Jodee Lewis

A native of the Missouri Ozarks, Jodee Lewis was raised on folk songs and honky-tonk, and her music reflects the best of both worlds. The Chicago Tribune says she is “a singer-songwriter whose outsized talent is as big as her voice,” and calls her first album,Whiskey Halo, an “impressive solo debut”.

Already this year, her single from the album, In The End, was chosen as the first place winner in the 16th annual Great American Songwriting Contest. Another single from the album, From A Bottle, took runner-up in the 2014 International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA) in the country category. Whiskey Halo has also been nominated for country album of the year in the 14th annual Independent Music Awards (IMA).

Lewis trained in classical piano and began playing guitar and writing music after moving to Chicago in 1999 with her husband, Chad. Growing up in a small town, Lewis sang in her church gospel choir and with her grandfather’s country band, eventually attending Washington University in St. Louis to study Chemical Engineering. After a career with companies such as Monsanto and Clorox, Lewis decided to focus on music and raising her three children.

She explores the themes of loss, heartache, and ultimately, finding hope and beauty during moments of challenge. Considered a true storyteller, Lewis uses music to connect with listeners through shared emotion and honesty. The Chicago Tribune says “With her gentle twang and crystalline soprano, she invests her songs with a palpable ache that recalls country thrush Lee Ann Womack”.

Katie Belle Akin

Katie Belle Akin is a Teen Country- Nashville Pop singer/songwriter/actor and model. She hails from the rich musical heritages of Georgia and spends her time between Atlanta and Nashville.

 Katie’s songs encourage being strong and confident and the stories in her songs convey the message to always have faith in yourself. As a songwriter, she draws from personal experiences and uses her music to encourage and entertain music lovers of all ages. Katie’s music is currently getting spins on multiple internet radio stations in the U.S., Europe, Australia and several major market iHeart radio stations. She

 is the 2013 winner of the Atlanta Underground Music STARZ Award. Katie’s song “Invincible” made semi-finalist for the ISWC 2014. Several of Katie’s music videos have won Akademia Awards for production and vocals. Katie’s cover of “Counting Stars” charted at #3 on the Beat100 charts June 2014. Her EP “Next Thing In Tennessee” released summer 2014 has received great reviews from her fans and industry tastemakers.

Go check out her latest single release “Georgia Moon’, a romantic song written this past August and produced at Castle Studios in Franklin,Tn. You can find all of Katie music on itunes and multiple other digital outlets. Katie is currently a featured artist on the nationally acclaimed Teen Nation Tour 2014. Teen Nation Tour travels across the USA presenting at middle schools their message to “Stand Strong and Defend against Bullying”. To date Katie has performed before 70K students with Teen Nation in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia & Mississippi. Katie also is a featured artist on Blitz Tours and Teens TurntUp Tours.

A Barbizon trained model; she regularly models for Mike Moreland Commercial Photography and Bella Fashion Designs, Miami. Katie currently holds the title of Miss US Nation Teen Georgia. Modeling offers a different vantage point as relates to her songwriting and allows a creative way to utilize the skills Katie has learned performing at live shows. Katie hosts events and broadcasts shows via StageIt. Keep up with Katie’s appearances by joining her on her social media pages! Community Service is something that is very important to Katie and she never turns down an invitation to support Cancer Benefits such as Make a Wish Foundation, Paint the Mall Pink, Camp Happy Days and Relay for Life.

She loves visiting at Ryan Secrest Studios in Atlanta and Charlotte Childrens’ Hospitals. Contact: Diane Akin, Administration-P.A. 404-213-6816 Katie will tell you she has been blessed with a talent and although life is busy, it is gratefully fueled by her “passion for performance”.

David Lessing

“For heights and depths no words can reach, music is the soul’s own speech.”  That’s the simple, yet foreshadowing quote that hung on the wall of the Midwestern farm house of my piano teacher when I was seven years old.

