Member Since: 5/7/2008
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/miyacollins
Band Members: Miya Collins
Session Musicians
Keyboards: A. Efrat
performance credits include:(NBC show) Hit me Baby one more Time, Air Supply, Dawn Robinson (En Vogue), and many others.
Bass: G. Bartor
Guitar: A. Rodeh
Drums: E. Koskas
Guest Horn Players:
TBA
All music and lyrics written by: Miya Collins
Executive Producer: M. Collins
Mixing and Engineer: E. Fish
LA Production Manager: K. O'Toole
Discography:
First Rate-Ticklejunk All Stars-Future Funk Sessions (Ticklejunk) 2007
Finally Arrived-Ticklejunk All Stars-Future Funk Sessions 2007 (Ticklejunk) 2007
Hotchacha-Danny Massure-What it is 2008 (Spring Strut) 2008
Hotchacha (Valique Remix-Russia) Danny Massure-What it Ain't-the remixes
(Spring Strut) 2008
Hotchacha-Valique-Russians At Work (RAW) (Freestyle Records) 2008
Upcoming Guest Releases:
Questions-Paradise Groove (Paradise Groove)
Groove Paradise-Paradise Groove (Paradise Groove)
Paradise Groove
Upcoming Releases:
Singles:
Survive-Miya Collins
Last Day on the Earth-Miya Collins
Full Length Debut Release
Labels:
Paradise Song ( for the MP3 singles),
Paradise Groove ( for the Remixes),
Album (Label-TBA),
Influences:
Vocal Influences: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, N'dea Davenport, Whitney Houston, Janis Siegel, Sade, Teena Marie, Chaka Khan, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Daniels, June Christy, Julie London, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Pat Benatar, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Ann Wilson, Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry, Michael Jackson, Randy Crawford, Phyllis Hymen, Rachelle Ferelle, Diane Schuur, Amel Larrieux, Lady Miss Kier of Dee-Lite, Martha Walsh,
Music Influences: Too many to mention, I pretty much listen to all styles of music and the list could go on forever, but I'd definitely say my music is a hybrid of Smooth Jazz, Soul, Fusion, Neo-Soul, Funk, Traditional Jazz and Quiet Storm, so I'd say the following groups and artists made an impact and influence on my "sound."
Sade, Fourplay, Jamiroquai, Incognito, Brand New Heavies, Chaka Khan, Bill Withers, Al Green, Anita Baker, Al Jarreau, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass, Maze, Basia, Crusaders, Grover Washington, Jobim, Boz Scaggs, Bobby Caldwell, James Moody, Eric Benet, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendez, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, Ramsey Lewis, Bob James, David Benoit, Tania Marie, Alex Bungon, Freddie Jackson, Lionel Richie, Natalie Cole, David Sanborn, Gershwin, George Benson, Steely Dan, Paul Hardcastle/Jazz Masters, Candy Dulfer, Pieces of a Dream, Swing Out Sister, Patrice Rushen, Isley Brothers, and you name it in the Neo-Soul Genre
Sounds Like: Miya Collins
Record Label: Paradise Song , Paradise Groove (remixes) and TBA
Type of Label: Indie