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Debi Champion
Singer-SongwriterArtist Bio:
From Reidsville, North Carolina, Debi Champion began singing with cousins and friends in her home state, then as a solo performer and later with duo's and bands all over NC, SC, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland. She then moved to South Florida in 1976. Debi's unique blend of country, rock, and jazz made her one of the area's favorite entertainers. In 1978 she won the Mark Allen Critic's Choice Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and in 1985 she won the South Florida Music Award for "Best Rock/Pop/Blues Female Vocalist". Debi has appeared in concert with such diverse artists as Spyro Gyra, Bob James, Leon Russell, Dan Seals, The Dirt Band, Gary Morris, Kris Kristopherson, Restless Heart, Suzi Boggus, Dave Mason, Marshall Tucker Band, Ronnie Milsap, Three Dog Night, The Bama Band, and Mark O'Conner. She also toured as a back-up vocalist with Miami Dolphin, Tim Foley, and sang with the Miami Symphony.
Debi now lives in Kingston Springs, outside of Nashville, where she does demo session work, back-up vocals for different artists, and writes songs, some of which you may have heard on HBO or Showtime. She also serves as hostess for songwriter showcases every Tues, Wed, and Thurs night at the Commodore Grill in Nashville. She currently performs at the Commodore, the Bluebird, and at special events.
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From Reidsville, North Carolina, Debi Champion began singing with cousins and friends in her home state, then as a solo performer and later with duo's and bands all over NC, SC, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland. She then moved to South Florida in 1976. Debi's unique blend of country, rock, and jazz made her one of the area's favorite entertainers. In 1978 she won the Mark Allen Critic's Choice Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and in 1985 she won the South Florida Music Award for "Best Rock/Pop/Blues Female Vocalist". Debi has appeared in concert with such diverse artists as Spyro Gyra, Bob James, Leon Russell, Dan Seals, The Dirt Band, Gary Morris, Kris Kristopherson, Restless Heart, Suzi Boggus, Dave Mason, Marshall Tucker Band, Ronnie Milsap, Three Dog Night, The Bama Band, and Mark O'Conner. She also toured as a back-up vocalist with Miami Dolphin, Tim Foley, and sang with the Miami Symphony.
Debi now lives in Kingston Springs, outside of Nashville, where she does demo session work, back-up vocals for different artists, and writes songs, some of which you may have heard on HBO or Showtime. She also serves as hostess for songwriter showcases every Tues, Wed, and Thurs night at the Commodore Grill in Nashville. She currently performs at the Commodore, the Bluebird, and at special events.
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CJ Watson
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"CJ Watson is the best songwriter to hit Nashville in over a decade" NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison
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"CJ Watson is the best songwriter to hit Nashville in over a decade" NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison
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Pete Kennedy
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Pete Kennedy from a very young age aspired to playing music having grown up in a time blessed with fantastic musicians and writers. Up to two years ago Pete did not get the time to fully focus on his music aspirations as the kind of person he is he tends to leave himself last in the queue. Pete was only eleven when his father died tragically in a house fire in 1988 one Sunday morning in his home town of Birr County Offaly and back then money was hard come by so Pete and his brothers had to help out to make ends meet leaving not much time for music or any creative attributes to be focused on. Pete played some music with pals and done some other stuff but it wasnt until the recession hit bad in 2009 that he found himself with some time to focus on his music career. Married to Audrey and blessed with two beautiful and healthy children (two Girls) Pete found himself unemployed at that point and had some real decisions to make, and thats where it all started. Having spent a little time writing songs Pete really started to focus on writing new material with the result of his very modest Debut Album "This Time" launched in Ireland in April 2011. Later in November 2011 Pete got the call up to represent Ireland on the International Showcase held at Cadillac Ranch in Nashville Tennessee the night before the CMA awards at the Bridgestone Arena. Pete's song Yellow also Charted on the International Hotdisc for eight weeks reaching number 25 Christmas week and also landed his first top ten christmas hit with again the song Yellow clinching the Number 9 slot on the Christmas week British and Irish Independent Charts. Pete has appeared on American tv shows "Inside Music Row" and Video Juke Box "NBN" in recent times and has also performed at Nashville Palace and more recently The Listening Room Cafe Nashville. This year Pete will launch his first Full Album and also the release of an EP in March2012. So far this year Pete has recorded some tracks in Nashville and will cut the remainder of the Album back in Nashville in June of this Year and no doubt more exciting times await.