Throughout my life, music has been able to speak when words have failed.  I continued to study piano and voice and began composing when I was nine years old.  Rooted in my faith, I continued to push forward my ability and further develop my songwriting. At age seventeen, I released my first album of all original compositions. Through playing with various bands, recording numerous albums, and touring the nation, I’ve had the privilege of sharing the stage with such acts as:  Mercy Me, Remedy Drive, Disciple,Thousand Foot Krutch, Manic Drive, Ashes Remain, Seabird, Carrollton, Kari Jobe and countless others.

For the last five years I’ve had the incredible opportunity to be a member of multi-platinum selling band and Sony/Provident group ‘Blessid Union of Souls.’  Through extensive touring I’ve been able to play music on every inhabitable continent, except Australia.  I’m amazed at the lasting relationships and bonds that music has created, all across our world.  I’m touched to know that even in places where a language barrier exists, that songs with a message of love endure and reach far beyond what we could imagine.

My instrumental and/or vocal abilities have now been featured on over forty different recording projects, ranging many different styles and genres. My latest project ‘The Restoration Project I’ was released in January of 2015 with ‘Love Is Here’ being co-produced by platinum artist Eliot Sloan.  My hope is that through my own personal experiences, trials and triumphs, that a feeling of love and hope can always be felt… that the songs of my heart can reach the heights and depths of yours.

Luke Potter

“I like to tell a story that sends a message…. often this is about being the person you want to be. I hope people will listen to my songs and be able to relate to them.”

'Terrified' is the new song from Luke Potter. Composed by Luke and his producer, Bleu, the song was recorded in LA in late 2013.

Luke is a young artist / songwriter from the UK.  His songs are written from the heart and delivered in a style that make them both ear catching and easy to relate too. Play them once and you'll want to hear them again and again.

In the past year Luke has signed a deal with top US managerment WEG (Justin Timberlake, Akon...) and Orrigami (David Archuletta, Crystal Bowersox).  

Now Hard Rock are showing their support and belief by offering Luke to tour their venues promoting his soon to be released album. Dates to be announced shortly.

“I like to tell a story that sends a message…. often this is about being the person you want to be. I hope people will listen to my songs and be able to relate to them.”

Luke is a young artist / songwriter from the UK who’s starting to make a buzz with his songs.
He cites “Iris” by The Goo Goo Dolls as the song that, the moment he heard it playing, made him realize he wanted to be a songwriter.

Shortly after, at the age of 17, Luke picked up an acoustic guitar for the first time and started writing songs not only about love but also about growing up…

Other artists that have influenced Luke include the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Jason Mraz, Fountains of Wayne, Goo Goo Dolls and the music of his father who played in bands way back when…!

In a short time he’s become a natural songwriter and emerging artist in the making. Music Week selected Luke as one of their ten ‘favorite’ new talents and commented saying “Luke’s songs are beautiful.” Promo Only agrees saying it’s “exciting hearing such a fresh new and exciting talent like Luke… it’s perfect for US radio”.

Luke’s debut radio single, “We’re Alive” impacted several stations on the East Coast in the summer of 2012, having top 30 airplay in Boston and San Francisco with video rotation at Hard Rock Cafes (“Great video”) around the world.

In his relatively short career Luke has got to work with some of the finest producers in the industry including Steve Power (Robbie Williams, McFly, Andrea Bocelli…), Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles, Tori Amos…), Ken Caillat (Fleetwood Mac, Colbie Caillat) who commented “Luke Potter is a great singer-songwriter” and Bleu who writes “Luke Potter writes ear-sticking songs that just won’t leave your brain!”

January 2013 saw the release of Luke’s EP, ‘One Day’ which met with a great critical reaction.
Ken Morton of LA based ‘Highwire Daze’ wrote, “The combination of Potter and Bleu has presented a stunning work of pure pop perfection that is not to be missed. Judging by the three wondrous tracks heard on the One Day EP, expect the future to be very bright for this massively talented singer / songwriter. It will be exciting to hear what exquisite tunes Luke Potter has in store for the world at large in the months ahead.”
Luke has recorded an album of his songs with Bleu (Demi Lovato, Adam Lambert, Jonas Brothers…) and is just waiting patiently for the right time to release them to everyone.

