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==Background== |
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At the age of 5, he began classical piano lessons. At the age of 11, he began playing jazz saxophone. By high school, he was playing as a jazz pianist sideman in Seattle, and was also the [[DJ]] in a local hiphop crew. He attended [[NYU]] jazz performance program with concentration in Piano |
At the age of 5, he began classical piano lessons. At the age of 11, he began playing jazz saxophone. By high school, he was playing as a jazz pianist sideman in Seattle, and was also the [[DJ]] in a local hiphop crew. He attended [[NYU]] jazz performance program with concentration in Piano, where he jammed in his dorm room with [[Bosco Mann]]. He studied with [[Frank Kimbrough]], [[Arturo O'Farrill]] and [[Don Friedman]]. After school, he was a keyboard sideman with [[Lisa Shaw]], [[Kat DeLuna]], [[Rahzel]], Orchesta Clave, [[Miguel Migs]] and [[DJ Colette]].<ref>http://thehaus.tv/producers/tim_kvasnosky_composer_producer</ref><ref>http://www.timkmusic.com/</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:36, 16 September 2013
Tim K (born Timothy John Kvasnosky) is a Los Angeles-based producer/composer who was born in Seattle, WA.
Tim K has worked with musicians such as Lisa Shaw, Kat DeLuna, Esthero, Rahzel, Dam Funk, Miguel Migs and DJ Colette. As a remixer, he produced 4 top 5 Billboard Club Play remixes.[1][2] As a composer, he has scored commercials for Nike, Corona, Friskies, Volkswagen, Bulgari, Google, McDonalds, and many others.[3][4][5] His Friskies commercial composition 'Adventureland' was featured during the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6][7]
Background
At the age of 5, he began classical piano lessons. At the age of 11, he began playing jazz saxophone. By high school, he was playing as a jazz pianist sideman in Seattle, and was also the DJ in a local hiphop crew. He attended NYU jazz performance program with concentration in Piano, where he jammed in his dorm room with Bosco Mann. He studied with Frank Kimbrough, Arturo O'Farrill and Don Friedman. After school, he was a keyboard sideman with Lisa Shaw, Kat DeLuna, Rahzel, Orchesta Clave, Miguel Migs and DJ Colette.[8][9]
Producer/Songwriter
Tim K has produced records in variety of Electronic music styles, often with Jazz influences.[10]
He has been a longtime producer and songwriter for DJ Colette, with whom her worked on three albums.[11] When writing, he often starts with a melodic keyboard part and builds drums, and vocal melodies around it.[12] Her "Italo-disco-owing" and "indelible electro" album "When The Music's Loud", featuring all compositions co-written and many produced by Tim K, dropped in September 2013.[13][14]
A longtime vintage recording technique aficionado, using vintage microphones, techniques, tape and James Brown's old mixer, he recorded Shoshana Bean's sophomore album "O'Farrell Street" in 2012 at North Hollywood.[15] With JT Donaldson, in 2012 Tim K also produced underground hip hop group Hawthorne Headhunter's "Sum People Don't Change" from their debut LP "Myriad of Now" on Plug Research.[16] Tim K lent a hand to The System (band) 2012 release for beatmaker David Frank's production "Mother Ungh Ungh", providing some "stutter" style edit of Mic Murphy's vocals.[17]
In 2011, with Fab Dupont Tim K co-produced, played vintage keyboards and added additional production to many of the tracks on Les Nubians' "Nu Revolution" album.[18]
In 2010, Tim K co-produced Dâm-Funk's Hood Pass Intact's "highlight" track "How It Be Between You and Me" on Stones Throw Records, the album received a favorable Pitchfork rating.[19] Later in the year, a track he produced, "Stressin'" featuring Kissey was selected for Mark Farina's Mushroom Jazz compilation, volume 7.[20] Also in 2010, Tim K produced the lead single "Slow Recovery" for Lucy Woodward's "Hooked" album for Verve Records.[21]
Home & Garden
