Featured Junior/Teen
Artist
 Jamie
Ross
Listen to Jamie's Song Clip
~ Confused
Bio
Jami’s drive and excellent preparation at an early age did not
go unnoticed by casting directors in shows such as “West Side Story”,
“Little Shop of Horrors”, “The Music Man” and
“Wages of Sin”. At the age of thirteen, Jami was establishing
herself as a true “Triple Threat” with her singing, acting,
and dancing in these shows as well as audiences at The Cleveland Playhouse
and Playhouse Square. During the winter of 2004, at the age of fourteen,
Jami recorded her debut album “Figure Me Out” in Toronto,
Canada. Jami’s original pop/rock songs, written by her and Arrive
at Eleven recording artist Matthew James Murphy, touch kids, teens, and
young adults with songs that are genuine and truthful to Jami’s
life experiences.
When Jami was fourteen years old she was cast in the lead role of “Greater
Threat”, a local independent film. It was during the shooting of
this film Jami decided to turn her attention to Los Angeles and the film
industry. Jami has appeared in over one hundred films, television shows
and stage productions including commercials for Nickelodeon, Nestles,
and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Jami has appeared recently on Fox 8 News
and NBC WKYC Channel 3 Morning Shows.
In January 2006, at the age of fifteen, Jami was signed in Los Angeles
by Abrams Artists Agency (Film/TV/Commercials) and moved to Burbank, California
to pursue her acting and singing career.
At the same time, Jami’s band began picking up a lot of momentum.
By the summer of 2006, she was opening for national acts Aly & AJ,
Jewel , Rob Thomas, Fly Leaf, Marty Casey & The Lovehammers (Rockstar:
INXS), Mozella(Warner Brothers Records), Sierra Swan(Interscope Records).
Jami also began performing major northeast,Ohio venues such as Blossom
Music Center, Tower City Amphitheatre, The House of Blues, The Agora Ballroom,
The Grog Shop, The Beachland Ballroom, Tops Great American Rib Cook Off
& Kidsfest (Sponsored by Live Nation),CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest, Gwen
Stefani's Post Concert Party, EJ Thomas Music Hall (University of Akron),
Kent State University and The Hard Rock Café.
Jami has also performed live on radio stations around the country such
as Sirius David Lawrence Unplugged in LA; Clear Channel Radio FM102 ZOO;
WELW; FM108 The Silver Bee Night Show.
At the end of the summer in 2006, Jami’s band started performing
nationally at The Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA. and The 2006 Midwest Music
Summit in Indianapolis, In.. Jami’s first concert in Los Angeles
was at The Key Club.
The culmination of a very successful 2006 ended with Jami being voted
“Best Solo Artist” at The 2006 Cleveland Music Awards held
at The House of Blues. In October 2006 , Jami’s latest single “Confused”
was featured on MTV’s hit TV show Laguna Beach.
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