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Brian Rajaratnam
Brian Rajaratnam is an American born Sri Lankan sound engineer. He won a Grammy Award for his work on the song Flowers (Miley Cyrus song), ''Flowers'' at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards along side Miley Cyrus, Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson (musician), Tyler Johnson, Michael Pollack (songwriter), Michael Pollack, Spike Stent, and Joe LaPorta. Biography He was born and raised in New Jersey. His parents hailed from Sri Lanka and they moved from Sri Lanka to the United States. He then relocated to New York in order to pursue his ambitions of becoming a doctor, which involved following a conventional, traditional pathway expected of a South Asian origin. However, he changed his mind from pursuing his career to become a doctor to entering the music field, as he decided to quit his medical studies halfway through his pre-med tenure at college. He insisted that music was always close to his heart especially during his time in Sri Lanka. He developed an interest and love with music during his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
Monmouth Junction is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) located within South Brunswick Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) United States Census Bureau, August 2012. Accessed November 29, 2012. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 2,887. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Grammys
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards are an upcoming music awards ceremony which recognizes the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year (from October 1, 2022 to September 15, 2023) as determined by the members of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. They will be held on February 4, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, their 21st year at the venue, and will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+. A host for the ceremony has yet to be announced. Background For the 2024 ceremony, the academy announced several changes for different categories and eligibility rules: Category changes *Three new categories – Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording – were added. *Two categories, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical, were moved to the General Field and can now be voted on by the entire Grammy voting membership. *The number of nomine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American People Of Sri Lankan Descent
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berklee College Of Music Alumni
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including rock, hip hop, reggae, salsa, heavy metal and bluegrass. Berklee alumni have won 310 Grammy Awards, more than any other college, and 108 Latin Grammy Awards. Other notable accolades for its alumni include 34 Emmy Awards, 7 Tony Awards, 8 Academy Awards, and 3 Saturn Awards. Since 2012, Berklee College of Music has also operated a campus in Valencia, Spain. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory agreed to a merger. The combined institution is known as Berklee, with the conservatory becoming The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. History Schillinger House (1945–1954) In 1945, pianist, composer, arranger and MIT graduate Lawrence Berk f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Audio Engineers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Of Sri Lankan Tamil Descent
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Can We Please Have Fun
''Can We Please Have Fun'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon. It was released on May 10, 2024, by LoveTap Records and Capitol Records, marking their first album to not be released on their original label, RCA Records. The album was produced by Kid Harpoon. Background and promotion ''Can We Please Have Fun'' is Kings of Leon's first album with Capitol Records. The band recorded the album at the Dark Horse Recording studios in Franklin, Tennessee, with Kid Harpoon, who produced it. The album was announced on February 22, 2024, simultaneously with the release of the lead single "Mustang". This release was followed by "Split Screen" on March 29 and "Nothing To Do" on April 18. The band is supporting the album with a headlining tour throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America. Critical reception ''Can We Please Have Fun'' received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, a website that assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takin' It Back
''Takin' It Back'' is the fifth major-label studio album by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. The album was released on October 21, 2022, by Epic Records. Trainor worked with producers including Federico Vindver, Gian Stone, Kid Harpoon, and Tyler Johnson, to create it. Artists featured on the album include Scott Hoying, Teddy Swims, Theron Theron, Natti Natasha, and Arturo Sandoval. It is a doo-wop and bubblegum pop album, which Trainor conceived as a return to the sound of her debut major-label studio album, ''Title'' (2015), after its title track went viral on TikTok. The album's lyrical themes revolve around motherhood and self-acceptance. Trainor promoted ''Takin' It Back'' with public appearances and televised performances. The album was supported by two singles, " Bad for Me" and " Made You Look". The latter became her first song to enter the top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 since 2016 and her first top-five single in the United Kingdom since 2015, reaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End, So Far
''The End, So Far'' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on September 30, 2022, through Roadrunner Records. This is the band's final album to be released through Roadrunner, whom the band signed with in 1998. At a length of 57 minutes and 31 seconds, ''The End, So Far'' is the band's shortest studio album to date. Background On May 19, 2021, percussionist Shawn Crahan stated that the band had been currently making "god music". In an article published by ''Loudwire'' on June 9, 2021, Crahan revealed that a new Slipknot album would 'hopefully' be released in 2021. He also added that the band would be parting ways with Roadrunner Records following the release of the album. In November 2021, the band started teasing new material on a new domain ''thechapeltownrag.com''. Several snippets of a song were shown on the website leading to speculation of a new single that the band would later confirm on November 4, with the single titled " T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise Of Gru (soundtrack)
''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (also known as ''Minions 2'') is a 2022 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to the spin-off prequel ''Minions'' (2015) and the fifth entry overall in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise. The film was directed by Kyle Balda, co-directed by Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val, and produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy and Chris Renaud, from a screenplay written by Matthew Fogel, and a story by Fogel and Brian Lynch. The film features Steve Carell reprising his role as Gru and Pierre Coffin as the Minions, with Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, and Alan Arkin in supporting roles. In the film, an eleven-year-old Gru plans to become a supervillain with the help of his Minions, which leads to a showdown with a malevolent team, the Vicious 6. After being delayed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' had its wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Above
"Heat Above" is a song by American Rock music, rock band Greta Van Fleet. It is the third single from the album ''The Battle at Garden's Gate''. The song reached number three on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Mainstream Rock (chart), Mainstream Rock chart. Background Josh Kiszka, the band's singer, said he first wrote the lyrics for this song in 2015 before finalizing them five years later. The song became the bridge between the band's first and second albums. The song was recorded during ''The Battle at Garden's Gates'' sessions in 2019. The song's debut occurred on February 10 on the ''Zane Lowe, Zane Lowe Show''. On February 18, the band released a music video for the song. Compositions and themes Greta Van Fleet singer Josh Kiska described the lyrics as having a theme of "different cultures and civilizations inside of this world searching for some kind of salvation or enlightenment." ''Grateful'' Web describes the song as "Theatrical, eloquent, and exaggerated. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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