Over six years Another Day Dawns has been honing its craft, writing music and playing covers with a hard twist.

Now the music of ADD will reverberate from the rafters at Penn’s Peak on Wednesday when the band opens the night for Ted Nugent on the Jim Thorpe stage. Nugent is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m.Another Day Dawns has played venues all across Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey including Sands Bethlehem Event Center, where the young band opened for a sold-out Sammy Hagar show.The reasons for the group’s fast rising are hard work and high energy.“We practice two to three hours at a time about three times a week,” said co-founding member and guitarist Tyler Ritter.The alternative-rock quartet consists of recent high school graduates Ritter and drummer Nick McGeehan, junior class bassist Danielle DuBois andvocalist Dakota McGeehan.The group covers everything from the music of the ’80s to today’s current hits in its own style, like its hard take of “You Spin Me Right Round.”“It’s fun because everyone knows it,” said Nick of the re-imagined song.Even with its adept skills in cover work, the band’s heart lies in original work.ADD released its first self-titled album that could easily be added to any radio’s electric rock rotation. Dakota’s updated grunge-eqsue growl and band’s clear affinity for performing display the energy of youth and the polish of working-musician experience. The band has been spending its down time at Ivory Production putting finishing touches on its newest single.“Our originals are more focused, more mature,” said Nick.The band was formed in 2010 by two of the band members who took lessons under Lehighton-based teacher Mike Stanley at the Royal Jam Music Conservatory. At the time the group was made up of brothers Nick and Matt McGeehan and Tyler.“We were 12 and had practiced only a few weeks before getting our first gig at Johnny’s on First Street,” Tyler said. “The first song we actually did as a band was ‘Hey Joe’ by Hendrix.”Matt left the band shortly after and the duo was left to decided the fate of the group.The band found its frontman with the same last name as the drummer, minus the relation. Dakota McGeehan was discovered from a photograph featured in the Times News after winning a singing contest.“We were looking for a singer and someone said, ‘You’ve got to listen to this kid,’ ” said band manager Gene McGeehan.The group hammered out covers and began writing original music when bassist Danielle DuBois was added to the fold two years later.They found her by watching a social media video.“I was just messing around and it got posted,” she said.“We found it and called her,” Dakota said.Long before lessons with Stanley, members of the band had been exposed to the music business.“I’ve been playing for seven years,” Tyler said.“My dad always wanted to be in a band but his father wasstrict, so once he found out I wanted to play he bought me a guitar,” said Tyler of his AVH Wolfgang Stealth model.“My dad was a full-time musician, and watching him sing I knew I liked it then,” said the frontman. “Once my grandmother told me I was good, I was like, ‘All right, I’ll try it.’ ”Danielle learned to create bass lines from her stepfather more than four years ago.“He was a bass player,” she said. “I messed around with the guitar but I really connected with the bass. I think it’s a driving force in a lot of songs.”Nick’s experience with drums started nine years ago when he took lessons at Stanley’s conservatory on First Street.“I was at a practice and the drum teacher handed me a pair of sticks and it evolved,” he said.The band has kept momentum going with its growing reputation and fan base, gaining gigs in the larger venue circuit.“Last time we were at Penn’s Peak we opened for Fuel and we had a lot of fans come out and support us. That’s why the venue contacted us to open for Nugent,” Dakota said.“It’s nice getting a regular crowd because they’ll request our originals and chant for them,” Nick said.The most called-for song is “Rage,” Dakota said.The parental advisory song opens with feedback distortion, setting the mood for dark guitar and bass riffs that provide the platform for Dakota’s vocal range while the drum beat keeps the notes focused.The slowest song on the album, “Stay,” is an earnest ballad built on classic-rock chord progressions. The beat is simple, letting the lyrics shine through the softened edge of Dakota’s voice and band’s backup harmonies.“Unwanted” is a hint at the group’s diverse music influences, opening with a funk-infused bass line before the drum, guitar and vocals drop in, moving the song forward at an easy head-nodding pace. The backup vocals add a smoothness to the grit of the frontman’s singing.“Dakota and I write the songs and Nick and Danielle add their parts,” said Tyler.They said the band will work on its dream of making a living by playing originals and striving to take its music to the next level.In addition to Penn’s Peak, the band will open for Three Days Grace Aug. 30 at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg.Tickets for the upcoming shows can be purchased at venues or from Scott Ritter by calling 610-703-7328.