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Pete Kennedy from a very young age aspired to playing music having grown up in a time blessed with fantastic musicians and writers. Up to two years ago Pete did not get the time to fully focus on his music aspirations as the kind of person he is he tends to leave himself last in the queue. Pete was only eleven when his father died tragically in a house fire in 1988 one Sunday morning in his home town of Birr County Offaly and back then money was hard come by so Pete and his brothers had to help out to make ends meet leaving not much time for music or any creative attributes to be focused on. Pete played some music with pals and done some other stuff but it wasnt until the recession hit bad in 2009 that he found himself with some time to focus on his music career. Married to Audrey and blessed with two beautiful and healthy children (two Girls) Pete found himself unemployed at that point and had some real decisions to make, and thats where it all started. Having spent a little time writing songs Pete really started to focus on writing new material with the result of his very modest Debut Album "This Time" launched in Ireland in April 2011. Later in November 2011 Pete got the call up to represent Ireland on the International Showcase held at Cadillac Ranch in Nashville Tennessee the night before the CMA awards at the Bridgestone Arena. Pete's song Yellow also Charted on the International Hotdisc for eight weeks reaching number 25 Christmas week and also landed his first top ten christmas hit with again the song Yellow clinching the Number 9 slot on the Christmas week British and Irish Independent Charts. Pete has appeared on American tv shows "Inside Music Row" and Video Juke Box "NBN" in recent times and has also performed at Nashville Palace and more recently The Listening Room Cafe Nashville. This year Pete will launch his first Full Album and also the release of an EP in March2012. So far this year Pete has recorded some tracks in Nashville and will cut the remainder of the Album back in Nashville in June of this Year and no doubt more exciting times await.
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Holly Spears
Christian & GospelArtist Bio:
Bare foot, blue eyed, soulful melodies…meet Holly Spears.
Holly has loved music since she was just a little girl growing up in the small town of Wana, West Virginia. She found her voice as a little girl, accompanying her father on Sunday mornings in church choir. As she grew up she began to take her musical talents outside of the church walls, performing in multiple school choirs, musicals, festivals and fairs. To continue feeding the fire Holly’s mother saw in her daughter, she purchased her daughther a piano and scheduled lessons with a local instructor. Holly loved the sound and the feel of the keys under her fingers. She soaked up what her instructor was teaching her but eventually found herself feeling caged in, trapped. She wanted to be free to move, free to dance, free to express the music. It was right about this time when she saw a Melissa Etheridge television special and immediately knew what she wanted, what she needed. After hours of begging her mother and a spotting in the classifieds by her mom, Holly got the first love of her life, her first guitar. Little did she know that that the seemingly insignificant purchase of her twenty five dollar garage sale special would set the stage for a whirlwind of new life experiences coming her way.
While teaching herself to play her new instrument, Holly began writing songs and learning about the world of music business. She joined two different rock bands and interned at a local radio station, honing her musical gifts while learning what it meant to make music for music lovers. During her radio station internship, Holly was introduced to Blessid Union of Souls lead singer, Eliot Sloan. He heard her sing and asked her to send him some of her music. Though she had a lifetime’s worth of music and lyrics written out, she had not yet recorded anything and had no money for recording equipment or studio time. She needed to find a way to create a demo, and she needed to find a way fast. With permission from the radio station, Holly used their equipment to put together a scratch demo for Sloan. He loved what he heard and began working with Holly to develop her unique sound. Balancing school and her passion for music, Holly would attend class on the weekdays and travel to Cincinnati on the weekends to write and record with Sloan and other talented writers and musicians.
After graduating from high school, Holly moved to Cincinnati, began touring with Blessid Union, and opening for bands like The Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, Roger McGuinn (the Byrds) and the like, while perusing a degree in Audio-Video Production at Southern Ohio College (now Brown Mackie). Despite no label and very little promotional help, Holly found her music being shared on multiple MTV, MTV2, and VH1 shows and multiple radio and local tv stations.
Taking the next step in her music career, Holly has since moved to Nashville, raised the capital to start her own record label (Girl on a Mission Music, LLC), and is working on both a Christmas EP and her much-anticipated, first full-length album (to be released early 2012).
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Bare foot, blue eyed, soulful melodies…meet Holly Spears.
