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The Piano Guys ist eine amerikanische Musikgruppe, bestehend aus dem Pianisten Jon Schmidt und dem Cellisten Steven Sharp Nelson sowie dem Videografen und -editor Paul Anderson und dem Studio- und Tontechniker Al van der Beek. Sie wurden bekannt durch ihre auf der Internet-Videoplattform YouTube eingestellten Videos mit klassisch angehauchten Variationen populärer Songs, begleitet von professionellen Videos. Im Dezember 2011 wurde ihr erstes Album veröffentlicht.
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Paul Anderson ist der Besitzer des Pianoladens "The Piano Guys" in St. George (Utah). Er trifft den Musiker Jon Schmidt als dieser den Laden betritt und fragt, ob er für ein bevorstehendes Konzert üben könne....
Pink Guy, (Filthy Frank/George "Joji" Miller) is the host of the comedy internet show, "The Filthy Frank Show" who also produces music on the side. He debuted with a comedy self titled album that contained mostly the songs previously used in The Filthy Frank show, however he also produced some new material.
Another album, "Joji" which will contain more serious material is scheduled to be released in the near future. .
Guy was born in the South-East of the Netherlands. Already as a child, Guy showed many interest in music and he was spending much time listening to pop- and classical music. His grandparents had a very good sounding piano which his grandfather used to play and when Guy was visiting them, he often tried to play the piano too. It was in that time that he discovered how much fun it could be to compose music by himself in stead of just playing music that was made by somebody else. Although Guy couldn't read notes, he already managed to compose...
Guy J is a pseudonym of DJ / producer Guy Judah (b. Israel). His recording début was a single with Sahar Zangilevich, Guy J and Sahar Z's "Hazui" (Aug 2006, Electribe - aka Guy J & Sahar Z's "Hazui"), album début was "Esperanza" (Sep 2008, Bedrock) and latest album is "1000 Words" (Apr 2011, Bedrock).
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Hailing from the same area as labelmates the Apers, Wiseguy started in 1996 as a punk rock outfit. Shaping into a hard rocking combo by the turn of the century, their Hellacopters-esque debut single was released by Stardumb Records in 2001. That single was followed by their only full length album 'Burning The Tracks' in 2003 and 3 songs on the Rock N Rolla Outta Controlla compilation (which was accompanying the Rock N Rolla tour with The Stilettos, 69 Charger, Black Rodeo and The Lulabelles) in 2004. By that time singer/guitarist David Pino's alt.country band El Pino And The Volunteers...