Perry Twins DJ'ing Riptide @ Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach

Jania Activates The Music World

Words can't express how fortunate we are to have Jania in our lives. After moving to LA, we first saw Jania dancing up a storm in a rehearsal for one of her performances. After the rehearsal, we decided to go introduce ourselves and it turned out to be one of the best things we have done. Quickly becoming friends with Jania and dancing in her performances, we realized how special she was both as an entertainer and as a person in general. Fast forward four years to 2007 when we are planning on releasing our debut single as writers and producers, and the first person that comes to mind is Jania. This triple threat had the energy and enthusiasm that the two of us and Quinn Coleman were looking for to bring Activate My Body to life! Not only is Jania a super talented singer and dancer, she also has a dynamic personality that you just can't get enough of!

Perry Twins: How did you first get involved with music?

Jania: My mother got me involved in music. She trained me to sing in harmonies, she helped me discover and polish my skills, then prepared me for auditions and performances! She is a singer herself, so she was very strict on me...because she knew the challenges and wanted me to be the best that I could be.

Perry Twins: What inspires you when you are creating music?

Jania: So many different things, people, and situations inspire me. Normally, I will create the track with the producer then I go home and listen to the music over and over and then I just start singing and coming up with melodies...lyrics follow and then I arrange the vocals. My songs can be about whatever I feel ...love ..heartbreak ...dancing ...stalking ...lol..Whatever I'm feeling inside that moment!

Perry Twins: What's usually going through your head when you're performing on stage?

Jania: I'm focused on the crowd.. initially. I'm thinking of how I can truly ENTERTAIN! I'm from L.A. and I know they are a very hard audience to impress, so I take that into consideration before I even step foot on stage. Any stage! I tailor my performances to be high energy with singing and dancing. I try to rehearse a lot so that I don't have to think too much about ME, my next note, my next step...I want to already know that. When it's showtime it's all about giving the audience an exciting show...and sometimes I'm a bit nervous, but that all goes away when the music starts!

Perry Twins: What projects are you currently working on?

Jania: I'm working with Hector Fonseca on his new project that he's creating. I've also been writing A LOT for my own project! So, I'm pretty excited about the future!

Perry Twins: What are your goals for your career in the future?

Jania: My goal is pretty easy. I just want to always grow and become better at my craft. I'm a very hard worker and I love being open to new ideas and sounds. I love learning. I've been blessed to work with some great people and they've taught me how to expand on my talents. My goal is to have a career that is exciting and creative.....and that lasts for a looooong time!

www.myspace.com/foxyjania

Perry Twins DJ'ing in SoCal July 18th and 19th

Hope to see you at Eleven in West Hollywood for the Outfest Mulligan's Premiere Party on Friday, July 18th and at 4th and B in San Diego to celebrate Pride on Saturday, July 19th!

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Amber Dirks Has The Power To Move

The muli-talented singer, Amber Dirks, is keeping busy with numerous projects and is currently on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart with the hot "My Life." She is an incredible performer who you will be hearing a lot more from!

Perry Twins: How did you first start working in the music industry professionally?

Amber Dirks: What’s good The Perry Twins, Doug and Derek (The Handsome Twins..watch out now)? Thank You so much for giving me an opportunity to share a little myself to your listeners. I appreciate/respect you both and your Talents that you provide for all to enjoy.

I started working professionally in the Music Industry18 years ago and I was the lead singer of a cover R&B band. Although I was young (and still LOL) I was allowed to sing in clubs. It was an Awesome experience and that’s when I realized that this was something that I wanted to pursue on a more professional scale.

PT: Who are your musical influences?

AD: Oh WOW, that is a hard question as there are so many talented Artists whom I absolutely admire..umm to name a few, but not limited to (love the disclaimer LOL) Donna Summer (Love her new Album BTW..Go Donna!!), Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Evelyn “Champagne” King (Love her new Single too), Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, Toni Braxton, Sister Sledge..oh man there are so Many I can go on until eternity.


