Band Bios

Erik McCormack

Erik is a musician, actor, and songwriter who began his professional career at the age of 13 touring nationally with Marie Osmond in The Sound of Music.   As a senior in high school, Erik made his Broadway debut as the Courier in the 1998 revival of 1776.  Erik returned to Broadway in 2001 as Joe Harper in the original Broadway cast of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

As both a solo musician and in various groups, Erik has performed his original music at many of Long Island’s top wedding venues, restaurants, and music halls. 

WHY SUNNY SIDE UP?

Sunny side up is a group of like-minded and goal oriented musicians who strive to make entertainment families can enjoy together.  

Erik has always enjoyed entertaining and creating quality content with substance for children because their feedback is honest, immediate, uninhibited. It is a fantastic way to introduce them to different styles of music song structure, and clever wordplay

A FEW FUN FACTS

• As a child, Erik was featured in commercials for Nickelodeon and McDonalds. 

• He co-founded and ran a successful summer theater program for children and directed main stage productions for some of Long Island's leading community and regional theaters.  

• Erik has opened for and shared the stage with Disney’s The Imagination Movers at the Paramount in Huntington and the Great South Bay Music Festival.  He has also performed his own original children’s material at libraries and schools across the island.  

• Erik has quite a range when it comes to musical taste...  Everything from Sondheim to Slipknot.

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”

Favorite Sunny Side Up song:

Please Say Please

Deanna Hudson

Deanna started playing music in 2012, teaching herself guitar and honing in on polished

vocals, she had a goal to perform. By 2015 she was strumming and singing her way

across NY, mostly the North Fork of Long Island’s wine country. 

Eventually she met Matt & Erik in the tight knit local music hub of, Patchogue NY. They have collaborated on projects and also supported each others journeys, and in 2025 they decided to start Sunny Side Up.

WHY SUNNY SIDE UP?

Deanna has been a childcare provider for decades, working with children ages

6mo-10yrs. She finds pride and joy in being a part of a child’s upbringing, and is using

her skills as a musician to better connect with the kids.

She was also a movement educator at a dance studio on Long Island, and taught 6-12

classes per week in the styles of Jazz, Tap and Lyrical, from 2yrs - Teens classes, one on

one, and special needs. She also organized and ran summer camp programs, recitals/

productions and managed a busy office.

Now she’s taking her love of performing and educating to Sunny Side Up!!

FUN FACTS

• Known as Miss Deanna to her students and the children she’s cared for.

• Loves gardening, hiking, camping and traveling with her husband and dog, Bowie!

• Favorite Musicians/Bands: Dispatch, The Menzingers, Brandi Carlisle, Taylor Swift,

The Newsies Soundtrack, Boy Bands, SHOWTUNES

• Record collector, Tchochke lover, cat mom

“The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.”

Favorite Sunny Side Up Song:

“Patience”