Moonlight Desires might only play 80s cover songs, but you’d be wrong to dismiss them as just another cover band. By re-working synth-laden pop hits of the 1980s, these familiar guilty pleasures transform into modern, guitar-driven rock anthems.
Formed by Hamilton, Ontario musician Trevor Ziebarth (Actor/Writer/Composer on Teletoon’s adult comedy series Sons Of Butcher), Moonlight Desires is his ode to the raunchy romances and youthful misadventures of summers past. ‘Sons Of Butcher’ aired on Teletoon in Canada and syndicated to MTV in over 200 countries during the mid-aughts. As a companion to the show, the Sons Of Butcher band released music and toured Canada twice, where their heavied-up live covers quickly became fan-favourites. To not detract from the show, the covers were spun off into their own project called Moonlight Desires (after the 80s song by iconic Canadian superstar Gowan). Joined in the studio by drummer Dave Dunham ( Not Of, ex-Chore, ex-Sons Of Butcher), lead guitarist Marco Bressette (Dead Tired, ex-Threat Signal), and a revolving cast of regulars, Moonlight Desires is a skilled unit of talented musicians having fun with the anthems of their salad days.
The New EP, ‘At The Movies’ (Released July 17, 2020) is an adoring hard rock send up of the greatest pop movie themes the decade could offer, including The Karate Kid Part II, Dirty Dancing, The Goonies, and The Breakfast Club. You already know all the words, so go ahead – crank it up and belt it out!
Neon Trees es una banda de rock alternativo de Provo, en el estado de Utah, con orígenes de Temecula, California. Fue formada inicialmente por los vecinos Tyler Glenn (voz, piano) y Chris Allen (guitarra), eventualmente agregando a Branden Campbell (bajista, voz) y Elaine Bradley (batería, percusión, voz). A pesar de ser una banda bien conocida en Provo, la banda ha recibido una exposición en todo el país a finales de 2008 cuando fueron elegidos como teloneros de varias fechas de giras de The Killers. Poco después, la banda firmó con la discográfica Mercury Records y lanzó sú primer álbum entero, Habits, en 2010. Su primer sencillo "Animal" subió al número 22 en Billboard Hot 100 y número uno en Alternative Rock Chart.
comenzaron tocando bajo el nombre de Neon Trees a finales de 2005 con los cinco miembros originales actuales. El nombre de la banda viene de los árboles de neón del cartel del restaurante de comida rápida In-N-Out Burger en California. La banda se volvió conocida en todo Provo y Salt Lake.
Lanzaron un EP llamado Becoming Different People en 2006 durante el tiempo de su primer tour en California. El EP presentaba canciones como "Snap the Flash", "Sister Stereo", "Modern Romantics". También grabaron otras canciones sin lanzar durante "Treehouse Sessiones" en 2006.
La formación de la banda pronto se vio reducida a cuatro miembros con Branden Campbell y Elaine Bradley uniéndose a la banda con bajo y batería respectivamente. En 2008, el batero de The Killers, Ronnie Vannucci Jr., escuchó a la banda tocar. Vannucci había estado en una banda llamada Attaboy Skip con el bajista de Neon Trees Branden Campbell. Más tarde los ayudó a firmar con el sello discográfico Mercury Records, qué fue anunciado a fines de 2008. Además, la banda fue votada como Banda del Año en 2009 por City Weekly, una publicación popular en Salt Lake City.
A pesar de que tuvieron varias versiones independientes, la banda lanzó su álbum debut en Mercury/Def Jam Habits, el 16 de marzo de 2010. "1983" fue elegido como el principal sencillo y poco después se presentó como el Sencillo Gratis de la Semana en iTunes en marzo de 2010. Presentaron la canción en Jimmy Kimmel Live el 23 de marzo de 2010, y The Tonight Show con Jay Leno el 14 de mayo de 2010 y Lopez Tonight el 30 de septiembre de 2010. Mark Hoppus de Blink-182 seleccionó Animal como su Elección de la Semana. La canción también ha sido presentada en un comercial para Las Vegas y remixado por el DJ Kaskade. La banda ha también lanzado un EP digital de cuatro remixes de la canción, uno por Tyler Glenn.
