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12 February 2012

Biography: JamezRaj

James Emmanuel Raj (born 25th Dec, 19**), better known by his stage name JamezRaj is a multi talented Malaysian based Indian singer-songwriter & record/music producer. JamezRaj ascended within the local music industry with Dhesam 7, where the debut single released Oru Nodi received raving reviews from Tamil music fans and above that, Oru Nodi was nominated the Top 3 song for several weeks in THR Raaga, a local tamil radio station.

Born in Segamat ,Johor Bahru, JamezRaj was brought up in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan where his family moved when he was 3 yrs old toddler. His passion for music begun in a tender age of 5, when he started playing the ‘bongo’ instrument as part of church choir. As the years passed by, his interested in music developed further in resulting JamezRaj to pick up other instruments such as guitar, keyboard, bass & drums. At 13, he took his first step in enhancing his interest in music by playing live gigs at events, shows and music programs available locally, and to name a few Netru Indru Naalai, Rock Today and S’BAN Rock stars.

At the age of 16, JamezRaj was introduced to digital computer music where he fascinated to find options to blend live instruments, which furthered his music interest to develop songs/tracks. From this point onwards, there is no turning back for JamezRaj’s love in composing, writing & producing music. In the year 2002, he joined a local Indian Rock band, Intermezzo where he was the backup vocalist, bassist & rhythm guitarist. Due to inventible reasons, JamezRaj left the band in the year 2003 and continued his patch in music solo. During this time, he composed 3 fully fledged songs for Kalalaya, a western classical music tour.

The local music industry in Malaysia was still in development stage and artist struggled to rise due to this, especially during early 2000’s. JamezRaj, unfortunately suffered the same faith and worked with an international bank, as another mean to attain additional funds to pursue his music career. Nevertheless, his interest in music never faded and he released 2 jingles for HSBC S.M.I.L.E program and also, AGRA during the same year.

In 2010, JamezRaj formed Dhesam 7, together with HaanJay & also Pirate (duo of Syndicate) and the group went immediately into work by recording & releasing their very first single ‘Oru Nodi’ which received well within the local fans. Shortly after that, they released their second single titled ‘Mayiley’ and both the songs were nominated as Top 3, with THR Raaga (local radio). The group is vigorously working on completing their debut album after the over whelming response received from fans.

Upon the success of producing music’s for Oru Nodi & Mayiley, JamezRaj, he has been called up to create back ground scores/music for local music firms. JamezRaj has also been approached by other local artists to produced music for their singles/albums. Currently, JamezRaj is exploring all different types of music genres with an objective of producing an avant-garde music, an enthusiasm which lead him to be a talented music producer.

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