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My heart, my desires, my jouney's, my dissapointments, my self soothing, my lovers, my longing, my dreaming, my lies, my tenacity, my fragility, the tender ferocious brilliant and beautiful human experience . . .
From the run-away smash cartoon series and pop culture phenomenon "JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS" Samantha Newark, the beloved speaking voice of JEM and JERRICA releases her much anticipated debut album - Samantha lent her speaking voice to the hit cartoon series "JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS" both as the voice of JEM and JERRICA but is also an acomplished Singer/Songwriter
Samantha's self-titled CD; Co-written and produced by multi instrumentalist and songwriter Johnny Douglas is full of infectious uplifting and very modern Pop Music. It blends smart, acoustic based songwriting with contemporary touches of viby electronica, crowned with Samantha's rich, distinctive, and highly expressive vocals. Twelve delicious original songs ranging from the very fun and danceable "JEMBOY" a tribute to her legions of fans, to the contemplative melancholy of "Suicidal Rainbows" and the sweetly sensitive "Rainy Day Girl", Samantha's CD spans a beautiful sonic landscape of moods and emotions, always maintaining her unique sound.
"SAMANTHA IS A WORLD CLASS SINGER"
- MR. LEONARD COHEN 2007
SAM as her die hard fans, friends and family know her best is an accomplished performing ASCAP writer, who's original music and stellar vocals can currently be heard on such hit TV shows as the CW's "Gossip Girl" and "Life Is Wild" also MTV's "Laguna Beach", "Punked", "My Super Sweet Sixteen". Sam has also written, sung and placed original songs for the Warner Telepictures and ABC film and television library. Her exciting presence on the Los Angeles live music scene and her extensive resume on multiple live and recording projects put this talented artist on the radar of the Play station Game world.
Hired by Sean Callery, composer for "Medium" and "24" to sing on the much anticipated James Bond game she has also lent haunting vocals to Son's huge hits "God of War" "Twisted Metal Black" and "Wild Arm's 3". Last Summer Sam was invited to join the Esteemed Leonard Cohen circle, embarking on an exciting project as one of his two backup vocalists in late 2006
A powerhouse singer, writer and performer, Sam continues to grow and explore her georgous sonic landscape that has uncovered talent to write and sing in many different genres such as Pop, Rock, Dance, Country & Jazz.
Sam also just co-wrote a DANCE single called "Deeper" for the German band "FRAGMA" that is currently climbing the charts in Europe. Add accomplished Voice-Over Artist with an international following for her nominated animation work as the lead on the smash cartoon series "JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS" Sam was also hired by Steven Spielberg to be the British voice of a young Peter Pan’s mother in the feature film “HOOK” and has leant her voice-over talent to numerous commercials and TV projects.
In the artists own words "Do What You Love".
Abraham Laboriel (Studio session Work)
Alexander Pearl (Songwriting)
Armand St Martin (Studio session Work)
Ashe & Spencer (Studio session Work)
Dan Marfisi (Studio session Work)
Dave Polich (Songwriting / Studio session Work)
Dorian Cheah (Live / Songwriting / Studio session Work)
Dr Wu (Live)
Electronic Arts (Studio session Work)
Frank Shofner (Studio session Work)
Freebo (Live / Studio session Work)
Harry Maslin (Studio session Work)
Hum Music (Studio session Work)
Jeremy Toback (live)
Joey Carbone (Studio session Work)
Johnny Douglas (Studio / Songwriting / Live)
John Van Tongren (Studio session Work)
Julian Coryell (Live) Leonard Cohen (Live)
Liz Constantine (Studio session Work)
Matao Laboriel(Live)
Michele Vice Maslin (Studio session Work)
Mike K (Songwriting / Studio session Work)
Mike Reagan Music (Live / Songwriting / Studio session Work)
Paul Ill (Live) Peter Adams (Live)
Peter Leinheiser(Studio session Work)
Randy Cooke (Songwriting / Studio session Work)
Robb Vallier (Studio Session Work)
Robert Ventura (Live / Songwriting)
