Entries by shameem

Crowd funding in October

We launched the crowd funding campaign for our next album on Monday 7th October, and we’re now almost halfway through the 56-day campaign. It’s been an amazing journey, and I’ve been so blown away by how amazingly supportive and generous everyone has been of the project. Within the first 24 hours we had already met 25% […]

Crowd funding campaign – the video!

Today is Day 1 of my crowd funding campaign! Details of the campaign are already on my News page, so I just wanted to give a shout out here to the team from Red Bird Creative who donated their time, talent and skills to creating this neat little video for the campaign – thank you […]

Make Shameem’s next album Pozible!

Hi, it’s Shameem here. I’m in the midst of preparations to record my second album – we’ll be starting the production sessions in December! Because I’m an independent artist (i.e. no record label), I need your support to help to raise the funds needed to record this album through my crowd funding campaign. Crowd funding is […]

Supporting George Benson!

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Supporting George Benson

Shameem is thrilled to announce that she will be supporting Jazz/ R&B icon George Benson‘s show in Perth on Saturday 24th August. Since becoming a global phenomenon in 1976 with Breezin’ (the first Jazz album to reach #1 on the Pop charts and achieve Platinum status), George has been honoured with ten Grammy Awards and […]

Featured Birthmarks of July

Here are the birthmarks which I featured on my Birthmark of the Week segment this last month. You can follow Birthmark of the Week on my Facebook Page, Twitter and Pinterest (#weeklybirthmark on Twitter). This birthmark belongs to another fantastic Perth-based vocalist and a friend of mine: Juliana Areias – Brazilian Singer. She has an awesome dark red mark on her neck… […]

Ellington Jazz Club show – fan photos

These photos were taken by various audience members at my recent band show at the Ellington Jazz Club. Thanks for the snaps folks! [pe2-gallery album=”http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/118294268219415625349/albumid/5904540106960231873?alt=rss&hl=en_US&kind=photo” ]

Lyrics and Inspirations from my recordings

To see song lyrics and to read about the inspiration behind the songs, click on individual song titles.   “Universe For Afternoon Tea” EP (2009) Undertones – lyrics & inspiration Accidental – lyrics & inspiration I Look Up – lyrics & inspiration Once Upon A Time – lyrics & inspiration   “Shameem” (self-titled) Album (2011) Sleeper On The Night Train  – lyrics […]

Brand new video – Sleeper On The Night Train

Shameem is very excited to announce the release of a video for her track “Sleeper On The Night Train”, which features on her debut self-titled album. Produced by Dylan Tilbury for Ow My Eye! Productions, the video was shot in Perth at Subiaco Train Station. The rhythmic groove of the song is animated by the […]