Singer Tje (pronounced TYE) Austin has been making moves in the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin, TX. His upcoming CD, Ordinary, is poised to show the national and international music scene that he brings an extraordinary, distinguished, mellow mix of genres to his music. With his truth running deep, his chilled-out vocals that caress the soul have caught the attention of Grammy level artists, paving the way for Tje to open for the likes of Anthony David, Dwele, and Trey Songz.
He grew up in a family of eleven from all different ethnic backgrounds, they moved around a lot, living in all kinds of places like Hawaii, Michigan, Arizona, North Carolina, and even overseas in Japan. Moving around gave him a deeper sense of how different places have their own rhythms that they move to. Plus, he was infuenced by his family members’ musical tastes and ethnicities. “ There were so many of us and everyone listened to something dierent.” he said “ My parents would listen to country and classic rock; my brothers and sisters would listen to rock and top 40; and I always liked to listen to soul and R&B. I bring all of that to my music.”
When he was a little kid, he had no idea how deep his love for music was. “My mom would force me to sing whenever company came over, and I hated it.” Then one day when he was riding in the back of the bus in middle school, one of his friends asked me to sing for her. He said “when I began everyone got real quiet, and when I finished another girl got real excited and yelled out; so I knew I was on to something.” Around the same time, he started writing poetry. “I got my nerve up to enter a school contest and my poem won.” That special occasion brought him his first taste of fame. A reporter came to his house to interview him; “I thought I had made it big.”
After that, I was inspired to take my words and my voice to another level. After moving to Austin to attend the University of Texas, he hooked up with Brian Ferguson and Will Wolfe. They made a few humble recordings, put them up on MySpace, and suddenly their songs began to get requests from spots all over the world like Seoul, Korea; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Memphis, Tennessee. They followed-up the requests with his first album Love Me Knots in 2008. A film producer happened upon that album, which was on iTunes and Amazon. That connection resulted in his songs “Today Tomorrow” being on MTV’s indie hit movie Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom and “In Every Woman” being played on the Today Show. “I was stoked!” Both of those experiences exposed him to an even broader demographic then he could imagine at the time.
Since then, more and more people have been listening to his music, which has encouraged him to do my second album, Ordinary. With all of that and 700,000 MySpace plays, he’s ready to take his music to the next level. The inspiration from his songs comes from everyday life. “I am inspired by small moments, whether they happen to me, my family, or my friends. I take how I feel and try to connect on a personal level with people who listen to my music, because we all go through the same shit.” The reason why he feel more in tune is because he grew up in a family that respects each other’s boundaries and feelings, and he does the same in relationships. “Who I am moves me to speak about life through my music. What happens to me is happening to someone else, and it’s comforting, whether it’s good or bad, to know that you are not alone. at is what my music is about, comfort.”
Tje Austin –
More than Ordinary By Lorraine Lyman
Savvy Success Unlimited
(read less)Singer Tje (pronounced TYE) Austin has been making moves in the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin, TX. His upcoming CD, Ordinary, is poised to show the national and international music scene that he brings an extraordinary, distinguished, mellow mix of genres to his music. With his truth running deep, his chilled-out vocals that caress the soul have caught the attention of Grammy level artists, paving the way for Tje to open for the likes of Anthony David, Dwele, and Trey Songz.
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