Singer - Songwriter | R&B - Pop - Soul
Tim Fonseca has just finished recording his latest album, "The Philadelphia Project", a 14 song collaboration with ProducerSteve Paul - in what many critics are calling "his mostinspired work to date". "It's a perfect match of Tim's passion and soul and his love for music".
Tim was born and raised in the Boston area, started playing drums at 7 years old and by age 13 was performing in a band withhis two older brothers. Throughout his childhood, Tim's parents encouraged him to pursue his many creative, artistic andathletic talents. This encouragement and creative freedom helped provide the foundation for his belief that "anything isachievable if you go after it with courage and determination." This personal motivational philosophy has stayed with Tim allof his life. In High School, Tim was a multi-medalist gymnast, captain of the gymnastics team,national honor student and advanced martial arts competitor - and would go on to become a3rd degree black belt in Karate. As a young adult, and in college, Tim would utilize this same drive topursue a second career along side of his music in PastryArts . Tim has become one of the most sought after Pastry Chefs in the business - earning national recognition onthe Food Network, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Providence Journal, The Chicago Sun Times, as well as manynational food publications. This has reinforced Tim's motivational philosophy that his passion and hard work could lead tomore exciting things in his life· Tim has pursued his music career with the same level of enthusiasm as he has exercised inall of his other pursuits - perhaps even more!
Tim is well known in the Boston area and received a nomination at the "Boston Music Awards". Since this nomination, Tim haswritten, recorded, produced and performed 2 solo albums and has garnered fans and record sales in the US, UK, Europe, Africa,Asia, Russia, Italy and Germany. Tim collaborates with: Leo Mellace & Steve Catizone (Wyclef Jean; Anthony Hamilton; Damian"Jr. Gong" Marley; Carl Thomas; The Isley Brothers; Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith; Gary Cherone of Extreme and Van Halen); Steve Paul (Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson and Bun E. Carlos of CheapTrick; Ira Tucker of The Dixie Hummingbirds; AFT-Automatic Fine Tuning; Philip Goodhand-Tait; William DeVaughn; Trussel;Buffy Saint-Marie; New England); Andrew Sherman: (Mariah Carey; Brian McKnight); Steve Hunt (Stanley Clarke; AlanHoldsworth); Chris Parks (Najee; Lalah Hathaway); Marty Walsh (Leann Rimes; Supertramp; Neil Diamond); Peter Calo (CarlySimon; Hall & Oats); and, Andrew Murdock: (Powerman 5000; Tracy Bonham).
