| Originally from New York State, Julie
Grower currently resides in Nashville, TN. Her contemporary folk, country and
rootsy pop songs have earned her two Billboard Song Contest certificates
of achievement. She's also written for Songs Of Love, an
organization that delivers personalized songs to chronically ill children.
Her debut CD In A New Light, currently receives regular airplay
on independent U.S. and European radio. It was co-produced by Jon Gordon,
who has served as musical director and guitarist for Suzanne Vega and Madonna.
She has performed at The Bitter End, CBGB’s
Gallery, (NYC), The Kendall Café (Boston), and throughout the northeast
and in the UK.
In Nashville, Julie appears at such venues as The Bluebird Café, The French
Quarter, The Commodore Lounge and Caffeine, and
has had the opportunity to share the bill with songwriters Tia Sillers (I
Hope You Dance); Lisa Carver (Wake Up Older) and Chris
Wallin (Speed, I’m Tryin’). She is represented by
Sharp Objects, an independent song plugging and publishing company.
Here's what radio programmers and reviewers are saying about In A New Light:
"Julie Grower is a songwriter's songwriter." - Jon Sobel,
TheGlobalMuse.com
"Crisp, melody driven songs. Julie’s angelic voice delicately
renders snapshots of life and love. …Grower has a knack for penning tunes that reside
comfortably in your ear." - Songwriter’s Monthly
"From listening to this CD, it appears this young New York City
singer/songwriter has stripped away all the pretense, affectations and trimmings to get to
the heart of her own true sound" - Les Reynolds, Indie-music.com
"Pure, honest, unpretentious folk, country, and rock songs that have a
timeless quality.… Pure emotion put to music." - Lord Litter, Radio Marabu
"…the kind of maturity and professionalism lacking in most
self-financed debuts." - Country Music International
"Julie Grower proves that even small changes in vocal tone or minute
shifts in the music can excel the songs to brave new heights of glory." -
Independent Songwriter Web-Magazine
In a New Light is available at CDBaby.com
Contact: Be Ready Music – julgrow@yahoo.com
– 615/497-5997 |
Rand Bishop
is a Grammy Nominated, BMI Award-winning songwriter with over 200 cuts to his credit.
Notable artists who have recorded Rand’s songs include Tim McGraw, David
Ball, Lorrie Morgan, Doug Stone, Tracy
Byrd, The Beach Boys, Heart, Cheap
Trick, Indigo Girls, Richie Havens, Peter
Noone, The Searchers, The Outlaws and Vanilla
Fudge, among others. Rand’s song, My List,
recorded by Toby Keith, spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard
country singles chart in the spring of 2002 and, according to industry bible Radio
& Records Magazine, was the #1 most played single on country radio for that
year. He also co-authored a companion book, My List (24 Reflections on
Life’s Priorities), with the song’s collaborator Tim James, which
was published by McGraw-Hill.
Rand’s first original screenplay, The Tin Roof,
won first place in the 2004 National Screenplay Showdown. His second, The Year
Of Cousin Sonny, has been optioned by No Negative Pictures, LLC, while his stage
play, The Viewing, received a September 2006 run at the
Darkhorse Theatre in Nashville, produced by Rhubarb Theatre Company.
In his more than thirty-year career, Rand has filled just about every role in the
creative end of the music business -- with experience as a recording artist
signed to several major labels (including Elektra, Epic, A&M and MCA), as a music
producer (records and films), composer (films, public service
announcements and commercials), music publisher and A&R/talent
development executive. Rand has contributed songs to over a dozen feature
films and a Broadway show, and has co-written musicals which
have been produced in regional and community theatre.
Rand studied music composition at the Oberlin Conservatory. He now
serves as Vice President of the Board of the Nashville Film Festival and
is a founding partner and Chief Manager of Writer Zone Music in
Nashville, where he lives with his wife Stacey and youngest daughter Glendyn.
contact: Writer Zone Music: (615) 320-8500 |
Paige Manuel is a songwriter with absolutely no credits to her name. In fact, none of her
songs have ever been cut and her sole purpose for writing is creative expression. Growing
up an only child in rural Virginia, playmates were scarce so Paige turned
to music. She happened to have a natural affinity for harmony and would play records (yes,
she’s that old) for hours, picking out the different harmony parts as a pastime.
Throughout her adolescence, music became her solace and Paige purged many emotions at the
piano.
She wrote her first song in 1987 after a particularly trying personal
experience during which she began to listen to her own voice. "It took me that
long [25 years] to realize I had something worth saying and that I could say it through
original music" Paige says, smiling. "I was sitting at the piano one
evening pouring out my emotions when suddenly this melody and lyrics started
simultaneously emerging. I was stunned, elated, frightened and excited – all at the
same time." She insists she wasn’t writing the song, the song was writing through
her, and that’s pretty much how it’s been ever since. At this point, she's
penned approximately 150 songs - some for weddings, but mostly for pure enjoyment.
Paige has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry that has been
totally useless, with the exception of teaching her to think analytically and
strategically. She now combines those skills with extraordinary insight as a Life
Coach, a career that aligns with her philosophy: we are not here to see
through each other, but to see each other through. She lives in Nashville with her
brilliant and talented husband, Dan DeFigio and their neurotic, but very lovable dog,
Pete.
Contact: 615-504-5578
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