PT: When did you form your group Power 2 Move with Electrik Pulse?

AD: Themi Charalambous is AKA Electrik Pulse (www.myspace.com/electrikpulse1 ) formed Power 2 Move (www.myspace.com/power2move ) in November 2006.
It all started when we completed the track entitled "Your Body" Electrik Pulse featuring Amber Dirks and it was picked up and signed by Amathus Music which is a leading dance music label.
After a while we decided to form our own group to showcase both of our talents as a producer/vocalist/writing team. We came up with the name Power 2 Move (Creating music that moves you) the rest is history we started working on songs and before we knew it we were recording and finishing a track a week. The chemistry and flow was all there.
After finishing our 4th track Amathus Music had heard about what we were doing and signed all 4 tracks and put out the first Power 2 Move Ep titled "Passions" and all tracks are available for instant download on every major download site now. We are currently in the middle of finishing up a full album and are very excited. We have done all this amazing creating together and we have never once met face to face yet we talk almost every day on the phone. Now if that's not musical chemistry, what is?
To this day..Themi and I have yet to met each other face to face and are still creating wonderful works together.

PT: How has the experience of creating hit songs such as "All Through The Night", "Without You", "You're The One" and "My Life" been?

AD: Surreal. I am just so Thankful that people are feeling our musical vibe. Having the Passion of song is one that is an abundance of musical bliss and being able to express it through your soul is indescribable. The thought of being respected by your peers and the outflow of love from Fans and Peers alike is a Wonderful/Blessed feeling. In regards to the song “My Life”, that song was written by Chris “The Greek” Panaghi and he featured my vocals on that awesome track and I am ever so humbled that he asked if I would sing it..Thank You Chris.

PT: What inspires you when you are creating music and performing on stage?

AD: Not trying to sound cliché, but it is definitely the Love Of Music. Writing songs is a wonderful challenge for my soul and I hope that it exudes from my voice. When I get a track from Themi, it’s easy to Love the flow of the beats.

Performance is a way for me to show my inner feelings of unconditional Love that I have for my craft, which I never take for granted as I feel that I am always learning to bring my vocals to another level. People have often told me that I become so involved with my performance that to them it’s like viewing my inner soul work through my body LOLJ That’s so wonderful. I am ever so humbled by the appreciation that I get from People.

PT: What upcoming projects are you working on?

AD: Busy, Busy, Busy..did I mention BUSY??? LOL..besides having a young Family.. working on “Power 2 Move” material..I just returned from Austin, TX working on new material, photo shoot and taping of a music video as I have been blessed to work with a Wonderful and Beautiful talented Artist by the name of Jacinta (www.myspace.com/jacinta ) with whom is a triple Billboard Dance Music Charting Artist and was nominated this year for Best Breakthrough Artist (Solo) at the International Dance Music Awards. Together, Themi, Colin (Barnsey), Jacinta and I have created “Wild Jaam” (www.myspace.com/jaammusic ) and will be releasing material soon as well as a video. This project is just Awesome.. wow..I so respect Jacinta and all she has accomplished within the dance genre and so this is yet another surreal opportunity to work with such a gifted Artist..nothing but Mad Respect I have for her and together I feel that we bring a lot to the table and I am looking forward to see how received we will be as a DuoJ The production partners are “Chunky Music” and “Power 2 Move”. I feel very blessed and humbled and I continue to look for challenges every day.

Again, I want to Thank You The Perry Twins for your time..Mad admiration to you Both and continued success for your awesome projects and as I Always say..”Keep it Real”

www.myspace.com/ambersings4real

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart 7/26/08

TW LW
* 1 * 2 Fall - Kimberley Locke
2 * 4 Shake It - Anane Feat. Tony Touch & Mr. Vegas
* 3 * 6 Great DJ - The Ting Tings
* 4 * 9 When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls
5 * 7 Handle Me - Robyn
* 6 * 10 Give Peace A Chance - Ono
* 7 * 15 Give It 2 Me - Madonna
8 5 Stamp Your Feet - Donna Summer
9 3 All I See - Kylie Featuring Mims
10 * 1 Turn It Up - Mark Picchiotti Presents Basstoy
11 * 12 Where The Music Takes You - Ari Gold
* 12 * 16 We Break The Dawn - Michelle Williams
* 13 * 19 Give Some Love - Antoine Clamaran
* 14 * 20 How Many Words - Blake Lewis
15 8 Stand By Me - Mr. Timothy Featuring Inaya Day
* 16 * 21 The Dance - Evelyn "Champagne" King
* 17 *P 25 Control Yourself - Erin Hamilton
18 17 Take A Bow - Rihanna
19 * 22 Surrender Me - Debby Holiday
20 11 Same Old Fucking Story - Cyndi Lauper
* 21 * 29 Here With Me - Alyson
22 13 Just Dance - Lady GaGa
* 23 * 27 Take My Breath Away - Justin Lanning
*P 24 *N 42 * Power pick *I Decided - Solange
* 25 *O 38 Closer - Ne-Yo
26 18 My Life - Chris The Greek Panaghi
27 26 Spice Up Your Life 2008 - Spice Girls
* 28 * 34 Strangers - Christian George
* 29 * 32 I Can't Get You Off My Mind - Jason Walker
* 30 * 41 Go Go Girl - DJ Timbo
* 31 * 39 Beautiful - E.G. Daily
* 32 * 37 Day Too Soon - Sia
33 23 Cities In Dust - Junkie XL
34 31 Repeat Performance - Rachel Panay
35 14 What's Done Is Done - Tracy Young featuring Ceevox
36 * 36 It's Okay - Jason & Demarco
* 37 *N 46 Damaged - Danity Kane
*O 38 New * Hot shot debut *Into The Nightlife - Cyndi Lauper
* 39 * 44 Love's Gonna Lead You Back - Jason Antone
40 28 Set U Free 2008 - Planet Soul
41 * 35 Mercy - Duffy
* 42 *N 49 Blind - Hercules And Love Affair
* 43 *N 45 Control - Plural Z
44 43 Work It - Gideon James
45 33 Little Miss Obsessive - Ashlee Simpson
*N 46 New When We Get Together - The Ones
47 24 Disco Lies - Moby
*N 48 New RockStar - Club District Allstars
49 40 Kill 100 - X-Press 2
*N 50 New Everybody Everybody - CyonFlare

Breakouts for Hot Dance Club Play
1 Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson
2 Black And Gold - Sam Sparro
3 American Boy - Estelle Featuring Kanye West
4 You Turned The Tables - Robin
5 I Love To Move In Here - Moby

Total Pop Star Finale Press Release

Total Pop Star Crowns DaNica from Red Lion, PA Season One WinnerHollywood, CA - July 1, 2008. After months of arduous online singing challenges, millions of votes and weeks of intense studio work, a true Total Pop Star has been born. On Sunday, June 29th, Total Pop Star, a groundbreaking online singing competition, announced their first season's winner to be DaNica (pronounced DaNēka) from Red Lion, PA. Total Pop Star's first season's finalists competed for the crown by performing live in front of a studio audience, entertainment press, music industry VIPs and celebrity judges - Deborah Gibson, Joey Lawrence, Annette DuCharme and Andrew Van Slee. The finale showdown and party got off to a sizzling start with a LIVE preshow hosted by Total Pop Star's Ashley Noel and a jumping deejay set by The Perry Twins. Once the finale competition got underway, the temperature in the studio grew hotter and hotter with each finalist taking the stage.

