A blog hosted by platinum selling singer songwriter & founder of India's largest International Independent record label W.O.A International - Oliver Sean!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
WOA Records India Tour 2011 - PICS UPDATE 17/11/11
- W.O.A News Desk
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Oliver Sean up for the 54th Grammy Award Nominations
Platinum selling singer songwriter Oliver Sean is up for considerations for
the upcoming 54th Grammy Awards in 9 categories
Goa 15th Nov, 2011 Internationally acclaimed singer songwriter Oliver
Sean who recently hit the No 10 spot on the Vh1 International Top 10 Charts
with his new single ŒMovies¹ from his 2011 ŒSo Good¹ album, has just
revealed that he has been selected for nomination consideration by the
Grammy¹s for the upcoming 54th Grammy Awards for his album ŒSo Good¹ which
has been selected and included in the nomination ballots of the Grammy¹s as
an ³outstanding recording².
Oliver Sean came into the limelight of the International music community
with his self produced album ŒI Like it¹ in 2003 when he was nominated for
best International album of the year by AvMax, alongside John Mayer, Robbie
Williams, Kylie Minogue and Third Eye Blind. Since then Oliver Sean has
released various hit singles, albums and also composed and produced
soundtracks for films and scores for the French Government and Indian
Government who have commissioned Oliver Sean to create music for their
tourism campaigns, festivals and more.
The new album ŒSo Good¹ created waves in 2010 when the title track went
platinum reporting a whopping 2.4 million downloads in a matter of a few
days. The full-length album was then released in early 2011 along with the
So Good tour which the artist is currently on. The first music video from
this album titled ŒMovies¹ which was the second single from the album hit
the Vh1 Top 10 charts clocking in at No.10 on 4th June 2011 alongside
artists like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Bruno Mars and others.
With the news of the new album being up for Grammy consideration, Oliver
Sean is excited to say the least. ³Its been a life long dream to be
connected with the Recording Academy and it began with me being accepted as
a voting member of the Grammy¹s earlier this year and now with the news that
my new album ŒSo Good¹ is being considered for nominations in 9 categories
is just phenomenal news for me² says the Internationally acclaimed singer
songwriter, ³I can only hope that my music will get to the top 5 in some of
these nomination categories, but just the fact that the Grammy¹s have called
my music and placed it among the other ŒOutstanding Recordings¹ is the best
feeling in the world²
Oliver Sean is up for nomination consideration in 9 categories for his new
album ŒSo Good¹ including Best Composition and arrangement for non classical
composition with vocals, best production, best pop performance, best rock
performance, best music video, best new artist, record of the year and other
categories.
Currently on the ŒSo Good¹ tour, Oliver Sean and his band and the entire
W.O.A Records label is waiting with breaths held to see what happens when
the final nomination lists are declared.
ABOUT W.O.A INTERNATIONAL
W.O.A Records is an international record label, and it is part of the W.O.A
International media group. Formed in 1998 by World Music star Oliver Sean,
W.O.A International is a global entertainment company that continues to lead
the way when it comes to how music should be promoted. They are pioneering
international music in India and are now synonymous with the region. Their
enviable reputation at opening up new possibilities means that they are the
go-to company for independent artists wishing a truly international
presence.
For additional information, please contact:
Irene Sequeira
W.O.A International
+91 9326126670
+91-9890374964
info@woarecords.com
Further details about Oliver Sean please visit www.oliversean.com
<http://www.oliversean.com>
W.O.A International Music Festival 2011 footage
this week...
- W.O.A News Desk
Friday, November 04, 2011
The W.O.A Records India Tour 2011 posters from the various cities
Catch the HEADS UP Vh1 Ad and Ticker playing continuously on Vh1 and the
fantastic Adverts on national newspapers, magazine & newspaper articles on
the
various artists of the WOA Tour and the radio interviews and spots.
Its all happening in India on The 4th Annual W.O.A Records India Tour 2011.
Conceptualized and Organized Annually by W.O.A International - The Music Co.
- W.O.A News Desk
http://www.woarecords.com
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
India Tour 2011 Update
as the W.O.A International Music Festival kicked off the 4th Annual W.O.A
Records India Tour & Festival 2011.
The show started off at 6:20PM with Peter & Karin Bayreuther from Germany
opening the show followed by ViceroyBill from Canada, Matthais Sturm from
Germany and then French man Eric Dulle who got the crowd up on their feet
with his catchy tunes on his Sax, Metissia followed soon with her unique
vocal style and Kotadama the band from Australia got the show really moving
with their pop rock songs with some of the band members running amongst the
crowd and singing with them. The stage was then taken over by Jade Steel who
gave the crowd a taste of his original reggae tunes.
