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Scott Ashley

New Single! Sugarmill! London gigs every week!

About Me


Buy tickets here for Scott Ashley's headline show at The Sugarmill in Stoke-on-Trent for just £4!
Scott Ashley is an acoustic based pop musician, singer and songwriter from Stoke-on-Trent, who BBC Online feel is "headed for big things." Currently Scott Ashley is going into the studio to record a single, "Blinkin' Not Thinkin'" with producer Russ Keffert (The Junk Scientist) who has worked with acts such as Blur, which will be released later this year, as well as his popular MySpace profile which has over 7000 friends. The last UK tour that Scott Ashley did, in association with MySpace.com was a sellout with every venue having to turn people away and a massive new fanbase who bought every copy of Scott's EP and signed up to his mailing list. A programme of promotional activities including radio, magazines and newspaper coverage as well as considerable web presence has been drawn up to coincide with the new single's release.
Scott Ashley began his musical life as the frontman of various bands in the Stoke-on-Trent area, before moving to study Law at Warwick University. Here he formed The Fire, who shot to immediate success through writing and recording the official world cup anthem for England Supporters Association in 2002. They followed this with many high profile festival appearances and as the support act for a number of top name bands, before splitting for Scott Ashley to concentrate on his burgeoning solo career. In his time with the band, he won numerous songwriting accolades as well as being chosen to represent Great Britain in the Universities Eurovision Song Contest.
Since going solo, Scott Ashley has gone from strength to strength, finding his own unique style of music and image and working with a whole host of producers. The crowning glory came in September 2006 when his first UK tour played to sellout audiences at every date. Since then, he has supported acts such as Amy McDonald and Amy Studt and his web presence has been increased with three fansites and a promo team both set up by dedicated supporters. He recently won the award for "Best New MySpace Artist 2006" which was voted for by readers of the popular blogazine The Zapping! and a further award for Pop Artist with Most Potential.
You can catch Scott Ashley live at one of his regular live dates, in Stoke-on-Trent and London, as well as nationwide where demand is high. It is advisable to sign up to his official MySpace profile for the most up-to-date news. His songwriting abilities are the envy of his peers. As fellow singer-songwriter Daniel Powter has said, "there wasn't a single song in his set I didn't wish that I'd written myself".
Questions
  • Name - Scott Ashley Connor
  • Instruments - Vocals, Guitar
  • Equipment - Takamine EG523SC 12 string, Fender Telecoustic, Manhattan Jazzer, Washburn Acoustic, Shure SM58 Microphone, Roland Amp, Yamaha Keyboard, Harmonica, Tin Whistle, Bodhran
  • Favourite Bands - The Beatles, David Bowie, Rod Stewart
  • Favourite Scott Ashley Song - Must Have Been The Weather
  • Favourite Film - A Hard Day's Night
  • First Single - Bat Out Of Hell, Meatloaf
  • First Album - So Far So Good, Bryan Adams
  • Former Bands - IQ, Acorn, Delta, Bottlekiln, Ellis, The Folk Devils, The Fire
  • Best Gig - First time on TV, Cholo performance for ITV, Cavern Club, The Sugarmill headline show in December
  • Best Gig Attended - Lightning Seeds in 1996, Oasis in 2000, Paul McCartney at Glastonbury
  • Other Achievements - written the musical, "Legacy"; the sketch show, "Onion"; sitcom, "Three Of A Kind Plus One"; rap group, published poet, recorded poet, member of gospel choir
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    Links
  • Amy Bennett - Official Photographer

  • My Interests

    Music:

    Member Since: 4/5/2006
    Band Website: myspace.com/scottashleymusic
    Band Members: Listed below is the full team working on getting me to the next level. Also, my amazingly talented band. I think they are all amazing, and feel free to contact them on the e-mail addresses provided if you would like to help

    Scott Ashley - Singer // Songwriter // 12-string Guitar // Keyboards ([email protected])
    James Marsh - Lead Guitar
    Ryan Whitmore - Bass Guitar
    Gaz Ryder - Drums
    Kelly Lam - Deputy MySpace Manager ([email protected])
    Michelle Wharton - Promotions ([email protected])
    Amy Bennett - Photographer ([email protected])

    Influences:

  • The Beatles
  • Oasis
  • The Rolling Stones
  • U2
  • David Bowie


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    Record Label: British Academy of New Music
    Type of Label: None

    My Blog

    I'm a "celebrity guest" singles reviewer!

    I was asked to review seven of the newest singles for www.thezapping.com last weekend. Have a read, its actually quite funny, and shows mine and Ed Winslet's startingly obvious potential to be great T...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:23:00 PST

    Wanna see me at V2007?

    Hey guys, I'm in a competition to open up the V Festival 2007 - The Zapping.com, the world's best site for upcoming pop talent, has thrown its support behind my bid to get this gig and I would massive...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:01:00 PST

    Interview in March issue of BoyFresh

    There is a brand new interview in the March issue of BoyFresh. You can read it online at www.boy-fresh.com Comments welcome!
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

    I'm a better, male Emma Bunton!

    No sooner had I written the last blog that I have seen myself on the front page of The Zapping! once again This time "This World So Crazy" has been featured in the article "The 7 Songs I'm Singing", ...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:54:00 PST

    The Zapping's 11 to Watch in 2007

    Its with great pleasure I saw The Zapping get relaunched as it is always such a fantastic read, and Paul has been really supportive of my career. As most will know, I won their prestigious Best New My...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:51:00 PST

    Featured Artist on UK411

    I am this month's featured artist on the site UK411 You can check out their profile at the following link http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendid=119198492...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:47:00 PST

    RIP My guitar

    At my Revolution gig on Thursday 22nd February, some idiot from some punk band or other clumsily knocked over my guitar after I had tuned and soundchecked it, and the talentless loser failed not ...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:43:00 PST

    Top Ten Ways To Achieve Fame

    PR Guru Max Clifford gave the following list of the top ten ways to achieve fame in this sad day and age 1. Appear on a reality TV series 2. Enter a talent show 3. Be abysmal on a talent show 4. Gain ...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:52:00 PST

    London last weekend

    Had a great time in London this weekend, thought I'd write a blog as sooo many of you are asking me about it! Well it started off with a trip around the Royal town of Windsor on Friday where we stoppe...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:43:00 PST

    Myspace Night Out

    Dunno if all of you read my bulletin organising a night out in Hanley with my myspace friends for last night, as the prolific singer-songwriter Ed Winslet was in town. Well it was last night, and we h...
    Posted by Scott Ashley on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:28:00 PST