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Eric Solomon has spent his life going places. His travels and experiences have all led to his growth as a cultured and creative musician.Eric was raised in African Congo, but at the age of thirteen he was forced to leave the war-persecuted community during an embassy relief effort. While his family stayed behind, a young Eric was sent to his native homeland of Montreal, Quebec. He spent the formative years of his life in Montreal andfound solace in a self-taught symphony. Eric eventually left Quebec to follow the sounds in his mind.

While only in his teens Eric hooked up with a band as a hired musician and went on tour in Asia. He would spend the next five years of his life touring and playing music there before eventually moving to Vancouver. It was back in North America that Eric's own music began to draw people's attention. An incredibly gifted musician and multi-instrumentalist, he learned audio engineering in order to be able to record himself. Before long he was being courted by executives from a number of American labels. He ultimately signed to Columbia/Sony and began recording his major label debut. He worked alongside Randy Jackson and Vertical Horizon and co-wrote with Grammy nominated writer Richard Marx.

In what has become a familiar story in the current record business there was an executive shift at Eric's label and he found his album languishing without a release date. Back in Vancouver Eric continued to write and record new music and also began to hone his skills as a Producer. By the time Eric was eventually released from his contract he had recorded a brand new record and managed to get four tracks that he had produced for other artists placed on MTV's "The Hills".

After his experience with the label system Eric decided that he was unwilling tojeopardizehis career at the hands of others. Gradually building up a major label sized marketing budget for himself Eric set about building his own team of industry professionals around him. Owning his own masters he is embracing many of the new-model solutions available to artists these days.

Eric's debut single "Rain" is being serviced to commercial radio and video in June. As a multilingual artist Eric has also recorded a French version for the Quebec market.