Tia
Genre: Pop
Secondary Genre: Soul

California
USA


Not many smooth and sultry pop singers has garnered industry recognition like vocalist Tia. In Tia's short time on the music scene, she played with famed guitarist and bassist Stanley Clarke, worked with producer Todd Chapman (Christina Auguilera), and charted Billboard...


Biography
• Winner of the 2008 18th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards for "Best Female Vocal Performance!

• Nominated for 2008 Hollywood Music Awards "Best Soul/R&B Song" for I Want More" and "Best Adult Contemporary Song" for "Bye Bye"

• 2008 International Festival4stars Songwriting Competition Semi-Finalist for “Best Soul/R&B Song” for “I Want More”

• 2008 The UK Songwriting Contest Semi-Finalist for “I Want More”



Sold over 100,000 units on an independent label, toured the United States and Canada and charted on Billboard. Tia appeared in her first film in 2007, "One Reason Why" (SAG) . For the short film "The Hurling Stick", she was commissioned to record a version of the song, "Danny Boy," for the film's ending credits. With a new album being released in 2009, Tia's career continues to gain momentum....look for her video, "I Want More" to hit VH1 shortly and a new video for "He's Gone" to be shot shortly...

Music that’s moved me to a new level of appreciating how far I could take it: D’Angelo’s song, “”Untitled (How does it feel) was a huge turning point…..other artists that were breaking some boundaries….India.Arie, Eryka Badu, I’ve been a big fan of Amel Larrieux’s for years….Sade, Maxwell, Eric Benet, Jill Scott, Tamia, etc……artists that are reaching to the stratosphere today: Corrine Baily Rae, my man, Robin Thicke, and Sia……artists that sing to their beat of their own drum: Shelby Lynne, Annie Lennox and Meshell ndegeocello… I wish I could have heard Miss Dinah Washington sing in my day, but thank God her recordings are still as fresh as they day she sung them…


Instrumentation
Cori Jacobs - Musical Director - Keys - Drums, Bass and Guitar all handled by him...

Discography
Tia - Full Album - Ichiban Records
"Slip 'N Slide" - Single -Ichiban Records
"As I Watch U Dance" Single - Ichiban Records
New Album: Available Soon! To hear clips:
www.myspace.com/tialeslie