from many countries. Sanctuary ran about 6 years and Gypsy for 10 years before its resurrection in 2004. She also published many books under the VERGIN PRESS imprint including VOCES FRONTERIZAS, writings based on life on the U.S./Mexican border sponsored by the El Paso Public Library as well as THE GULF WAR: MANY PERSPECTIVES, EARTH TONES, IMAGES OF JIM MORRISON and  HENRY MILLER AND MY BIG SUR DAYS.
Belinda's own writing has grown to span a vast array of subjects, styles and publications. She has traveled in over 20 countries, lived in Europe for 6 years and was part of an East Indian family for 22 years. These cross-cultural experiences often inform her work as well as her experiences as a Registered Nurse. These days her poetry, stories, and art can be found in hundreds of journals, reviews, anthologies, books and chapbooks. Since 1994 her archives are housed at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in the Center for Southwest Research.
Belinda balances her life as a writer and RN by painting, sculpting and political activism. She was a Texas delegate to the First National Green Party Convention in 2000, on the Texas Green Party State Executive Committee from 2001-2003 and the El Paso County Green Party Co-chair from 2000-2004. Currently she is politically independent and only works with peace groups. In short, she loves to create with her hands and her mind.