The web series' six most totally talented finds included: Casey Lee Smith from Glendale; AZ, Destinee Q. from Surprise; AZ, Colton from South Wales, NY; Selyne from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Shantá from Los Angeles, CA and the winner DaNica from Red Lion, PA. During the final showdown, each finalist performed an original song written by TPS judge, creator and executive producer Andrew Van Slee and songwriter Annette Ducharme. As the winner, DaNica receives a a prize package and recording contract through Universal Music Group's producer Andrew Van Slee's XMG Records. The entire prize package is worth over $150,000. Along with the Total Pop Star winner trophy, DaNica received $2,500 cash, an all expense paid trip to London, an all expense paid trip to Hawaii, a Toshiba laptop, a Sony Handicam, an I-Pod Touch 8GB + Jam Jacket, a Canon PowerShot, Bose Headphones, a Sony Digital Voice Recorder and a $100 iTunes Gift Card.

During the TPS Finals Week, DaNica physically collaborated with the show's judges, in the studio, recording a new single that will be released later this month titled "Horizon." DaNica, with a vocal quality that rivals the superstar voices of Christina Aguilera, Rihanna and Mariah Carey, belted out the show stopping power-balled to the studio audience after she was named Total Pop Star 2008. Her mesmerizing performance coupled with the crowd's reaction enormously confirmed that DaNica has a huge career ahead of her.

Total Pop Star Season 2 is already underway. According to web-ranking company Alexa, TotalPopStar.com is one of the fastest growing sites on the Web, rocketing from the 6 millionth ranked site in November 2007 to the 70,000th in June. And each week the site data shows an increase of 50 percent new unique site visitors. ABOUT TOTAL POP STARTOTAL POP STAR, is the world's first and biggest online singing competition! No long lines, no missed opportunities and best of all, no Simon! Mashing up the appeal of the internet with the ever-hot music industry, TOTAL POP STAR seeks to uncover the next singing sensation from amidst the masses and plant launch them into super stardom! The TOTAL POP STAR Celebrity Judges and Hosts are the highly recognizable faces of this multi-platform venture providing our online http://www.totalpopstar.com/

Perry Twins DJ'ing Destination: Here Lounge Tonight July 5th

Erin Hamilton Is In Control

Erin Hamilton's latest track, Control Yourself, is flying up the Billboard Club Play Chart and is this week's Power Pick! Her previous single, The Flame '08, hit the #1 spot. Having recentlty interviewed Erin, it's clear that she is back and taking control!

Perry Twins: How did you first get involved with dance music?

Erin Hamilton: TOTALLY by accident!! Was performing mostly with a band doing rock and blues music... and BAM.. met Scott Anderson (Solar City).

PT: A few of your hit dance singles are fresh, creative covers of pop/rock songs. How did you go about choosing which songs you would reinvent for the dance floors?

EH: DREAMWEAVER came about while i was driving home from yoga one day.. and heard it on the radio. I wanted to do a rock cover of it... and my husband at the time introduced me to Scott.. and he suggested it be a dance tune... I didn't even know dance music was still around.. but, I said what the hell.. lets go for it!! The FLAME was an idea brought to me by Ralphi Rosario and DJ Abel.... still.. not hearing how it could be made into a dance song. I just went with it, and was thrilled with the results. I GOT THE MUSIC IN ME was my idea to do after some difficult times.. and I just loved the Kiki Dee version, and wanted to try my own spin on it.

PT: What can we expect from your upcoming album?

EH: be patient.... it will be a little while.. but more fun than ever.. i can promise you that.. and one cover that will blow your socks off!!

PT: Do you perform non-dance versions of your dance hits during your rock and unplugged live shows such as your recent appearance at "Lilith Unfair"?

EH: yes... and it's a lot of fun to do it that way.. just another side.. one i'd like to explore further~~

Erin recently performed at Gay Days at Walt Disney World in Florida and all her west coast fans can catch her at Gay Days in Anaheim this fall at House of Blues. For more info, visit www.myspace.com/theerinhamilton and check out her music at www.perfectbeat.com and www.masterbeat.com along with our Perry Twins Amplified Mix of Control Yourself.