En 2010 la banda hizo un cover del éxito de Justin Bieber, "Baby". A lo largo de la primavera de 2010 la banda, junto con Mutemath y Street Drum Corps, abrieron para 30 Seconds to Mars en su gira Into The Wild. Posteriormente, encabezaron Bang The Gong Tour con Paper Tongues y Civil Twilight, se presentaron ante 7000 personas en Lollapalooza, y se dirigen a salir de gira con 30 Seconds to Mars en otoño.
Un nuevo sencillo se dio a conocer como "Everbody Talks" formando parte del nuevo álbum Picture Show, alcanzando el número 6 en Billboard Songs. El 10 de enero Neon Trees anunció tercer álbum de estudio. El álbum llamado Pop Psychology fue lanzado el 22 de abril de 2014. El primer sencillo del Pop Psychology se titula "Sleeping with a Friend", disponible en formato de descarga digital. La banda interpretó el sencillo en The Tonight Show with Jay Leno el 22 de enero de 2014.
Jerry Chapman is a singer-songwriter living in Mount Airy, NC. He has released 4 solo albums, 2 of which were recorded at Sputnik Studios in Nashville with Grammy-winning producer Mitch Dane (Jars of Clay, Bebo Norman) and mixed by yet another Grammy winner, Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton). For the past couple years, he has been busy writing songs for future releases. Best guess puts that number of songs at around 150. Stay tuned for details on these upcoming recordings. You say you like to hear songs you already know? Click the Cover Songs tab to see what songs (in addition to his own) you might expect to hear at Jerry's live gigs. Spoiler alert: Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Jack Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, etc. Need something a little more than a guy with a guitar, a mic & a harmonica? No problem. Jerry actually plays in a couple bands and can offer anything from "mellow, but fun" to "this might get loud."
Marta Marrero (born May 18, 1969), known asMartika is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which sold over four million copies worldwide. Her biggest hit was "Toy Soldiers", which peaked at #1 for two weeks on the American chart in mid-1989. She is also known for her role as Gloria on Kids Incorporated.
Martika was born in Whittier, California, United States, to Cuban parents from Havana. She entered mainstream show business in an uncredited role as one of the girls in the 1982 motion picture Annie. This led to her being cast as Gloria on the long-running children's show Kids Incorporated as one of a group of neighborhood children who rise to local fame by singing staged productions at a corner malt shop. Once the second season began, she formally adopted the stage name of Martika Marrero before shortening it to just "Martika", which she has used ever since. Martika and many other Kids Incorporated cast members were featured in the musical numbers from the Mr. T motivational video Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool! in 1984.
Following her role in Kids Incorporated and Be Somebody, Martika was signed by Columbia Records. Her first solo release was released only in Japan: "We are Music" was recorded to promote Sony cassette tapes in the Japanese market, where the song was released in 12", 7" and CD formats.
In 1987, Martika recorded a version of the Michael Jay/Gregory Smith song "Bounce Back", which included a music video which was aired on Entertainment '80, although it was not officially available.
Her first album, 1988's Martika (No. 15 US), spawned the song "Toy Soldiers", which she co-wrote with her producer Michael Jay and became a top-5 hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Australia. In the US, "Toy Soldiers" spent two weeks at No. 1 in 1989. "Toy Soldiers" also went to No. 1 in New Zealand.
Two additional singles also went top 40 in the US: "More Than You Know" (No. 18) and "I Feel the Earth Move" (No. 25), which was a cover of Carole King's song from her album Tapestry. Both of those tracks also hit the top 20 on the US Dance charts and the UK Singles Chart. "I Feel the Earth Move" also reached the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. A fourth and final single from the album, "Water", entered the lower regions of the UK and Australian charts.
The album was certified platinum in the UK in 1990, and double platinum in Australia.
In 1990, Martika co-wrote the track "Kiss Me Quick" with Michael Jay and Marvin Morrow. The track was recorded by freestyle/pop singer Alisha for her 1990 album Bounce Back, with Martika contributing backing vocals.
