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Rock MafiaThe Big Bang
In late 2010, Rock Mafia released a song featuring James' own vocals entitled "The Big Bang". Recently the song has become popular as the theme song for the VH1 reality show "Mob Wives". Members of the mysterious group refers to itself as a family and a lifestyle, blending the boundary between traditional "bands" and production teams. "The Big Bang" music video featured Miley Cyrus and Kevin Zegers in a short and suspenseful plot. The video became a viral hit, and currently has more than 14.5 million views on Youtube [2]. In addition, a movie based on the plot of the music video is rumored to be in the works. In addition to "The Big Bang," a song entitled "Fly or Die" is also available on iTunes, and a groundbreaking animated video is said to be in the works. Furthermore, a clip showing Miley Cyrus recording vocals over a Rock Mafia song called "Morning Sun" has been posted online. The song proved to be an instant cult classic, with fan mixed versions of the songs gaining over half a million views on Youtube. Lastly, a tweet from Rock Mafia in mid-April stating that Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were singing the Rock Mafia track "The Last Thing" to each other over Skype stirred up quite a buzz, raising speculations and rumors that a duet between the two is in the works. Tim James performed a solo acoustic set for WIXX101 in February 2011, including a cover of Selena Gomez's "Naturally," "The Big Bang," "The Last Thing," and "W.T.F." He further stated in the interview that the performance was a solo performance, and that if the Rock Mafia crew were to come out, they'd "tear the roof down". [3] In July, 2011 Rock Mafia played a 30 minute set at the 2011 Boise Music Festival [4] in front of over 100,000. The group on stage consisted of Tim James on lead vocals, Antonina Armato on DJ, Thomas Sturges on keyboards, Steve Hammons on drums, Jimmy Messer on guitar, Danny Parra on DJ, and Brooke Adams and Dominique Domingo on background vocals. Rock Mafia continues to gain popularity both as an artist and as a songwriting/production team, its current projects include: American Idol, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Dilemma, Frank and Derol, The Big Bang movie, The Beach Girl5, Aura Dione [5] and more. Recently Rock Mafia scored a huge Radio hit in Europe. With Aura Dione's hit single "Friends", a song written and produced together with David Jost, they reached the official German Radio #1 and held it for several weeks in a row[6]. "The Big Bang" is featured on the video game FIFA 12,
which launched in September 2011. Rock Mafia has helped launch the music careers of some of the most successful recording artists of the early 2000s, including Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Aly and AJ, Sick Puppies, The Beach Girl5, etc. Between the three partners of Rock Mafia, they have sold over 100
million albums worldwide, and over 10 million albums alone in 2007. Rock Mafia's debut song, "The Big Bang," saw James provide vocals himself. The music video, featured Miley Cyrus and Kevin Zegers. In addition to "The Big Bang," the group currently has two additional demos hosted on their official Myspace page: "Fly or Die" and "Pimps and Hos." [7] A clip showing Miley Cyrus recording vocals over the "Pimps and Hos" track, which has now been renamed to "Morning Sun," has been posted online.[8] A tweet from Rock Mafia in mid-April stating that Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were singing the Rock Mafia track "The Last Thing" to each other over Skype stirred up quite a buzz, raising speculations and rumors that a duet between the two is in the works. Tim James performed a solo acoustic set for WIXX101 in February
2011, including a cover of Selena Gomez's "Naturally,"
"The Big Bang," "The Last Thing," and "W.T.F."
He further stated in the interview that the performance was a solo
performance, and that if the Rock Mafia crew were to come out, they'd
"tear the roof down." Rock Mafia is currently in talks with potential writers and producers to bring the music video for "The Big Bang" to the big screens as a featured film. Armato revealed on her Twitter that she has been meeting with Tish Cyrus (Miley Cyrus' mother) and Jennifer Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland and Memento) [9] In addition, James has stated in an online interview with ultimate
radio that "without Miley, I don't know if there is a film,"
further hinting Miley's involvement in the new project. Rock Mafia was one of the handful of production teams handpicked
by Jimmy Iovine to help coach and record with contestants from American
Idol Season 10. Rock Mafia worked with Pia Toscano on her cover
of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," Stefano Langone
on his cover of "If You Don't Know Me By Now," Haley Reinhart
on her cover of "Blue," James Durbin on his cover of "Heavy
Metal,"and Muse's "Uprising" Lauren Alaina on her
cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On," Jacob Lusk on his cover
of "Man in the Mirror," and Thia Megia on her cover of
"Colors of the Wind". Rock Mafia "The Big Bang" Miley Cyrus "Can't Be Tamed" Aura Dione "Friends Ft Rock Mafia" Selena Gomez & the Scene "Naturally" Demi Lovato "Me, Myself, and Time" Sick Puppies "Riptide" The Beach Girl5 "Changes" Aly & AJ "Potential Breakup Song" David Archuleta "You Can" Miranda Cosgrove "BAM" Hope 7 "Breakthrough" Hoku "Another Dumb Blonde" Vanessa Hudgens "Hook It Up" Patrice Rushen "Long Time Coming" Barbra Streisand "What Were We Thinking of?" Fenanda Ketley "Hair"
"Bet On It"
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