Holly has loved music since she was just a little girl growing up in the small town of Wana, West Virginia. She found her voice as a little girl, accompanying her father on Sunday mornings in church choir. As she grew up she began to take her musical talents outside of the church walls, performing in multiple school choirs, musicals, festivals and fairs. To continue feeding the fire Holly’s mother saw in her daughter, she purchased her daughther a piano and scheduled lessons with a local instructor. Holly loved the sound and the feel of the keys under her fingers. She soaked up what her instructor was teaching her but eventually found herself feeling caged in, trapped. She wanted to be free to move, free to dance, free to express the music. It was right about this time when she saw a Melissa Etheridge television special and immediately knew what she wanted, what she needed. After hours of begging her mother and a spotting in the classifieds by her mom, Holly got the first love of her life, her first guitar. Little did she know that that the seemingly insignificant purchase of her twenty five dollar garage sale special would set the stage for a whirlwind of new life experiences coming her way.
While teaching herself to play her new instrument, Holly began writing songs and learning about the world of music business. She joined two different rock bands and interned at a local radio station, honing her musical gifts while learning what it meant to make music for music lovers. During her radio station internship, Holly was introduced to Blessid Union of Souls lead singer, Eliot Sloan. He heard her sing and asked her to send him some of her music. Though she had a lifetime’s worth of music and lyrics written out, she had not yet recorded anything and had no money for recording equipment or studio time. She needed to find a way to create a demo, and she needed to find a way fast. With permission from the radio station, Holly used their equipment to put together a scratch demo for Sloan. He loved what he heard and began working with Holly to develop her unique sound. Balancing school and her passion for music, Holly would attend class on the weekdays and travel to Cincinnati on the weekends to write and record with Sloan and other talented writers and musicians.
After graduating from high school, Holly moved to Cincinnati, began touring with Blessid Union, and opening for bands like The Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, Roger McGuinn (the Byrds) and the like, while perusing a degree in Audio-Video Production at Southern Ohio College (now Brown Mackie). Despite no label and very little promotional help, Holly found her music being shared on multiple MTV, MTV2, and VH1 shows and multiple radio and local tv stations.
Taking the next step in her music career, Holly has since moved to Nashville, raised the capital to start her own record label (Girl on a Mission Music, LLC), and is working on both a Christmas EP and her much-anticipated, first full-length album (to be released early 2012).
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Keenan Date
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I grew up in a small mountain town in Colorado, where I thought everyone played a guitar and my Dad wrote Amarillo By Morning because he had sang that song since the day I was born! I couldn’t believe it when he told me that it was actually George Strait on the radio and not him! Yet in my eyes my dad was my favorite country band because I grew up in a practice room where I’d fall asleep listening to the band play until the middle of the night. Needless to say I was in the perfect environment to take an interest in becoming a musician myself. By the time I was four my dad bought me a guitar and tuned it to open D and I started to learn how to play the instrument that would become my life. By the time I was ten my dad was nice enough to let me join the band as the star lead player. I was a star because I was a ten year old with a guitar not really because I was all that good yet, but my dad took pride in watching me grow in the best school a musician can have, A Band! I also started to write songs and sing even though it took me a while to want to sing in front of a crowd, my dad eventually talked me into it. I grew up playing in what became a Family band once my little brother Parker joined as our mandolin player. We were a country cover band for a lot of years, playing songs by some of my biggest influences. Since I was a guitar player I loved learning songs by other guitar players like Vince Gill, Steve Wariner, and Brad Paisley. We mostly played traditional and neo traditional country music, which happened to be my favorite artist and influences.
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I grew up in a small mountain town in Colorado, where I thought everyone played a guitar and my Dad wrote Amarillo By Morning because he had sang that song since the day I was born! I couldn’t believe it when he told me that it was actually George Strait on the radio and not him! Yet in my eyes my dad was my favorite country band because I grew up in a practice room where I’d fall asleep listening to the band play until the middle of the night. Needless to say I was in the perfect environment to take an interest in becoming a musician myself. By the time I was four my dad bought me a guitar and tuned it to open D and I started to learn how to play the instrument that would become my life. By the time I was ten my dad was nice enough to let me join the band as the star lead player. I was a star because I was a ten year old with a guitar not really because I was all that good yet, but my dad took pride in watching me grow in the best school a musician can have, A Band! I also started to write songs and sing even though it took me a while to want to sing in front of a crowd, my dad eventually talked me into it. I grew up playing in what became a Family band once my little brother Parker joined as our mandolin player. We were a country cover band for a lot of years, playing songs by some of my biggest influences. Since I was a guitar player I loved learning songs by other guitar players like Vince Gill, Steve Wariner, and Brad Paisley. We mostly played traditional and neo traditional country music, which happened to be my favorite artist and influences.
