Ray Shell

I am a band of one...well at least initially...I decide I want to do something then I draw in those I need to help me...I write my novels alone...only had one published ICED...i haven't followed up for a couple of reasons: 1) My brilliant editor Jonathan Warner died right after ICED was published 2) I became more interested in other media areas. My passion right now is the broadband internet channel I created www.angel22.tv...we've only been going 18 months and this baby is climbing mountains...4 million hits in over 150 countries! It's exciting and hasn't left me much time for novels. ICED will be a film soon; Lee Daniels Entertainment (Halle Berry's Monster Ball; The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon; Shadow Boxer with Cuba Gooding and Dame Helen Mirren) is producing it with Lenny Kravitz as Cornelius. I plan to put my other written works on-line at www.angel22.tv...I've written other things and my readers will soon be able to get them hot off the press at www.angel22.tv so keep clicking on. MUSIC: I love to sing; the music on the juke box is some stuff I recorded with Nicky Matthews he did the music for the Manchester film 'Everyone Loves Sunshine' (I think that's the title) and one track (Back To Square One) features IG Culture; I plan to do more with my music when I get a chance. If you go to www.angel22.tv and go to our mp3 juke box you can hear WHITE FOLKS a urban musical I wrote with Paul Jenkins...we're currently working on a jazz musical based on Othello. I did a stint in music managment working alongside Tunji Williams of Long Lost Brother; together we managed the UK's Premier vocal group DAMAGE; as an acting and vocal coach some of my students have included Jay Kay (Jamiroquai), Carol Wheeler (Soul2Soul), Cleveland Watkiss, SIA, Sean Escoffrey, Marsha Ambrosius (hope I spelt it right Marsha) from FLOETRY and Grace Jones; I love to act...I've been a permanent fixture in London's West End for decades...I've appeared in the original companies of Little Willie Jr.'s Ressurection, Starlight Express, Ms. Saigon, Five Guys Named Moe, Children of Eden, Lion King, Blues In The Night, Blues For Mr. Charlie, Amen Corner are a few of the productions I've acted in but right now I'm more interested in things on the other side of the camera; www.angel22.tv is preparing for its first feature length film and I'm really excited about that.