He is more than a music producer he is aconfidante, ministerial counsel and friend to artists of any genre from anyexperience.

“I wasn't brought in the industry to just make great records...I was brought into the industry to impact the artist and bring the greatness out of them”, says Harmony. He draws inspiration from one of the greatest music producers alive,Quincy Jones, whose resume serves as inspiration to anyone in entertainment. LikeJones, Harmony understands that he has to get to know and love the artists with which he works to bring the best out of them.

Harmony is a self-taught musician who has mastered piano, bass guitar, guitar and drums. It is no coincidence that these instruments form the rhythm section, the heartbeat of all music. As a producer, Harmony finds the heartbeat of the music while excavating the emotional and often times spiritual heaviness of artists.

Harmony is the product of Nigerian parents, living in England, growing up in Church and listening to music from around the world; his Father, a drummer who played with many Nigerian bands inEngland and his mother a singer who never pursued a formal career as a vocalist. As an infant Harmony would sit in church and study the band, fascinated by what he saw. One day in the drummer’s absence, a 4 year old Harmony seized the opportunity and took to the stage like a seasoned musician despite being so small he had to stand and play in order to reach the pedals. Later in the pianist’s absence, Harmony filled that void as well. By the age of 12 he was choir’s musical director.

After years of rising to the top of the music scene inLondon, life and career were still “FEAST or famine” in Harmony’s hometown ofTottenham, North London. He was ready to give it all up and pursue a career teaching the next generations of musical superstars. Despite emerging fromLondon’s “Producer Battles” the undisputed champion with a high local profile and becoming a go-to “remix guy” for hits by Kelly Rowland, Craig David, Jamelia, Alesha Dixon and others, there had been personal costs along the way and he was still an outsider in a narrow and often segregated industry.

A call to do some routine mix work for a close friend took him to New York and from there to LA. During a brief 24-hour break Harmony seized his opportunity and met with a large number of top level executives from the music industry in the US. Across theAtlantic there appeared reason to hope however no substance materialized andHarmony’s disillusionment only grew.

Unbeknownst to Harmony, waiting in the wings to meetHarmony was a super producer and inspiration to Harmony, who had heard his tracks - coincidentally maybe, but providentially for sure. “RJ” as he was being referred to was anxious to meet Harmony and made his interest no secret by perpetually texting,Harmony’s stateside associate during those initial hours in Los Angeles. As the associate relayed to Harmony that “RJ”wanted to meet him, a frustrated Harmony finally asked “Who is “RJ”? His associate responded cluelessly, “Rodney Jerkins?”Harmony’s life was about to change.

By the end of the day he was in the studio withJerkins, himself. Next came a producer deal and a publishing contract and soon after that the realization that he would have to uproot from London and relocate in Los Angeles to take advantage of the opportunity that had presented itself. By the end of 2009 Harmony had moved his life to Los Angeles however once again he found himself having to start from scratch as a talented but unknown producer in the entertainment capital of the World.

After almost a year Harmony landed his first major US placement with Maroon 5, no mean feat as the band rarely takes outside songs. “No Curtain Call” featured on their platinum album “Hands All Over”. However true to Harmony’s style it was his agreement to work on two precociously talented but relatively unknown young artists that led to his major breakthrough. Jawan Harris’ first single“Nobody”, a throwback to the classic Motown sound, led to Harmony meeting ChrisBrown at the video shoot, himself in the midst of his own personal and professional comeback. Hitting it off straight away it wasn’t long before Harmony took one of the gambles of his career and recruited Chris Brown to feature on the UK rapper Chipmunk’s single“Champion” – whilst many doubted a combination of a UK rapper unknown in the US and US superstar not even allowed into the UK to perform at the time stemming from the assault conviction could work, the result was spectacular. From there Harmony worked with both Chris andChipmunk on their respective and critically albums (Executive Producing the album “Transition” by Chipmunk and landing two fan favorites on F.A.M.E. – “SayIt With Me” and “Oh My Love”). From that point on the word was out, Harmony was the new kid on the block and Chris Brown made it his personal mission to tell everyone who would listen or not, “you gotta work with Harmony!”