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Roger Green
Singer-SongwriterArtist Bio:
Roger Green has been called a “country-blues” artist. He writes songs that are down-to-earth and come from the heart. Roger says, “I try to write ’little stories’ about people I’ve known or past experiences.” His singing brings these stories to life, and when you listen to him, you know the music and the man are real.
Born in Baltimore, Roger’s family moved to the western mountains of Maryland when he was six years old.
An area rich with Bluegrass and Country music, the birthplace of his parents was where Roger got his first real taste of music. When he was eight, his dad relocated the family to Cleveland, Ohio in search of work. After school, Roger would listen to his father play Johnny Cash, Bluegrass, Gospel and country music on
the flattop guitar and mandolin. His mother would often listen to Loretta Lynn, Elvis Presley and Rock&Roll
on the phonograph. These diverse musical influences helped develop Roger’s “Country-Blues” style.
Roger’s first performance for a live audience was with his folks in church. Roger played the guitar, his dad was on the mandolin and his brother handled the drums. He says, “It was that first applause that excited me and encouraged me to pursue performing. One time, and I was hooked!” It was also during this time that he
began songwriting.
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Roger Green has been called a “country-blues” artist. He writes songs that are down-to-earth and come from the heart. Roger says, “I try to write ’little stories’ about people I’ve known or past experiences.” His singing brings these stories to life, and when you listen to him, you know the music and the man are real.
Born in Baltimore, Roger’s family moved to the western mountains of Maryland when he was six years old.
An area rich with Bluegrass and Country music, the birthplace of his parents was where Roger got his first real taste of music. When he was eight, his dad relocated the family to Cleveland, Ohio in search of work. After school, Roger would listen to his father play Johnny Cash, Bluegrass, Gospel and country music on
the flattop guitar and mandolin. His mother would often listen to Loretta Lynn, Elvis Presley and Rock&Roll
on the phonograph. These diverse musical influences helped develop Roger’s “Country-Blues” style.
Roger’s first performance for a live audience was with his folks in church. Roger played the guitar, his dad was on the mandolin and his brother handled the drums. He says, “It was that first applause that excited me and encouraged me to pursue performing. One time, and I was hooked!” It was also during this time that he
began songwriting.
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Kecia Burchman
Singer-SongwriterArtist Bio:
Kecia is originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and moved to Nashville to pursue writing in various forms. Besides being a performing singer/songwriter, she is a published author, columnist, radio show host and a master practitioner NLP life coach. She has a masters degree in School Counseling and works in a middle school by day. By night she sings her songs in the Nashville venues such as The Commodore Lounge, Bluebird cafe, indigo Bar and Red Rooster. Besides songwriting, her passion is travel - particularly Mexican beaches! Kecia is co-founder of Drive Your Dreams, an organization to motivate and empower women. Kecia publishes reguarly with Examiner.com, Bizymoms.com and ezines.com
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Kecia is originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and moved to Nashville to pursue writing in various forms. Besides being a performing singer/songwriter, she is a published author, columnist, radio show host and a master practitioner NLP life coach. She has a masters degree in School Counseling and works in a middle school by day. By night she sings her songs in the Nashville venues such as The Commodore Lounge, Bluebird cafe, indigo Bar and Red Rooster. Besides songwriting, her passion is travel - particularly Mexican beaches! Kecia is co-founder of Drive Your Dreams, an organization to motivate and empower women. Kecia publishes reguarly with Examiner.com, Bizymoms.com and ezines.com
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Travis Bowlin
BluesArtist Bio:
T Bowlin born in Aurora, Indiana in 1988 was destined for success at a very young age. Having been trained in classical style singing and performing with the Cincinnati Boys Choir, T Bowlin took a hard right turn to Rock and Roll and Soul. Going to the school of hard knocks and having a near death experience, has made T Bowlin a great writer and a humble man with the voice of a giant! T Bowlin has been performing in the Greater Cincinnati area and has gathered a conglomeration of great fans that he loves! T Bowlin is very down to earth and deals with his fans personally! T Bowlin's album "Story Tellin' Felon" will be hitting distribution everywhere online and in participating Best Buy locations April 1, 2012 following his single release " Make Love Too You" ...Valentines Day 2012!
