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Melleefresh
Melleny Melody (born Melleny Brown; 12 May 1969), also known as Melleefresh, is a Canadian actress and singer. Biography Melleny Brown was born in Toronto, Ontario. Originally known for her vocal work in cartoons, she played Cheer Bear and Baby Tugs in DIC Entertainment and Nelvana's animated ''Care Bears'' franchise. During the 1980s, she starred as female villains in ''Inspector Gadget'', and '' Star Wars: Ewoks''. She also appeared in Nelvana's first feature film, ''Rock & Rule'', in 1983. During the 1990s, Brown legally changed her name to Melleny Melody and became active in the dance music scene, first in live performances in Toronto and then as a recording artist. Though her legal name remains Melleny Melody, she now records under the Melleefresh moniker. She is also the president of the label Play Records, which produces and releases electronic dance music. In 2008, Melleefresh was nominated for a Juno Award for her collaboration with deadmau5, entitled "Afterhours".Juno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Records
Play Records is an independently owned Canadian record label operating in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company includes Play Deep Studios, a recording studio in the UK, Play Digital, for digital music and Play Records Publishing, a publishing company which provides licensing materials for commercial, film and television productions, including licensing deals for compilations. History Play Records was founded by singer and former Care Bears voice actress Melleny Melody and DJ Spydabrown in 1996. In 2005, the company signed on electronic musician deadmau5. The company head Melleefresh discovered the artist when the two collaborated on some releases under the Play Records duo Freshmau5. In 2008, two of the tracks in the company's catalog, "Afterhours" by Melleefresh and deadmau5 and "R My Dreams (All U Ever Want)" by deadmau5 and Billy Newton-Davis were nominated for a Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-Break
J-Break is an American music producer and DJ. Career J-Break was introduced to the electronic music scene in 1995 while attending Orlando, Florida, Orlando nightclubs like the Edge, Ultraviolet (UV), and Firestone. At the age of 19, he got his first residency at the former Mimosa nightclub along with other residents Wutam & J-Break, Wutam and Davie-D. Davie-D gave J-Break his first booking and contributed to scratches on his first release "C'Mon & Touch Me", which received rotation on 95.3 FM in Orlando, Florida. In 1999, J-Break started Millennium Breaks Productions, home to releases such as "Feel The Heat", "Drop It Down" and "This Is The Sound of Underground," which was licensed to DJ Baby Anne's "Mixed Live: Club Ra, Las Vegas" mix compilation. Later that year, J-Break became a resident on 96.9 FM in Orlando and WYKS 105.3 FM in Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville, Florida alongside DJs Andy Hughes, DJ Sandy, and Wutam & J-Break, Wutam. In 2002, Wutam & J-Break, Wutam and J-Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cajjmere Wray
Cajjmere Wray (aka CCW) is a Canadian producer, DJ and remixer from Toronto. He is known for a variety of his original and remix productions. He has officially remixed many major recording artists including: Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Esthero, Nelly Furtado, Girlicious, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Deborah Cox, Oscar G, Melanie C and others. The Grammy Award Winning DJ/Producer Peter Rauhofer helped in discovering Wray, by aiding in his entry onto the music scene in 2005, with Wray's remix of the Kobbe & Austin Leeds single, 'Bodyshaker'. This success helped Wray achieve more accomplishments with other remixes on Rauhofer's Star 69 label. His extended works have been made available on various labels including: Island Def Jam, Tommy Boy Records, Universal Music, and Nervous Records (US). In addition to his musical career, Wray also hosted an evening pop/dance music radio show from the Spring of 2007 to early Winter 2010 on Toronto's PROUD FM. His musical works have re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Awards Of 2008
The Juno Awards of 2008 were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the weekend ending 6 April 2008. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2006 and in most of 2007. Country performer and multiple Juno Award winner Paul Brandt received the 2008 Humanitarian Award which is now named after CHUM-FM Radio founder, Allan Waters. Moses Znaimer, who led the development of Citytv and MuchMusic, received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Nominations for all remaining categories were announced on 5 February 2008. Notable among winners was Feist, winning all five awards in her nominated categories, three of which were presented in the televised gala. Presentations Saturday gala The Saturday gala where most awards are presented occurred at the Telus Convention Centre on 5 April, while the major awards were presented at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Sunday (6 April). Sunday televised ceremonies Performers appearing on the program inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Newton-Davis
