Asa Rodger Turner
- Actor
- Manager
- Composer
Asa Rodger Turner (born on July 15 in Old City, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, DJ & Music producer, Businessman as well as, one of the main creators of the underground Meta-Verse-Music genre. Since moving from New Jersey to Hollywood, California in (2010) Asa has worked with some of the most powerful figures in the Entertainment, Business and Political Industries, not only by learning, but, also by implementing his ideas, through various forms of his artistry. Magnetically gaining the attention of several influential individual's mind and trust, which has lead to multiple successful endeavors, in the television, film, and music, as well as other behind the scene business with an artist management & development company. According to the things.com "Asa is easily one of the most talented up-and-coming stars in Hollywood with an incredible career already under his belt."
Growing up as a child, Asa would often be taken to Auditions with his mother, who was already doing Print modeling campaigns in the Philadelphia and New York City area, More times than not, Asa would get the part doing several bit commercial parts and live roles, for companies like Sesame Street and Disney World's Magic Kingdom & EPCOT parks. His father was Rick Taylor, A well renowned Percussions musician, known for his amazing Drumming Skills, working with Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind and Fire, The Legendary composer Sun Ra, Eddie Davis Orchestra and many other Jazz & R&B Legends. As Asa Matured , he decided his education should come first before any type of serious career. In 2005 attended Bloomfield College ( now known As A Montclair State University Annex) , ultimately receiving a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Information Systems (CIS). It was in College that Asa had the vision of starting a Management Company, called A.R.T Incorporated Management or "AIM". By the end of 2006, Asa knew it was time to start building the foundation for his Entertainment Career, and while working on his education and two jobs, he begin recording pure freestyle lyrics from the beats , he created at home from different computer programs on his desktop, sometimes even taking the entire desktop to his work at the data center in Newark, NJ. Some of the recordings made between 2006-2008, are what inspired his 2008 Self-Produced Double Album LP/EP 22 - track demo album, "I'M SO LEFT, I'M RIGHT" & " I'm Right, What's Left".. Which was 95% written, produced , arranged and recorded all by Asa. Around the same time in 2008, he also recorded a Full Length Prank Call CD, titled, "Your Call May Be Monitored" which has not been released commercially.
Since Asa Rodger Tuner arrived in Hollywood, He has Acted in several famous TV franchises, such as Criminal Minds, NCIS, TorchWood, The Event, Mike & Molly, Law & Order: LA, The Cap and countless more. His first official movie was "The Amazing Spider-Man 2012" filmed on the Universal Studios , he was there for about 3 weeks, where he played a few "bit parts" in the movie, as A Reporter, Pedestrian walking around the streets of NYC, Taxi Cab Driver and Waiter; Two of the scenes made the final cut, when it was released. Even though "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2011 was Asa's first official movie that he filmed in, due to the massive budget and production size the movie wasn't released in time to beat out another movie Asa filmed. Which was a few months after he finished filming The Amazing Spider-man. After coming from an audition where he needed to be dressed up, Asa saw a post on LA Casting for a "One day rush call background acting role" in a christian, titled Brother White, Asa later stated, "He was the last background actor, production took as they had went over the quota needed for Audience Members. After filming several audience reaction shots for 2-3 hours, the Second AD, approached Asa and asked he would be willing to play one of the main character's Best Friend. He agreed and the next day, while filming in the first scene, he ad-lib a few one liners and the Director of the film, Brian Herzlinger heard it in his headset, halted production and had Asa mic'd, and gave him more lines, making Pure Flix Entertainment's Brother White, the first studio to release a movie with Asa in it, which had several scenes and lines, as well as screen time. In the Director's Commentary on the BLURAY/DVD, Brian Herzlinger speaks highly of Asa's comedic timing and improvisational skills.
At the Start of 2013, As begin focusing on music more full time, working with and learning from a six time Grammy winning producer and Sound Engineer, Devine Evans, at The Senate Music Group at Center Staging Studios in Burbank, CA. He begin working with some of the most successful people in the music industry, doing everything from demo recordings, hosting Grammy and music industry events, around the Los Angeles Area. Asa also started to learn more about the craft of creating and manipulating sounds, working with Logic Pro X, Pro Tools and other sound packs. It was during this time, Asa started crafting his first Instrumental Universal Club Mix,first titled The First 5, which was a book and album project that was to be released together, but plans were halted and the vision was reworked after, Asa's Laptop was stolen with the only copy of over 10 freshly written chapters. Instead of pushing the date further out, Asa decided to release the EDM album, Callings of The Soul (2016). The album did very well with YouTube Ads, creating another avenue for him to explore, how to successfully (Prioritize and Profitize) his artistry with commercial placements.
As of 2022, Asa is back working on a new genre of musical artistry, called Meta-Verse-Music,T the album is tentatively titled, Inside 'The SKullz' slated to be released in Late July 2022. He is also actively auditioning for more complex acting roles , and has also started writing Motion Picture & Television story-Line treatments . in April of 2022, When asked which city he calls home, Asa replied, "I live in America, my work home is in Hollywood, CA there's nothing more magical then creating artistry in a town filled with so much ART, but when the overwhelming pressures of the 'Hollywood Machine' get to me, I retreat to Las Vegas, NV, which I call LA's front-porch or backyard, depending on how you see it, but ultimately Miami, FL is my personal home and haven for me to cultivate my vast set of talents.
Growing up as a child, Asa would often be taken to Auditions with his mother, who was already doing Print modeling campaigns in the Philadelphia and New York City area, More times than not, Asa would get the part doing several bit commercial parts and live roles, for companies like Sesame Street and Disney World's Magic Kingdom & EPCOT parks. His father was Rick Taylor, A well renowned Percussions musician, known for his amazing Drumming Skills, working with Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind and Fire, The Legendary composer Sun Ra, Eddie Davis Orchestra and many other Jazz & R&B Legends. As Asa Matured , he decided his education should come first before any type of serious career. In 2005 attended Bloomfield College ( now known As A Montclair State University Annex) , ultimately receiving a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Information Systems (CIS). It was in College that Asa had the vision of starting a Management Company, called A.R.T Incorporated Management or "AIM". By the end of 2006, Asa knew it was time to start building the foundation for his Entertainment Career, and while working on his education and two jobs, he begin recording pure freestyle lyrics from the beats , he created at home from different computer programs on his desktop, sometimes even taking the entire desktop to his work at the data center in Newark, NJ. Some of the recordings made between 2006-2008, are what inspired his 2008 Self-Produced Double Album LP/EP 22 - track demo album, "I'M SO LEFT, I'M RIGHT" & " I'm Right, What's Left".. Which was 95% written, produced , arranged and recorded all by Asa. Around the same time in 2008, he also recorded a Full Length Prank Call CD, titled, "Your Call May Be Monitored" which has not been released commercially.
Since Asa Rodger Tuner arrived in Hollywood, He has Acted in several famous TV franchises, such as Criminal Minds, NCIS, TorchWood, The Event, Mike & Molly, Law & Order: LA, The Cap and countless more. His first official movie was "The Amazing Spider-Man 2012" filmed on the Universal Studios , he was there for about 3 weeks, where he played a few "bit parts" in the movie, as A Reporter, Pedestrian walking around the streets of NYC, Taxi Cab Driver and Waiter; Two of the scenes made the final cut, when it was released. Even though "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2011 was Asa's first official movie that he filmed in, due to the massive budget and production size the movie wasn't released in time to beat out another movie Asa filmed. Which was a few months after he finished filming The Amazing Spider-man. After coming from an audition where he needed to be dressed up, Asa saw a post on LA Casting for a "One day rush call background acting role" in a christian, titled Brother White, Asa later stated, "He was the last background actor, production took as they had went over the quota needed for Audience Members. After filming several audience reaction shots for 2-3 hours, the Second AD, approached Asa and asked he would be willing to play one of the main character's Best Friend. He agreed and the next day, while filming in the first scene, he ad-lib a few one liners and the Director of the film, Brian Herzlinger heard it in his headset, halted production and had Asa mic'd, and gave him more lines, making Pure Flix Entertainment's Brother White, the first studio to release a movie with Asa in it, which had several scenes and lines, as well as screen time. In the Director's Commentary on the BLURAY/DVD, Brian Herzlinger speaks highly of Asa's comedic timing and improvisational skills.
At the Start of 2013, As begin focusing on music more full time, working with and learning from a six time Grammy winning producer and Sound Engineer, Devine Evans, at The Senate Music Group at Center Staging Studios in Burbank, CA. He begin working with some of the most successful people in the music industry, doing everything from demo recordings, hosting Grammy and music industry events, around the Los Angeles Area. Asa also started to learn more about the craft of creating and manipulating sounds, working with Logic Pro X, Pro Tools and other sound packs. It was during this time, Asa started crafting his first Instrumental Universal Club Mix,first titled The First 5, which was a book and album project that was to be released together, but plans were halted and the vision was reworked after, Asa's Laptop was stolen with the only copy of over 10 freshly written chapters. Instead of pushing the date further out, Asa decided to release the EDM album, Callings of The Soul (2016). The album did very well with YouTube Ads, creating another avenue for him to explore, how to successfully (Prioritize and Profitize) his artistry with commercial placements.
As of 2022, Asa is back working on a new genre of musical artistry, called Meta-Verse-Music,T the album is tentatively titled, Inside 'The SKullz' slated to be released in Late July 2022. He is also actively auditioning for more complex acting roles , and has also started writing Motion Picture & Television story-Line treatments . in April of 2022, When asked which city he calls home, Asa replied, "I live in America, my work home is in Hollywood, CA there's nothing more magical then creating artistry in a town filled with so much ART, but when the overwhelming pressures of the 'Hollywood Machine' get to me, I retreat to Las Vegas, NV, which I call LA's front-porch or backyard, depending on how you see it, but ultimately Miami, FL is my personal home and haven for me to cultivate my vast set of talents.