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T Bowlin born in Aurora, Indiana in 1988 was destined for success at a very young age. Having been trained in classical style singing and performing with the Cincinnati Boys Choir, T Bowlin took a hard right turn to Rock and Roll and Soul. Going to the school of hard knocks and having a near death experience, has made T Bowlin a great writer and a humble man with the voice of a giant! T Bowlin has been performing in the Greater Cincinnati area and has gathered a conglomeration of great fans that he loves! T Bowlin is very down to earth and deals with his fans personally! T Bowlin's album "Story Tellin' Felon" will be hitting distribution everywhere online and in participating Best Buy locations April 1, 2012 following his single release " Make Love Too You" ...Valentines Day 2012!
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Vanessa Hill
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(Artist / Songwriter) Vanessa Hill: Born in the North, raised in the South (Black-Belt Country). After a history of working as a chauffeur and with CBS and Warner Bros. Records, The Country Music Foundation and having songs such as “Shero,” recorded and “We Dared the Lightning” on the CMT and Billboard charts recorded by the world famous Bellamy Brothers, and “Catching Up on the Blues” with artist Bjorn Jens of Norway; writing and composing Nashville Electric Service commercial "More Power to the People, performing the “TN Care Blues” for Vanderbilt Hospital, worked with the Country Music Foundation "Camp Summer Song" and the "Words and Music Program receiving a proclamation form former Nashville Mayor (Governor of Tennessee) Philip Bredesen for “Project Save” and the local Warner Bros. Records single "Everything's Going Be Alright" released in remembrance of young Adrian Dickerson (All proceeds went to the DeDe Wallace Center). In 2004 Vanessa went on to become Mayor of a small municipality and traveled 60 years back in time; down in the Black Belt of Alabama but, has now come back to her first love...Music...
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(Artist / Songwriter) Vanessa Hill: Born in the North, raised in the South (Black-Belt Country). After a history of working as a chauffeur and with CBS and Warner Bros. Records, The Country Music Foundation and having songs such as “Shero,” recorded and “We Dared the Lightning” on the CMT and Billboard charts recorded by the world famous Bellamy Brothers, and “Catching Up on the Blues” with artist Bjorn Jens of Norway; writing and composing Nashville Electric Service commercial "More Power to the People, performing the “TN Care Blues” for Vanderbilt Hospital, worked with the Country Music Foundation "Camp Summer Song" and the "Words and Music Program receiving a proclamation form former Nashville Mayor (Governor of Tennessee) Philip Bredesen for “Project Save” and the local Warner Bros. Records single "Everything's Going Be Alright" released in remembrance of young Adrian Dickerson (All proceeds went to the DeDe Wallace Center). In 2004 Vanessa went on to become Mayor of a small municipality and traveled 60 years back in time; down in the Black Belt of Alabama but, has now come back to her first love...Music...
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Tawny River
Reggae, World, CountryArtist Bio:
Tawny River it's not just a duo... it's an experience, a musical adventure, fun harmonies and the magic of what keeps us all looking forward to each day. It's Chemistry & Magic! It's a Love Story! Why? Because people love stories. What do you get when you mix country, cajun, blues, jazz, reggae, pop and world beat combined with a unique blend of harmonies?
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Tawny River it's not just a duo... it's an experience, a musical adventure, fun harmonies and the magic of what keeps us all looking forward to each day. It's Chemistry & Magic! It's a Love Story! Why? Because people love stories. What do you get when you mix country, cajun, blues, jazz, reggae, pop and world beat combined with a unique blend of harmonies?
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Aimee Alden
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The original soothing and compassionate music of this singer/songwriter will catch the attention of your heart and mind. With hints of country and folk, these songs will call on your emotions and comfort your soul.
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The original soothing and compassionate music of this singer/songwriter will catch the attention of your heart and mind. With hints of country and folk, these songs will call on your emotions and comfort your soul.
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Grace Bernicker
CountryArtist Bio:
Philadelphia native Grace Bernicker is a passion-driven, straight from the heart country/pop singer and songwriter. From an early age, Grace knew she wanted to be a singer. “I’ve wanted to do this since I was six years old and have always loved music more than anything.” Grace got her start in school and church choirs. At twelve, she took her first voice lesson and began to explore songwriting. “I knew from day one, that this is what I wanted to do.”
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Philadelphia native Grace Bernicker is a passion-driven, straight from the heart country/pop singer and songwriter. From an early age, Grace knew she wanted to be a singer. “I’ve wanted to do this since I was six years old and have always loved music more than anything.” Grace got her start in school and church choirs. At twelve, she took her first voice lesson and began to explore songwriting. “I knew from day one, that this is what I wanted to do.”
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