Ashley Hicklin is an English singer, songwriter, and producer. He co-owns Hit-My-Heart-Songs, a UK based music publishing/management company and has written songs for artists such as Tiësto, Hardwell, Lost Kings, Feder, Tom Dice and Waylon, including more than ten No.1 chart releases and over twenty Top-10 chart releases.
Biography
Early life
Ashley Hicklin was raised in his parents’ pub on the North-East coast of England in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He first began as a singer-songwriter performing at open mic nights in the pub, at the age of 13.
In 2008, the European CEO of EMI Publishing saw a live video of Hicklin performing for BBC Introducing. Hicklin signed a deal with EMI Publishing and in less than six months had co-written several chart hits for other artists across Europe, including Johan Palm's single Emma-lee which reached No. 1 in Sweden. Hicklin went on to collaborate with the teams behind Lana Del Rey, Felix Jaehn, Tiësto, Natasha Bedingfield, James Morrison, Hurts, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes and various other international acts. Hicklin is very active in the dancemusic scene as a writer and vocalist under the moniker Bright Sparks. Notable releases include the Tiësto song On My Way, the Hardwell song Summer Air, the Feder song Keep Us Apart, the Klingande song Messiah and Lost Kings release Feather. In 2010, Hickin co-wrote the Belgium entry for the Eurovision Song Contest "Me and My Guitar", sung by Tom Dice. It was a No.1 hit in Belgium and also a top-ten chart hit in many countries across Europe. He also composed the following Eurovision song entries "Universo", "Run with the Lions", and "Mother". In 2018, Hicklin wrote two songs for. "You" performed by Jaz Ellington and "Astronaut", which was sung by Liam Tamne.
As a publisher
In 2015, Hicklin co-founded Hit My Heart Songs, an independent music publisher & management company based in Edinburgh. They have residential recordings studios where they regularly host songwriting camps.
