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Travis Sayles
Travis Jermaine Sayles (born January 21, 1986) better known by his stage name Travesty, is an American producer[1], musician[2], singer[3] and songwriter[4]. In June 2012 his production credits include work for Platinum artist Justin Beiber {Die in Your Arms}[5] and contributed several songs to Nickelodeon movie RAGS. {Stand out (album Version), Not that Different at All, and Better than this}[6]. As an up and coming commodity to the producer community Travis prides himself on inventing fresh and edgy music that cannot be duplicated
Biography
Jermaine Sayles was born in
Musician Career
Travis began playing the organ and traveling all over the world. He was asked to play personally for President Barack Obama alongside Grammy award winning artist Maxwell. He headlined at
.Production Career
In 2008, he began to make beats on his MOTIF XS8 keyboard, making complete songs with just the standard sounds. After three years of touring with artist and playing his original music to different names in the industry Travis received a life changing phone call. Multi-platinum Producer, and CEO of DarkChild Entertainment Rodney Jerkins[9] requested Travis’ presence at a studio session. After a few meetings Travis brought in his 24th birthday as the newest member of Rodney Jerkins’ DarkChild Entertainment. He relocated to Los Angeles, California. He immediately was placed as a Producer for American Idol Season 10[10], alongside Rodney Jerkins. His assignment included remaking twenty one songs that would be used for the contestants to perform to every week. The songs were later released to ITunes. When Travis completed American Idol he buried himself in work at the studio. With hard work and dedication he was able to land his first single “Die in Your Arms” with Justin Beiber. The song reached number one on ITunes and is featured on Justin Bieber’s BELIEVE 2012 album.
References
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_in_Your_Arms
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rags_(film)
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(music)
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_grammy_awards
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins
- ^ Retrieved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_(season_10)