Harmony opens channels that lead back to the artist’s center, whether its finding a sound for Jennifer Hudson on the “Think Like A Man” lead single that sees her fit comfortably on radio, or breaking through the layers of distress, distraction and pain with Fantasia Barino. In the case of Fantasia such was the catharsis and subsequent chemistry that recording one track quickly became a complete album - “we finished her record in 3 weeks producing hit after hit. I have never worked with anyone who performed at that level on every song so quickly”, Harmony confessed.

Since finding what Harmony describes as “his wife” he has never looked back, “Music realizes my fullest potential as a human being”. The term “Harmony” is defined as the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blended into chords pleasing to the ear. The phenomenon known to his friends as “H”, Harmony not only blends chords pleasing to the ear, but cleansing to the soul.

Worked with Artists :

Chris Brown, Maroon 5, Trey Songz, Diddy Dirty Money, Ashanti, Mario, Estelle, Neyo, Kelly Rowland, J-Cole, Rick Ross, Jennifer Hudson, Marcus Canty, JLS, Jacob Lattimore, Jordin Sparks, Letoya Luckett, Bridget Kelly, Keyshia Cole, Seven, Michelle Williams, Wale, Lil Wayne, Neyo, Jawan Harris, Chipmunk, Janelle Monae, Fantasia, Mayer Hawthorne, Guy Sebastian, Wretch 32, Wiz Khalifa, Brandy, Mary J Blige, 2Chainz, Big Sean, Ariana Grande, 5th Harmony, Mac Miller, Missy Elliott and Beyonce.

Discography:

Chipmunk - Look For Me

Chipmunk - Superstar

Maroon 5 - No Curtain Call

Jawan Harris - Nobody

Chipmunk - Flying High

Tiwa Savage - Kele Kele

Janelle Monae - Without a Fight (For Colored GirlsSoundtrack)

Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown - Champion

Chipmunk Transition (ALBUM - Executive Producer (Production on 10/13tracks)

Chris Brown - Say it with Me

Chris Brown - Oh My Love

Jacob Lattimore - Nothing on Me

Mary J Blige - Irreversible

JLS - So Many Girls

Jennifer Hudson & Neyo - Think Like A Man Feat. Rick Ross

Chris Brown - Wait For You

Chris Brown - Mirage

Keyshia Cole ft. Lil Wayne - Enough of No Love

Marcus Canty ft. Wale - In & Out Of Love

Ne-Yo - TheyDon’t Make Em Like You

Chris Rene - I Made It

Guy Sebastian - Gold

Brandy - WithoutYou

JLS - Let’sTalk It Out

Seven - I Like It

BSmyth ft 2 Chainz - Leggo

Fantasia - LoseTo Win

Fantasia ft. Kelly Rowland &Missy Elliott - Without Me

Fantasia ExecutiveProduced her 4th Studio Album “Side Effects of You”

(Production on14/15 tracks)

ArianaGrande ft Mac Miller - TheWay

Kelly Rowland ft Wiz Khalifa - Gone

Kelly Rowland ft. Beyonce & Michelle Williams - You Changed

Kelly Rowland - Put Your Name On it

Michelle Williams - If We Had Your Eyes

Ariana Grande Executive Produced Debut Album“Yours Truly” including:

Ariana Grande ft. Big Sean - Right There

Ariana Grande ft. Nathan Sykes - Almost is Never Enough

Ariana Grande - Piano

Ariana Grande - Better Left Unsaid

Forthcoming:

Michelle Williams Executive Producing her forthcoming solo album

Zendaya - Fireflies

Fifth Harmony - BetterTogether

Jordin Sparks ft. Jason Derulo - Before It Breaks

Jordin Sparks - Magic

Jordin Sparks - Flashlights

B5 Executive Producing Album

Bridget Kelly - When In Rome

Best Man Holiday OST

Jennifer Hudson - Moment After

Amplify Dot - Heart of Gold

Links:

Official Website: www.boeglobal.com

Twitter: @harmonysamuels

Instagram: @harmonysamuels

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_Samuels

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProducerHarmonySamuels