JEFF COFFEY

AFTER EARNING HIGH PRAISE FROM SUPERSTAR POP PRODUCER DAVID FOSTER ON NBC'S ‘STAR TOMORROW', THE FLORIDA BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER TAKES THE ‘LONG WAY HOME' INTO THE TOP 20 OF THE FMQB AC40 CHART

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Before Launching His Solo Career With A Self-Titled Debut Produced By Joe Smith (NSync, Mandy Moore), Coffey—Who Gigs Regularly At Hard Rock Live and The House Of Blues in Orlando --Played Bass In Various Pop/Rock Bands That Opened For Artists Like Hootie & The Blowfish And Vertical Horizon

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The Singer's First Album Included Tracks That Have Been Featured On NBC, MTV, CMT, FOX, E! Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, A&E and Bravo; He Is Hoping His Inspirational Song “Wings” Can Catch On With Children's Organizations Like The Special Olympics

Last year when Jeff Coffey auditioned for pop mega producer David Foster, the sole judge of the NBC sponsored internet competition series “Star Tomorrow,” he brought a lifetime of fascinating musical experiences to the stage along with his acoustic guitar.

In the late 90s, the multi-talented singer songwriter played bass for a band called House of Dreams, which was signed to RCA and recorded an album with Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Rick Springfield). Over the course of his career, Coffey had been in groups that opened shows for everyone from Hootie & The Blowfish and Edwin McCain to Vertical Horizon. After choosing to pursue a solo career, Coffey quickly found himself working on his self-titled indie debut with another top pop producer, Joe Smith (NSync, Mandy Moore).

The televised audition for “Star Tomorrow” was only Coffey's second time on national TV—he was on the nationally syndicated news show The Daily Buzz in 2004-- but many of the songs from this collection had already been featured on NBC, MTV, CMTV, FOX, E! Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, A&E, Bravo and the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS.

Upon hearing the second verse and chorus of “Through Your Eyes”, Foster excitedly left his judge's chair, sat down at the piano and started experimenting with different keys as Coffey sang along. Later, the show's producer told the singer that Foster said he loved the song, and ultimately, Foster picked Coffey as his #2 favorite of all the auditions for the show. Visits to Coffey's myspace page (www.myspace.com/jeffcoffey), and his website (www.jeffcoffey.com) boomed, and the singer quickly got to work on his new, self-produced collection, a set of dynamic and inspiring, tracks called Long Way Home.

The title track, an autobiographical pop-rocker about life on the road, was the most added song for two weeks in a row on the FMQB AC40 chart, and is heading quickly for the Top 15; just ahead of Coffey's #16 slot the week of August 1 are current hits by Fergie, Plain White T's and Gwen Stefani. In 2006, the song was chosen as the winner in the Pop category of the Song of the Year Competition, a global music competition and a supporter of VH1's Save the Music.

This echoes the secondary market success of tracks from his debut, which scored well on the New Music Weekly charts. Coffey was also featured on the Billy Zero show on XM's Unsigned Radio channel. In 2003, his song “Carousel” was voted Song of the Year by the Songwriter's Showcase of America; the following year, he was named by the same organization as Male Solo Act of the Year. His single “Write About Me,” which was included in Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's video game Sweet 16: License To Drive, topped the NMW AC40 Most Added and Prime Mover charts.

“For those who didn't hear the first album, the song ‘Long Way Home' is a really good introduction to who I am as a person and artist,” says Coffey, who also traveled to Europe with the University of Central Florida jazz band during his college days.

“It's travel music,” he continues, “inspired by my experiences on the road, which was pretty much my life nonstop for over ten years. It's about the tunnel vision that can happen to a performer who has a lot of time to think about life looking out the window, but none of the responsibilities you normally have at home. My life is more happy and stable now that I work regularly in and around my home base of Orlando . I'm into scuba diving and water skiing. I've been married for almost seven years, have two young sons and have had time in my home studio these past years to work with other musicians and improve my skills as a producer. All of those experiences are reflected to some degree in the songs on Long Way Home.”

His family directly inspired several of the songs on the album. Coffey wrote the romantic power ballad “For You” as a surprise for Holly on their wedding day, performing it for the first time backed by a string quartet as she walked down the aisle. He wrote “Through Your Eyes” after the birth of his older son Chase, who is now three. The soaring, inspirational “Wings” was written for about a young extended family member who has Spina Bifida, a developmental birth defect involving the neural tube.

Coffey wrote the song, he says, as “a message to kids with struggles and physical disabilities, to let them know there are organizations that can bring hope to them and people out there who care. It's letting them know that I recognize the hardship of what they're going through, and to inspire them to keep their heads up.” He is currently actively shopping the song to several children's charities, including the Special Olympics, Make A Wish Foundation and to such outlets as ESPN's annual “My Wish” show.

Since launching his solo career, Coffey has become a great regional success story. He has performed shows with his own band at Orlando venues like Hard Rock Live, the main room at Downtown Disney's House of Blues, the WMMO 98.9FM Downtown Concert Series and at popular Southeastern U.S. festivals like Atlanta 's Atlantis Music Festival and Sunfest in West Palm Beach, where he opened in 2003 for Sixpence None The Richer. The singer is also a regular attraction at the front porch bar area of the House of Blues, where he plays solo acoustically a mix of covers and originals. He also regularly sings the National and Canadian anthems at both the Orlando Magic NBA games and Atlanta Braves spring training games. In 2004, he toured for several months as a bassist with former Bad Company lead singer Brian Howe.

“I've traveled all over the world as a professional musician and could have comfortably settled into being a working bassist for my whole career,” he says. “But the reason I had to branch off and do my own thing is because I desperately needed an outlet to express myself. Songwriting is the most important thing to me. I also love playing live and enjoying the moments when people sing along to my original songs. I think the whole concept of the album title Long Way Home fits in perfectly with where I am coming from creatively. Because it's the first project I've produced myself, it's more a part of me than anything else. When I hear the music, it feels like home.”