Brandon Paris Band Remix Contest

Grand Prize Winner

 

Grand Prize

Merchandise from the Brandon Paris Band
ACID Pro software
Five Sony Sound Series™ Premium Collection libraries
Sony Network Walkman Digital Music Player NW-E307

About the Contest

How about a little rock and roll from our friends up North? The Brandon Paris Band, hailing from British Columbia, drop "Somebody to Hold" on our collective ACIDplanet™ heads for remixing. The band lists a wide range of influences; anything goes in your remix. Enjoy.

About the Artist

Listen to the Brandon Paris Band’s On My Own, and you will hear many things: love, pain, loneliness, regret, and depression, yet among all of those things you will also hear the sound of a troubled man becoming his own person while succeeding at staying true to his heart. The Brandon Paris Band has a unique sound that is completely original.

Growing up in a musically diverse family, Brandon crafted and cultivated his varied musical influences into his own imitable style. His parents, whom migrated from the Caribbean island of Trinidad & Tobago, would spin records from Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Louis Armstrong and BB King, while his older brothers would be blasting hard rock from legends like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC and Kiss. Brandon’s musical journey has lead him in many directions, culminating in a style that infuses heavy guitar riffs with funky reggae and grooving bass lines, but with a delivery which remains strictly his own.

The Canadian born pop/rock artist lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba most of his teenage years before moving to British Columbia. This is where Brandon worked for his father’s video production company learning the many talents that would end up becoming the backbone of a unique skill set (website design, video production, visual effects) which perfectly complimented his innate songwriting skills, and would ultimately help him to launch his music career.

Brandon has surrounded himself with like minded artists who are as dedicated to his music as he is. Foremost are Dave Devindisch (Bass) ex of rock act DDT whose experiences touring with the biggest acts in the world grounds the band musically, and Da Griff (reggae vocalist) whose easy delivery adds a unique flavor to the mix and anchors Brandon to his family heritage. The band is rounded out by world class musicians Chris Murray (drums), Marc Gladstone (keys) and Greg Ellis (guitar) each adding their own flavor to the unique mix that musically defines Brandon Paris.

Following his desire to have his songs compete on at a world class level Brandon chose to upgrade the already stellar production of his original recordings with Mark Ellis (Ninjabeatz) by employing Vancouver based hit record producer Troy Samson of Hipjoint Productions. Hipjoint Productions has collectively worked with Canadian Idol (BMG/Sony), Moka Only (Battleaxe/Nettwerk), Cory Lee (Rezolution/Koch), Kreesha Turner (Chris Smith Management), Pam Grier and Snoop Dogg (The L Word Series), and soulDecision (Universal/MCA). Samson built on what Brandon and Ellis had done, reworking six of the original recordings, and talking the whole project to a new level. Jeff Dawson, (Daniel Powter, Marcy Playground) who is also employed by the company, also helped produce 2 of the songs on the album as well as mixed all six reworked songs. After deciding they were ready to shop their album, The Brandon Paris Band got signed literally overnight only days after with many offers following. They signed a joint venture deal with Koch Canada and Nevada Entertainment. Their first single “Rewind & Start Again was released to radio on March 13th 2006 and in 3 months hit the top 20! The album is set to release in stores in August 23rd and a cross Canada tour is scheduled for July 2006.

Because of his straight forward delivery and “hold nothing back” approach to lyrics Brandon Paris is a refreshingly honest and original voice in a world of musical empty calories. Tracks like Somebody to Hold, Suicide to My Mind, Rewind & Start Again, and Dying Inside are songs that only he could have written because they tell the story, in intimate detail, of Brandon Paris – a story that soon the whole world will be familiar with.