In September 2013 he signed a management contract with WEG (Wright Entertainment Group) and Orrigami who look after Justin Timberlake, Akon, NSYNC, David Archuleta and a host of other great artists.
Since then he’s been even busier with writing trips to Sweden, Canada and USA during 2014 where he’s worked with some amazing collaborators.

He also did a short UK school tour and a small tour (10 shows) in the USA in July / August 2014 to a great reaction.

With a great catalogue of songs ready to go Luke will be putting out new music and videos soon!

Sebastien Brunet

Sebastien Brunet
CD title : Where Is My Band
Genre: Rock
Country:  Taiwan

Where Is My Band is a pop/rock English song, the first official single of Sébastien Brunet.

website: www.desimpossibiliser.com

email address: desimpossibiliser@gmail.com

Elizabeth Butler

Biography: Elizabeth Butler Elizabeth Butler was that kid...the one locked away in her Savannah, Georgia bedroom as a teenager, poring over the liner notes of albums from Cat Stevens, Carole King, and Dan Fogelberg. 

She took in melody and song construction and lyrics while listening with the volume up way too loud. It is a fitting portrait of an artist that embraces every aspect of a music career with gusto, from writing, recording, collaborating, and navigating the business. 

This holistic approach to her career shines brightly on Love & Loss & Stuff Like That, her first solo release due in summer 2014 and co-produced by Troy Warren, Jr. She describes the album as a scrapbook concept, as if the listener is taking pieces of an artist's journal and absorbing a life story in frames and vignettes. 

Butler's style is a "smooth gumbo of sound", and the listener can easily pick out country, pop, jazz, and blues influences amidst an undeniably unique sound that is steeped in years of practice and stacks of vinyl. Recording is the chance to let her compositions reflect life as a whole. "It's the juxtaposition of the big romantic swells with those small, intimate moments, and there is a craft to recording that." 

Ultimately, Love & Loss & Stuff Like That is Elizabeth Butler's message to the world that no one is alone in their journey, and whether it be finding love, navigating through a loss, or simply driving down the highway with the radio turned up, Butler is a willing and discerning companion. 
-Jana Pochop for Social Thinkery.com

 Often artists view thinking outside the box as simply in reference to their inner world, but evolution in online and social tools have greatly broadened a musician's toolbox for collaboration. Thinking outside this particular box can bridge artists together across thousands of miles for surprisingly soulful and productive musical relationships. 

Elizabeth Butler and Solveig Whittle live 2500 miles from each other; Elizabeth is a songwriter and founder of Running Home Records in Houston, Texas, and Solveig is the lead vocalist of Solveig and Stevie in Seattle, Washington. They have created an impressive partnership creating heartfelt original music through social media and online collaborative tools. 

Both artists were active online with various social media sites, music sharing services, and found themselves increasingly in each other's online sphere of existence. It was social media expert and GoGirls (gogirlsmusic.com) founder Madalyn Sklar that brought Elizabeth and Solveig together in October of 2012. 

Elizabeth was working on a track that needed rearranging and updating and recalls after hearing Solveig's SoundCloud tracks, "I was blown away by her vocals, thought the contrast in our different vocal approaches would be cool, and immediately sent her a message asking if she'd be willing to collaborate." Elizabeth transferred her files to Seattle via Dropbox, and Solveig went to work in her backyard studio in Washington with her producer partner, Stevie Adamek. "The online interaction gave an extra comfort to the musical working relationship," says Solveig. "You can get a real sense of someone from their website and social media presence, not only with how they interact with you but how they interact with others and the community at large." 

It didn't take much back and forthing to determine that the mixture of Elizabeth's jazz-influenced vocals and Solveig's soulful harmonies was a winner. The typical working musician-for-hire relationship is also condensed down to the essentials when artists connect online. Instead of choosing collaborators who are geographically close, artists can be choosier about who they work with on projects. 

