Tuesday, February 28, 2012

B-ROOM TOP LINER / SINGER-SONGWRITERS

Autumn Rowe

Autumn Rowe is a New York based singer/songwriter who was born and raised in the Bronx. She honed her skills as part of the New York City Housing Authority Choir which also featured future hit songwriters, Claude Kelly and Lil Eddie, with whom Autumn established early friendships.

Her formative years were spent on the New York session circuit, where she sang and wrote songs with a diverse array of artists ranging from jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker (with producer Gary Haase) to hip-hop producer Swizz Beats (Autumn was the featured artist on his production, "One Day", a charity song for The Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation) and long term band leader Music Man Ty.

In addition, Autumn formed her own self-titled band and became a permanent fixture on Manhattan's live music scene. Though a neo-soul orientated album of original music, "Love Child", produced with Scott Jacoby and mixed by Grammy winning engineer Dave Darlington, was recorded in 2006, it was never released, as the band's sound changed to include more dance and pop elements.

By 2009, Autumn's career as a songwriter began to take flight, after signing with B-Room, which led her to a joint deal including Steller Songs/Stargate Productions(Rihanna "Rude Boy", Beyonce "Irreplaceable", Katy Perry, "Firework")/EMI UK. The result of their collaboration was the first single, "Happiness",[1] on Stargate's new artist, Alexis Jordan, in a co-venture with rapper Jay-Z's new label, Star Roc/Roc Nation/Sony. The song was written and produced by Stargate in conjunction with dance music DJ/Producer, Deadmau5. FiFA and Sony Music Entertainment has named the single, "Happiness" the Official Song of the 2011's FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[2] Autumn has also penned Jordan's second and third singles "Good Girl," which charted at #1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart [3] and "Hush Hush" respectively which were again co-written and produced by Stargate with French producer, Sandy Vee.

Autumn has also been busy working in the studio with numerous other producers on a slew of major label projects. Artists she has recently worked with include Alexandra Burke, Leona Lewis, Cher Lloyd, Melanie Amaro and Kelis.

Tara Harrison

As a teenager, Tara Harrison became a veteran of the New York Open Mic circuit, which in turn led to the interest of a string of record labels and auditions with LA Reid (Def Jam), Merlin Bobb (Elektra) and Rich Christina (Atlantic). However, rather than be an artist, Tara decided to go to college and complete her degree and focus her attentions instead, to her first love, songwriting. Since graduating, Tara has kept her vocal chops in shape by securing a lead singer spot in one the country's elite special event/wedding bands, Soul Street, recently sharing the stage with Sting, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony watched by a who's who of A-List celebrities at the wedding of the President of Paramount Pictures in LA. In between high profile live events, Tara spends her time writing songs to the tracks of some of the hottest producers in the tri-state area and beyond. She is also a household name in Jamaica (homeland of her parents) where she performs regularly, recently sharing the stage with Celine Dion amongst others.

Tara Harrison recently co-wrote the single, "Loaded" for model/rapper/celebrity Amber Rose.

Lola Bunjette

Lola likes to joke that she was "born on Mars and raised in New Jersey!" One listen to her music, though can attest that this highly talented singer songwriter has an uncanny knack for writing out-of-box melodies with great lyrical concepts. She has worked closely with producers Souldiggaz and Missy Elliot on Elliot's upcoming artist, Sharaya
as well as Grammy winning producer Mario Winans. Says Lola, "Often when I write a song, I can hear the entire thing in my head at once, including the track. All I need is a beat and I'm good. I think I'm probably the most low maintenance songwriter any producer could work with!"