Thomson Andrews | |
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Thomson performing at a concert.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Thomson Roger Andrews |
Born |
Mumbai, India |
25 September 1987
Genres | playback singing, Indipop, Contemporary R&B, funk, soul, jazz, gospel, hip hop, pop, rhythm and blues, neo soul |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, performer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Labels | Unsigned artist |
Associated acts | Sunidhi Chauhan LIVE, (Ex- Raagatrippin) |
Website | www.thomsonandrews.com |
Thomson Andrews (born 25 September 1987 in Mumbai, India) is a singer, songwriter, performer, recording artist, actor and one of the newer contemporary Indian playback singers. He has been certified by Trinity College of Music, London as a Performing Vocalist and has trained briefly in Hindustani Classical singing from Pandit Krishna Bhat. Apart from live performances, he also sings on and arranges voicings for film playback songs & background scores. Thomson has sung film songs and ad jingles in several Indian languages - Hindi,Tamil,Telugu, Malayalam,Kannada,Tulu,Marathi,Bengali and has several International ad jingles to his credit for products in Kenya,Tanzania,Nigeria,West Indies and more. He also sings in foreign languages like Swahili,Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and more. He is known for his associations with music projects such as MTV Coke Studio (India) Season 2, MTV Unplugged (India) Seasons 1 and 2 and his recent indie debut R&B single People Ain't Things from his upcoming R&B album being produced by Candy D'souza, mixed by Chester Misquitta and mastered by Grammy Award winning mastering engineer Reuben Cohen from Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California. He is one of the few Indian indie artists whose music has been featured on national television networks like MTV Indies, VH1 India and 9xO and on the radio station Radio One (India). Thomson lends his voice for Walt Disney's animated film Hindi Dubbs and has sung for Disney's cartoon series The Jungle Book 2, Winnie The Pooh, Cars, Little Mermaid and more. He is also known as a fashionably trendsetting musician for his quirky style, funky hair-do's and glasses. Thomson performed for Vogue India's Women Empowerment initiative #VogueEmpower last year 2014. Besides his solo accolades, projects,Motown, R&B, Funk music tribute concerts and collaborations, he is part of a popular Indian A cappella ensemble called Raaga Trippin' with whom he creates unique renditions of cover songs as well as originals and does live shows with.