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Biography
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My name is NOMI YAH, I’m a songwriter. I wrote my first song when I was 8. When I was 13, I co-wrote King Of Kings and signed my first publishing deal with Maranatha! Music. I’ve played over a thousand shows all over the US and internationally and have performed with many artists.
Where did I get my name? Originally I was Naomi Batya Ginsberg and Nomi was my nickname. I was using the stage name Nomi Batya or Naomi Batya, but it was hard to pronounce. Someone started calling me Nomi Yah and that’s how that happened.
Where am I from? I was born in the Bronx, New York. When I was very young, we moved around a lot, to Florida, Los Angeles, North Carolina. But when I was 7, we came to Mendocino, California and I grew up in the tiny town of Albion. Now I live in the Bay Area with my son.
How did I start out? My mom, NICOLE MILNER, is a composer, songwriter and pianist. She taught me to read music and the alphabet at the same time. I grew up surrounded by music and musicians. When I was 19, I dropped out of college and began performing professionally. In 1984, I discovered multi-track home studios and learned to produce.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2009: Signs multiple tracks for use in film, television and video games. Collaborates with Grammy-nominated producer James Gardiner. Wins ASCAP Plus Award. Manages West Coast Songwriter Competition at the nightclub Freight & Salvage. Receives over 50 forwards from publishers and A&R companies for film/tv and artist recording opportunities.
2008: Receives dozens of forwards from publishers and A&R companies for film/tv opportunities. Manages West Coast Songwriter Competition at the nightclub Freight & Salvage.
2007: Receives 14 forwards from various publishers and A&R companies for film/tv opportunities. Performs at the Songwriter Festival on Music Row in Nashville, TN. Manages West Coast Songwriter Competition at the nightclub Freight & Salvage.
2006: Receives over 20 forwards from various publishers and A&R companies for film/tv opportunities. Wins ASCAP Popular Music Award.
2005: Songwrites, composes, produces, and performs 12-song CD 2 NOMI IS 2 LOVE ME, mixed by Rankin Scroo at Crucial Youth Studio. Wins ASCAP Popular Music Award.
2004: Songwrites, composes, produces, and performs Salaga Market 12-song CD by Xsample, mixed by Rankin Scroo at Crucial Youth Studio. Wins ASCAP Popular Music Award.
2003: Wins Tonos A&R Pick for Conspiracy featuring Xsample. Wins ASCAP Popular Music Award. Performs at Cutting Edge Music Showcase at Hollywood, CA. Several songs are featured on independent film Champion Bubbla.
2002: Concert promoter at the nightclub Storyville. Several songs are featured on independent film Jammin For Jamaica.
2001: Releases compilation 3-song CD PEACEFUL WORLD (ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO UNICEF) with Nicole Milner and XSample. Mixed by Rankin Scroo at Crucial Youth Studios. Participant in lucrative fundraiser for Red Cross Katrina Response sponsored by CD Baby. Several songs featured on independent film Island Paradise.
2000: Songwrites, composes and performs 5-song CD GET 2 NOMI featuring guest artist Xsample, recorded by Elio Schiavo at Mom's Studio and by Claytoven and Dennis at Subway Studio. Concert promoter and General Manager at the nightclub Ashkenaz. Co-writes autobiography of Anne-Marie Hamilton Living In Shashemnane.
1999: Composes and performs Prison on the CD Eeksperience by Eek-A-Mouse, recorded by Elio Schiavo at Mom's Studio.
1997: Concert promoter at nightclub Palookaville. Consultant at West Cliff Percussion and Santa Cruz Dance Gallery.
1996: Concert promoter at nightclub Palookaville.
1995: Concert promoter at nightclub Palookaville.
1989: Songwrites, composes, produces, and performs In The Wake Of A Dream 5-song cassette at Making Waves Studio. Performs at benefit Art Against Aids.
1988: Songwrites, composes, produces, and performs Rhythms & Changes 5-song cassette. Festival promoter and performer at Rad Cult Fest.
1986: Runs recording service Muse Recordings. Produces event Not A Rock’N’Roll Show.
1985: Composes and performs original music for theater piece Traumschuhe in Berlin, Germany.
1984: Songwrites, composes, and performs Nursery Rhymes 3-song cassette at Tom Mallon Studio.
1983: Concert promoter at nightclub Club Foot. Writes original musical Zero.
1982: Writes original musical Somewhere In Between, produces and performs 5-song cassette from musical at Tom Mallon Studio. Concert promoter at nightclub Sound Of Music.
1981: Records bass for theater soundtrack at Fantasy Studio. Editor and writer for Independent magazine Revolutionary Wanker. Performs at Amnesty International benefit.
1980: Wins Sherrill C. Corwin Metropolitan Theaters Writing Award for one-act play On A Mobius Strip. Accepted to summer program at American Conservatory Theater.
1979: The first of many versions of King Of Kings is released.
1976: Writes original musical The Mycologist.
1974: Co-writes King Of Kings, published by Maranatha! Music.
SOME ARTISTS I’VE WORKED WITH:
Amlak Tafari / American Music Club / Area Leader Music Syndicate / Ashleigh / Barry Valentino / Beth Custer / Brimstone / Buppy and the Uplifters / Cannon and the Lion of Judah / Cheb I Sabbah / Claytoven / Clocks / Contraband / Culture Canute / CSBV / Dark Circus / Dennis D’ Menace / Dr. Jinglez / Dread and the Chosen Few / Eek A Mouse / Elio Schiavo / Emsley Fraser and Caribbean Razor Blade / Faisel / Found Objects / Genie Majeeda / George and the Wonders / Glorianna Opera Company / Grand Son Demus / Gulf Of The Farralones / Hurricane Gilbert / Itals / Jules Beck / Jeff Miller / Jeff Mooney / Junior B / Keith Hennessy / Kingston 12 / Kristyle / Kulture Kanute / Kwama Roots Mama / Lennox Brown / Lickshot / Lionel “Mr. Music” Randolph / Living Theater / Locura De Amor / Love Goat / Lucky Kat / Majah P / Majestic / Major Terrer / Mark Eitzel / Moon Has Fat Thighs / Nao Bustamante / Obeyjah / Oonka Symeon / Ralph Eno and the Twitchers / Rankin Joe / Rankin Scroo / Ras D / Raskidus / Ras Midas / Red I / Richard Marriott and Club Foot Orchestra / Ron “Hookstown” Brown / Rusty Water Dream Band / Ryan Daisley / Sarah Shelton Mann / SFSF / Sister I Live and the 48th Street Band / Sly Fox / Sonar Eclipse / Starhawk and the Black Cat Band / Stevie Love / Sweet Chocolate / Tequila / The Backups / Theater of Changes / Theater Action Group (TAG) / Thousand Days Of Shame / Tribal Warning / Toho / Tony D / Traumschuhe / Triplex / Twelve Year Olds / Twisted Roots / Unda P / Vince Black / Wadi Gad / XSample / Yah Wanag / Yellow Wall Dub
SOME ARTISTS I’VE SHARED THE STAGE WITH:
Abyssinians / Alpha Blondy / Andrew Tosh / Anthony B / Arkansas Man / Bedlam Rovers / Ben Bacot / Born Jamericans / Buju Banton / Chris Isaak / Clan Dyken / Donny Rasta and Roots Vibration / Elbows Akimbo / Foundation / Frankie Paul / Fully Fullwood Band / Grandson Demus / Higher Heights / Invertebrates / Israel Vibrations / Itals / J. Scott / Kosono / Lady Saw / Lucky Dube / Jah Levi / Makka B / Mark Eitzel and the American Music Club / Mad Professor / Michael Franti / Michael Rose / Mighty Diamonds / Pato Banton / Rankin Scroo and Ginger / Reggae Angels / Sanchez / Sean Paul / Skatalites / Sly and Robbie / Stacy Golden / Steve Seskin / Vibes Supreme / Wailers / Zodiac Sound
