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Snow To Feature In Dj Hero 2 For The XBox 360 & Playstation 3

Source: www.djhero.com, www.djhero.com

DJ Hero 2Snow’s number one smash hit ‘Informer’ is to feature in the upcoming release of Dj Hero 2, the popular rhythm video game and sequel to DJ Hero.

2009’s highest-rated music game is set to return, with an even more eclectic mix of top artists, famous DJs and exclusive new mixes. Master the art of turntablism with the unique turntable controller that puts you in control of more than 70 new mashups from the biggest names in music.

Similar to DJ Hero, players in DJ Hero 2 follow specific actions on the turntable controller in time to marked scrolling indicators on the game’s screen, earning points for correctly performing actions in time.

Follow along with the music tracks on your controller, but add your own unique touches with new freestyle options or use the new vocal mode to sing or rap as you play – or have another player join in to help you.

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Shovelling Snow With DKO

Source: Bill Delingat, www.cashboxcanada.ca

Snow on Cashbox Magazine front coverA “Rocky Story” of a young upstart Irish boy growing up in the projects; going to jail for a crime he didn’t commit but ending up as the #1 reggae singer and artist in the world.

Cashbox had the opportunity to “Shovel the Snow” with Darrin Kenneth O’Brien on this exclusive Q and A.

Cashbox: When you say the name Snow in the musical circles, so many different stories. almost urban legends surface, one of course being how you became Snow and when you wrote the song “Informer”.
The most popular story being that while you were incarcerated you learned the Jamaican slang patois and wrote the song “Informer”. What music were you listening to before that time?

Snow: No, that’s not quite right, I didn’t learn reggae in jail, and I had always been into the music in my ‘hood as my neighbours were from Jamaica and they were always playing reggae music. When I was like 11 years old and my brother was 14, he used to put on Kiss concerts and he had a hook-up with a ticket agency already at that age. So he would get blank tickets and write on them Kiss concert with like Max Webster opening up. Our nanny made us the costumes with all the makeup and I had long hair and the blood, the whole thing and we had like 120 people show up. We had a stage and everything; it was amazing.
We liked rock ‘n’ roll then and in those days everyone in the projects (where I lived Allenbury Gardens) were Irish, the ‘hood was all Irish families. We listened to Kiss, Rush, Max Webster and had a lot of fun doing these shows. Then when I was around 14 years old and Pierre Trudeau was the Prime Minister, he changed the immigration policies and that’s when all the Chinese came in and in my neighbourhood, the Jamaicans.

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Snow Performs At The Rogers Spring Music Festival

Source: www.springmusicfestival.com

SnowGuinness World Record holder, Snow will be performing as part of the Urban Hamilton Showcase during the Rogers Spring Music Festival on Thursday May 7th at Seventy Seven Night Club.

Snow was born and raised in the city projects of Toronto, Canada. While in prison he learned to speak patois from other inmates and from there as a singer he found the love for Jamaican music. He studied and sang reggae music with a passion and later made Kingston, Jamaica his second home. After being released from prison he crossed the US border to meet with producer/rapper MC Shan who introduced him to MotorJam’s/Elektra Records co founder David Kenneth Eng (also his manager) to sign a US recording contract.

With the Billboard Pop chart hit “Informer” scoring a straight seven week run at number one, and then followed by another Billboard top ten hit “Girl I’ve Been Hurt” and the DJ turntable hit “Lonely Monday Morning” made Snow an international sensation.

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Snow Bizness : Informer MC Tries To Keep It Real

Source: Jason Keller, www.nowtoronto.com

It’s been 13 years since Darrin O’Brien, aka Snow, heard Informer drifting out of the speakers of his jail-cell radio. Serving a one-year sentence for assault, Snow couldn’t believe his ears. He’d just assumed the sessions he’d done with producer MC Shan were never going see the light of day.

Obviously, it didn’t work out that way; Snow exited the pen in a limo. Informer was a reggae hit to the max. Its catchy patois chorus and rapid-fire delivery had huge crossover appeal, something that eludes most dancehall and reggae heavyweights.

To this day, the former Billboard number-one song reigns in record books as the highest-charting and biggest-selling reggae single in history. Though Snow’s made three proper studio albums since, and a few hits, nothing has come close to touching the success of his debut single. Curiously, Snow doesn’t see Informer as the highlight of his career thus far.

“The song I did with Buju [Banton] was bigger in my mind,” says O’Brien, referring to Anything For You, from 97’s Justuss (East West), which was named after his daughter. “I see that as more of an accomplishment, because it launched me and got me accepted by the reggae community.

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