Ashley Turner is an American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

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Influences and musical style

Ashley’s musical influences include The Beatles

The Beatles

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, Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

, Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film. Up until 1995, he was the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band Oingo Boingo, a group he formed in 1976...

, and Tori Amos

Tori Amos

Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...

. Her piano-centric sound has been described as “victorian funk pirate rock” or a style combining baroque pop

Pop music

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, indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 and art rock

Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...

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Her favorite classical composer

Composer

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s are Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Gershwin.

Life and career

Ashley started playing piano at the age of 6 and wrote her first song at the age of 7. She also had extensive training in dance arts and studied with Pacific Northwest Ballet as a teen. She studied business at Baylor University and graduated with a BA in Art and Performance from University of Texas at Dallas in 2003.

Ashley has been a vocal coach for young talent including Selena Gomez, Bella Thorne, Debby Ryan, Madison Davenport, and Jazzlyn Marae. In 2002, she began teaching for Linda Septien in Dallas, Texas. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2008, she has served on staff at Coast Music Conservatory as well as coaching independently.

Debut EP, Red

In fall of 2010, Ashley recorded her first EP with the Wizardz of Oz

Wizardz of Oz

The Wizardz Of Oz are Andrew Bojanic and Liz Hooper. They are a multi-platinum selling producer/writers who have worked with The Cheetah Girls, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Avril Lavigne, Olivia Newton-John, Britney Spears, Krystal Meyers, Liz Phair, Krezip, Vanessa Amorosi and many others.Songs written...

. The album features Andrew Bojanic (bass, guitar), Liz Hooper (viola, violin), Randy Cooke (drums), Kevin Fox (cello) and The Dave Polain Trombone Orchestra. Red was released on February 1, 2011.