Timothy Scott
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2000 | SELF
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Artist: Timothy Scott
CD: Still-Beating Heart
Home: Charlotte, North Carolina
Style: Folk/Country
Quote: "Without a doubt, Timothy Scott deserves to be heard by the fan base that enjoys eclectic Americana music."
By Dan MacIntosh
Timothy Scott flies in the face of easy-does-it, conventional wisdom with his lyric to "Take It Fast." "Sometimes you just gotta take it fast!" This is not to say, however, that Scott’s music is particularly fast. Rather, he touches upon moderately paced folk and country elements to underpin his lyrics.
Scott may make folk and country his base elements, but he doesn’t just build his house with these limited and limiting materials. "Ask Not What Love Can Do for you," for instance, sports a jazzy guitar solo; "Irish Ditty," despite its Irish-centric sentiments, has a renaissance feel to it; "Owed to the Blues" is just what its title suggests: an upbeat, electrified blues rocker.
The clear standout track on this CD is one titled "1/2 Wicca & ½ Mize Thing," which – with its gypsy music feel – describes a New Age religious chick to whom Scott pleads: "Have mercy on a sinner like me." Scott may let loose with "Owed to the Blues," but he holds more back than he gives out. "And Now We Dance" is a gentle entry, aided by flute. "Someday" is also equally soft and features backing female vocals.
Without a doubt, Timothy Scott deserves to be heard by the fan base that enjoys eclectic Americana music. - Indie-music.com
http://indieintune.com/2008/03/07/timothy-scott/
By: Melody Geear
March 7, 2008
The vocals of Timothy Scott mimic the soft elegance of Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie. His cautious nature breathes life into the finer details of being a singer/songwriter and showcases his thoughtfulness, simplistic rhythms and catchy melodies. Timothy’s vocal tonality reflects a whimsical boyish charm, but keeps grounded with full -fledged talent and dynamic influences.
On the one hand, Timothy works like many singer/songwriters, deconstructing the elements of a song into a basic method - acoustic guitar and crisp vocals. "She Wants More" is the most traditional track, simplistic to the "T" with attention drawn to the lyrics. However, he takes it one step further by introducing unique parings of genres with contemporary lyrics on other tracks.
"Bruthaman" starts off as a simplistic bluegrass track, but throws a twist into the mix by coupling it with metaphorical lyrics such as "…he rocks her world and she rocks his bed, enough to turn a pimp’s face red." Not your typical example of southern hospitality but it adds to the uniqueness of his charm. It’s an unexpected concoction that keeps the music interesting and the mood light.
One of my favorite tracks, "Wicca & MizThang" adds a dash of Latin flavor and spices it up with Spanish and Irish undertones. He maintains his playful lyrical style while evoking imagery of the devilish charm of his Wiccan beauty.
Timothy Scott has a smooth perfect pitched voice that draws you in allowing for a full experience, rhythmically, vocally and lyrically. He certainly isn’t cast from the typical singer/songwriter mold and keeps true to his unique stylistic quality which allows him to stand out from the rest. - Indie In-Tune Mag.
January 14, 2009
..BILLBOARD SONG CONTEST 2008
Judges
Feedback:
"1/2 Wiccan & 1/2 Miz Thang"
This is a cool song for sure. It is similar to a a stew made from
whatever happens to be available, creating a complex and delicious
meal, except this one is for the ears. Excellent work.
- Billboard judge
January 14, 2009
..BILLBOARD SONG CONTEST 2008
Judges
Feedback:
"1/2 Wiccan & 1/2 Miz Thang"
This is a cool song for sure. It is similar to a a stew made from
whatever happens to be available, creating a complex and delicious
meal, except this one is for the ears. Excellent work.
- Billboard judge
"This is from the NON-Suck pile of tapes I've been sent....
Timothy Scott's Goin' Up The Country album is nice music for sittin' around the fire,poppin' the cork..." - Charlotte's Creative Loafing
"This is from the NON-Suck pile of tapes I've been sent....
Timothy Scott's Goin' Up The Country album is nice music for sittin' around the fire,poppin' the cork..." - Charlotte's Creative Loafing
Review: Timothy Scott - Col. Tamar Alexia Fleishman
Scott's a singer-songwriter that could have a great future ahead of him if he wants it. He says he's influenced by Bob Dylan, Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie.