"This is a studio musician job, and the work really gets distilled down to the professionalism and musicianship of who you work with," explains Solveig. Working in home studios also afford the collaborators the luxury of a low pressure working environment that lends itself to musical experimentation. 

Solveig, who has been working with acting and vocal coach Jan Linder-Koda (angeldivamusic.com), is able to truly capture the essence and mood of each song, which Elizabeth finds invaluable in a collaborator. Elizabeth subsequently began working with L.A.-based Linder- Koda, and quickly saw a difference in her own singing as well. "It's not meshing on a tonal level, it's emotional meshing through the song as well," explains Elizabeth. 

Working with Jan, who focuses on both singing and acting, makes the storytelling aspect of the song come out. "Our goal is to connect with the audience in the studio, even if they aren't present when we are recording. The truth is that a recorded performance has the potential to stick with people forever, while a live performance floats away," explains Elizabeth.

In April 2013, after 6 months of collaborating, the pair finally met in person. Elizabeth flew to Seattle to attend Solveig's CD Release show. While they knew their working relationship was already solid based on their creative output , they found out they shared commonalities outside the music world. "We both have three children, we have busy family lives, and connected on a lot of non-musical topics as well," explains Elizabeth. Solveig adds, "Social media is great, but in-person is an important part of any relationship. That extra mile enhances the business and the personal interaction." 

Social media and online culture are constantly criticized for their lack of authenticity and true connection, but two musicians thousands of miles apart are proving that technology can still be a catalyst for strong collaboration between artists. The two plan to continue to work together, and the first fruits of Elizabeth's work with Solveig will be released on her new album due in summer 2014.

Raphael Ashanti

 

Release of Songwriter /Singer CD Project Called Love & Life

Watch out for the exciting and new CD entitled Love & Life by amazing songwriter and singer Raphael Ashanti. This anticipated and highly awaited project will be released this coming June 9, 2014.

The new Love & Life by Raphael Ashanti is a compilation of songs about love and life that will surely be related to and loved by any one. Hearing the voice of Ashanti will really make you feel revived and in love. Today it is very hard to find music that is very relevant and nice to hear. With Raphael Ashanti’s new CD, music love song lovers will have the chance to hear a heartfelt and relevant music.

The best thing about the release of the new album is the fact that a percentage of the sales will be given to the online educational website for African American Writers: Jewels4dmind Writer's Workshop.

The main objective of this program is to inspire African American writers of all formats and platforms to be empowered by their own independent creativity.

Raphael is a poet, songwriter and performer with an exceptional and unique way, crossing the boundary between true and technical skills, sincere soul singing as well as with a down to earth and unpretentious mindset which is very unremarkably atypical in the music business at this point in time. "I support the workshop as an African American Writer because it offers a familiar angle from a very unique cultural perspective." ~Raphael Ashanti

“Tight beats and three word songs seem to be the norm today. It crowds the radio airwaves. It has been a long time since making relevant music was the norm. 2014's "Love & Life" by Raphael Ashanti is a breath of fresh air to a lover of good music like myself.  Storytelling at its best with relevant topics for mind elevation. We’re proud to have him support our organization. His relevant music and songwriting is indeed jewels4dmind.” S. KEITH TURNER - PRESIDENT/FOUNDER of Jewels4dmind.com.

“Refusing to follow the current mainstream trends, where shallowness seems to be the word of the day, Raphael set out to deliver songs with a meaningful  lyrical content, describing his feelings and life experiences with a vivid and honest story-telling approach, adding even more credibility and emotion to his particular blend of soul music." ANDREA CACCESE – TheBandCampDiaries

For more information about the release of new CD, please feel free to visit the website www.RaphaelAshanti.com

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Contact Person: ILyaas R. Ashanti (Media Promotions Manager)

Company: Relevant Music Company, Inc.

Email Address: info@RelevantMusicCompany.biz

Telephone Number: 850.368.1895

Website:  www.RaphaelAshanti.com