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Asia Mei

album "shards" now available cdbaby.com/cd/asiamei

About Me


asia mei, what a strange name. how do you pronounce it? ah-sya? oh, not ei-ja? interesting... so she’s not chinese? she’s actually russian born, israeli raised, boston relocated (to study and graduate from Berklee) and current new york city resident. asia is actually a russian-jewish name? nothing to do with the continent? and mei is just an abbreviation of a very long last name? good, we cleared that out.
so, much like her multifaceted name and background, asia does a lot of music. she is a singer/songwriter, a formerly classical and currently anything - pianist, a jazz, session and classical vocalist, a composer and arranger with credits on the upcoming John Wesley Harding with REM album, big bands and orchestras under her belt (and baton), an assistant engineer/producer for the big names and god knows what else she does in her free time.
with her debut cd “shards” called “mature beyond her years” and “beautifully done and original” by reviewers and industry dudes, asia plays out a lot with her band “asia & the waters” or as a duo with guitar virtuoso and singer/songwriter andres wilson around new york and the northeast. in “shards” you will find reference to all that asia’s ears traveled through: muse, debussy, jimi hendrix, heavy metal, middle-eastern, mellow piano and rock and roll. herself a combination of worlds, traditions and mentalities, her craft of combining styles is truly unique and truly, “asia”.
recommended to piano rock lovers that enjoy muse, tori amos, fiona apple, ben folds, dresden dolls, coldplay, radiohead, queen or whatever else you can think of.
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Member Since: 12/1/2005
Band Website: asiamei.com, cdbaby.com/cd/asiamei
Band Members: Asia Mei- piano/vocals Andres Wilson - guitar Louis Ochoa - bass Hiroshi -drums
Influences: Classical Music, Jimi Hendrix, Rock'n'roll, Muse, Metallica, Joan Osborne, Ben Folds, world music, blues
Sounds Like: bluesier than muse, more intense than coldplay, sadder than ben folds, more various than keane, rocks harder than norah jones, more mainstream than fiona apple or tori amos, more piano heavy than joan osborne, girlier than elton john (i think), more jewish than britney spears, thinner than queen latifah, blah blah
why don't you take a listen?
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My Blog

artist spotlight an interview on juniorscave.com

Junior's cave online mag features ME as their emerging artist spotlight. there's an interview and other good stuff. (like, um , a picture)check it out!http://www.juniorscave.com/asiamei.html...
Posted by Asia Mei on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:23:00 PST

it's been a while... happy new year! and updates from NY

hey there,happy new year to all:so i'm munching away at the big apple here... can't say i've warmed up to it just yet but there are a few good things i found about new york: it has pretty cool archite...
Posted by Asia Mei on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:19:00 PST

visiting Israel, moving to NY

hello dear readers I am writing from Jerusalem, where I will be playing a show tonight. Must admit I like playing shows here better. it's a different kind of audience. I don't like getting into politi...
Posted by Asia Mei on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:48:00 PST

going to camp +itunes

how are y'all?so first of, "shards" is now available to download on itunes straight to your ipodso i went to camp. to teach music but still, it's a bit of a surreal experience. haven't been to camp in...
Posted by Asia Mei on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

CD is now available for sale!

How exciting! not only did i get 1,000 copies of my CD that I labored so hard for - writing, arranging, recording, playing, overdubbing, mixing, duplicating, artwork (yes, i did it), promoting - you g...
Posted by Asia Mei on Tue, 02 May 2006 11:38:00 PST

so, who reads blogs anyway?

if that's you, than i'm not wasting my time. I'm skeptical about the whole process and haven't really bothered writing anything until today.so should i talk about my music career and how ecxiting it i...
Posted by Asia Mei on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:22:00 PST