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Pomplamoose
Pomplamoose is an American musical duo composed of husband-and-wife multi-instrumentalist Jack Conte and singer-songwriter and bassist Nataly Dawn. The duo formed in 2008 and sold approximately 100,000 songs online in 2009. They are known for their viral YouTube videos and covers of popular songs. Etymology The name of the band derives from a misspelling of the French word '' pamplemousse'', meaning grapefruit. History Pomplamoose's presence is primarily from videos on YouTube, with few live performances. They have gathered over 1.53 million subscribers and over 430 million views on their YouTube channel as of November 2022. Their first song "Hail Mary" was featured on the front page of YouTube. Their videos mostly take the form of "VideoSongs", a medium Conte defines with two rules: #What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice) #If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds) On April 11, 2010, the band was interviewed on NPR's ''All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomplamoose
Pomplamoose is an American musical duo composed of husband-and-wife multi-instrumentalist Jack Conte and singer-songwriter and bassist Nataly Dawn. The duo formed in 2008 and sold approximately 100,000 songs online in 2009. They are known for their viral YouTube videos and covers of popular songs. Etymology The name of the band derives from a misspelling of the French word '' pamplemousse'', meaning grapefruit. History Pomplamoose's presence is primarily from videos on YouTube, with few live performances. They have gathered over 1.53 million subscribers and over 430 million views on their YouTube channel as of November 2022. Their first song "Hail Mary" was featured on the front page of YouTube. Their videos mostly take the form of "VideoSongs", a medium Conte defines with two rules: #What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice) #If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds) On April 11, 2010, the band was interviewed on NPR's ''All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conte
Jack Conte (; born July 12, 1984) is an American musician and co-founder and CEO of Patreon. He is one half of the band Pomplamoose, along with his wife Nataly Dawn, co-leader of the band Scary Pockets, and leader of the band Magaziine. Career Conte created his YouTube channel in 2007 to upload music videos inspired by the Dogme 95 movement. He gained widespread attention when his video ''Yeah Yeah Yeah'' was featured on YouTube's front page. Most of Conte's music videos follow a format called "VideoSongs", defined by two rules: no lip-syncing for instruments or voice ("what you see is what you hear") and no hidden sounds ("if you hear it, at some point you see it"). In 2008, Conte formed the band Pomplamoose with Nataly Dawn, who later became his wife. The band garnered significant fan support, primarily through their YouTube videos. Much of Conte's work has been met with positive reviews, citing evocative lyrics in ''Sleep in Color'' and creative delivery of his VideoSongs. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nataly Dawn
Natalie Dawn Knutsen Conte (born October 29, 1986), known by her stage name Nataly Dawn, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is one half of the duo Pomplamoose with her husband Jack Conte and has released four studio albums and four EPs as of June 2022, in addition to numerous collaborations with other artists. Early life Born October 29, 1986, in Sacramento, California as the daughter of missionaries, she spent her childhood in Europe and attended schools in France and Belgium before she returned to the United States to study art and French literature at Stanford University. Music career Pomplamoose At Stanford, Dawn met Jack Conte and formed Pomplamoose, eventually performing, recording, and editing songs and videos in their Northern California home. Their first song "Hail Mary" was featured on the front page of YouTube. In 2009, the duo began releasing cover versions of pop songs like Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and Michael Jackson's "Beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knower (duo)
Knower, also stylized as KNOWER, is an American independent electronic music duo who have gained success releasing music online. The group consists of Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi. Their full band is a jazz-funk act that includes saxophone, bass and keyboard players. Background Louis Cole studied music in Los Angeles, California, graduating from the Jazz Studies program at USC Thornton in 2009. He became good friends with fellow musician Jack Conte in 2006. Both composed and recorded some songs which are present on Conte's YouTube channel. Conte suggested Cole start releasing his music online. Genevieve Artadi also studied music in Los Angeles. She received her Bachelors in Jazz Studies at California State University (CSU) Northridge and did post-graduate studies at CSU Long Beach. Louis Cole met Genevieve Artadi through the LA-based saxophonist Robby Marshall. In 2009 Cole and Artadi joined forces. They released their first album in 2010. In addition, they maintain th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tessa Violet
Tessa Violet Williams, previously known as Meekakitty, is a singer-songwriter, video blogger, actress, music video director, and former model. Originally a vlogger, over the years Tessa Violet's online content became devoted to her musical career with Violet having released two studio albums, '' Maybe Trapped Mostly Troubled'' in 2014 and '' Bad Ideas'' in 2019. Early life and career Violet grew up in Ashland, Oregon and performed in theatre productions while in high school. She began her YouTube channel in July 2006 and started daily vlogging in 2007 for a school project under the username Meekakitty when working in Hong Kong and Thailand as a fashion model. After moving to New York City in 2009, Violet gained attention after winning $100,000 in a YouTube competition by receiving the most comments on her video entry. In 2011, Violet was featured in fellow YouTube creator Nanalew's music video for the song "Sail" by Awolnation. The video went viral and has since amassed over 37 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up On The Housetop