After that it was the headlining act of The Oliver Sean Band with Oliver
Sean getting the evening to a high with his new hits like So Good, Movies
and his past hit tunes like I like it. There was also a special song
dedicated by Oliver Sean to the late Norman Desouza a close friend and
supporter of the W.O.A Records India Tour since the beginning of this tour
in 2008. The crowd could not get enough with the Oliver Sean Band engaging
the crowd and having a great time on stage. This was soon followed by the
Minister of Power Mr. Alexio Sequeira and the Managing Director of W.O.A
International Ms Wanda Alvares along with the founder of WOA and president
of the company Oliver Sean together launching the Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 4
compilation CD.
The stage was soon taken over by the Venezuelean metal band Overhate who
gave the crowd a bit of a shock with their brand of Thrash metal with the
crowd enjoying the massive number of different genres and styles of music
that was portrayed at the show.
The finale of the evening was Oliver Sean and his band jamming with each and
every artist of the WOA Records India Tour and Festival joining him on stage
to sing Sweet home Alabama.
The evening then saw Eric Dulle, Jade Steel, Viceroybill, Matthias Sturm,
Garfield Oliveira and others come back on stage to do a few more songs
before the evening came to an end with all the artists on stage taking a bow
to a crowd that didn't want the show to end.
The artists now go on to Hyderabad at the The Club followed by The 567 in
New Delhi and then to Syn at the Taj Deccan in AP.
Here is to a great tour and cheers to a fantastic start to the 4th Annual
W.O.A Records India Tour & Festival 2011.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Oliver Sean LIVE on 105.4 FM in Goa today at 6PM
interview live to talk bout the W.O.A Records India Tour and music festival
kicking off tomorrow at Kala Academy in Goa. Get a chance to sample the
music of the artists and more....
- W.O.A News Desk
Saturday, October 29, 2011
The W.O.A International Music Festival - 31st Oct 2011
31st of October at the W.O.A International Music Festival @ Kala Academy 6PM
Sharp.
-W.O.A News Desk
Friday, October 14, 2011
Oliver Sean selected in 9 categories for the 54th Grammy Award Nomination Ballots
ballot 9 TIMES!!! for the 54th Grammy Awards in the following categories:
Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist,
Pop Performance, Rock Performance, Production, Composition/Arrangement (Non
Classical) and Music Video (Short Form).
My love to all my fans and everyone involved in the So Good album, tour and
videos and The Media!
Our fingers are crossed :-)
Oliver Sean & The W.O.A Records Team
http://www.oliversean.com
W.O.A International The Music Co.
http://ww.woarecords.com Home to the Worlds Best Independent Artists
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Episode 8 of the KNOW YOUR ARTIST Series OUT NOW
Songstress METISSIA is out now at
http://www.woarecords.com/Site/Know_your_artist/Know_your_artist.html
Metissia is an Experimental/Psychedelic singer who uses her voice more as an
instrument like Bjork and is a fun performer to watch. This is her 2nd time
on the W.O.A Records India Tour, her first time being in 2009 on the 2nd
Annual W.O.A Records India Tour.
She is back on tour as a featured artist on this years tour which marks the
4th Annual W.O.A Records India Tour which kicks off on the 31st of October
and goes across Goa, Mumbai, Pune & New Delhi.
Get ready to be entertained!
- W.O.A News Desk
Friday, September 30, 2011
W.O.A International Tour & Music Festival..... ARE YOU READY?
is almost here.... ARE YOU READY?
With just 1 month to go for the much awaited W.O.A Records India Tour &
International Music Festival things are moving along at a rapid pace and the
fans are in for one hell of a treat this year!
Check out the latest promo of the W.O.A Records India Tour for 2011. This
year it gets so much more fun as we have Vh1 as our associate partner and
some wonderful venues and tour partners like The Hard Rock café, The 567,
Desouza Group, Furtados and the Government of Goa all supporting W.O.A
International in promoting the biggest Independent Artist Tour of India,
better known as THE ANNUAL W.O.A RECORDS INDIA TOUR.
Adding to the excitement - this year Platinum selling singer songwriter
Oliver Sean & his Band will make a special appearance at the W.O.A
International Music Festival in Goa to headline the festival on the 31st of
October 2011 and officially kick off the 4th Annual W.O.A Records India Tour
2011.
