James Ashberry
TEA Volume 14 artist James Ashberry has been singing since the 2nd grade and playing guitar since the age of 10. He has involved himself in dramatic theatre, and it’s safe to say that between choir performances and school plays, the stage became comfortable for him at an early age. After experimenting in several high school bands, come graduation he had made up his mind to get serious. Already writing songs of his own, James had also begun to amass a plethora of cover material and he decided that he had the ammo to hit the circuit. There’s nothing like the trenches of the club scene to help you hone your skills and within a year or two, The Ashberry Jam was becoming quite a hot item. The years between 1990 & 2000 found James touring the GTA and southern Ontario circuit steadily. He has opened shows for the likes of Kim Mitchell and April Wine, performed in legendary clubs such as The Opera House, The Elmocombo, Lees Palace and The Horseshoe Tavern to name just a few. In 1994 James won the Best New Band title at the Rock n Roll Canada pageant. The band took the free studio time they won from this competition and recorded their first EP. With well over 4000 gigs under his belt and 3 independent CD’s to his credit, James has an incredible cover repertoire and prides himself on being able to cater to any room.
James’ own songs have been described as an intimate and thought provoking, eclectic mix of melodies and harmonies, spanning topics ranging from the state of environment, the pursuit of enlightenment and the complexities of love. A naturally gifted multi-instrumentalist with a unique intensity, James Ashberry gives 110% of himself to every note, of every song he plays. You can purchase James' music at Indiepool and keep up to date with his live shows on his myspace page.
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TEA(Toronto Experimental Artists) Canada is a venture geared towards the growth, discovery and recognition of emerging and developing songwriting and performing talent. We are a small independent venture without any outrageous promotional costs, and we like to consider ourselves an artist friendly service, that supplies cost effective resources that enhance the growth and development of independent artists and labels.Contact us for a free consultation about any services you may need or questions you have about the direction you may want to go in the music industry. We are very passionate about music, production and promotion. We take great pride in assisting artists and labels in any way that we can.
TEA Volume 14 Released – Jan 14, 2010
TEA Volume 14 was released to radio, print, film and internet media contacts on Thursday January 14, 2010. How can you help spread the awareness?
1) Spread the word about TEA V 14 to any media contacts you may know from past successes or networking. If they are interested in copies of TEA V 14 when [...]
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Listen to featured TEA Artist music right here. You can listen to TEA compilation artists spanning from TEA Volume 1 through to the current TEA Volume 14 release. If you like what you hear, please visit their websites or online music providers to buy TEA artist music and support these incredible independent artists.
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The History of TEA
Broken Pencil Review - Terrence Dick
TEA (Toronto Experimental Artists) began with label guys Clay Phillips and Mark Harrington over 17 years ago, "TEA Artists and musicians pooled themselves together with their resources and skills to help promote their works in an affordable way. Pooled resources include many of the TEA services today: recording, mastering, [...]
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Artists only pay $285.00 if asked or accepted onto a TEA Compilation CD. There is no charge for submissions, and participants retain all rights and royalties to their music. We are currently looking for and accepting submissions from songwriters interested in appearing on our TEA Volume 15 compilation CD. This opportunity is open to songwriters [...]
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TEA has been on myspace for many years and we would like to rename our myspace website to TEAspace. The sole purpose of the TEAspace website is to feature our top 10 picks from each TEA Volume compilation CD. The choices are very hard for the TEA Staff to make since we are very close [...]
James Ashberry
TEA Volume 14 artist James Ashberry has been singing since the 2nd grade and playing guitar since the age of 10. He has involved himself in dramatic theatre, and it’s safe to say that between choir performances and school plays, the stage became comfortable for him at an early age. After experimenting in several high [...]
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