Clarence Jey

Clarence Jey is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage who has had music chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, a Grammy-winning record and worked on various award-winning US television shows including an Emmy-nominated show.[1][2]

Jey spent some of his childhood in Australia, performing with local bands and composing and producing music at his studio in Melbourne where he wrote and produced the theme song and additional music for the 2007 US Emmy-nominated Discovery Kids animation television show, Growing Up Creepie. This led to his relocation to Los Angeles, California.[3] He has since composed music for television shows including Common Law, America's Got Talent, Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew and The Newsroom.[4][5][6] Jey's music has been used on commercials including the US retailer, Kohls[7] and Vodafone.[8]

In 2011, Jey was part of ARK Music Factory and in association with Patrice Wilson was instrumental in one of the largest internet viral sensations in history, "Friday", by Rebecca Black, which had over 200 million YouTube hits. He co-wrote and produced/engineered the controversial song, which reached the US Billboard Hot 100 and iTunes Top 20 in March 2011,[9] which was referred to as "genius" by the music executive, Simon Cowell.[10] "Friday" was covered by the cast of Fox network's show Glee,[11] that resulted in their version of "Friday" entering the Hot 100[12] as well as the iTunes Top 10. In 2013, the US Late Night host Jimmy Fallon's Grammy-winning second album,[13] Blow Your Pants Off, included "Friday", as performed by Fallon and Stephen Colbert.[14][15]

Jey has also worked in film. In 2014, he produced and composed songs, and was music supervisor for the martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme film, Full Love,[16] which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival.[17] Jey worked with the US reality show, Famous in 12 produced by Harvey Levin of TMZ on The CW network, where he was invited to assist the up-and-coming artist to find her dream.[18][19]

In 2015, Clarence Jey produced music for Grammy winning R'nB Group, All-4-One's record, "Twenty+", which was released in July, 2015.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Yang, Jeff (19 October 2013). "Why Alison Gold's 'Chinese Food' Caused a Stir - Speakeasy - WSJ". The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones & Company).
  2. ↑ "Sri Lankan ‘Genius’ producer nominated for Grammy". NME India. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Why 'Friday' just might be the future of pop". SF Gate.com. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "No auto-tune! Rebecca Black tries to prove her critics wrong by performing LIVE on America's Got Talent". Daily Mail (London).
  5. ↑ http://www.tv.com/news/common-law-a-mile-in-someone-elses-shoes-29006/
  6. ↑ http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/15/the-newsroom-season-2-premiere-recap
  7. ↑ Goldwert, Lindsay (21 November 2011). "Black Friday 2011: Rebecca Black song 'Friday' used in Kohl's holiday shopping commercial - NY Daily News". Daily News (New York: NYDailyNews.com).
  8. ↑ http://www.stoppress.co.nz/blog/2014/07/vodafone-resurrects-rebecca-blacks-friday-launch-new-reward-initiative. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Chart Watch - Week Ending March 27, 2011". Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Simon Cowell scoop: The 'X Factor' star talks L.A. Reid, Paula Abdul...and Rebecca Black". InsideTV. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Goodman, Dean (16 March 2011). "Teen girl’s pop video mercilessly dissected by Internet masses". Reuters. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  12. ↑ Trust, Gary (23 March 2011). "Lady Gaga, 'Glee' Songs Dominate Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Alyssa Toomey and Rosemary Brennan (10 February 2013). "2013 Grammy Awards Winners: The Complete List". eOnline. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman on "Late Show" - CBS News". CBS News (CBS Interactive). 10 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Blow Your Pants Off album credits". Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  16. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3781812/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  17. ↑ http://www.siff.com/Schedule/GGBViewen.aspx
  18. ↑ http://community.ew.com/2014/07/01/famous-in-12-recap-episode-five-final/
  19. ↑ http://cwdetroit.cbslocal.com/2014/07/02/famous-in-12-episode-5-recap/
  20. ↑ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twenty-all-4-one/28913877#productInfoTabs


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