Tom Hamilton (electronic Musician)

Thomas Hamilton is an American pop/electro/rock musician in Los Angeles, California. He performs under the stage name Hamilton.

Early life and career

Hamilton grew up in Orange County, California, and moved to Los Angeles as a teen.

Thomas got his first break in commercial music when two of his songs debuted on television. The MTV television series '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County'' used his track ''Alive''. The E! Entertainment Television series ''Paradise City'' also used one of Hamilton's songs. He initially signed a development deal with J Records, but the label did not release any of his music.

Hamilton is signed to the Indie Pop Records label, based in Los Angeles. His contemporaries on the label include Dev, Marty James, Bobby Brackins, The Cataracs, and Yuna. Hamilton recently released an EP produced by The Cataracs, after their collaboration on the Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit ''Like a G6''. His previous collaborations with The Cataracs included ''Mr. Sexual'' and ''God Knows''.

Hamilton has worked with Swedish producer Alex Kronlund, who wrote for and produced Robin and Britney Spears. He continues to write and record with Indie Pop and has recently joined forces musically with Caroline D'Amore, the actress and model. Hamilton is currently writing new music with producer-songwriter Freddy Wexler.

Music

In an interview with Rick Florino, Hamilton described his music as "a fusion of hip hop and pop. We write everything on guitar, but we use a lot of hip hop beats. In the end, every element comes together seamlessly."

He also explained to Florino the story behind his song ''Sun'', calling it "a real exploration of emotion but not in the self-help way. Dark and the light exist in the same place. People wait for that one big moment or that one thing they believe will solve all of their problems and cause happiness—whether it's a record deal or graduating college. It's seems like the waiting never ends though. You're waiting for the sun to shine essentially, and that's what the song is about. Darkness comes and goes, but the sun will always be back. Things may be shitty, but they'll get better."

Reception and media appearances

Hamilton has recommended by some of the industry's hottest bloggers, including A&R leader Crazed Hits and Arjan Writes.
Arjan Writes recommended the song ''Sun'', calling it "a sweeping electro-pop stomper that is a good introduction to Hamilton's peppy, genre-mashing brand of pop."

The music video for ''Sun'' won Best Freshman Video in 2010 on MTVU, thus launching Hamilton's music video to all major outlets, including MTV2, Fuse, and Logo's New Now Next.

In July 2010, Hamilton appeared on the Gary and Catherine morning radio show on Santa Barbara, California's 101.7 KLITE FM.

Hamilton also attended the 2011 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. There he was interviewed by Arjan of Arjan Writes for an episode of the music interview web series Cherrytree Pop Chop Minute.

References

* Florino, Rick (August 2010). "Hamilton: About This Artist" Reverb Nation. Retrieved July 29, 2011. http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_bio/artist_1622420
* Hamilton, Tom (July 7, 2010). "ON AIR with K-LITE Gary+Catherine 101.7 fm !!!!" MySpace. Retrieved July 29, 2011. http://www.myspace.com/iamhamilton/blog/536814619
* Arjan (March 19, 2011) "Report from SXSW: Dev & The Catarcs, Zowie, Theophilus London, Hamilton, Ellie Goulding, Neon Hitch, Frankmusik" Arjan Writes. Retrieved July 29, 2011. http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2011/03/report-from-sxsw-dev-the-cataracs-zowie-hamilton-ellie-goulding-neon-hitch-frankmusik.html
* Arjan (January 16, 2011) "Play It Again: Hamilton 'Sun'" Arjan Writes. Retrieved July 29, 2011. http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2011/01/play-it-again-hamilton-sun.html
* "Artists" Indie Pop Records. Retrieved July 29, 2011. http://indie-pop.com/?page_id=172
* "Hamilton" (June 18, 2010) Crazed Hits. Retrieved July 29, 2011. http://www.crazedhits.com/hamilton/

External links

* http://www.iamhamilton.com
* http://www.facebook.com/iamhamilton

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Los Angeles
Musicians from Orange County, California
Place of birth missing (living people)
American electronic musicians