Martika was encouraged by her agent to combine her love of film and music by scoring soundtracks and, in 1990, she wrote and recorded the song "Blue Eyes Are Sensitive to the Light" for the soundtrack to the film Arachnophobia. The producers of the album did not like her vocals and so the song was re-recorded by Sara Hickman for the film. The song has also been recorded by Brazilian singers Deborah Blando (on her 1991 debut, A Different Story), Elba Ramalho and Frances Ruffelle.
In 1991, Martika approached Prince to do some new tracks. Among these was her second (and last) US Top-10 single, "Love... Thy Will Be Done", which also became a Top-10 hit in the UK and reached No. 1 in Australia. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" started out as a prayer written by Martika, and Prince then changed it into a song.
Her second album, Martika's Kitchen, peaked at No. 111 on the Billboard Top Albums chart. The title track received only minor airplay in the US, and reached No. 93 on Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, the album was a bigger success abroad, though on a lesser scale than her debut. It peaked at No. 15 in the UK Albums Chart, No. 9 in Australia, and spawned further hits with the songs "Coloured Kisses" and the title track, "Martika's Kitchen". "Temptation", another track from this album, was covered by Patti LaBelle on her album Burnin'.
Martika played the role of the lounge singer Dahlia Mendez in the cop show Wiseguy in 1990, opposite Steven Bauer who took over from Ken Wahl for the fourth and final season.
She eventually faded from the public eye in 1991/1992 after walking away from the music industry, due to burnout and feeling overwhelmed with the burden of fame.
In 1997, a greatest hits compilation album entitled The Best of Martika: More Than You Know was released.
During the 2000 explosion of Latin pop, Martika sang backing vocals on various projects and contributed lyrics to releases by other artists, although she failed to receive any major-label attention for herself. Instead she built martika.net in 2001, a website for her fans, and released a remix of a newly self-recorded song called "The Journey". She also recorded a track entitled "Monday" for a new solo album which the website stated was on its way. Eventually, however, her website was shut down, the album never materializing.
In 2003, Martika and her husband, musician Michael Mozart, formed the band Oppera. Adopting a Latin pop sound, she and Mozart released Oppera's debut album Violince, in 2004. Rapper Eminem used a sample of her biggest U.S. hit, "Toy Soldiers", for "Like Toy Soldiers", a track on his 2004 album Encore and featured Martika on the chorus of the track. In response, Martika's British greatest hits album was repackaged with its title altered to Toy Soldiers: The Best of Martika. A biography was added to the album insert reflecting the new Eminem sample, though it asserted that she had not released any albums since Martika's Kitchen.
Oppera released a self-titled second album in 2005. Martika promoted Oppera's release with a Borders bookstore tour.
In 2010, Martika, now going under the stage name Vida Edit, starred as Lolly Pop and co-produced a web-based television action program J8ded.
In October 2011, Martika stopped using the stage name Vida Edit and launched a new personal website. A year later, she announced an Australian tour, but it was cancelled. She performed in 2014 alongside Debbie Gibson, Samantha Fox, and Rick Astley at a HitParade Festival in Chile.
In July 2016, she was part of the "Totally 80s Tour" of Australia. The concerts included seven international 1980s acts, including Martika, Berlin, Limahl of Kajagoogoo, Paul Lekakis, Katrina from Katrina and the Waves, Men Without Hats and Stacey Q. For her performance at the tour she received strongly positive reviews from the Australian press.
Bryant Olender is a producer -Composer-Piano and Vocal coach. He was Music Director and pianist for Michel Buble, has performed for Neil Diamond, Carol Burnett and Laurence Fishburne just to name a few. Recently toured Great Britain in the Barry Manilow Hits Tour , " He Writes the Songs". A residency at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, A recording done in Holland, The Fairmont Hotels International Resorts, Hy's Canada, Gotham Steakhouse Vancouver, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundantion, President Nelson Mandela, Cunard Line, Holland America line and Princess Cruises, Genie award nominee, Leo Award Nominee, and Co -wrote a Platinum Selling Hit single in Asia. Bryant is now full swing into production of a new EVENT CENTRE, MUSIC ACADEMY and STUDIO in the heart of the EAST Kootenays of Beautiful British Columbia.
