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Little Sea
Little Sea were an Australian pop-rock band formed in late 2013, signed to Sony Music Australia. Based in Sydney, Australia, the band consisted of Andy Butler (lead vocals, guitar), Oliver Kirby (guitar), Dylan Clark (bass, piano), and Leighton Cauchi (drums). They released three EPs: ''Wake the Sun'' (2014), ''With You, Without You'' (2015), and ''On Loop'' (2016). They separated on 26 September 2016. History The group formed when Andrew Butler and Leighton Cauchi met through mutual friends and played in a progressive metal band. They later formed a new band and were joined by Oliver Kirby in late 2013 and starting posting covers on YouTube. Dylan Clark completed the line-up in February 2014. The band's first single, "Thank You", was released in May 2014, following which, the band toured Australia, including a support slot for 5 Seconds of Summer at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Tivoli Theatre in Brisbane. In July, the group was signed to Careless Management, part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Australia
Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. Prior to 1995, SMEA published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony Imagesoft and Sony Electronic Publishing Europe, and briefly operated Sony's PlayStation business in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Sony Music Entertainment Australia as of July 2017 also runs British multimedia Ministry of Sound Recordings' Australian operations on behalf of Sony Music UK, taking over from recently renamed TMRW Music, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Ministry of Sound until 2004. Current artists The follow is a list of artists current signed to Sony Music Australia: * AC/DC AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, although the band calls it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists. It includes options for sound optimization and wirelessly sharing iTunes libraries. iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie's World
Jamie Curry (born 26 July 1996) is a New Zealand YouTube personality, vlogger, and comedian, best known for creating Jamie's World. Early life Curry grew up in Taradale and attended Sacred Heart College, which she graduated from in 2014. Career She began creating Jamie's World videos in 2012; her first video was a parody music video, to "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "White & Nerdy". By 2013, she was reaching an audience of 7 million people per week. She co-authored a book with Alex Casey, ''They Let Me Write A Book!: Jamie’s World'', which was published in 2015. She was nominated for Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Internet Sensation in the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards. In 2016, she played Becky in New Zealand comedy television programme ''Funny Girls''. In 2017, she published a series of videos called ''Jamie's World on Ice'', which were filmed during a trip to Antarctica in November 2016. Produced and directed by Damian Christie, it consists of four episodes and two special features, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Waetford
Jai Waetford (born 25 January 1999) is an Australian pop singer and songwriter who was the last contestant eliminated on the fifth season of '' The X Factor Australia''. He subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released his debut single " Your Eyes", which peaked at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. Waetford's self-titled debut EP was released in December 2013 and peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Waetford joined the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' in February 2016 as Angus Beaumont-Hannay; his debut episode aired on 2 May. His latest EP Heart Miles was released 3 June 2016. Early life Jai Waetford was born in 1999 and is from Campbelltown, a suburb in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was raised by his mother Alana Dow and grandparents Hannah and Roger Dow. At a young age, Waetford's father left him and his mother. He taught himself how to play guitar from watching videos on YouTube. He was educated at Campbelltown Perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Russett
Andrea Rose Russett (born June 27, 1995) is an Internet personality active on Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube. Russett released music for her first time in 2020, making her a published singer-songwriter. Early life Russett was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Mark (William) and Jacqui Russett, who are both graphic designers. She has one sister (Nethu), Anna, and one brother, Anthony. She attended Bishop Dwenger, a private Catholic high school, until her junior year, when she moved to California and began attending an online school. However, she left the program during her final year, saying "everybody learns differently and I don't learn by reading and writing a report. I need to be doing something to learn." Career In 2009 during her early teens, Russett began broadcasting on YouTube when she created a music video entry for a contest to meet Justin Bieber. Although her entry didn't win, it went viral and launched her career. In 2012 she started her first job, working as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Franta
