Emma-Lee

Emma-Lee
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	pop
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, photographer
Instruments	vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2004–present
Website	emma-lee.com

Emma-Lee is a Canadian pop singer, songwriter and photographer based in Toronto, Ontario. She is considered a mezzo-soprano and is a self-taught vocalist.

Early life

Emma-Lee was born in Toronto and raised in Markham, Ontario. She started playing guitar at age 14 and credits her father for teaching her. She soon began writing her own songs.

Published works

Albums

Never Just a Dream

She released her debut album Never Just a Dream in 2008 to critical acclaim from the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. The album was picked up by Bumstead Records and re-released on March 3, 2009. Her vocal style is frequently compared to k.d. lang, Norah Jones and Feist. No Depression magazine described Never Just a Dream as "an album so full of ideas and potential that it is hard to know how to properly frame a description of its contents. It is a collection of songs that is far more than the sum of its influences" and dubbed her "the voice to remember from 2009."

Emma-Lee's song "That Sinking Feeling" was featured as the single of the week on iTunes Canada.

Backseat Heroine

On February 7, 2012, she released her long awaited second album Backseat Heroine, co-produced by Emma-Lee, Karen Kosowski and Marc Rogers. The album features collaborations with Nicole Atkins, Jill Barber and Luke Doucet. Most of the album was tracked at The Chalet, a studio near Uxbridge, Ontario. Backseat Heroine blends multiple musical genres including pop, country, soul and rock. According to her online biography, "Emma-Lee's goal was to make a record that lived and breathed in its own world and could cross genres while still being a soundscape that was complete from start to finish."

Awards and nominations

- 2014, won for best female vocalist in NOW Magazine's best of Toronto feature.

- 2013, her album Backseat Heroine won "Best Adult Contemporary Album" and the video for "Shadow of a Ghost" was nominated for "Best Short Form Music Video" for the 12th annual Independent Music Awards.

- 2013, her album Backseat Heroine won the 12th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Fan Choice Award for "Best Adult Contemporary Album" and the video for "Shadow of a Ghost" won the Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Fan Choice Award for "Best Short Form Music Video."

- 2013, won for best female vocalist in NOW Magazine's best of Toronto feature.

- 2012, co-winner ROKKY Award for "Best Album"

- 2012, nominated for a CBC Radio 3 BUCKY award in the category of Hottest Pipes.

- 2010, Emma-Lee's song "Until We Meet Again" from the album Never Just a Dream won in the 9th annual Independent Music Awards as "best love song".

Film/TV placements

• "Flow" in Degrassi: The Next Generation, CBC's The Border and Bomb Girls
• "Pick Me Up, Dust Me Off" in CBC's Heartland - performed by Carleton Stone
• "Never Just a Dream" in CBC's 18 to Life
• "That Sinking Feeling" in Tyler Perry's:Why Did I Get Married Too?
• "Shot In The Dark" in HBO's Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, LifeTime's Dance Moms, promotional ad for FX's Wilfred, 2014 feature film The Scarehouse
• "I Could Live With Dying Tonight" in NBC's Saving Hope and MTV's Teen Wolf
• "Shadow Of a Ghost" in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• "Figure It Out" in Beauty & the Beast
• "It Won't Be Christmas 'Til You're Here" in CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles - performed by Julie Crochetière

Collaborations

• sings backing vocals on the album "Let Me Prove It To You" by Steve Strongman (2014)
• sings backing vocals on the album "Rustbucket" by Sean Pinchin (2013)
• sings on "I Put a Spell On You" and "Ne Me Quitte Pas" on Jesse Cook's "The Blue Guitar Sessions" album (2012)
• sings a duet with country music artist Josh Macumber on his song "Tomorrow" (Josh Macumber Was Here, 2012)
• sings on "It Was You" by Peter Katz (Still Mind Still, 2012)
• sings on Jill Barber's song "Took Me By Surprise" (Mischievous Moon, 2011)
• sings on Rob Szabo's song "Something Like Me" (Rob Szabo, 2011)

Discography

• 2004: The Waiting Room (EP) - out of print
• 2005: The Sneak Peak (EP) - out of print
• 2009: Never Just a Dream (Bumstead Records)
• 2011: Shot In The Dark - SINGLE (Special Agent Records)
• 2012: Backseat Heroine (eOne Music Canada)
• 2014: What Would Tom Petty Do - SINGLE (Maple Music)
• 2015: All The Way - SINGLE (Special Agent Records)

Songwriting Credits

TITLE	ARTIST	ALBUM	LABEL
Salt Water	Leah Daniels	What It Feels Like	Independent
A Little Bit Goes A Long Way	River Town Saints	Single	Open Road Recordings
Public & Come Back To Me	Reign	The Beginning EP	Independent
Only The Strong Survive	Alee	Single	Wax Records
Sawdust	Victoria Duffield	Accelerate	Warner Music Canada
You Carry Me	Ash & Bloom	Let The Storm Come	The Orange Lounge Recording Company
What I Want & Pick Me Up, Dust Me Off	Carleton Stone	Draws Blood	Groundswell Music
Lioness	Kat Moscone	The Next Star	Sony Music Canada
Goodbye Gravity	Dante Scott	The Next Star	Sony Music Canada
One More Light	Alee	This Road Goes Everywhere	Independent
Waiting For Wishes	Steven Taetz	Steven Taetz	Independent
U Turn	Angela Saini	Leap	Independent
Grain Of Sand	Larra Skye	Wishing Tree	Independent
Cabin Fever & Man Up!	Tia Brazda	Cabin Fever	Rebeluck Records
Sheets	Carleton Stone	Carleton Stone	Groundswell Music
Fall Apart	Sabrina Carpenter	Single	Independent
It Won't Be Christmas 'Til You're Here	Julie Crochetière	Single	Indie Soul

External links

• Official website
• Emma-Lee on Twitter
• Emma-Lee on Facebook
• Fanbridge
• Emma-Lee on iTunes
• Emma-Lee on YouTube

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• http://www.rokline.com/first-annual-rokky-awards
• soundtrack, IMDB.com. Retrieved August 2011