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Laura Holding

Soul Education!

About Me

Already at the age of 23 yrs, Laura has gained a wealth of experience in the music industry. At the age of 16, Laura worked along side Telstar Records in London where she spent 2 years as a Singer/song writer along side London Producer Rishi Rich. Along with Rishi she then moved to London based record Company 2Point9. In 2000 Laura won the Kiss FM New Talent Award and decided to concentrate on writing music for herself. In late 2003, Laura left the rat race in London to spend more time working on herself as an artist. In doing this Laura moved her focus to a style of music she felt more comfortable in, Soul, Jazz and R&B. Being influenced heavily by artists such as Jill Scott, Floetry, Kindred the Family Soul but to name a few! Laura’s music live is something not to be missed with it being compared to the likes of Jill Scott and Maxwell, those influences must have really paid off! But the here and now, Laura has been nominated as one of the top three in the UK Unsigned Song Writing Contest 2007 ,had her music played on American soul radio station 4DA Soul and has hooked up with London based UK Garage Producer Sunship, and OJ Beatz. Laura is also a Backing singer for Asian R&B singer Jay Sean and sang at BBC 1xtra Live in Coventry alongside Chris Brown, Akon, Kelly Rowland, Craig David and many more. Just recently Laura has been mixing her style of writing with a more electro/soul Vibe. Laura is back with her new style and as she’ says “I’m doing it my way”.




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Member Since: 3/21/2006
Band Website: Under Construction, more info soon....!
Band Members: Oli Briant - Guitar/Keys, Ollie Boorman - Drums, Dan Dotor - Bass, Tom Phelan - Keys/synth
Influences: There are so many influences to me and my music, but it's not just about being influenced by someone for me it's also respect for their music. Jill Scott is someone i massively respect, her voice is beautiful and her soul is so real, to hear Jill at her best i would recommend anyone to The Jill Scott Experience Album ( FANTASTIC) Also i am a huge fan of Kinderd the family soul, i saw them live at the Jazz Cafe in London and i was blown away.... I would describe my music as simular, soul,jazz,r&b, And please everyone must check out Frank McComb.....! Listen!!! the best thing i have heard in a long time!!!! I am also a great believer in being able not just to sound good on record but also be fantasic live! More influences..Mica Paris, Amp Fiddler, Nate James, Dwele, India Arie, Angie Stone, Raphael Saadiq, Roy Hargrove, Beyonce, the Roots, Slum Village, Floetry, Aretha Franklin, Anthony Hamilton, Donell Jones, Connor Reeves, Alicia Keys, Eric Benet and the list will go on forever......!.
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Record Label: 2Point9.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Remedy Podcast

Download the new Remedy pod cast featuring a track by me, you can click on the remedy link on my top friends or search it on itunes!!!!xxxLxx
Posted by Laura Holding on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:27:00 PST

Laura Holding in Touch Mag

Hey i will be in touch mag july issue in the rise section,go support and buy a copy!!!!
Posted by Laura Holding on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:25:00 PST

Ronnie Herel Plays Laura Holding on 1xtra r&b show!

Ronnie Herel plays Laura Holding on BBC 1xtra on Mon 9th  JuneListen again@http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/ronnieherel/?focuswin
Posted by Laura Holding on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:23:00 PST

Jay Sean with Laura Holding on Sound bbc2

Once again i had the best time doing this slot for Jay, it was freezing cold but the music made us warm! LOL!!missed it on BBC 2 Sound here's the Linkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sound/shows/show24/video/000x...
Posted by Laura Holding on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:14:00 PST

BBC 1xtra Live!

Last night, I had the privilege of singing bv’s for Jay sean Live at The Ricoh Arena in Coventry, along side artists such as, Craig David, Akon, Kelly Rowlad, Taio Cruz and Chris Brown,.It was m...
Posted by Laura Holding on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:19:00 PST

Soul Lab in Touch Magazine!

I sang @ Soul Lab in Croydon on sunday 9th March and the evening was reviewed in Touch Magazine  www.touchmagazine.co.uk, its such a great evening !!! Also see me singing backing vocals for Jay S...
Posted by Laura Holding on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:42:00 PST

lullaby lyrics, inspired by Mc Angel @ the komedia

I went to a cool spoken word event last week, with Mc Angel, who as ever was amazing, and it inspired me to write a little vibe of my own, so here it is,Lullaby, She sits at home All alone Thinkin...
Posted by Laura Holding on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:35:00 PST

new music on it’s way!!!

Hello everyone,Hope your all well, just a quick note to say i have been writing in the studio and there are some new tunes on the way!!!!!Keep checking back to see when there up!Also i just wanted to ...
Posted by Laura Holding on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:55:00 PST

eastbourne gig!!! Review

Jazz has never been my cup of tea. Neither has R'n'B I'm afraid, which makes the invitation to go and see Laura Holding at Bar Blue a rather unattractive proposition. Nevertheless, I find myself on th...
Posted by Laura Holding on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:25:00 PST

Download My Music

Just a quick 1!You can now download my music atwww.soundsurf.co.ukJust search my name or under Soul or R&Balso you can also vote for me atwww.popworldpromotes.co.ukagain just search my name and ge...
Posted by Laura Holding on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:29:00 PST