Tony Chen Joins musicians Company Of Thieves, Girl In A Coma, Birdy Nam Nam, The Soul Of John Black As Winners of The 11th Independent Music Awards

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Tony Chen Joins musicians Company Of Thieves,

Girl In A Coma, Birdy Nam Nam, The Soul Of John Black As Winners of
The 11^th Independent Music Awards

“People’s Voice” Online Voting Component Will Determine

The IMA Vox Pop Winners

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May 02, 2012, Currently San Francisco US based music composer Tony Chen joined a diverse roster of self-released and independent label talent culled from 6 continents named today by Music Resource Group (MRG) as the Judge-determined Winners of The 11^th Annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential international awards program for independent bands and fans.

The Winners in more than 70 Song, Album, Music Video and Design categories winnowed from thousands of submissions from around the globe, were determined by a panel of influential artists and music industry pros including Keith Richards, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Del McCoury, Ozzy Osbourne, Bettye LaVette, Jim Lauderdale, Joshua Redman, Shelby Lynne, Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), Jason Olaine (Jazz At Lincoln Center), Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), and Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter).

Tony Chen was named the winner of the New Age Category for this 11^th edition of The IMAs for his composition “Sweet Smile”. He is an award winning music composer who has worked for various TV/Film/Radio/Theatre production projects with his fantastic talent of music composition and arrangement.

Tony Chen is from China, and he graduated from the Music department of University of Huddersfield in the UK, well known for its quality education in music. The main areas that Tony dedicated himself to his studies include music composition, scoring for film/screens, vocal training, conducting, opera performance, etc.

Tony’s music sends forth a kind of bright and uplifting feeling. As a result, his dubbing and compositions have time and again found favor with the International Performing Arts Group, the International Chinese Language Media and various film studios.

Tony’s main music styles are pop, classical, new age, as well as crossover between these styles. His music can be pop, but you can still find the elegancy of classical music; His music can also be very serene, like those of new age music pieces, but it is still dramatic. Tony’s melody and harmony is simple, but beautiful and magnificent. Tony’s main music influences are from Yanni, John Tesh, Kitaro, Secret Garden, as well as original soundtracks of many TV Drama and movie, such as Korean Dramas and Hollywood movies. In addition, Tony has actively dedicated himself into the promotion of Chinese traditional Culture, during which he has composed many music in traditional Chinese style that satisfied modern people’s taste.

Tony Chen is also a popular radio show producer and host well known for Music show on Sound of Hope Radio @ KSJO FM92.3 SF Bay Area in Mandarin "Morning Concert" and "SOH Variety Show". Please visit www.tonychenmusic.com for more details. 

Details and complete list of 11^th annual IMA Winners, Nominees and Judges available at: www.TheIndependentMusicAwards.com

Fans To Determine Winners Of The 11th IMA Vox Pop Poll

Music fans have until July 20th to champion their favorite Nominees and determine
The 11^th IMA Vox Pop Winners by voting online at www.IndependentMusicAwards.com/imanominee/11th

Since this year’s 339 IMA Nominees were announced on March 8, more than 20,000 music fans have cast their votes.

The fan-selected Winners will benefit from additional marketing support from
The Independent Music Awards.

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