"Up on the Housetop" is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864.Bronson, Fre"Signs Of The Season" Billboard Magazine; December 6, 2007. It has been recorded by a multitude of singers, most notably Gene Autry in 1953. Fresh Beat Band Version Verse 1: Up on the (housetop/rooftop) reindeer pause, Out jumps good old Santa Claus. Down through the chimney, with lots of toys, All for the little ones' Christmas joys. Chorus: Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn't go. Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn't go, Up on the housetop, click, click, click; Down through the chimney with good Saint Nick. Verse 2: First comes the stocking of little Shout; Oh, dear Santa fill it well! Give him cherries to snack on; Shout loves his guitar so he can play the blues. Repeat chorus Verse 3: (Look in / Next comes) the stocking of little Twist; Oh just see what a glorious fill! Here is a lemon and lots of limes; That's so nasty and he loves them Repeat chorus (Note: It is often customary to snap the fingers along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moby
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom". After taking up guitar and piano at age nine, he played in several underground punk rock bands through the 1980s before turning to electronic dance music. In 1989, he moved to New York City and became a prolific figure as a DJ, producer and remixer. His 1991 single " Go" was his mainstream breakthrough, especially in Europe, where it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Between 1992 and 1997 he scored eight top 10 hits on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart including " Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", " Feeling So Real", and " James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodie Clark
Dorothy Miranda Clark (born 11 April 1995), known mononymously as Dodie (stylised dodie), is an English singer, songwriter, author and YouTuber. Dodie began her career uploading original songs and covers to YouTube. She has over 210 videos, over 2 million subscribers and over 415 million views on her main channel (as of October 2022). On her side channel, she has over 190 videos, over 910k subscribers and over 98 million views. Dodie has released four independent EPs: ''Intertwined'' (2016), ''You'' (2017), ''Human'' (2019), and ''Hot Mess'' (2022), the first three of which charted in the top 40 of the official UK Albums Chart. Her debut studio album, ''Build a Problem'', was released in 2021 and peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. Early life and education Dodie was born Dorothy Miranda Clark in Enfield, London, to Ralph Clark and Astrid Caputa. She is the second child of three, including older brother Iain Clark, and younger sister Heather Penelope "Hedy" Clark. Hedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Choi
David Choi (born March 22, 1986) is a South Korean-born American musician, YouTuber, and a member of parody K-pop group BgA based in Los Angeles. He has worked with companies such as Kellogg's, Starburst, the American Cancer Society, General Electric, Samsung, J. C. Penney, and Asian online fashion and beauty retailer YesStyle. Choi released his debut album, ''Only You'', in October 2008. His second album, ''By My Side'', was released on May 19, 2010, and his third album, '' Forever and Ever'' was released on October 25, 2011. As of September 14, 2021, Choi's YouTube Channel has 949,000 subscribers, 111 million total video views, and more than 13 million channel views. As of November 2011, he was YouTube's 15th-most-subscribed musician and 62nd-most-subscribed user overall. Choi previously worked as a songwriter and producer at Warner/Chappell Music, which signed him on after his participation in an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) workshop. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Cozart
Jonathan Charles Cozart (born April 26, 1992), also known by his online alias Paint, is an American YouTube personality, musician, and comedian. As of March 2021, his main YouTube channel has over 4.72 million subscribers. Personal life Cozart was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and raised in Houston, Texas, from the age of six. After graduating from Cypress Creek High School in 2011, he moved to Austin, Texas and studied film at University of Texas. Cozart took piano lessons as a child. Cozart is bisexual, and came out publicly in June 2017. In late January 2022, he announced on Instagram that he has been in a relationship with Sarah Sharpe since early 2021. Career YouTube career His YouTube channel "Paint", an account gifted to him by his brother, was created on December 27, 2005, and has over 4.72 million subscribers as of March 2021. Cozart's career in video started in middle school as a way to avoid writing papers, offering to make videos instead, and he contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including how people look (clothing, fashion and jewelry), Art Deco has influenced bridges, buildings (from skyscrapers to cinemas), ships, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects like radios and vacuum cleaners. It got its name after the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris. Art Deco combined modern styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, it represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allee Willis
Alta Sherral "Allee" Willis (November 10, 1947 – December 24, 2019) was an American songwriter, multi-media artist, collector, and art director. Willis co-wrote hit songs including "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire. She also co-wrote the song " What Have I Done to Deserve This?", a number 2 hit in both the UK (in 1987) and U.S. (in 1988) for Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield. She won two Grammy Awards for ''Beverly Hills Cop'' and ''The Color Purple'', the latter of which was also nominated for a Tony Award, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for " I'll Be There for You", which was used as the theme song for the sitcom ''Friends''. Her compositions sold over 60 million records and she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018 as the only woman to be inducted that year. Early life Willis was born and grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where she attended Mumford High School. Her parents were Jewish. Her father, Nathan, was a scrapyard dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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