Sam Wood
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 36 - 48
- Height
- 5' 6" (1m 68cm)
- Weight
- 9st. 4lb. (59kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Grey
- Build
- Slim
Documents
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document filesamstraywooduk0515.rtf
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2014 |
Myself
Event |
Uomini & Donne Maria De Filippi / Mediaset |
Studio Mediaset Rome |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2019 | Acting for camera Tv & Film | Translantic Films |
2008 | 3 yr. Sound Design | Islington Music Workshop |
About me
Studied Dance & Drama throughout childhood. Signed to Italian Jovanotti's label, singing, songwriting, recording,performing TV & live shows. Presenting on own Radio show & TV presenter music based programs. Hosted live entertainment for sports events ex: Superbike & live music events ex: XXXX Beer.Dj'ing clubs/events throughout Europe.Toured Iraq/Afghanistan.Studied Acting for Camera London & Music Technology Sound Design, London. Cast for dramatic short 'Aria's choice'.Toured frontwoman for dance project Desaparecidos worldwide starred in TV program docu/reality 'sailing DJ' for 2 series removed .Release 1/2 dance tracks yearly.Participated popular Tv reality dating prog Italy.Frontwoman for 'Felix" 90's dance act.Acting experience:
STUDIED ACTING AT TRANSLANTIC FILMS ACTING FOR CAMERA, LONDON. FIRST CASTING LED TO SHOOTING A SHORT FILM AS THE MAIN ROLE, "DEATHS CHILD",PLAYING A 20 WEEK PREGNANT GIRL WHO KILLS HERSELF, DROWNING IN THE SEA. THIS WAS A DRAMATIC AND EMOTIONAL ROLE.
APPEARED IN VIDEOS, PLAYING THE CHARACTER TO SONG AND DANCING CHOREOGRAPHY. I HAVE BEEN AN EXTRA PLAYING MYSELF FOR 2 MOVIES IN ITALY 'ABRONZATISSIMA' AND 'SABATO ITALIANO'.
STARRED IN DOCU/REALITY FILMED IN IBIZA & FORMENTERA, CROATIA & VENICE, REALITY STAGED SCENES PLAYING MYSELF.
CAST AS EXTRA FOR A MOCK TRAILER TO THE UPCOMING FEATURE FILM "BRASH YOUNG TURKS' IN 2016
Dancing experience:
Dancer in the UK for artists Video/TV/club tours. Italy where started a long term collaboration with top Italian artist Jovanotti as choreographer/dancer. Appearing on his european tour “Una Tribu’ che Balla”,TV tour
Festivalbar," “Buona Domenica” etc…), performed as dancer and mc in all the top clubs throughout Europe.
American clothing company tour in Holland. For live staged dance fashion shows.
Toured dancing,singing,rapping in concert for soldiers in Afghanistan/Iraq/Kosovo/Sarajevo for the US military in 2006. A full blown concert -erforming our tracks while performing with the dancers our own choreographies
Singing experience:
I AM A SINGER/SONGWRITER/DJ. CURRENTLY I WRITE & PERFORM DANCE MUSIC FOR VARIOUS DJ'S/PRODUCERS & PERFORM LIVE, VOCALS,DJ & MC. I WAS SIGNED IN ITALY TO TOP ARTIST JOVANOTTI & PRODUCER WHICH LED TO SIGNING WITH WARNER BROS ITALY. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS I AM CURRENTLY WRITING WITH VARIOUS PRODUCERS & LABELS. I AM FUNK,DANCE,SOUL,HOUSE,ELECTRONIC,POP,RAP IN A TWIST AND LOVE TO MIX IT ALL CREATING CONTRASTS, A FUSION OF MANY THINGS. VERY CONSCIOUS & PARTY!
UNDER SAM STRAY WOOD & SAM WOOD I HAVE VARIOUS TRACKS/VIDEO'S ON YOUTUBE AND soundcloud/SamStrayWood & OTHER DANCE PROJECTS 'DESAPARECIDOS'.
I STARTED AS A LYRICIST AND RAPPER AND BEGAN WRITING AND SINGING TO PERFORMING AND PRODUCING & DJ'ING ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC. I ATTENDED A MUSIC TECH & SOUND ENGINEERING COURSE IN LONDON, GAINING DISTINCTION WHICH LED TO MY INDEPENDENCE IN WRITING AND RECORDING MY OWN VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MOST OF THE COLLABORATIONS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AND WRITING MY OWN SONGS. I HAVE TOURED IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD, PERFORMING IN DANCE FESTIVALS AND RADIO EVENTS & CLUBS WORLDWIDE, BRAZIL, FRANCE, ISRAEL, EGYPT, GERMANY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ST. DENNIS AND MANY MORE. I HAVE A LOT OF STAGE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE AND IMPROV CAPABILITIES. PERFORMED IN VARIOUS VIDEOS FOR MY PRODUCTIONS. AS A DJ I STARTED OUT WITH VINYL HIP HOP/R&B/FUNK/JAZZ JUNK/HOUSE.. CURRENTLY PLAYING ELECTRONIC MUSIC, ELECTRO HOUSE, DEEP HOUSE, RAP & CROSSOVERS OF MANY DANCE STYLES AND PERFORM LIVE VOCALS & MC WHILE MIXING. WRITING LYRICS & VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS, RECORDING & PERFORMING DANCE TRACKS WITH VARIOUS DJ'S & PRODUCERS THROUGHOUT EUROPE, PUBLISHED ON UNIVERSAL FRANCE, PURPLE MUSIC, MOLTO RECORDS, HIGH INTENSITY, D-VISION, SOUND DIVISION & MORE.
