Tia Simone
Guest Artist
MOVIES WITH THE MAESTRO October 26, 2024
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BIOGRAPHY
Tia Simone is a LA-based vocalist and songwriter and actress, originally hailing from Lansing MI, who is proficient in several musical styles including Rock, Soul, Jazz, Blues, Funk and Gospel.
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She can be seen performing and touring with multi-platinum pop artist Andy Grammer, musical collective Postmodern Jukebox, acapella Gospel and Motown group DC6 and West End Artist Alfie Boe.
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In 2016, Simone was a favored contestant on the eleventh season of America's Got Talent and released her first EP with Sugar Fly. Simone was nominated for Best Vocalist at the 2015 Hollywood Music in Media Awards, where Sugar Fly won the Seany Robins Rock Award. Sugar Fly was also recognized as part of the “Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists and Bands” in Music Connections December 2015 issue and is featured on the Black Rock Coalition’s 30th Anniversary compilation album.
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Tia Simone's true passion is singing and performing live but she also performs as a commercial actress, studio vocalist, a voice over artist and an onscreen vocalist and an actress. Her accolades include a collaboration with EDM artists The Pegboard Nerds on songs Heartbit and Can You Feel It, both reaching over a million hits on You Tube, voice over artist for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and Sony Pictures, as well as featured vocalist on the television shows House of Lies, Good Day LA, Castle, and The Client List.
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“With the power of Etta James, the passion of Tina Turner, and the prodigious balls of Bon Scott, Tia Simone pushes her register through the comfort zone and into that place where the guttural side of soul comes from.” - theobelisk.net​​