Dinah Eastwood starting recording jazz vocals the summer she came back to New York from college. Sick of the American Idol pop music scene, she wanted to bring the best of jazz to some of the music she was listening to on the radio. Cassandra Beck introduced her to several jazz musicians in the Village and after seeing The Cooltrane Quartet live, she recorded her Hungry Like The Wolf which went double platinum in several countries upon its release. Notable for her versatile vocal range, Dinah Eastwood is a name to watch in the world of jazz fusion.
Himesh Jitendra Patel (born 13 October 1990) is a British actor, musician, and singer. He is known for portraying Tamwar Masood on the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2016 and for starring in the 2019 musical romantic comedy film Yesterday, and the 2020 science fiction action film Tenet with John David Washington. In 2020, he had a recurring role in the HBO comedy series Avenue 5. In 2021, he starred in the miniseries Station Eleven and the Netflix movie Don't Look Up.
When he was 16, Patel received a call on the day of his GCSEs saying he had landed an audition for the British soap opera EastEnders through an agency in The Young Actors' Company. He finished his last exam and had his parents rush him to his audition. After his first audition a casting assistant saw him waiting outside the audition room and asked him to read for the casting director. Patel won the part of Tamwar Masood, and 1 October 2007 marked his first appearance on EastEnders. In 2011 Patel and Meryl Fernandes won the Inside Soap Award for Best Wedding.
Patel has also appeared in EastEnders: E20 as Tamwar. In 2011 he co-wrote episode one of series three with co-star Charlie G. Hawkins.[9] In 2013 he filmed an internet spin-off of EastEnders called Tamwar Tales - The Life of an Assistant Market Inspector. Four episodes were aired weekly, starting on 25 July 2013. All four episodes and one behind-the-scenes clip are available on the EastEnders official website.
He played Tamwar for nine years until he left the show in 2016 to explore other opportunities. His last appearance was on 22 April 2016.[
He has appeared in a number of short films. In 2014, he was cast as Pavan in the short film Two Dosas. The short won several awards, including Best Short Comedy at the London Short Film Festival. In 2015, it won Best Comedy at the Aspen Film Festival. At the Shuffle festival, it won a third award with Danny Boyle as the judge. Patel would later work on Yesterday (2019) with Boyle as the director.
Patel portrayed The Suit in The Fox (2017), another comedy short by Henry Scriven.
He is working on a short film titled Is This Life? (2019).
In 2021 he acted in the short film Enjoy.
On 27 September 2016 he made his first appearance on TV since leaving EastEnders in the first episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Damned. He played ex-constable and social worker Nitin for 12 episodes in two six-episode series. He appeared in Rapscallions (2016), a short film by Henry Scriven.
In 2017 he was cast in Don Juan in Soho as "Vagabond" with David Tennant playing the titular character. Patel played Amit in an episode of the BBC comedy Climaxed in the same year. He made a short appearance as Mr. Glencuddy in the second episode of the comedy Motherland.
Patel has been credited as a voice actor in two Doctor Who audio stories. He voiced Biotech Dendry in Day of the Vashta Nerada as well as Engineer and Ayrton Valencia in The Lifeboat and the Deathboat.
He is credited as a producer for the 2017 feature film My Pure Land.
In 2019, he made his film debut with his breakthrough role as Jack Malik in Yesterday (2019). He sings live throughout the film, covering various songs by The Beatles. He appeared in The Aeronauts (2019) alongside Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne.
Patel was cast as Emery Staines in The Luminaries, a mini-series based on the 2013 book by Eleanor Catton. The plot of the TV series differs from the book.
According to an interview, Patel is working on his first original TV script with What Larks Productions.
In 2019, Patel joined the cast of HBO Max limited series Station Eleven. In 2020, Patel appeared as Jordan Hatwal in the comedy series Avenue 5, starring Hugh Laurie.
In 2020, Patel appeared in the film Tenet as Mahir, a fixer who initially helps Neil and the protagonist in their plot to steal the painting from the Oslo airport.
Patel appears in the 2021 Netflix film Don't Look Up, portraying Phillip Kaj, the unscrupulous journalist dating the astronomer, Jennifer Lawrence's Kate Dibiasky, who is responsible for detecting the movie's comet.