2016 PERFORMING AS FRONTWOMAN FOR FELIX, DJ/PRODUCER PERFORMING WORLDWIDE HITS LIKE 'DON'T YOU WANT ME'...
2016 NEW RELEASE UPCOMING WITH ANTHONY ROMENO ON PURPLE MUSIC.
Modelling experience:
As a teenager for photographers competions and lots of hair modelling for my award winning hairdresser mother all the way through growing up and throughout hers and my career. Photo's and live hair stand fashion shows.
Tour in Holland for clothing brand as a dancer/model for coreographed fashion shows.
A lot of experience with photo shoots connected with my music career.
Television experience:
Television tours in Italy as dancer and singer, Festivalbar," “Buona Domenica”, Domenica In, Disco per L'Estate & other variety shows on RAI & Mediaset channels. V.J. & presenter, Italy, own section within programme, called 'Sammy's space' on EBOP Television, presenting, also covering live events, interviewing (network 9, Local based channels on Digitale terrestre).
Presented a pilot TV quiz show for the American market produced in Bologna, Italy.
Starred in TV format Sailing Dj a docu/reality on SKY, 1st series filmed in 2012 in Ibiza. All skills needed for this reality. my role was being myself but staged. Covering all aspects of Ibiza life day & night and performing and acting staged reality scenes & interviewing the likes of DAVID GUETTA with general funny banter, long interview with GIORGIO MORODER & ARTHUR BAKER.
Took part in TV reality very popular dating show in 2013, Uomini & Donne on Mediaset channel 5, Italy airing weekly, 3 episodes a week for 4 months.
Filmed in August 2014 in Croatia & venice in 2014 for the 2nd series of Sailing DJ. All skills were needed for this docu/reality. It covered Electronic music festivals, in Croatia, interviewing dj's & festival goers, while also staging scenes playing ourselves as music artists. Featured also filming at the Venice Film Festival, on the red carpet to annoy the stars and at an exclusive event for Al Pacino, where I had to get his attention and create a scene. This series is with less dialogue but more of my off screen narrating.
April 2016 presented segment for local news Channel, Livigno, Italy for the Snowland Festival, covering backstage preperation & explaining the festival areas & tickets system.
Additional skills:
Entertained from 3 yrs old, dance & Drama school.I have followed my passions and my instinct ever since. I love anything that puts me to the test.I need to be challenged & inspired. I have been through the great & the ugly that makes me stronger as I am aware of my fragility also.I am an all rounder.I love music as that is simply me.I love acting as I can be someone else.I am both funny & dramatic.Versatile easy to work with.Determined to deliver, only fear 'dating' other than that even performing in Iraq/Afghanistan for troops did't phase me.Ready to try new things & respect projects/idea's/creativity of others to deliver what they have in mind.I love expressing.
Interesting past experiences:
My Afghanistan & Iraq tour in 2006 during the war was an experience I will never forget, the tour was about meeting & greeting the soldiers in between shows, visiting the wounded in hospitals, moving only in Black Hawks & Chinook, C13 helicopters. I was humbled, it was both uncomfortable & inspiring for all the individual stories of also local nationals. This experience effected me in different ways.
I have toured the world with my music, so many breath taking moments, my 2010 Tour of Brazil during the World Cup performing for 40,000 people while we wore their football shirts on stage, I. will never forget the crowd reaction.
Now back in the UK, I have worked for Commercial & Community Radio & Voice Tracking for a European Company for the UK market as channel presenter & supervisor. I'm a music consultant for brands & businesses for a Music Streaming Service Loads of experience for Content Creation & presenting.
My interests:
Movies, traveling, food, any digital device, reading, discovering everything, trying new things, keeping fit, music, dance, social systems, societies, human behaviour, Future Tech, family, friends, anything challenging, anything that gets me out my comfort zone.
Additional information:
I have followed my career in Italy all these years having moved there at 17 years old for a dance/choreographer role, now back in the UK after all those years away as a music artist & in the entertainment Business, I have a lot of work experience behind me but I am a fresh face still for the UK. I would really love opportunities in acting, music lead the way for a long time but the passion for acting never left me.
Self-Recording
I use Logic Pro & Ableton Live, Condenser Mics through audio devices. Pioneer club standard decks & XDJ-RX2 Controller. For Social Media & Video's I use iPhone 12 Pro Max, tripods & editing iMovie or on the fly kinemaster app.License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | Italian |
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Media Specialism | Events, Jingles, Podcasts, Radio |
Musical Style | Chillout, Club music, Dance music, Electronica, House, Pop, Rap |
Singing Styles | Funk, Other, Pop/Rock, Rapper/MC, RnB, Soul |
Additional Skills | Singing |
Athletics | Shooting |