NATASHA WATERMAN + AION CLARKE @ Intimate & Interactive OPEN MIC September 24, 2010

Tika Simone Presents:

Intimate & Interactive Open Mic

With NATASHA WATERMAN + AION CLARKE LIVE

Alongside Opening Act: ROCHELLE JORDAN

Live Performance & Artist/Audience Q&A

Toronto's only AUDITION-ONLY OPEN MIC with a HEADLINER each and every FRIDAY!

A night specifically designed for music lovers and music appreciators.

Lambadina Lounge

875 Bloor St. W (2nd floor.) TTC accessible (right across from Ossington Station)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH

Hosted by: MTV's Tika Simone

$10 before 11pm/ $15 after

Doors Open @ 10pm

Photographs & Creative by: Ishmil Waterman

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Intimate & Interactive Open Mic was created to bring a sense of awareness around not only performance art but the art of media training in artists as well. Every headliner has been hand-selected to perform and answer questions from the audience in regards to their push and struggle to the top.

Intimate & Interactive proves that everyone has a story and Toronto has many unknown diamonds in the rough ready to take form.

I've put my all into this night and I hope to see all of you there.

--Tika Simone

***For Open Mic or Headliner Auditions please email: intimateandinteractive@gmail.com***

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NATASHA WATERMAN BIO:

Who is Natasha Waterman you ask? Well she's the kind of person, people take a liking to right from the start. She wear's her heart on her sleeve, she's passionate and full of life as believer of the impossible.

Natasha's the kind of woman that loves you first and understands you wholeheartedly. With this gift of love and understanding she becomes like family and before you know it she'll have your back as if you were friends for years!

Now imagine just that in a song! Her music makes you feel at home, with her warm sultry tones and breathy notes you feel the comfort of simplicity. As a single mother of 2, Natasha is destined to be a household name. Providing a home for her children and taking on a complex career, she has achieve so much including her first CD titled Long Road.

For Natasha it started at the age of 11, writing was her outlet and even more so her passion. Through the years between balancing music and raising her beloved children she has shown them, the results of hard work and dedication. She's not a quitter even when it would have been easier for her to change her career focus, her drive and loyalty remained.

This singer songwriter has evolved tremendously, from different genres of singing to different genres of writing. In 2003 she had her song State of Emergency placed in David Sutherland's featured film, Love, Sex and Eating the bones starring Hill Harper. Followed with co writer Rikoshay in the song One by One, featured in the CBC's movie Doom's Day, the song did well considering it was released locally. Natasha then took some time to find her own sound and did some writing. Her timing was good, she landed 3 co writes on Double Platinum Selling, Canadian Idol, Kalan Porter's Album 214 Days. There after returned the next year to have 2 songs placed on Canadian Idol Melissa O'neil's self titled album which her song Speechless released as a single. Not to mention the success she has had on previous recordings with Choclar, Ivana Santil, Mr. Roam, Brass Monk, In Essence including co writes with Randy Bachman of Turner overdrive, Marc Jordan, Bobby Cameron, Luke McMaster, Tupelo Honey, Will Pugh of the Cartel's, Rupert Gale, Rob Wells, Robbie Patterson, Vince DeGiorgio, David Martin and many more.

Independently Natasha Waterman has brought forth an inspiring album with the best of soulful easy listening music. Her album is a blend of great songs that cross all genres in one way or another. She can not be boxed into a genre for what she is, is popular it speaks to the masses. Long Road is about love and life!

I asked her to tell me one thing that she lives by... She said " Do what you have to, to do what you love"

http://www.natashawaterman.com/
http://www.myspace.com/natashawaterman2005
http://www.natashawaterman.com/

AION CLARKE BIO:

Aion is a singer/songwriter whose blend of pop, soul and big band favourites is establishing him as a force on the International music scene. His soulful voice and charm are winning audiences over with every performance.

Aion performed his first solo at the age of 4 for his church, and grew up studying a wide variety of music- from R&B/soul to country and folk. He has been singing ever since. While he spent the early part of his career performing with choirs, his true passion is in performing as a solo artist.

With classics like Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon to Marvin Gaye’s Mercy Me, Aion’s presence is truly unique. His charm and musical talent has captured the hearts of fans of all ages. With recent headline performances at The MGM Grand Foxwoods, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and by lending his voice to the Young Artists for Haiti campaign, Aion is making his mark as an entertainer on the rise.

http://www.aionclarke.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thisisvoycemusic
http://www.twitter.com/aionclarke