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604 Records
604 Records (stylized as VIOIV Records) is a music production company. It is named after area code 604 of the Lower Mainland, where the company's offices are located. History The company was co-founded by Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger and attorney Jonathan Simkin, founder of Simkin Artist Management, in 2001, and launched in 2002. Their records are distributed in Canada by Warner Music Group. Simkin launched the companion label Light Organ Records in 2010 to release music by indie rock bands who he felt did not fit with 604's image. In 2014, mainly due to the revenue from the success of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe, 604 Records relocated to a larger office and opened 604 Studios, a multimedia production facility featuring two recording studios, soundstage and in-house production team. In March 2022, the company announced plans to launch an NFT platform. Notable artists currently represented * Andrew Hyatt * Carly Rae Jepsen * Coleman Hell * Agung Gede * Dirty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group. The label previously operated as WEA Music of Canada, Ltd. (French: ''WEA Musique du Canada, Ltée''), often shortened to WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990. It was founded in 1967 as Warner Reprise Canada Ltd. Current artist roster This list is for artists signed directly to Warner Music Canada. * 54-40 *Big Wreck * Billy Talent * Blue Rodeo *Buck 65 * Carys * Corey Hart * Corneille * Courage My Love * Die Mannequin * Divine Brown * Eleven Past One * Lindsay Ell * Great Big Sea * Greg Keelor * Hot Hot Heat * Meaghan Smith *Modern Space * Myles Castello * Scott Helman * Spirit of the West * Sarah Slean *Philip Sayce * The Abrams * The Balconies * The Cliks * The Sheepdogs * The Waking Eyes * Tomi Swick Canadian artists on Warner Music Group affiliates This list is for Canadian artists currently signed to other Warner Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Organ Records
Light Organ Records is a Canadian independent record label, based in Vancouver, British Columbia."Vancouver's Light Organ Records Moves Away from the Mainstream" '''', November 25, 2010. The label was launched in 2010 by Jonathan Simkin to distribute records by and bands, after he found such bands difficult to market on his existing mainstream rock label [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Wesley
Daniel Wesley (born December 30, 1981) is a Canadian alternative rock musician from White Rock, British Columbia. Biography Singer and guitarist Wesley was born in 1981 in White Rock and raised in Brookswood, British Columbia, singing in choirs since elementary school and being part of ukulele and concert bands in high school. At age 15, he formed his first band, the Dropouts, and later was front man of the bands General Mayhem, Audiophile, and Replica. Wesley, who sometimes performs with a band aptly titled the Daniel Wesley Band, recorded his first two albums, ''Outlaw'' (2006) and ''Driftin (2007), independently. His third album, ''Sing and Dance'', proved to be a commercial success and garnered him much praise nationwide. The album also generated his most successful single to date, "Ooo Ohh". ''The Province'' rock music critic Tom Harrison wrote: "Sing and Dance has a prominent reggae element but there is also an unvarnished rock sound that sometimes recalls Neil Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Smith
Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default. He is currently signed to Big Loud Records. Smith is the current record holder of most number one hits among all male Canadian artists on ''Billboard''s Canada Country chart, at eleven. With ''Side Effects'', Smith also became the first Canadian country artist in the Nielsen BDS era to chart four consecutive number one singles from one album (Shania Twain charted three consecutive number one hits from her 1997 release ''Come On Over''), a feat he would then top with his next album, '' Timeless''. At the end of 2012, Mediabase named Smith the most played Canadian country act and number eight overall at the format. Music career Early career Dallas Smith always had a passion for music growing up. Some of his main influences were The Beatles and female country singers Reba McEntire and The Judds. Due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianas Trench (band)
Marianas Trench is a Canadian pop rock band from Vancouver. They have released six studio albums: ''Fix Me (album), Fix Me'' (2006), ''Masterpiece Theatre (Marianas Trench album), Masterpiece Theatre'' (2009), ''Ever After (Marianas Trench album), Ever After'' (2011), ''Astoria (Marianas Trench album), Astoria'' (2015), ''Phantoms (Marianas Trench album), Phantoms'' (2019), and ''Haven (Marianas Trench album), Haven'' (2024). The band has been nominated for seven Juno Awards and won Juno Award for Group of the Year#Group of the Year (2003–present), Group of the Year in 2013. They have received praise for their showmanship, vocal harmonies, and genre-blending music. Their albums ''Masterpiece Theatre'' and ''Ever After'' have reached double-platinum status, while their singles "Haven't Had Enough", "Desperate Measures (song), Desperate Measures", "Fallout (Marianas Trench song), Fallout", "Stutter", and "All to Myself" are certified 3× platinum in Canada. History Beginnings an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Ramsay