If you haven't received an invite to the Goa show yet, you better make some
calls because we hear that the festival is 'invitation only' and you need to
be a really big music fan to receive an invite to the musical show of the
year. Oh and just to be clear - THERE ARE NO DJ's performing at this show
;-)
- The W.O.A International Team!
W.O.A International The Music Co.
http://ww.woarecords.com Home to the Worlds Best Independent Artists
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Episode 7 of the 'KNOW YOUR ARTIST' Series - Out Now.
Episode 6 of the KNOW YOUR ARTIST Series - Out Now
Monday, September 19, 2011
Oliver Sean So Good - Grammy Page Review
Oliver Sean's 3rd studio album 'So Good' has created quite a stir with the first single reporting over 2.4 million downloads and plays and the second single and video 'Movies' hitting the Vh1 Top 10 Charts at No.10 on the 4th of June 2011.
Elle Magazine says: "ideal to listen to on a road trip or a lazy summer day. We are digging it!"
Rolling Stone ME says: "Catchy breezy choruses with parody baiting lyrics. A power chill album, like the Eagles have hired Jack Johnson for lessons on chilling out"
Stuff Magazine says: "Watch out for Oliver Sean"
Gulf News says: "Oliver Sean is taking Independent music from this region to the world"
Oliver Sean is entered for nomination for the 54th Grammy Awards in the category for Best Song, Best Album, Pop Performance, Rock Performance, Instrumental Arrangement with Vocals and Music Video Short Form.
- W.O.A News Desk
W.O.A Records Know Your Artist Series - Episode 5 OUT NOW
featuring Germany's Singer Songwriter and IMA Nominee Matthias Sturm who
will be performing at the W.O.A Records India Tour 2011 from the 31st of
October till the 7th of November across some of the best live venues in
India including Goa, Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore.
Check the KNOW YOUR ARTIST Series at
http://www.woarecords.com/Site/Know-your-artist/Know_your_artist.html
- W.O.A News Desk
Thursday, September 15, 2011
W.O.A Records 'Know your artist' Episode 4 - JADE STEEL - Premieres Today!
our artist JADE STEEL from the US is on today at
http://www.woarecords.com/Site/Know_your_artist/Know_your_artist.html
Check out the episode today on Jade Steel and our previous 3 episodes that
featured Kotadama & Overhate.
Send us comments and messages for the artist at label@woarecords.com
- W.O.A News Desk
Monday, September 12, 2011
Know Your Artist - Episode 3 - OVERHATE (Venezuela)
Metal Kings OVERHATE from Venezuela is now LIVE on the official W.O.A
Records Website.
Overhate's brand new music video & album 'Relentless is our strength' will
be released across India in the first week of October and the band will make
their debut in India on the 31st of October at the W.O.A Internarional Music
Festival - GOA 2011 followed by a headlining slot on the W>O.A Records India
Tour across 4 major cities in India at the hottest venues.
Check out the 'KNOW YOUYR ARTIST' series at
http://www.woarecords.com/Site/Know_your_artist/Know_your_artist.html
- W.O.A News Desk
Sunday, September 11, 2011
W.O.A Records 'KNOW YOUR ARTIST' Episode 2- Kotadama (Australia)
This episode features Australian sensation 'KOTADAMA' who are one of the
headlining bands on the W.O.A Records India Tour 2011.
Check out the entire episode on
http://www.woarecords.com/Site/Know_your_artist/Entries/2011/9/8_Know_Your_A
rtist_Episode_2_-_KOTADAMA_AUSTRALIA_(Pop_Rock).html
- W.O.A News Desk
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Oliver Sean Band sets the stage on fire
Hyderabad, India - 31st August 2011 - It was a night to remember at Kismet
at The Park, Hyderabad, where the international platinum-selling singer
Oliver Sean and his band performed live. Hyderabad's party crowd grooved to
Oliver's popular tracks.
The famed artiste set the stage on fire with his unique fusion of
contemporary pop-rock music and acoustic guitar. The band performed to new
songs &lsqauo; "All I Remember" and "Doing That" &lsqauo; along with his other all-time
favorites before mixing it up with some Bryan Adams and Bon Jovi tracks. The
first live gig at Kismet left the crowd wanting for more.
Read the article at
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-31/music-events/29945623
_1_oliver-sean-kismet-new-songs
Monday, August 29, 2011
W.O.A Records India Tour 2011 Artist List Declared
Dates: 31st October (W.O.A International Music festival GOA 2011) to 7th November.
W.O.A RECORDS INDIA TOUR 2011 HEADLINERS
Kotadama – Australia (Pop/Rock)
Matthias Sturm – Germany (Singer/Songwriter)
Jade Steel – USA (Reggae/Pop)
Eric Dulle – France (Pop/Sax)
Steinar & The Ramshackles – Norway (Pop/Rock)
Depui – Norway (Pop)
ViceroyBill – Canada (Country/Pop)
Metissia – France (Experimental / Alternative)
Pedro Menendez – Argentina (Jazz)
Peter & Karin Bayreuther – Germany (Featured Artist appearing in Kolkata Only) (New Age)
PM – USA (Rap/HipHop)
and
Overhate – Venezuela (W.O.A Records’ EMERGING metal stars) (Metal)
W.O.A INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL (31st October 2011) LINE UP TO BE REVEALED SHORTLY
If you were a final round artist and are not listed on the above line up please contact W.O.A International as all final round artists have a slot reserved for the W.O.A International music festival - GOA 2011 which kicks off on the 31st of Oct 2011
- W.O.A News Desk
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Hottie Oliver Sean is back - Deccan Chronicle 25th August 2011
Hyderabad, India - 25th August, 2011 - Goa based singer Oliver Sean, whose new single So Good went platinum in two weeks and had 2.8 million hits (plays and downloads) in just three days, is going to be performing in the city (Hyderabad) this Saturday.
Interestingly, Oliver has Goan roots apart from his Portuguese and Italian lineage.
He started singing when he was just four years old, and started playing the guitar when he was eight and wrote his first song at 11.
He became a professional artist... Read the entire article from Deccan Chronicle here http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/glam-sham/hottie-oliver-sean-back-269#comment-form
- W.O.A News Desk
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
W.O.A Records Upcoming New Releases - International
- Steinar & The Ramshackles - Norway (Pop/Rock)
- Kotadama - Australia (Pop/Rock)
- Jade Steel - USA (Reggae/Pop)
- Eric Dulle - France (Saxophone/Pop Instrumental)
- Peter & Karin Bayreuther - Germany (New Age/World)
- Matthias Sturm - Germany (Pop/AAA)
- Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 3 – Various (Chillout/Pop)
- Overhate – Venezuela (Metal)
- Hidden Disease - Italy (Electronic/Dance)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
'Its yet to sink in' - The Times
- W.O.A News Desk
http://www.woainternational.com
W.O.A International - The Music Co.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Oliver Sean in Vancouver today on LG73
http://www.lg73.ca to catch platinum selling singer/songwriter Oliver Sean
on the Vinyl Casserole Show and the 21st Century Schizoid show with Eric
Wincentsen.
- W.O.A News Deswk
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
W.O.A Records part of the 54th Grammy Awards
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Oliver Sean joins The Recording Academy for the 54th Grammy Awards
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Oliver Sean is a voting member for The Grammy Awards 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
"Follow your dream" - Deccan Post
Hyderabad to perform at the Hard Rock Café at GVK One Mall. He spoke to
Deccan Post on his music cal experience' by Jayant Naidu, Deccan Post.
Read the article on the attached magazine article.
- W.O.A News Desk
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
‘Hottest International’ Artist Oliver Sean Releases New Single
Sean is known for his unique blend of alternative rock with classical world instruments and Latin rhythms.
The Hindustan Times notes that Sean has also made it to Ravemusic magazine’s list of top 44 artists of the past five years; and that “I Like It” was nominated for AVMax’s “International album of the year” opposite John Mayer, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Third Eye Blind.
Sean has just released a new single, “So Good,” which has garnered 2.8 million downloads in one month.
“Now, I’ve zeroed in on my sound,” he told the Hindustan Times. “I call it Adult Contemporary Popular. I have a little bit of rock, the stage is like cabaret, add some world elements like tabla in it. But basically it’s just me slamming acoustic guitars. I’m doing songs which adults enjoy, and at the same time kids head-bang to it as it’s so much fun.”
Even though he works out of Dubai, Oliver has always called Goa home. A self-made star, Sean is also the founder of India’s largest international independent music company, W.O.A. International. “I have never wanted people to help me. If a label doesn’t like my music, so what, I will create my own freakin’ label. And that’s what I did! Now, W.O.A. Records is going places. We’ve opened the Indian market to around two hundred international artists,” he said. Copyright 2011 India-West Publications Inc