Philly singer/songwriter signs with Troy Patterson’s Third Street Music Group, original home of Baltimore’s Mario
*“I was signed three months ago, “ singer/songwriter Voice (Tazin Singh) said about signing with Troy Patterson, the original manager and label to Baltimore’s national singing sensation Mario that introduced him to Clive Davis. “Allen, my manager, brought me to Troy. Troy heard me on the Anthony Jeter machine (local Baltimore talent showcases). Troy saw me and the next day I went to see him and I signed.”
Voice is the son of a black mother and a father from India, resulting in his trade mark long hair and Hip-Hop street look. What is also unusual is his voice, thus why his fans call him Voice. He has an eight-octave or higher voice and a smooth sexy Urban flavor delivery style.
A graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia (with a vocal Jazz concentration) Voice is a master at not only Urban R&B, which you will find on his upcoming debut release, “Set the Mood,” on Third Street Music Group/Shy Boy Entertainment, but he is also a master at Jazz, Opera, Gospel, Soul and Pop. He has vocally performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Philly Pops.
“I have mixed reactions, “Voice said about the reaction of people to his voice, which is a contrast to his Hip-Hop look and personality. “I don’t look like I sing. Most are surprised at how I carry myself. They say with all that talent I should have a big head.”
This talented singer gets a standing ovation every time he sings; it’s just a matter of time before the world gets a chance to partake of that pleasure.
Voice, also an accomplished guitarist and pianist, recently won the 2008 Baltimore “Uplifting Minds II” national talent competition and has an acting role in an upcoming film, “Watch Out I Got Your Man.”
For more on Voice visit his MySpace at "http://www.myspace.com/theofficialvoicepage.”
Gospel singing sensation Wanda Nero Butler releases new project, ‘No Failure’
“When I was four, they set me up on top of the piano and I started singing,” Motor City song bird Wanda Nero Butler said about the family discovery that she had an unbelievable gift of song.
A year later, she became a member of the Pastor’s Kids choir at her parent’s church. Then one day she said they gave her own song to sing, “Jesus Kept me at the Cross,” and her career as a leading lady in ministry through song began.
Wanda involved herself in a long list of singing projects and activities; some included musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Why Good Girls like Bad Boyz. In 1987 she recorded her first album, “Reach for His Love,” on the Sound of Gospel record label; in 1989 “New Born Soul” was released; in 1992 “Wanda Nero Butler – Live in Atlanta,” which garnered her a GMWA Excellence Award for “Best female Vocalist;” in 1998 she released “Family Prayer," and in 2000 it was her “Wanda Nero Butler – Live in Alabama.”
Butler’s latest CD, “No Failure” is on the Motor City Praise Records label and is filled with soul-stirring, hand-clapping selections. On the title track “No Failure,” it features the vocals of Victoria “Vicki” Vaughn as well as on the “Yes” selection, one of my personal favorites because of its Urban feel.
Some of my other favorites is the powerful heart-felt plea “Deliver Me,” “Clap Yo hands” and “I’m in Need.” Wanda gave me some words of wisdom, which you will find in the lyrics throughout her “No Failure” CD, which I’d like to share: “We are what we think we are. We are what we speak. What we speak is what is in existence.”