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| Skye Sweetnam | |
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 Skye Sweetnam signs autographs at the Juno Awards in 2006 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Skye Alexandra Sweetnam |
| Also known as | Sever |
| Born | May 5, 1988 |
| Origin | Bolton, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | alternative rock, power pop, pop punk |
| Occupations | Actress, Singer, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocal, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels |
Capitol (2002–2009) EMI (2002–present) |
| Associated acts | Tim Armstrong, James Robertson, The Matrix, Ak'Sent, Kate Todd, Britney Spears, Kaela Kimura, Sumo Cyco |
| Website | skyesweetnam.com |
Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and music video director. Skye first entered the mainstream in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." Over a year later, her debut album, Noise from the Basement, was released including the singles "Tangled Up in Me" and "Number One". In 2006, she was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Her second album, Sound Soldier, was released in 2007. Now known by the stage name Sever, she is currently the lead singer of the band Sumo Cyco.
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Early life [link]
Skye was born on May 5, 1988, to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam.[1] She was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Along with her sister, Aurora, and her brother, Cam, she was born and raised in the small town of Bolton, Ontario, where she studied dancing and singing from a young age. She began singing at the age of 5, performing for family members and friends. By her early teens she had moved on to songwriting, recording a demo with the help of a local Bolton music school, Rumball Music Studios.[citation needed] Sweetnam was also a full-time Regional Arts Program student at Mayfield Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, majoring in drama.[citation needed] Within months of arriving at the school in Grade 9, she dropped out to pursue her career. She also went to Allan Drive Middle School in Bolton, Ontario.[citation needed]
Music career [link]
[edit] 2003–2005: Noise from the Basement
She worked with local producer and instrumentalist, James Robertson. Together, Robertson and Sweetnam worked on what would later become Noise from the Basement, her Capitol Records/EMI debut. The single "Billy S." appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the movie How to Deal, and quickly took off in Canada. Two more singles were released from her debut and fared moderately on the charts. In 2004, Sweetnam went on tour over Europe and North America, as the opening act for Britney Spears on her Onyx Hotel Tour.
Sweetnam provided the theme songs for various television shows, including The Buzz On Maggie, Wayside, and Radio Free Roscoe. In 2006, Sweetnam provided the singing voice for Barbie in The Barbie Diaries. Tim Armstrong and Sweetnam released the single "Into Action" in March 2007. Sweetnam was the opening act for Canadian Idol winner Kalan Porter on tour.
[edit] 2007–2008: Sound Soldier
Sound Soldier was released 30 October 2007, the lead single, "Human" was nominated for a 2008 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Cinematography, but lost to Hedley' "She's So Sorry". For the second single EMI picked "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action", a rework of her previous single with Armstrong. Skye directed two music videos herself for "Music Is My Boyfriend" and "Babydoll Gone Wrong". Throughout 2009 and 2010 she released a number of songs from Sound Soldier. In her Youtube make-up tutorials she has used the songs "Rock n' Roll Baby", "Love Sugar Sweet", "Heartbreak", "Boomerang", "MuSick" and "Wolves and Witches". Sweetnam also released a song entitled "Stay", "Boomerang", "MuSick" and "Wolves and Witches" on her MySpace page.
Sweetnam recorded "Lava Rock" for Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll and provided vocals for a song on Jun Senoue's album, The Works. She also directed a music video for Leah Daniels' song, "Northern Señorita", and for Ashes' song "Explode (Makes My Head)". She also co-wrote two songs for Ashes.
2009–present: Sumo Cyco [link]
Sweetnam began working on new music in 2009, also forming a new band, Sumo Cyco. They are a four piece rock / metal band who opened for Hollywood Undead in Toronto in April 2011. Sweetnam now goes by the name Sever, which is her current alter-ego. Sumo Cyco has released so far five singles: "Mercy", "Limp", "Interceptor", "Danger", and a cover of Oingo Boingo's "Who Do You Want To Be?". With each new song, Sumo Cyco directs and puts together their own music videos to their YouTube channel which as of April 2012[update] received over a million views.
Filmography [link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Radio Free Roscoe | Sydney DeLuca | Episode: "The Bad Boy" |
| Switched! | Herself | Episode: "Megan/Skye"[2] | |
| 2006 | The Barbie Diaries | Barbie | "Singing Voice" |
Discography [link]
- Noise from the Basement (2004)
- Sound Soldier (2007)
See also [link]
Awards and nominations [link]
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Nominated work |
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| 2006 | Nominated | Juno Awards | New Artist Of The Year | None |
| 2008 | Nominated | MuchMusic Video Award | Best Cinematography | Human |
References [link]
- ^ "(Following Advance for Use Thursday, May 5)". Associated Press. April 25, 2011. https://www.sify.com/news/following-advance-for-use-thursday-may-5-news-international-leyuOmjhcad.html. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ https://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=204742&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=4134799
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This episode is also known as "Rock Star".
Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.
Plot
Using the name "Randy Pandy", Bill becomes a superstar who is obsessed with his fame, and Tim and Graeme have to save him from the consequences of his pop stardom
Guest stars
Cultural references
References
External links
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Track listings
Personnel
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Charts and certifications
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Track listing
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Personnel
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Guest musicians
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Aristotle holds that the soul (psyche, ψυχή) is the form, or essence of any living thing; that it is not a distinct substance from the body that it is in. That it is the possession of soul (of a specific kind) that makes an organism an organism at all, and thus that the notion of a body without a soul, or of a soul in the wrong kind of body, is simply unintelligible. (He argues that some parts of the soul—the intellect—can exist without the body, but most cannot.) It is difficult to reconcile these points with the popular picture of a soul as a sort of spiritual substance "inhabiting" a body. Some commentators have suggested that Aristotle's term soul is better translated as lifeforce.
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The company was formed from the merger between Total Peripherals Group, which was established in 1992 by David and Vicky Teoh, and SP Telemedia in 2008.
TPG provide five ranges of products and services including Internet access, networking, OEM services, mobile phone service and accounting software.
History
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