TJ Monterde

TJ Monterde

Titus John Monterde also known as TJ Monterde is a Filipino songwriter and singer who is now currently making a name in the music industry. TJ was once a host of tele-magazine show in Northern Mindanao, the Mag TV na! Ato ni!. In that, TJ started exposing his good looks and his skills as a host. He studied Bachelor of Science in Developmental Communication in Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro and he is pursuing his singing career in Manila when he resigned as a host of the aforementioned tele-magazine show.

TJ Monterde

#theTALENT

Singing is his passion. That’s what people see for he took risk of resigning as a host on the tele-magazine show. TJ’s song “Ikaw at Ako” was first heard on the same show and on an interview via Skype by Mag TV na! he undertake the story of the song that the persons who hear the song are his family only and now the whole nation is listening it now. On the 1^st ever Barangay Gwapo, TJ sang the song saying that it was his “last performance” but for his fans, it was his last performance in that stage for a bigger stage is waiting for him. The song’s Official Video is now available for the vast audience to watch and listen nytime. (Beware of LSS)

On the other hand, TJ had already seize another music media, the Twitmusic and now listeners all over the world already commended his voice.

Visit his:

Tumblr: http://tjmusicmonterde.tumblr.com

Twitmusic: http://www.twitmusic.com/tjmusicmonterde

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/tjdmonterde

Follow him on twitter: @tjmusicmonterde

image from his twitter account.

Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sande

Adele Emeli Sandé or known in her middle name, Emeli Sandé is a Scottish recording artist and actually, she was a songwriter. She was known by the public by when she featured in the “Diamond Ring” of the rapper Chipmunk which then their first top 10 single in UK Single Charts. She was also commended by Simon Cowell as “his favorite songwriter at the minute”. Emeli wrote songs by some the best artist such as Parade, Susan Boyle, Cher Llyod, Leona Lewis, Cheyl Cole and many more.

August last year, she released her first solo single “Heaven”. Her album “Our Vision of Events” reached at number one in UK after it was released in February 2012.

 

#Prologue

Emeli studied Medicine at the University of Glasgow and at her fourth year, she stopped. Her sister recorded her a video when she was young while playing the piano and was sent to the BBC’ Urban Music competition and won the first prize and she was offered a recording deal but management was against the deal. Moreover, her singing career started when she appeared on the “Diamond Ring” of the Chipmunks. During the success of her career, Adele was also doing its thing and change her screen name to her middle name because of Adele’s mounting success.

She was named as the Brit Awards Critics Choice for 2012 on December 2011. She was also the winner of the American Express Innovation Award. Emeli sad that her songs was about world peace and political issues. In addition, she said that the key to a good song is using honesty and raw emotion.

website: http://www.emelisande.com/

Images from Google.com

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeli_Sand%C3%A9

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher Sheeran or commonly known as “Ed Sheeran” is an English songwriter, singer and who would have thought, he is also a producer, a rapper and a beatboxer. His first single “The A Team” debuted at number three in the UK Singles chart. His debut album “±” has been a certified QUADRUPLE PLATINUM in United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry. This year, he won the BRIT Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough of the Year. Moreover, his single “The A Team” won as the Best Song Musically and Lyrically in the Ivor Novello Award.

#TheEarlyMusician

Ed Sheeran started learning to play guitar at a very young age. He then started recording in 2005 which led to his first EP, the Orange Room EP. EP (Extended Play) is a musical recording that contains more music than a single (Wikipedia). In 2006, he released a self-titled album and Want Some? in 2007. And for your information, in 2009, he had played almost 312 gigs. On the same year, he again released another EP which is the “You Need Me”.

February 2010, he has posted a video in SB.TV which then led him to the rapper “Example asking Sheeran to tour with him”. On the same year, in April, Sheeran went to Los Angeles and played all over the city and he was spotted by Jamie Foxx of The Foxxhole. Jamie was so impressed by Ed Sheeran’s talent and offered him to use his recording studio. Through the year, he was seen by people over the internet via Youtube and his fans grew larger and larger.

#SweetSucces

His single, “The A Team” peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart selling over 58,000 copies for the first week. The single was also a top ten hit in some countries such as Luxmeburg, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland, Norway and Germany. His debut album “±” which was released last year in September was number one in UK Charts and became the ‘second best selling album and the ninth biggest selling album of 2011 in UK’.

Last November 2011, another soul ballad song was released which is the “Lego House”. “Lego House” reached top ten in New Zealand Single Charts, Scottish, Australia and Irish. In addition, Stooshe also recorded an acoustic cover of this song because of its popularity all over UK. This year, he performed at the closing ceremony of London Olympic Games 2012 with the cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”.

His “The A Team” as stated by Louise Willot was inspired by a woman who he met and told him her story. The woman’s name was Angel who is living in a homeless shelter known as “Crisis” in London in which Ed Sheeran was a volunteer.

website: http://edsheeran.com/

Images from Google.com

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran