Meet the Artist

At 10, Tamara was signed to a production company and gained a recording deal with Sony, Epic by 11. Debut single ‘Groove Machine’, was released under duo Marvin and Tamara and reached No#11 in the UK Charts. From this, they toured the UK performing at several venues: Party in The Park’s, Smash Hits roadshows, and it sold out arena’s and football stadiums. Marvin and Tamara were also the main supporting act for Steps on their UK tour ‘The Next Step’. Performing in London’s Wembley Arena and at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, meeting Eminem, Cher and Destiny’s Child, were among her fondest memories. All music artist that she listens to and influence her today.

A short-lived music career leads this hungry teen into a college environment, eager to learn more about the music industry. Choosing to study Performing Arts, Music Theory and Music production, she learnt to record and produce music. Her musical influences expanded to Rap and Hip-Hop Artists Missy Elliott, Dr. Dre and Common’s BE album. With R&B influences deepening from Toni Braxton to Esperanza Spalding, Tamara once again took to the stage at open mic nights and began working with different producers to create music like Erykah Badu’s ‘Appletree’ and Jill Scott’s Golden’.

Her 30th year was 360° turning point in lifestyle. Having attended the Landmark Forum (Seminars designed to help bring about a positive, permanent shift in the quality of your life), she made a promise to do what she loved most with passion and integrity. Over this period, Tamara continued to listen to Jazz including Dinah Washington, Sam Cooke’s and John Coltrane. Her lyrical focus diverted to Chart Music artists Alex Clare and Ed Sheeran, where Adele and Amy Winehouse’s entire musical collection inspired her to write relatable lyrics. With desires to write for new artists like Reva DeVito and Bishop Briggs, she started to study the lyrical content of music with intent on mastering her writing skills as a songwriter and as a mainstream artist and competing against those in the charts.

In the interim, a few artists have asked Tamara to help them with their performance, as they enjoyed watching her own stage presence. These sessions became regular and a Performance Coach was born. As this progressed, it was clear that sharing previous stage experiences and techniques, were aiding the improvement in the artists overall performance and self-confidence, simply by working on areas such as their vocal ability, body language and just connecting on their level. She has the skillset and personality to bring about a positive, beneficial difference in others. Because of this, in 2016, Tamara organized and headlined a Showcase at Stratford Theatre Royal, where several artists from her programme had the chance to perform and show what they had learnt.

Since her transitioning to self-employed status, Tamara’s free time became more productive and is efficiently used for musical achievements. She began listening to world artists like Chinese reggae band Long Shen Dao, the soft sultry vocals of Joanna Wang, as well as Vera Blue’s electronica folk sound in ‘Settle’. She revisited and gained new production skills for making beds to write to and continues to book gigs in London at venues such as LockSide Lounge in Camden and The New Cross Inn. Most recently Tamara performed with a Jazz Trio at a Grenfell Tower Community event.