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TITLE:
Heavenly Reign
ARTIST: Scott Katsura
FORMAT: Compact Disc
GENRE: Pop/Christian Pop/Inspirational/ Dance/Top
40
CATALOG#: AR-13-06
AUDIO
SOUND CLIPS
Believe
Out Loud
Somethin' Outta
Nothin'
Heavenly Reign (Featuring
Rezrector)
Jesus In Me
Use Me (I Can Only Imagine)
God Made Us
Forgive Me God (Featuring
Rezrector)
Never Go Back
I'll Be Your Voice
Live For The Dream
More Power To Ya
Christmas
At Rainbow Bridge
Beautiful On
The Inside (Live)
Believe Out Loud
(Dance Out Loud Remix)
Heavenly Reign
(Reign Dance Remix)
Love
Conquers All (Dance For God Remix)
Purify
Me (Divine Intervention Remix)
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2013 • Airtime Recording, LLC
So Help Me God Productions • New York Division
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SCOTT KATSURA grew up in Hawaii on the island of Oahu before he
relocated to New Jersey and became housemates with Evelyn “Champagne”
King - the legendary funky soul singer, “Shame” disco-diva
and Scott’s close personal friend. With classical voice training
from famous vocal coaches like Kenny Hicks, or the late Thurman
Bailey, Scott was inspired to pursue a more calculated music career
on Broadway, but instead, he kept following his passion as a pop
singer. Eventually, Scott decided it was in his best interest to
live directly in the pulse of the music business, so he moved into
Manhattan and continued to pursue his lifelong dream of working
in the recording industry.
Living in the heartbeat of the Empire State, Scott found many golden
opportunities of improving his skills as a pop vocalist, songwriter
and music industry colleague. His first venture was networking his
way into Prime Cuts Studio in Times Square, and collaborating with
Mark Kamins, the veteran record producer that is most known for
discovering Madonna. It was Mark that first placed Scott onto the
‘music industry’ map by producing his first pop/dance
CD album titled, “Eruption”. Tracks like “Penetration”
received great praise from prominent music critics like Larry Flick
of Billboard Magazine who wrote, “Katsura has a fine voice
and writes great pop tunes.” “Eruption” went on
to create mass hysteria on dance floors everywhere, both domestically
and international. With Mark’s professional guidance, Scott
gained much recognition and momentum not only as an artist, but
as a competitive songwriter in the mainstream as well.
Throughout the years, Scott has seasoned his musical craft and honed
his lyrical skills as he continued to release more CD albums. “Supernatural”
followed - his second CD with an adult contemporary/pop flavor.
The album was produced by Grammy recipient Cynthia Daniels, and
Tony “Thunder” Smith, whose notoriety most derives from
being the core drummer for Lou Reed. The title-track “Supernatural”
scored Scott a #1 single in the U.K for four consecutive weeks –
as recognized with Firewall Records on the ‘Global Internet
Chart’. Latin-freestyle legend and producer Mickey Garcia
of MicMac and 21st Century Records, and club dance producer/DJ Giuseppe
D. of Hothead Productions used their funky beats to produce Scott’s
club/dance/pop CD, “Family Jewel”, his third worldwide
release. Scott made his mark with many club-goers as they pounded
on dance floors with tracks like “Love & Sex”, “Single
Tonight”, “Partygirl” and “Best Day Of My
Life”.
For Scott, the party was over on 9/11. As a resident of Manhattan
for over a decade, Scott was directly affected by the devastation
and up-close events of September 11th, 2001. On that gruesome day,
he lost many friends, acquaintances and business colleagues. Unable
to shake his severe depression, Scott abruptly vanished from the
music scene altogether, and was rarely seen at his apartment in
the city anymore. Scott found himself hibernating in his New Jersey
home for the following three years – secure with his two cats,
gardening, nature and home entertainment. Spending more time alone
than ever, Scott realized how much he missed his comfort, security,
family and life in the tropical islands of Hawaii. Even more, Scott
was overwhelmed with feelings of longing for what he loved to do
the most - his music, singing and songwriting. Soon, he began composing
songs for what would become his fourth CD, “Aloha Miles Away”.
Unwilling to compromise, Scott took drastic measures upon re-entering
his music career. He took a shot at producing himself for the very
first time. Scott decided to change his professional name from Scott
Allan (middle name) to Scott Katsura (sir name). He was committed
and diligent of implementing his Hawaiian island roots into his
professional work as never before. In Scott’s own words, “The
world knew me as Scott Allan, the slick and provocative artist from
the Big Apple, but this time, I’m going to show them Scott
Katsura, just the simple and ordinary guy from the Big Pineapple
with so much aloha to give!” Scott did succeed in creating
a musical montage representing his Hawaiian culture in contemporary
form, and delivered his deep feelings of sharing the ‘spirit
of aloha’, both in his personal lifestyle and public arena.
Scott collaborated selectively with people who shared the same passion
for “Aloha Miles Away”, musical theatre singer/composer
David Velarde and Grammy nominated jazz pianist/composer Martin
Bejerano. "Aloha Miles Away" is garnered as the winner
of 'Pop Album of the Year' at the 2005 Hawaii Music Awards.
Scott's current CD, "Born This Way", is his fifth international
recording. Showing the ability to produce a successful album on
“Aloha Miles Away”, once again, Scott has chosen to
produce this adult contemporary/pop/dance/rock CD in collaboration
with his musical partner, Martin Bejerano. Together, Scott and Martin
have delivered “Born This Way” with such jazzy flavor,
rich orchestration and catchy vocal arrangements. They have created
a lyrically ‘humanistic’ anthem CD that is musically
crossing many borders, and reaching out to a vast global demographic
of people. In Scott’s liner notes, he summarizes the theme
of “Born This Way” with quotes from author Maryanne
Williamson, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask
ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the
glory of God that is within us, and as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
Scott was born multi-cultural, a middle child, the only boy in between
two sisters, and left-handed. His father is pure Japanese, while
Scott’s mother is of Filipino, Spanish, Hawaiian, Chinese,
English, Irish and German descent. For most of his life, Scott was
a painfully shy kid who was always determined to overcome his disadvantages
of advancing in life - as any full-blooded American would dream
to endeavor. For years, Scott has struggled to ‘fit in’,
both on stage and off. But today, Scott Katsura is celebrating his
uniqueness, the irony of constantly being the outcast, but in harmonious
synchronicity, standing out in the crowd to the very same degree.
During Scott's vacation time, he spends quality moments with his
friends, family and animals. He replenishes in songwriting, and
remains driven by supporting various charity events, usually for
kids, elders and animals. He most admires individuals who are secure
with themselves, and least desires people who mistaken kindness
for stupidity. His greatest goal is to help people find the human
characteristics which makes us all the same, while maintaining the
ability to think, act and speak as unique individuals with their
own hearts, minds and talents. Scott Katsura is about to break all
stereotypes. Won’t you join him?
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