Seay

http://www.seaymusic.com "As rare and unique as an identical snowflake, and more haunting than a scream in space", are but some of the descriptions that make up the mystique of Seay. Her voice can be heard on records in Europe and America and recently her visual retrospective of music's pioneers at Dreamworks Universal, The Nashville Jazz Workshop, The Songwriters Guild, and on the ABC Lifetime Channel.Raised in a Renaissance environment, her parents encouraged her artistic and musical pursuits. Her formative years were spent studying piano and voice while being exposed to her father's love of classical music and her mother's love of R&B and jazz."It was inevitable that I would do something in Music" with both Opera, and Jazz singers in her Family. Seay has studied voice with renowned voice coaches Helena Shenel, Seth Riggs and Ray Hyson and has a graduate degree from the prestigious Sotheby's Art Institute, in London.Though American born and raised, her early childhood years were spent in the army, which led her to Korea and Japan, and later Spain and the United Kingdom. It was while living in London that her voice and songwriting got noticed, and her music career began, singing on records and projects for Motown, Warner Music, Carlin and producers and recording artists like Annie Lennox, Mick Ronson and Elaine Paige in London's music scene. Considered incredibly unique by Nashville's standards her place of residence for the last several years, her Engineer says, "Imagine a great songwriter, throw in a unique and interesting sound with the chops of any great singer out there and you have a very special artist".[cite this quote] Respected music journalist, RJ Lannan and The Zone Music Reporter named Seay and her debut release, 1 Voice "One Of The Top Ten Releases of the year".[citation needed] and Seay's seasonal release “A Winter Blessing Songs: For The Season” (2008), featuring the universal song "All Around The World" named a Top release for The decade in New Age and World Music by Michael Debbage and Mainly Piano the leading reviewer in World New Age Music. Seay's music ranked alongside David Arkenstone, 2002, Yanni and Secret Garden for the decade.Additional highlights of Seay's career have been selections from her debut "1 Voice" being apart of the XM satellite launch of its all new surround sound channel Finetuning in 2006. Her music was in heavy rotation alongside Elvis Costello,Enya,Steely Dan, Sting, Norah Jones and Ray Charles.Seay's seasonal release “A Winter Blessing Songs: For The Season” (2007-2008), featuring the universal song "All Around The World" continues the gorgeous and emotive fusion of music that is drawing listeners from across the globe. A Holiday Top 5 and Life Style Music Awards Nominee for Best Seasonal Album, "A Winter Blessing" is a gorgeous listening experience featuring Seay's spectacular voice alongside several renowned instrumentalists.In 2010, Seay will be apart of a historic music event called Project Peace On Earth. Her inspirational song and video "All Around The World" will be apart of the Project Peace On Earth's upcoming events and activities. The Project Peace On Earth event will be the first in a series of annual Musical Prayer “Music of the Spheres” concerts designed to inspire the human spirit and financially support the empowerment of children and their families to achieve safe, healthy and sustainable living conditions. The First concert will be held in Mangers Square, Bethlehem Palestine.Seay currently has 2 new projects in the works and which will have some exciting guests. Seay currently makes her home in Music City Nashville, Tennessee where she continues creating, writing and performing as an artist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Stay Tuned! http://www.seaymusic.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.