Joshua Keeler Ramsay is a Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Marianas Trench. He has produced and has written songs for a wide array of artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, Nickelback, Jessica Lee, Faber Drive, and Suzie McNeil. Early life Josh Ramsay was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, although he currently has dual citizenship in Canada and the United States. He went to high school at Magee Secondary School, where he was later expelled due to his heroin addiction at the time. He grew up in a musically inclined family, in which his mother was a vocal teacher and his father owned a recording studio (Little Mountain Sound Studios). Ramsay inherited that love of music by initially starting his own solo career at the age of 14. He decided later that he needed a supporting band. Ramsay got together with his sister, Sara Ramsay, and formed the band Ramsay Fiction. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Radio
Dirty Radio (stylized as DiRTY RADiO) is a dance- R&B band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2010. The band was founded by members Farshad Edalat (lead vocalist, percussion, songwriter) known by his stage name Shadi, Zachary Forbes (DJ, producer, songwriter) known by his stage name Waspy, and Anthony Dolhai (mixer, producer, songwriter) known by his stage name Tonez. The band have released three full-length studio albums (''Debut'', ''Cassette'', and ''Pleasures''), one EP (''Lick 1.0''), and a number of singles including "Numbers", "True Love", and "My Life". In 2015, the band began releasing a series of digital singles which were well-received online and garnered millions of plays on Soundcloud and Spotify. Dirty Radio is known for crafting a synthesis of progressive pop, R&B and electronic music and have released a number of collaborations on international labels such as Spinnin' Records, Majestic Casual, Fools Gold, Mad Decent, and Partyfine. They have also toured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleman Hell
Coleman Richard Hell (born April 25, 1989) is a Canadian musician from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He released his debut single, " 2 Heads", in February 2015. His debut full-length album, ''Summerland'', was released on October 14, 2016, by Columbia Records. Career After moving to Toronto, Coleman Hell released a free mixtape called ''Stark Raving'' followed by the ''VENA'' EP. On October 23, 2015, he released a self-titled six track EP, including the song "2 Heads". He also founded the Toronto-based artist collective Sideways, which includes La+ch, Shan Vincent De Paul and Michah. He toured with Robert DeLong in 2015, and Twenty One Pilots in 2016. His debut album, ''Summerland'', was released on October 14, 2016. On October 15, 2021, Hell announced his upcoming second studio album, ''Topanga''. Discography Albums Studio albums *''Summerland'' (2016, Columbia) (No. 13 in Canada) *''Topanga'' (2021, 604 __NOTOC__ Year 604 ( DCIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Hyatt
Andrew Hyatt is a Canadian country singer-songwriter from Sudbury, Ontario, most noted as a CCMA winner for Rising Star of the Year at the 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards. He has released one studio album ''Iron & Ashes'', and seven extended plays, and has charted multiple top twenty singles on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart, including "Neverland". Biography After finishing high school, Hyatt briefly worked as a youth pastor at a church. He then worked as an iron worker at a nickel mine in his hometown of Sudbury for three years. After leaving that job, Hyatt went to school for record production, then enrolled at a school for policing. In his late teens and early twenties, he performed in a Christian rock band. After the band broke up, Hyatt began a solo career and released his debut EP ''Never Back Down'' in 2015 on Wax Records. Hyatt released his full-length debut album ''Iron & Ashes'' in May 2017. The album included his first charting single "On Me". In late 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNW Group
CNW Group Ltd., also called Canada Newswire and CNW, is a commercial press release service owned by Cision. Cision Distribution services in Canada are powered by Canada Newswire. The service is offered stand-alone or as part of its flagshiCision Communications Cloudplatform for PR professionals. History CNW was founded in 1960 as Canada News Wire, by Joseph Adair Porter Clark (1921–2013) who became CEO and President of the news service. Clark is the father of television journalist Tom Clark. CNW originally delivered text news releases to news media outlets on behalf of paying clients. This model expanded over time to include the provision of ancillary services required by investor relations and public relations professionals, including translation, photography, webcasts, media databases and media monitoring. Canada Newswire distribution switched to using XHTML instead of ANPA-1312, allowing for more formatting of releases. In 2003, CNW entered into a commercial endorsed dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Composers, Authors And Music Publishers Of Canada
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada. History SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount; the organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