Billy Newton-Davis (born April 26, 1951, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American-Canadian Contemporary R&B, R&B, jazz and gospel music, gospel singer and songwriter. Biography Newton-Davis grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. He was one of two lead singers in a local soul band called The Illusions. After working as a singer and dancer on Broadway theatre, Broadway, he moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1980. His debut album, ''Love Is a Contact Sport'', won the Juno Award for best R&B/soul recording in 1986 and included the hits "Deeper", "Right Beside You" and "Find My Way Back". His 1989 follow up, ''Spellbound'', included his biggest Canadian chart hit, "I Can't Take It", as well as the Celine Dion duet "Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You" and again won the Juno for best R&B/soul recording. Newton-Davis subsequently joined The Nylons in 1991. Since leaving the Nylons, he has primarily concentrated on songwriting and live jazz and gospel perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago's underground Clubbing (subculture), club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. House was pioneered by African Americans, African American DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, Chip E., Steve "Silk" Hurley, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, and others. House music expanded to other American cities such as New York City and became a worldwide phenomenon. House has had a large effect on pop music, especially dance music. It was incorporated by major international pop artists including Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson ("Together Again (Janet Jackson song), Together Again"), Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys and Madonna ("Vogu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Kez
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Robins
Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. Jerome was born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate) and his commentaries on the whole Bible. Jerome attempted to create a translation of the Old Testament based on a Hebrew version, rather than the Septuagint, as Latin Bible translations used to be performed before him. His list of writings is extensive, and beside his biblical works, he wrote polemical and historical essays, always from a theologian's perspective. Jerome was known for his teachings on Christian moral life, especially to those living in cosmopolitan centers such as Rome. In many cases, he focused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Frog
Jürgen Frosch (born 7 May 1976), better known by his stage name Jay Frog, is a German DJ and house musician. He began a solo career when he departed the band Scooter in 2006. Since then he has released several singles on Kontor Records Kontor Records or Kontor New Media is a record label based in Hamburg, Germany. The label's artist roster includes ATB, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Scooter. Jens Thele is the head manager of Kontor and is also the manager of Scooter. Edel ... and various other labels. References 1976 births Living people German DJs Electronic dance music DJs {{Germany-DJ-stub de:Scooter (Band)#Jay Frog (2002 bis 2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Christopher
David Ariu Christopher, also known as Kariamakin Airu Christopher (died 26 February 2022) was a politician of Banabans, Banaban descent, who has held office in two countries — Fiji and Kiribati. Christopher was educated at Niusawa Primary School, Queen Victoria School (Fiji), Queen Victoria School, Lelean Memorial School and then the University of the South Pacific. He worked for the Fiji Sugar Corporation, and then for Rabi Holdings, the investment company of the Rabi Council of Leaders. He was appointed to the House of Assembly (Kiribati), Kiribati House of Assembly in 1994, serving a term of four years as representative of the Banaban people living on Rabi Island in Fiji. At the 2001 Fijian general election, he won the North Eastern General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji, North Eastern General electorate for the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) of Laisenia Qarase, becoming the first Banaban elected to the House of Representatives of Fiji. He lost his seat to Robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decoding Jesus
Decoding or decode may refer to: is the process of converting code into plain text or any format that is useful for subsequent processes. Science and technology * Decoding, the reverse of encoding * Parsing, in computer science * Digital-to-analog converter, "decoding" of a digital signal * Phonics, decoding in communication theory * Decode (Oracle) Other uses * deCODE genetics, a biopharmaceutical company based in Iceland * Decode (song), "Decode" (song), a 2008 song by Paramore * Decoding (semiotics), the interpreting of a message communicated to a receiver See also * Code (other) * Decoder (other) * Decoding methods, methods in communication theory for decoding codewords sent over a noisy channel * Codec, a coder-decoder * Recode (other) * Video decoder, an electronic circuit {{disambiguation es:Descodificador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