Tim K worked with DJ/Producer Timothy Shumaker under the moniker Home & Garden starting in 2000. They released 12" singles and remixes for labels such as Atlantic Records, Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records.[22] Their debut record "Domesticated" was released on Om Records in 2007. It featured appearances from Derrick Carter, Lisa Shaw, DJ Colette, Lucy Woodward, Chez Damier and Mic Murphy.[23][24]
Tiny Hearts
Tim K is currently working a collaborative project, Tiny Hearts with producer Waajeed and vocalist Dede Reynolds.[25] Their debut EP "Stay" will be released on Detroit's Dirt Tech Reck label.[26] Their initial video "Centerfold" was released in September 2013.[27] A live performance of Tiny Hearts was featured on Boilerroom.tv.[28]
Commercial & Other Work
Friskies tapped Tim K to compose music for its "Adventureland" Campaign, featured in the Winter Olympics, as well as in 3D at movie theatre venues across the US.[6][29][30] The 9 commercial campaign featured singer Deanne Reynolds of Tiny Hearts. The commercial was listed as Advertising Age's Ad of the week.[31] In 2013, Tim K composed the music for Nike's KDV shoe release.[32]
Chart performance
| Year | Title | Peak Position | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Lucy Woodward "Blindsided (Dance Mixes)" | 1 | Remixer |
| 2004 | Esthero "O.G. Bitch (H&G Remix)" | 1 | Remixer |
| 2004 | Debi Nova "One Rhythm (H&G Remix)" | 1 | Remixer |
| 2007 | DJ Colette "If" | 5 | Composer |
References
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tim+K
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs
- ^ http://trustcollective.com/portfolio/content/slmsd_domesticated.htm
- ^ Ritchie, Kevin (2010-04-01). "Feline fantasia for Friskies – Boards". Boardsmag.com. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ http://www.timkmusic.com
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/business/media/15adnewsletter1.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
- ^ http://gawker.com/5475088/friskies-cat-has-delicious-acid-trip-in-olympics-commercial
- ^ http://thehaus.tv/producers/tim_kvasnosky_composer_producer
- ^ http://www.timkmusic.com/
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tim-kvasnosky-mn0001914089/credits
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/5672672/colette-switches-sound-on-when-the-musics-loud-album
- ^ http://news.traxsource.com/articles/150/colette-and-tim-k-studio-tour
- ^ http://www.spin.com/articles/colette-when-the-musics-loud-album-stream/
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15745-when-the-musics-loud/
- ^ http://hummingbirdmedia.com/clients/neumann/press-releases/on-her-sophomore-album-o-farrell-street-shoshana-bean-looks-to-neumann-to-harken-the-authentic-sound-of-late-60s-soul-recordings
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/myriad-of-now-mw0002316215
- ^ http://davidfrankmusic.com/?p=461
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/n%C3%BC-revolution-mw0002120274
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14589-hood-pass-intact-ep/
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/mushroom-jazz-vol-7-mw0002045118
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044534/lucy-woodward-slow-recovery
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Home+%26+Garden?noanv=1
- ^ http://www.om-records.com/releases/695-domesticated
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Home+%26+Garden
- ^ "Detroit Lion". Wax Poetics Inc. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ^ http://soundcloud.com/tinyhearts
- ^ http://www.okayplayer.com/news/tiny-hearts-centerfold-aron-kantor-video.html
- ^ http://boilerroom.tv/boiler-room-la-x-hvw8-w-tiny-hearts-waajeed-dede-tim-k-lady-monix/
- ^ http://www.boardsmag.com/articles/magazine/20100401/friskies.html
- ^ <http://trueslant.com/level/2010/02/23/if-the-new-friskies-cat-food-commercial-is-to-be-believed-your-cat-is-on-lsd/>
- ^ http://www.adweek.com/video/friskies-adventureland-120844
- ^ http://sneakerreport.com/sports/basketball-sports/nike-basketball-presents-the-kdv/
- ^ "Hot Club Play Chart".