His song "½ Wiccan & ½ Miz Thing" will probably be the favorite of most of our readers: it has a Santana-like sound with interesting instrumentation, a memorable melody and dusty, Southern tenor vocals. You gotta love lyrics about a girl who likes her meat and 3's. "Young Soul" has a 60's folk song quality, very Peter, Paul and Mary. "Take It Fast" might come off as a little too coffeehouse for y'all, but it does have pretty vocals. "Owed to the Blues" is a great song and could rock even more in the hands of a rock producer.
For more information, check out www.myspace.com/timothyscottw - Southern-Fried Magazine
Review: Timothy Scott - Col. Tamar Alexia Fleishman
Scott's a singer-songwriter that could have a great future ahead of him if he wants it. He says he's influenced by Bob Dylan, Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie.
His song "½ Wiccan & ½ Miz Thing" will probably be the favorite of most of our readers: it has a Santana-like sound with interesting instrumentation, a memorable melody and dusty, Southern tenor vocals. You gotta love lyrics about a girl who likes her meat and 3's. "Young Soul" has a 60's folk song quality, very Peter, Paul and Mary. "Take It Fast" might come off as a little too coffeehouse for y'all, but it does have pretty vocals. "Owed to the Blues" is a great song and could rock even more in the hands of a rock producer.
For more information, check out www.myspace.com/timothyscottw - Southern-Fried Magazine
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
Timothy Scott is a singer/songwriter from Charlotte North Carolina, currently performing solo and with various musicians at small clubs, coffeehouses, and festivals around the Southeast.
Reviewers praise Timothys major chorus hooks and lyrics soaked in imagery and have admired his unique pairings of genres with contemporary lyrics. Add what has been described as dusty Southern tenor vocals and you understand why one reviewer says that Without a doubt, Timothy Scott deserves to be heard by the fan base that enjoys eclectic Americana music.
As a songwriter Timothy transcends genres, drawing from a variety of music traditions to capture the appropriate emotion for each song. Timothys songs take on a broad range of topics, from coming of age to aging, self-destruction to self-discovery, and of course the rollercoaster of romance. His lyrics are often inspirational, sometimes whimsical, occasionally wicked, but always truthful. The words fit tightly into Timothy's unique melodies, following the music as it flows naturally even when moving in unexpected directions.
Fans of the the cosmic American music of Gram Parsons, the classic sounds of Dwight Yoakam, or the playful tunes of Paul Simon will all find something to like in Timothy's catalog of 100+ original songs.
AWARDS
Timothy has been selected as the recipient of a 2013 Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts & Science Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, the Blumenthal Endowment and the arts council of Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Rutherford, Union and York (S.C.) counties.
Timothy's original song "Beer in the Doghouse" was selected as a finalist in the Country category of the Great American Song Contest for 2012.
Timothy was named a semi-finalist in the Acoustic & Folk category of the 2012 UK Songwriting Contest for his original song "Together We Cannot Be Ignored."
In November 2012 Timothy was selected as one of eight finalists in the North Carolina Songwriters Contest sponsored by the North Carolina Songwriters Co-Op.
1/2 Wiccan & 1/2 Miz Thang selected as the Spotlight Song for December 2010 by Jason Wilber's "In Search of A Song", a weekly radio series available on PRX (Public Radio Exchange) with exclusive artist interviews and live musical performances. Exciting new and emerging musical artists are regularly featured on their short form radio series Searchlight.
I Found Myself chosen as finalist in Strum Magazine song contest in March 2011 and selected for digital compilation CD to be available on itunes.
In Love We Trust given honorable mention in the 2008 Peacedriven Songwriting Awards. The Peacedriven Campaign received song submissions from around the world which were judged on originality, melody and lyrics. The mission of the award-winning Peacedriven Campaign is to motivate social activists as well as empower a new generation to act.
I Found Myself named SOM (Song of the Month) for February 2011 at SongRamp.com, an online community of 15,000 plus songwriters.
Timothy Scott voted AOM (Artist of the Month) at SongRamp.com for July 2005
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