Connor Joel Franta (born September 12, 1992) is an American YouTuber, author, artist, and entrepreneur. At its peak in January 2017, his eponymous main channel on YouTube had over 5.67 million subscribers. Franta was a member of the YouTube group ''Our Second Life'' (stylized ''Our2ndLife'' and abbreviated as ''O2L'') from 2012 to 2014. Franta has also become involved in various entrepreneurial enterprises, including a clothing line, music curation, as well as a coffee and lifestyle brand named Common Culture. He has published several books: '' A Work in Progress'' (2015), '' Note to Self'' (2017), and ''House Fires'' (2021). In July 2015, Franta co-founded the record label Heard Well. Early life and education Connor Joel Franta was born in Wisconsin, the third of four children born to Peter and Cheryl Franta, a physician and homemaker, respectively. He was raised Catholic in La Crescent, Minnesota. Franta attended elementary school at St. Peter's Catholic School in Hokah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan Mellet ( ; born 5 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actor. After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with Universal Music Australia, EMI Australia in 2013 and released his third EP, ''TRXYE'' (2014), which peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Its lead single, "Happy Little Pill", reached the top 10 on Australian music charts. In 2015, he released his fourth extended play, ''Wild (Troye Sivan EP), Wild'', followed by his debut studio album, ''Blue Neighbourhood.'' The album's lead single, "Youth (Troye Sivan song), Youth", became Sivan's first single to enter the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 23. His second studio album, ''Bloom (Troye Sivan album), Bloom'' (2018), reached the top five in Australia and the US. Its lead single, "My My My! (Troye Sivan song), My My My!", became Sivan's second number-one single on the ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Publishing
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is a global Music publisher (popular music), music publishing company and is part of the Universal Music Group. Universal Music Publishing has been ranked the #1 music publisher in market share by Billboard for multiple consecutive quarters. The company is home to major songwriters and artists, including Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Drake (musician), Drake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Rosalía, Steve Lacy, Elton John, Adele, SZA, Harry Styles, Post Malone and more. UMPG has recently made historic catalogue acquisitions, including Bob Dylan, Sting (musician), Sting, and Neil Diamond. UMPG's catalogue consists of over four million songs, with offices in 40 countries. History UMPG was formerly known as MCA Music Publishing until it merged with PolyGram in 1998 when Seagram acquired PolyGram for $10.4 billion. PolyGram's music business was merged into Seagram's MCA Records. The merger was effected in January 1999, forming a new company named Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music (magazine)
''The Music'' (formerly known as and now incorporating ''Drum Media'') is an online Australian music magazine. It previously existed as a street press devoted to long-form music journalism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. In its printed form, it was based in Sydney and distributed throughout Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Canberra and surrounding areas. The magazine changed its name to ''The Music'' (incorporating Drum Media) in 2013, following the merge with two other magazines, Brisbane's ''Time Off'' and Melbourne's '' Inpress'', owned by Street Press Australia. In 2020 the print edition was paused. Drum Media ''Drum Media'' was founded in 1990 as a free weekly tabloid-sized music magazine ( street press). The first issue of ''Drum Media'' appeared on 16 September 1990 with a distribution of 40,000 and featured Midnight Oil on the cover. The magazine had been established after the entire staff of the long-running Sydney street press magazine ''On The Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop-rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the Beat (music), beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with Pop music, pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less Authenticity in art#Authenticity of performance, authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Girgis
Luke George Girgis, formerly known by his stage name, Coptic Soldier, is an Australian hip-hop artist, music manager, record label executive, and publisher. He often performed with stage partner, Phatchance (aka Chance Waters) and later became his manager. Girgis founded a talent management company, Be Like Children, in 2006, and in 2013 co-founded a record label, I Forgot Sorry! In 2017 he established Seventh Street Media Pty Ltd, first acquiring music publications, ''Tone Deaf'' and ''The Brag'', and later expanding to include several other publications under the Brag Media Australia trade name. Early life and education Luke George Girgis was born in Melbourne. His parents were second generation Egyptian migrants who raised him in Sydney's Sutherland Shire as a member of the Australian Coptic Orthodox church. He attended St Patrick's College in Sutherland. He later recalled his first live band "A Year 12 rock band in the school hall when I was in Year 5. – Can't remembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane
The Tivoli Theatre is a former theatre in Brisbane. It operated between 1914 until its closure in 1965 and demolition in 1969. It was situated opposite the Brisbane City Hall, in the site of the present King George Square. Construction The Tivoli Theatre's construction began in Albert Street, Brisbane in 1914, on the site of the former Turkish baths. It was designed by architect Henry E. White in an Art Nouveau style and could house 1800 people on three levels. It was chilled by an air plant that could pump ice-cold air through the venue. It had ruby red carpets. It also featured a garden rooftop theatre holding 1200 with open sides for ventilation and steel shutters which could keep out rain. Its facade overlooking Albert Square had Oriental influences. It opened on 15 May 1915 and featured a production of the '' Tivoli Follies'' in the auditorium and a vaudeville production in the rooftop theatre. These were staged by Hugh D. McIntosh, showman and promoter who was influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