SOME VENUES WHERE I’VE PERFORMED:
CALIFORNIA:
Alameda - Island Paradise
Berkeley - Ashkenaz / Club Chibbo / Club Muse / Freight & Salvage / Juneteenth Festival / Seen Festival at People’s Park / University of California Berkeley
Chico - Chico State University
Davis - University of California Davis
Fresno – Club Fred
La Honda - Greenpeace Benefit
Los Angeles – Key Club / Kulak’s Woodshed / Roxy Theater / The Gig / Universal Studio City
Mendocino – Greenwood Theater Company / Glorianna Opera Company / Mendocino Art Center / Mendocino High School
Monterey - Monterey Bay Reggae Festival
Mount Shasta – Mount Shasta World Music Festival
Oakland - Club Jjang Ga / Continental Club / FM Smith Recreation Center / Reggae in the Hills / Sweet Jimmy’s / Uptown Nightclub
Palo Alto - Fanny & Alexander's
Pamona – Glass House
Petaluma – Pheonix Theater
Sacramento - Jamaica House / Red Lion Inn / Ricki’s / Scratch 8
Santa Ana - Galaxy
San Diego - Belly Up Tavern / House Of Blues / Viejas Casino / Wave House
San Francisco – 509 Club / Bamboo Hut / Blue House / Club Foot / Compound / Eagles Club / El Rio / Fort Mason / Great American Music Hall / Haight Street Fair / Jelly’s / Jillian’s At The Metreon / Juneteenth Festival on Fillmore/ Klub Komotion / Mabuhay Gardens / Maritime Hall / New College / On Broadway / Paradise Lounge / Pier 23 / Rad Cult Fest / Reggae in Golden Gate Park / Shotwell Rogue Loft / Slim’s / Sound of Music / Storyville / Valencia Tool and Die
San Jose – Waves / Agenda Lounge / Club Ibex / Fuel
San Juan Capistrano - The Coach House
San Rafael – Fourth Street Tavern
Santa Barbara - The Coach House / The Shack
Santa Cruz - Catalyst / University of California Santa Cruz / Positively Front Street / Vet’s Hall / Palookaville / Boulder Creek Brewery / Brookdale Lodge / San Lorenzo Park Duck Pond (AIDS Walk)
Santa Rosa – Sonoma County Fair
COLORADO:
Boulder - Tulagi
ENGLAND:
London – (I’m still researching the names of the clubs)
GERMANY:
Berlin – Ballhaus Tiergarten, Hochschule de Kunst
HOLLAND:
Amsterdam – (I'm still researching the names of the clubs)
MARYLAND:
Baltimore - 8X10 Room
MASSACHUSETTES:
Cambridge - House of Blues
Nantucket - The Muse
Northampton - Pearl Street
MEXICO:
Cabo San Lucas – Cabo Wabo / Cabo Mil Festival
MICHIGAN:
Royal Oak - Fifth Avenue Billiards
NEW YORK:
New York City - Joe's Pub at the Public Theater / Brooklyn Believer’s Church / Brooklyn College
Buffalo – Calumet
NORTH CAROLINA:
Kill Devil Hills - Port-O-Call
Wilmington - Saxons By The River
OHIO:
Cleveland - Agora Theater
OREGON:
Eugene – The Wild Duck / Oregon Country Fair / Wow Hall
Portland – Berbati’s Pan / Roseland Theater
RHODE ISLAND:
Matunuck - Ocean Mist
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Charleston - The Music Farm
SPAIN:
Cadeques – Los Pirates.
Barcelona, Gerona, Rosas – (I’m still researching the names of the clubs)
TENNESSEE:
Nashville - Nashville Songwriter's Festival on Music Row (Curb Records stage, American Songwriter Magazine stage, Sure Fire Music stage).
UTAH:
Salt Lake City - Safari Club
VIRGINIA:
Hampton - Mill Point Park
WASHINGTON:
Seattle – Bohemian Club / Doc Maynards
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