Chaim Shemesh (; born Jaimi Shams in 1959) is a

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ian-born

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i music producer and manager. Shemesh was born in

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, Brazil. Shemesh is a producer and manager in the Israeli

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industry for almost three decades. He started his way in the music industry as a lighting and sound engineer. After three years of studying sound at

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, he started working as the personal assistant of

Yair Nitzani Yair Nitzani (; born August 22, 1958) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, TV host and comedian. Early life Yair Nitzani was born in Beersheba in 1958. He is of Italian-Jewish descent. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces as a broadcaster ...

, CEO of

Hed Artzi Hed Arzi Music (, meaning: ''Echo of My Country'') is an Israeli record label founded in 1946. History The company was founded in Tel Aviv in 1946 as a partnership of Zvi Levin (also known as Hirsch Lewin) with Josef Grossman, Alexander Borowi ...

(biggest record company in Israel). While working in Hed Artzi, Shemesh managed to sign and produced some of the most influential artists in the Israeli music industry;

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Hayehudim HaYehudim or I.U.D.M (, lit. ''The Jews'') is an Israeli hard rock band, formed in 1992 by (now married) couple Tom Petrover and Orit Shahaf, who share guitar playing and vocal duties. The band gained success in Israel, despite relative commer ...

, Asaf Amdurski, Tipex, Evyatar Banay, Eifo Hayeled, etc. In 1997, Shemesh started his own record company called Sunshine Records which was active up until 2001 and produced albums for

Assaf Amdursky Assaf Amdursky (; born January 30, 1971) is an Israeli singer, songwriter and music producer. Biography Assaf Amdursky was born in Tel Aviv. He is the son of folksinger Benny Amdursky. Amdursky was married for 12 years to singer-songwriter Mich ...

, Yahli Sobol and more. In 2002 Shemesh joined the record company

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as a content VP, where he managed the company's marketing and public relations and developed new business modules to the music industry (on-line music downloading web sites, artist management systems, etc.). Some of Shemesh's discoveries during his time in NMC were;

HaYehudim HaYehudim or I.U.D.M (, lit. ''The Jews'') is an Israeli hard rock band, formed in 1992 by (now married) couple Tom Petrover and Orit Shahaf, who share guitar playing and vocal duties. The band gained success in Israel, despite relative commer ...

, Evyatar Banai, Taarovet Escot,

Efrat Gosh Efrat Gosh (; born 3 November 1983) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Efrat Gosh was born in Herzliya. She studied in the music department of Alon high school in Ramat Hasharon. She continued her education at the Rimon School of Jazz an ...

and

Yoni Bloch Yoni Bloch (; born August 11, 1981) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer and hi-tech entrepreneur. Biography Bloch grew up in Beersheba and at the age of 17 moved with his family to Lehavim. He started taking piano less ...

. By 2005 he founded Chaim Shemesh, a consulting and management of music content company, where continued to manage artists and produce music festivals and special productions; Tel-Aviv unplugged, Beatles festival, Holon Live etc. In 2012, he co-founded with Guy Dayan Goola – creation and promotion smart online content company. During that year he also took part in Israeli talent show, '' Kochav Nolad'', as a member of the judge committee.

External links

Chaim Shemesh - Official Website
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