Ron Fish (Studio Sesson Work)
Sam May (live) Sandy Martin (Songwriting)
Scorpio Sound (Studio session Work)
Sean Callery(Studio session Work)
Sony (Studio Session Work)
Terry Wollman (Live)
The Los Angeles Pops Orchestra (Live)
The Ray Anthony Orchestra (Live)
United States Navy Band (Live)
FUEL (Nashville, TN)
THE TROUBADOR (Los Angeles CA)
THE MINT (Los Angeles, CA)
TANGIER (Los Angeles)
GENGHIS COHEN (Los Angeles, CA)
ROOM 5 (Los Angeles, CA)
THE CROOKED BAR (Los Angeles, CA)
ZEN (Silverlake, CA)
THE LAVA LOUNGE (Hollywood, CA)
HIGHLAND GROUNDS (Los Angeles, CA)
THE VIPER ROOM (Los Angeles, CA)
THE WHISKEY (Los Angeles, CA)
14 BELOW (Santa Monica, CA)
SOHO RESTAURANT AND MUSIC CLUB (Santa Barbara, CA)
STARBUCKS (Los Angeles, CA)
THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER (Los Angeles, CA)
THE LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA (Los Angeles, CA)
THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM (Los Angeles, CA)
THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER (Long Beach, CA)
THE LONG BEACH TERRACE THEATER (Long Beach, CA)
THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM (Hollywood, CA)
THE ANEHIEM CONVENTION CENTER (Anehiem, CA)
WOLF TRAP FARM PARK (Virginia)
THE DEPARTMENTAL AUDITORIUM -(Washington DC, VA)
CEASERS PALACE (London, UK)
HUBBA'S PUB (Denver, CO)
FADO'S IRISH PUB (Denver, CO)
PATRICK'S NIGHT CLUB (Denver, CO)
G'DUCKS BAR & GRILLE (Denver, CO)
SWEETWATER STATION (Denver, CO)
TOWNHOUSE LOUNGE (Denver, CO)
SIGNATURES (Denver, CO)
THE SUPREME COURT NIGHTCLUB (Denver, CO)
KIND, IMAGINATIVE, CREATIVE, GENTLE, OPINIONATED, OPENMINDED, FIERCE, WARM AND FUZZY, CLEVER, LOYAL, VULNERABLE , PASSIONATE, DIPLOMATIC, ANNOYING, TALENTED, INTERESTING IF YOU'RE NOT TOO SELF ABSORBED TO INVESTIGATE WHO I AM, MUSICAL EAR CANDY, GLASS HALF FULL, VERY NAUGHTY, COOPRATIVE, MATERNAL, SWEET NATURED, SPIRITUAL, GOOD LISTENER,DEEPER THAN YOU MAY THINK, SARCASTIC, RECOVERING PEOPLE PLEASER, COAST TO COAST WITH GEORGE NOREY LISTENER, PRO CHIROPRACTIC, COMPASSIONATE AS HELL BUT NOT A BLEEDING HEART, GRANDAUGHTER OF THE FIRST PILOT TO EVER SUCCESSFULY FLY OFF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, , NEVER BEEN SPOILED BUT STARTING TO SPOIL MYSELF A BIT MORE THESE DAY'S, TENACIOUS , TERRIBLE SPELLER SO GET OVER IT, BRAVE, NEED TO TRUST MY INTUITION MORE, SENSITIVE, A PROUD WOMBLE, NOT NEARLY AS TALL AS PEOPLE THINK, LOVE GOOD MANNERS , LOVE THUNDERSTORMS AND EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY, FOCUSED, FEMININE, LAZY, DRIVEN, WORKING ON GETTING A THICKER SKIN, MAC GIRL, SLEEPER'INNER, TIDY, LAST ONE PICKED FOR SPORTS TEAMS AT SCHOOL, GOT TO SKIP SCHOOL FOR ANNIE REHEARSALS, HAVE SMALL HANDS, MOM WAS A BALLERINA, DAD A CHAMPION BALL ROOM DANCER, ONE OF 3 SISTERS, DISCIPLINED YEA, NO, NURTURING, SILLY, MOSTLY HAPPY.
Hey beautiful! How's the southern food tasting? LOL. Just dropping a quick line to say hello, and thinking you need to do a show somewhere here in Ontario =) Have an awesome day/week/month =)
Just wondering, will you ever release or sell online some of your old songs? The ones I never got (in high quality) were "The Way You Are" and "Dirty Water" and they're 2 of my favs!!!
Samantha! I hope you remember me! It's me, Christie from SOS Jem! I haven't updated my site in a long time. But, I finally got a myspace lol. I haven't talked to you in awhile and I can see you've been busy lately; and of course I am still a huge fan ^_^
I wanted to tell you but not sure if you remember this. You had given me a tip (a year or more ago) that a kids radio show was gonna have a contest (online) and your autograph was the prize. And guess what! I won! So I do have your autograph, which of course I treasure =)
I LOVE your new song Jemboy and your video is sooo cute! You're an amazing artist and such a sweet person. Rock on!
ah! it's a drive by salutation.thought i'd say "hi" to the "friends" i actually know on here...that's like16 out of 600something. looks like you are keeping busy!
Thanks for the add!! I really enjoyed meeting you at AdventureCon!! You had to be Jem!! You could feel the "Synergy" about ya!! Lots of love!! Oh and Party on!!