LION's BIO Lion is a visionary who has had extensive experience in the entertainment industry and has based his conceptual notions that define music and the mission of music as follows: Music to embrace the soul Lyrics to embrace the mind Combined to move the spirit Keath “Lion” Lowry has propelled Groove Control Productions into a new music dimension through his talents as a producer, lyricist and composer. Based in Philadelphia, Lion started his career as a lyricist penning "Love's Calling" for Next Plateau artist, Sybil, this song is featured on her Greatest Hits cd released Jan. 2007 as well as "You Are The One" for Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. artists TKA. This track was featured on the sound track for the film, LEAN ON ME with Morgan Freeman. And also appears on their Greates Hits cd • The song "Butterflies," produced and co-written by Lion appears in the recent film release WHEN WILL I BE LOVED, starring Neve Campbell and Dominic Chianese(The Sopranos). • Lion, as a producer, composer, remixer/engineer has worked with artists, Tank (Blackground/Universal), Freeway (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), Floetry, (Dreamworks), Jaguar Wright, Helen &Terry(Philerzy) Chris (Young Gunz) Cassidy (Full Surface), Allen Iverson, Rosco P. Coldchain(Startrak), Journalist(Universal)The Lost Boyz, and McFadden and Whitehead. • He has recently worked with some of the hottest emerging writers and vocalists such as: Chief Honcho (Philly), Shatia (Harlem, NY), Naté (Philly), Lise (Delaware),Wise (D.C.,Virginia), She(Philly)and D-Dub all featured on his Full Circle album. Helen & Terry, new single "He Didn't Wanna Go"(co-producer and co-writer) released Dec. 2006 • Lion is a voting member of NARAS and a writer and publishing member of ASCAP. • Current/All-Time #1 rap and #2 hip-hop song(“Feels Good”) on Garageband.com http://www.garageband.com/artist/ Lion was nominated for two 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards, for Best R&B Album Full Circle and Best R&B song "Trouble" • Keath is a member, and works as a mix engineer for the Worship Ministry of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa. • The mission of Groove Control Productions is to emerge as an entertainment conglomerate in the 21st century, which will include, but is not limited to song writing, production, scoring and music publishing. His musical background is rooted in his family's rich musical heritage which includes Roame Lowry,(Maze feat. Frankie Beverly) and the late John Whitehead, songwriter-producer for the The Sound of Philadelphia and the international hit "Aint No Stopping Us Now." Musical Influences In the late 1980's, Lion loved the music of an artist named Shannon, because to him she combined songs and vocals that he could feel, and music that was so "bangin'" that you had to move. So the first few songs that he ever wrote were in the same styles as her songs, like her famous "Let the Music Play," and "Give Me Tonight." It was also at that time that Lion bought a 909 drum machine and attempted to do beats the way that he had heard on the records he had previously studied. Songs that were produced by Mantronix, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Ligett & Barbosa, These were his production influences when he started. Lion's other musical influences include, Maurice White, Nile Rogers, Roy Ayers, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Sly Stone, The Isley Bros., Quincy Jones, Dr. Dre. With his own album, "Full Circle" Lion went a little further with the development lyrically and musically of each song. He took his time with it. "…It really flowed, making the record really flowed effortlessly from a creative standpoint. Lion's experience and talent runs deep. He manned the "board" as producer, arranger and mixer. He also performed all of the music (with the exception of live guitar), and contributed lyrics and vocals to the record. The next phase was to translate all of these songs into live performances, which has been done with much success. The format of Lion's live show is that he and the vocalists featured on the album perform as a group, with Lion as narrator, vocalist and one-man band. "Overall, there is a message in the music, I made sure it was bangin' so the message would be heard."