{"id":148104,"date":"2012-12-19T19:40:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T19:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socancom100stg.wpenginepowered.com\/veteran-songwriter-crafts-pop-country-and-soul-hits\/"},"modified":"2012-12-19T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T19:40:36","slug":"veteran-songwriter-crafts-pop-country-and-soul-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/veteran-songwriter-crafts-pop-country-and-soul-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran songwriter crafts pop, country, and soul hits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les traductions pour les articles avant l\u2019automne 2013 ne sont pas disponibles pour le moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undoubtedly, Tebey Ottoh is best known as a songwriter. He\u2019s written for artists as diverse as Canadian pop star Shawn Desman, U.K. R&B\/soul songstress Pixie Lott, and country artists including Tara Oram, Doc Walker and superstars Big and Rich.<\/p>\n

He remains a prolific and diverse songwriter and has recently written multiple songs for Emerson Drive\u2019s 2012 release, Roll, Smash Mouth\u2019s comeback single, \u201cMagic,\u201d and provided two cuts for worldwide pop sensation One Direction\u2019s sophomore effort, Take Me Home.<\/p>\n

Tebey\u2019s first love, however, is performance, a passion he\u2019s nurtured since first taking the stage at the Burlington, Ont., church he attended as a child. Ever since, the now Nashville-based singer-songwriter has wanted to release a record of his own, a dream he finally realized in November 2012 with his debut album, The Wait.

\u201cWriting and recording this record was a matter of learning to go with my heart, and record the songs I love.\u201d<\/div>\n

Aptly titled, The Wait isn\u2019t so much a transition for Tebey as a return to his roots as a recording artist and performer in his own right. \u201cI’ve always written different genres of music because I don’t think music should be put into a box,\u201d he says. \u2018I grew up listening to everything, and I take those influences into my songwriting sessions, but when it comes to my artist career, it’s definitely country.\u201d
\nTebey\u2019s career as a performer began early on. At age 16 he signed with Nashville-based MCA Records and moved to Tennessee with his father to hone his craft. A publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and a singles deal with RCA Nashville followed.<\/p>\n

While his 2002 single \u201cWe Shook Hands (Man to Man)\u201d garnered Tebey a Canadian Radio Music Award nomination for Best New Male Country Artist, broke the Top 40 U.S. Billboard Country Singles Chart and hit No. 3 in Canada, ultimately, RCA decided to shelve his album.<\/p>\n

Tebey returned to Canada and focused on songwriting, but didn\u2019t give up on his dream of writing a record expressly for his own voice; a collection of songs that, although definitely country, were also informed by his love of R&B\/Soul and rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I write for myself it’s harder because it\u2019s easier to second-guess things,\u201d he says. \u201cWriting and recording this record was a matter of learning to go with my heart, and record the songs I love that, hopefully, other people will love too.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Track Record<\/strong>
\n\u2022 \u201cAll About Tonight,\u201d performed by Pixie Lott, was nominated for a 2012 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and became Tebey\u2019s first No. 1 U.K. single.
\n\u2022 \u201cSomewhere In The Country,\u201d Tebey\u2019s latest single, was released Sept, 28, 2012.
\n\u2022 Tebey recorded his unreleased 2002 album with iconic producer Bob Rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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