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ABOUT ERIK SIMINS and “Please do not disturb”
www.eriksimins.com
Writing and singing music since he was 10 years old, a platform was formed that helped launch the career of Toronto singer songwriter Erik Simins. Ultimately performing his own material has led to the creation of his new album “ Please do not disturb”.
Influenced heavily by the great talents of James Ingram, Earth Wind and Fire, Hall & Oates, Eric Clapton, James Taylor and Prince, Erik’s quest to develop his song writing combined with his formal training in vocals, piano & guitar, has helped him produce a unique highbred of R&B, pop and folk. Yuya, Blue Pie’s A & R rep for Canada, brought Erik to Blue Pie’s attention.
Yuya and Damien Reilly agreed that we had a super hot album on our hands and that we needed to get this to the best contact we could. A meeting was called with Emporium Music. Over the course of 24 hours an agreement was reached and with the guidance of Emporium’s chairman “Dimitri Pavicevic” a plan was put into motion. Dimitri has an excellent ear for commercial hits and knew there was gold in the album. The key is to get this to the market. As Dimitri says:
“ Erik’s pure talent will show him to be a star. He can sing and perform exactly as he sounds on the record live. I am truly impressed with his talent. Erik and I have worked hard to get the album together and ready for world wide release and we know the world will be singing Erik’s songs.”
This release of Erik’s first full-length album “Please Do Not Disturb” is a mixture of smooth sonically adept mixes Adam Messinger has resulted in his first hit single “Parents House” that has already received extensive airplay on Canada’s number one urban music station Flow 93.5, considerable recognition across Canada’s Commercial Hit Radio circuit and a spot on Flow’s last two urban Soul compilations.
The album and “Parents House” are being added to FM radio globally. The music video released in conjunction with the single is bringing Erik significant rotation on MuchMusic, MuchVibe and MTV Canada. “Parent’s House” has since topped major play on commercial and independent radio in Canada and created a solid foundation to launch Erik to the world.
Beating out a pool of successful songwriters, “Parent’s House” was selected for the feature track of “Making It Big”, a television show that debuted in Spring to over 35 million households across Canada and the United States. With a number of cameo appearances on the series, Erik was given the opportunity to demonstrate his talents to a much larger audience, guaranteeing him the exposure to gain new fans on an international scale...Coupled with rave reviews and hit songs, the album has been hailed with numerous gold and silver design awards at the New York Festival for CD design and the Art Director of Canada Design Show.
Erik has toured through Europe in 2005 and was asked to perform live on the legendary Carnaby St., London, England where a week prior both John Legend and Kanye West blessed the stage. Live interviews with South London’s 101.4 Bounce FM and Solar Radio helped continue to build his international fan base. Australian tour dates will be announced shortly.
Rated the number one R&B/Soul artist on www.myglobalsound.com with “ The way I see it” being added to MGS’s compilation disk distributed throughout Miami, Florida, Erik’s popularity skyrocketed with i-Tunes recognizing his hit potential, placing him not only on their Canadian roster, but on their U.S. and European sites.
Emporium Music together with Blue Pie Productions are releasing the album world wide with a major marketing and promotional campaign.
Erik Simins is an Emporium Music artist and distributed for the world by Blue Pie. You can get the album at all leading digital retailers on the planet or ask for the album by name at all leading retailers around the world.
"One of this year’s hottest urban tracks “ Parents House” is sure to be a favorite on the carts this Summer ”
Serene Mansfield
“Pure URBAN magic and gold for Emporium and Blue Pie”
Hip Hop TV Australia
“Great to see an artist with this much talent coming to Australia. This album is a winner”
Colin Seeger – Abilong
AUGUST 2006 – ERIKS SAYS THANKS - “Working for nearly four years recording, playing out and touring has led to some incredible opportunities. Aside from with playing with a number world class musicians, I was introduced to Yuya Joseph (Canadian A&R for Blue Pie Productions). We hit it off on a personal note then vibed on some new material at my recording session. When we left, he mentioned that he worked with a label in Australia. He took my CD right to them and within a week Blue Pie offered me a digital distribution deal that was probably the fairest in the industry today. It was seamless and professionally taken care of. Within a few months of them pumping my material online, they approached me with an international label deal with their affiliate, Emporium Music. Since then everything has been taking off.
The crew at Blue Pie & Emporium work so bloody hard and they’re incredibly talented and supportive. I have a number of friends signed to majors in Canada and they don’t get half the love that Blue Pie has shown me. For this, I am eternally grateful. Thanks guys."
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