<p style="margin: auto 0in;" class="MsoBodyText">Adam Shenk was barely old enough to weigh in on his career options when destiny determined his calling. After his parents observed their three-year-old singing original songs into a tape recorder, they found ways to encourage his gift.
<p style="margin: auto 0in;" class="MsoBodyText">When he was 11, he earned a slot at Princeton, N.J.’s prestigious American Boychoir School. Not a bad initiation for a teen-ager born in Indiana and growing up in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
<p style="margin: auto 0in;" class="MsoBodyText">His education continued at Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Arts, then the Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music, where he earned a Bachelor’s in Songwriting. In 2007, Shenk scored an audition for the semi-finals of MTV’s popular “Making the Band 4,” in New York, performing for host P. Diddy.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal">That same year, he served as songwriter, producer and singer for his first EP, the seven-song “If Ya Like This.” In 2010, with roots firmly established in New York, his second album, “Suitcases,” focuses on transition and change. Produced by Ayhan Sahin with music and lyrics by Shenk, the 14-track disc meshes pop and contemporary R&B with old-school soul and shades of jazz. Imagine classic Simply Red infused with the youth and verve of Chris Brown.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal">In addition to performances at New York’s Rockwood Music Hall, Cutting Room, The Bitter End and Bowery Poetry Club, Shenk has headlined a series of live gigs at Pianos.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Please visit me at <a href="http://www.adamshenk.com/">www.adamshenk.com</a>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Contact information:</strong>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Janet Castiel
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Redwood Entertainment, Inc.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">212-543-9998
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Janet.Castiel@redwoodentertainment.com">Janet.Castiel@redwoodentertainment.com</a>
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