Tina Shafer is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter and vocal coach who has penned songs for such artists as

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

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Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "San Francisco Bay Blues", "Poetry Man", "Harpo's Blues", and her credited g ...

, Billy Porter, and

Anna Vissi Anna Vissi ( el, Άννα Βίσση, , ; born 20 December 1957), is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed ...

. Her song "Love is On the Way" was the center piece song in Bette Midler's film ''

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''. She has opened for

Suzanne Vega Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter best known for her folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s, releasing four singles that entered the ...

, and performed with

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, March Cohn,

Jesse Harris Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He has worked with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Nikki Yanofsky, and Lizz Wright. Early life and education Harris and his twin sist ...

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, and Eric Bazilian from "The Hooters". She is the co-founder of The New York Songwriters Circle, one of the most established and long-running showcases in the country, dated from 1991. The Songwriters Circle has been the platform for artists including Grammy-winner

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Lana Del Rey Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent ...

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, Big and Rich,

, Marc Cohn,

Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. DeGraw rose to fame with his song "I Don't Want to Be" from his debut album '' Chariot'' (2003); the song became the main theme song for The WB drama series ''One Tree ...

, and

. It has its showcases monthly at

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in New York City. Most recently, Ms. Shafer appeared not as a performer but as a guest blogger for

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. Tina Shafer was recently picked by ABC News host Sandy Kenyon as a top mentor to young talent, both as a performer and Vocal Coach) http://7ny.tv/2vkqX8p Photo of Tina Shafer

In 2022 Tina's song "Love is on the Way" was used at the Kennedy Awards, honoring Better Midler and sung by Billy Porter.

References

External links

*http://www.tinashafer.net *http://www.Songwriters-circle.com *http://www.Relix.com/features/2009/12/06/tina-shafer-and-the-new-york-songwriter-s-circle *http://www.Billboard.com/#/search/tinashafer *http://www.AmericanSongwriter.com/2009/09/tina-shafer-director-of-new-york-songwriters-circle/ *http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/05/guest-blog-tina-shafer-will-fish/ *http://www.BMI.com/affiliate/C866 *http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2013/03/tina_shafer_chagrin_falls_nati.html *https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkSongwritersCircle?fref=ts *http://Blogs.Myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=296450480&blogId=526107566 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shafer, Tina Living people American women singer-songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women