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Los Angeles, CA April 16, 2004 -- "It’s been a long time coming and I know a change gone come," Otis Redding made this lyric famous and singer-songwriter Andre Allen is living it. He has been through a turbulent music career and an even more devastating childhood. With impermeable persistence and passion, Andre Allen has created a soulful and inspirational debut album, The Dre Allen Project featuring wife, Dawn Robinson (formerly of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl). The Dre Allen Project puts soul into rock with strong vocals and unique musical arrangement. The album will be released the first week of July off of the independent label Movemakers Entertainment and distributed nationally by Tommy Boy Records. The album is also available online now. Do not get it misconstrued this is not an R&B album it is a Rock album, exemplified especially in the first single "Fly". A soft plucking at a guitar leads you into the song and Dre’s voice breaks the song open in the first note. "The song is about escapism, dreaming about the simplest of things like a sunny day or the putting your feet in the sand," explains Dre. This single is the perfect illustration of the musical talents of Andre Allen and wife, Dawn Robinson. The album has moments of angst similar to Evanessence but conveyed through the soul of Dawn Robinson’s voice. The Dre Allen Project mixes different musical elements like telephonic sound, heavy drums, and monster guitar. The album also features collaborations with Shelia E on the song "Mama Didn’t Say" and Kayla on the song "It Couldn’t Be That Bad." The album is the creative development of a musician repressed by the industry and career downfalls. Who is Andre Allen or Dre? He is a man with a mission, after 10 failed record deals, a stint in incarceration, and brief career with R&B group, IV Xample, Dre is finally ready to spread his rock wings. " He should be opening for Lenny Kravitz, Dave Matthews, and John Mayer, because his music is likened to that," explains Robinson. In December 2003, Music Connection Magazine named The Dre Allen Project as "One of Southern California’s Top Unsigned Artist." Today, being unsigned is of no worries for the couple. Movemakers Entertainment is also the brainchild of Dre and Dawn (co – CEOs) and Maurice De Pina is the President. The trio plans take their indie label to the next level. Allen says, "I think what we are doing is a testimony to the strength of the human spirit." In that testimony, Allen and Robinson have managed to make some progressive and creative music for the masses.