Blog by Jon Brooks specialising in Logic Pro X templates, music articles, Youtube videos, music production for film and TV, musical analysis and all things regarding audio production. Apple music and iTunes products are also featured within the blog. Jon is a British composer scoring music for film, television and advertising.
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Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann (of 'When in Rome' fame) had a No. 1 hit single in the USA called 'The Promise'. It was released in 1988. In 2004, 'The Promise' was used as the end title theme for the successful movie, 'Napoleon Dynamite'.
Jon specialise's in music production for film, TV, artists, corporate branding, animation series and advertising. Some of his clients/credits include: Disney, Coca Cola, Sony, Pepsi, X-Box, KFC, Panasonic, Strepsils and Toyota... His recording studio is based in Stockport, UK.
Aquaculture is an important industry. Unsustainable development of aquaculture causes a negative impact, especially towards the environment and the local community. Because of this, WWF has developed the Aquaculture Improvement Program (AIP) to help aquaculture farmers to improve their aquaculture practices; to be greener and more sustainable. World Wildlife Fund Corporate Video.
Vancouver Pet Photographer Jason Kenzie captures images and footage of people who brought their dogs to Vancouver Gay Pride Parade. Featuring the music tracks 'Phoenix Rising', 'UAE National Day' by Jon Brooks and 'Ghost' by Jon Brooks & Ben Gerrard.
Secret Heart (Rahsia Hatiku). Vocals by Shila Amzah, Russell Curtis and Atilia Haron. Music Arranger: Jon Brooks. 5 Jingga is the title of a musical television teen drama series published by Double Vision on 8TV starting 12 August 2008, which follows the story of a cheerleader who split by power struggles, as well as a new student struggles to raise themselves in the new environment. Low Ngai Yuen drama starring Isma Hanum, Siti Saleha, Ainur Syakina, Jehan Miskin, Sasha Bashir, Mohammad Ezhan, Renaldo Scully and Hunny Madu as the eight main actors, assisted by some veteran actors including Elaine Daly and Tony Eusoff.
ABOUT BEN: Ben hit the small screen in 2003 on Channel 4 soap "Hollyoaks" and became a household name. However, his love of writing and performing music led to him amicably leaving the show to pursue a career he had always dreamed of… Having been in various bands since the age of 13, Ben has toured the entire UK on numerous occasions including a number of headline tours and support slots for Twin Atlantic, Wheatus, Zebra Head and The Foundations to name a few... Ben took time out to focus on his family and has now returned to the music scene solo with a blend of mature pop fused with his rock tones, perfected through years of punk... The results are breathtaking!
ABOUT JON: Jon is a professional music producer based in Stockport, South Manchester. He specialises in music production for film, TV, corporate branding, animation series and advertising but also works with artists. Some of his clients and credits include: Walt Disney, Coca Cola, Saatchi and Saatchi, Sony Playstation, Jaclyn Victor (Malaysian Idol winner), BBDO, Oxford University Press, Pepsi, X-Box, Leo Burnett, KFC, Malaysia Airlines, McCann Erickson, Sony Music, Panasonic, Strepsils and Toyota… He's been working professionally (locally and internationally) in audio/music production since 2002 and runs a recording studio based in Cheadle Heath, Stockport. He is able to record and produce in-house; calling in live musicians, vocalists, voice talent and other creative professionals when required. (Please see his website for studio details and demos). http://www.jonbrooks.co.uk
Take That is an English pop group, formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Take That were formed in 1990 by their manager Nigel Martin Smith in Manchester.
Take That Love Rat: Howard Donald's secret lover speaks out about their 10-year affair after gagging order is lifted. He tried to gag her over spilling details about their secret ten-year affair. But today, Take That's Howard Donald's secret lover Adakini Ntuli has opened up about their illicit relationship after a 'super-injunction' he was granted against her was lifted. And it was also revealed that Donald, 42, cheated on both mothers of his two children with Ntuli after they met in 2000.
In April, Donald obtained a gagging order preventing details of his relationship with the soul singer being made public.
But last month it was lifted by the Court of Appeal and although intimate details must remain private, the fact the affair took place can be reported. Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mirror, Ntuli, who sings in a pub band, said she didn't want to betray Donald but then she found out he had another mistress. And she added that she believes his court action was to stop any more women coming forward. She said: 'His court action has exposed his infidelity rather than keep it secret. I would never have shared our secrets. He knows I'd never have betrayed him.' Ntuli said she met Donald in July 2000 at the nightclub in Manchester where he was DJ-ing, while he was living with Victoria Piddington, the mother of his daughter Grace, now 10.
Single mother Ntuli, who came to Britain from Zimbabwe with her mother and step-dad when she was eight, said: 'I was single and craved some excitement. 'I was singing in a soul band and writing songs. I wasn’t a star-struck young girl. I didn’t even know who he was at first but I found myself chatting to him after his set.' And she said although their relationship started off as an affair, she fell in love with him even though she knew he was in a relationship.
But she added that she didn't feel like his mistress and they regularly went out in public together and with his friends.
She said: 'Anyone who noticed us would have assumed we were an item, not an attached guy out with his mistress, 'We would be in hotel lobbies together. He never tried to hide me or smuggle me in. I felt like an actual girlfriend.'
But in July 2003, they stopped meeting up after Donald split from Piddington and began seeing former model Marie Christine Musswessels, who is the mother of his youngest daughter Lola, now five. Ntuli said she felt hurt and tried to move on but the affair was rekindled soon after before stopping again in November 2005 and starting again in 2008, but then again ended again after a few months. Ntuli said they briefly saw each other last year but then it emerged in March this year that he had been cheating on Marie with another mistress - and it was the last straw for Ntuli.
She said: 'I snapped. I was so angry. I thought I was the only one he was having an affair with. It felt I had been led on and manipulated. I was devastated.'
She then sent Donald an angry text that read, 'Why should I continue 2 suffer financially 4 the sake of loyalty when selling my story will sort my life out?', but admitted that she was in a bad place when she sent it and was terrified when Donald's lawyers contacted her about him seeking an injunction against her. She said: ' I couldn't' tell a soul what was happening, not even my mum. It made me ill and I was admitted to hospital with depression, anxiety and neuralgia. 'I now want to tell the whole story. I think it is wrong that celebrities are able to use the law to cover up their actions. 'I loved Howard once but he let me down so badly.'