Bio
Nina Zeitlin is an independent, award-winning singer/songwriter/producer. Her voice is unique and versatile with a distinctly big, earthy, and soulful sound.
2010 has been an exciting year for Nina. She and her band Heylady opened for George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic to a crowd of 15,000 people. She was also a featured singer on The Celebrity Apprentice and gave a "perfect vocal" performance, to quote finalist Holly Robinson Peete.
Described as a "first-rate vocalist" by Time Out New York, Nina has sung on Primetime network TV, feature films, and numerous TV & Radio commercials for brands such as NBC, CBS, MGM, ESPN, Lipton, Kodak, and Comedy Central. Her original music has been featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and she has appeared on NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams. Nina has enjoyed working with some wonderful producers and has had her songs released globally by a number of record labels and publishers.
Some of her other recent projects have included singing and producing an eclectic family album called King Pajama “Something Sweet”, recorded at her Brooklyn studio. Songs from the album were played on radio stations across the country and in late-2009, the album won a Parents' Choice Award and was named a Top Ten Best Kid's/Family Album by Time Out New York Kids and NPR. She also scored two films for the NYC Film Race, which both won “Best Original Music Score”.
Nina is currently performing all over New York City and the Northeast at such venues as The Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, The Soho House, Southpaw, Sullivan Hall, 92Y Tribeca, Arlene’s Grocery, and World Cafe Live… look out for more to come!
"An unbelievable singer and writer, and a true and rare talent." – Eran Tabib, Producer / Writer - Angie Stone, Spin Doctors, Ivan Neville
"Nina is a true professional, and a pleasure to work with. Her timing is spot on and she truly understands inflection and melody. Nina is at the top of our list of "go to" singers." – Matthew de Luca, Film and TV Composer / Producer, Figure & Groove Music
"pretty, pretty voice" – Metro New York
"uber-talented vocalist" – OWTK.com
"first-rate vocalist" – Time Out New York
"perfect vocal" – Holly Robinson Peete (Actress/Singer, Finalist on Celebrity Apprentice Season 9)
A little background on the Nina’s beginnings - At the age of two, Nina was known to break into song, at age three she was singing "Singing in the Rain" in the rain, and by age four, she had taken up the piano. While studying Sociology and Music at Wesleyan University, Nina homed in on her ability to sing in a variety of styles – the vocalist for the Jazz Orchestra; soloist in the Ebony Singers Gospel Choir; co-wrote/produced/directed and performed in two original musical productions.
