Barry Szeto is a new breed of eclectic singers breaking into the music industry with a touch of soul and a lot of determination. He was born in Vancouver, Canada and it was there while he was growing up that he first learned to play the violin, guitar and piano at the tender age of seven years’ old and started writing his own songs at thirteen. On top of that he became dedicated to his voice training which paid off at the many local talent shows he took part in. Szeto became known as ‘the little boy with a big voice’ influenced by artists like Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men.
In 1998, he competed with Island/Def Jam recording artist Fefe Dobson at the
Apollo Nite talent show in which he gave her a run for her money. It was a must-see competition. He was also a finalist in the KISS 92.5FM Talent Search and a runner-up for favourite vocalist on the popular Canadian TV show Today's Talent Time, a spin-off of Star Search. Szeto began to build up momentum and everybody who heard him had to sit up and take notice. With the support of his family, Szeto secured more breaks as time went on.
Szeto recorded his first demo with producers Kushal Kannah and John Ebata who produced for one of the first original Canadian divas, Anne Murray. More recently, he met up and coming producer/sound engineer Simon Bader from Massive Sound
Productions which proved to be a more than fruitful collaboration. Bader comes from a predominantly Metal, Rock and Drum & Bass background but this was used in combination with Szeto’s smooth voice and Reggae, Reggaeton and Hip Hop genres which he had never tried before. After getting his feet wet with these new and wonderful concepts, he decided to record a full length album which is due for release later in 2008.
Szeto stands by his comment that ‘Music is universal. There is no colour, no race, no gender.’ With his dedicated attitude and sure-fire hits like ‘This Is Our Night’ accompanied by the Reggaeton flavoured remix and the feisty ‘Don’t You Dare’, Barry Szeto will soon be added to a long list of success stories in the music business and will be topping charts worldwide for years to come.
HEEYYYY BARRY!!! LOL..AWWW YOU SO FUNNY..LOL...BUT YEA I GOT YOUR TEXT, I WANT TO GO BUT I'M WORKING @ THE STATION TOMORROW NIGHT:( BUT I KNOW YOU'LL ROCK THE PLACE!
& YEA I STILL HAVENT'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE INTERVIEW FILE, I WILL FIND IT & SEND IT TO YOU!!!!
"New Era" is hot brother. Great job with the production an lyrics. Drop by when you get a chance. Should have the video for "Franciscan Sunshine" up later this week. talk soon
yo avril...i like ur myspace star ........hey hey you u ...i dont like ur gf......hey hey you you...LOL>..HAHAHAHA nice pix on facebook...whats with the naked ones???? HAHAHA i thought u were peeing on someones car!!!~!!!
HEY BARRY!!! SOOOO SORRY I TOLD MY P/A TO EMAIL YOU THE INTERVIEW, I KNOW OUR SERVER WAS DOWN, SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY, I WILL DEF. GET THAT TO YOU OK :)
HEYY BARRY, THANKS AGAIN FOR DOING THE INTERVIEW! AS ALWAYS IT WAS HOT & YOU WERE MUY CALIENTE! I'LL SEND YOU THE COPY VIA MP3 BY TOMORROW. MUCH LOVE YOUR # 1 FAN BLU ORCHID!!!!!
SUP THANKS FOR THE ADD! I JUST WANTED TO DROP BY N SHOW SOME LOVE! IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY COME CHECK OUT UR BOY I GOT 2 NEW TRACKS UP CALLED "GILLIGAN" N "LIVE 2 LOVE U!" AND DROP ME A COMMENT!!!! ONE THE INITIATE
Hey b thankz 4 d add, sorry its taken so long 2 accept been workin on my 1st single n music video nice page... Be sure to check out what WILL BE my 1st single "Love Flow" (4000 plays in 2 days) only preview version tho 2 many myspace jackers as well as "The One" due for release in the summer on the major label Universal Records. let me know wat u think also got new pics up now. M.I.L.A.D
HEYYYY SUPA STA :)loving your main profile pic :) ...Since ThatRadio is going visual, meaning live video, I'm producing a new Latin show called "LA CULTURA" about of course the Latin music & ent. culture :) It'll be LIVE video so everyone can watch us live on the show via our ThatRadio website (the video will be streaming from our site) & everyone can watch us live from anywhere the world! Anyway my show is launching in May & I WOULD LOVE TO DO A 2ND INTERVIEW WITH YOU!!! (since you have a Reggaeton inspired track) & this time you can also sing/perform it live in the interview!!! :) Let me know ok so I can book you as my 1st guest for the 1st "LA CULTURA" show :)
COMING SOON THATRADIO WILL BE BROADCASTING LIVE SHOWS ON VIDEO CAMS!
BROADCASTED DIRECTLY & LIVE FROM OUR THATRADIO PRODUCTION HOUSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY HEAR BUT ALSO SEE ALL OF OUR LIVE SHOWS VIA NET (STREAMING FROM OUR SITE) FROM ANY WHERE AROUND THE WORLD!!!
& OF COURSE YOU'LL ALL FINALLY BE ABLE TO WATCH ME "LIVE" DOING MY THING ON MY SHOW B.L.U.E. EVERY SATURDAY NIGHTS 7PM-8PM + I'LL BE PRODUCING A "MUY CALIENTE" LATIN SHOW FOCUSING ON THE LATIN CULTURE (REGGAETON/SALSA/BACHATA/MERENGUE/LATIN URBAN)!
SO STAY TUNED FOR THATRADIO'S NEXT HOT STEP TO INTERNET MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HEY BARRY THE INTERVIEW WENT GREAT & YOU SOUNDED GREAT! THANKS AGAIN, MUCH RESPECT, LOTS OF SUCCESS TO YOU & KEEP REPPING TRU CANADIAN TALENTS TO THE FULLEST!
YES WE'RE STILL GOOD TO GO FOR JAN. 13 TH. I'LL TAKE YOU BIO FROM YOUR PAGE & ASLO IF YOU HAVE A CD TO BRING THAT'S GREAT OTHERWISE WE'LL PLAY YOUR TRACKS FROM YOUR MYSPACE PAGE.
WE'LL BE IN TOUCH BEFORE THE INTERVIEW OK :)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & LOOKING FORWARD IN INTERVIEWING YOU!
No thank you for accepting my request:) & even better how would you like to be a guest on my show? My show supports & promotes hot rising North American talents & I'd love to feature you, let me know ok:)
Much respect & success to you! Blu Orchid (Technical Director/Producer) www.thatradio.com ThatRadio Station 600 Bay St. (Ste# 405) Toronto, ON M5G 1M6 Station #: 416-204-9951 Call In #: 416-204-9723