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 7/19/08

TW LW
* 1 * 2 Turn It Up - Mark Picchiotti Presents Basstoy
* 2 * 4 Fall - Kimberley Locke
3 * 3 All I See - Kylie Featuring Mims
* 4 * 5 Shake It - Anane Feat. Tony Touch & Mr. Vegas
5 1 Stamp Your Feet - Donna Summer
* 6 * 7 Great DJ - The Ting Tings
* 7 * 8 Handle Me - Robyn
8 * 6 Stand By Me - Mr. Timothy Featuring Inaya Day
* 9 * 16 When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls
* 10 * 11 Give Peace A Chance - Ono
11 9 Same Old Fucking Story - Cyndi Lauper
* 12 * 15 Where The Music Takes You - Ari Gold
13 10 Just Dance - Lady GaGa
14 12 What's Done Is Done - Tracy Young featuring Ceevox
* 15 *O 28 Give It 2 Me - Madonna
* 16 * 20 We Break The Dawn - Michelle Williams
17 14 Take A Bow - Rihanna
18 * 18 My Life - Chris The Greek Panaghi
* 19 *P 25 Give Some Love - Antoine Clamaran
* 20 * 21 How Many Words - Blake Lewis
* 21 * 24 The Dance - Evelyn "Champagne" King
* 22 * 22 Surrender Me - Debby Holiday
23 * 19 Cities In Dust - Junkie XL
24 13 Disco Lies - Moby
*P 25 * 30 * Power pick *Control Yourself - Erin Hamilton
26 17 Spice Up Your Life 2008 - Spice Girls
* 27 * 29 Take My Breath Away - Justin Lanning
28 23 Set U Free 2008 - Planet Soul
* 29 * 34 Here With Me - Alyson
30 26 Funplex - The B-52s
31 * 33 Repeat Performance - Rachel Panay
* 32 * 36 I Can't Get You Off My Mind - Jason Walker
33 31 Little Miss Obsessive - Ashlee Simpson
* 34 * 37 Strangers - Christian George
* 35 * 41 Mercy - Duffy
* 36 * 43 It's Okay - Jason & Demarco
* 37 *N 48 Day Too Soon - Sia
*O 38 New * Hot shot debut *Closer - Ne-Yo
* 39 *N 46 Beautiful - E.G. Daily
40 32 Kill 100 - X-Press 2
* 41 *N 49 Go Go Girl - DJ Timbo
*N 42 New I Decided - Solange
43 38 Work It - Gideon James
* 44 *N 50 Love's Gonna Lead You Back - Jason Antone
*N 45 New Control - Plural Z
*N 46 New Damaged - Danity Kane
47 27 Leavin' - Jesse McCartney
*R 48 Re-Entry No Air - Jordin Sparks With Chris Brown
*N 49 New Blind - Hercules And Love Affair
50 47 Reach 08 - Lil Mo Yin Yang

Breakouts for Hot Dance Club Play
1 Into The Nightlife - Cyndi Lauper
2 Save Me - Rod Carrillo & Eddie Amador
3 Don't You Know - United DJ's Vs. Pandora
4 Feel The Same - Groove Armada Featuring Angie Stone
5 Crash And Burn - Nadia Ali

Getcha Some Pleasure Center

Pleasure Center has been busting out club tracks for years and their lastest, Love's A Basic Freedom, is rockin' the dancefloors of summer. We recently had a chance to catch up with Pleasure Center's Cory Conley...and this is what he had to say...

Perry Twins: When did you first start writing and producing music?

Cory Conley: I started in the early 90's. I had a cheap little keyboard and instead of learning to play it properly I'd listen to Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, the Cure - a lot of synth heavy pop and alternative music of the time, and play along with it. It was easy for me to pick out the right notes and figure out chords, and I'd challenge myself to write additional new synth hooks and play along. That led pretty quickly to me writing original songs, but my first "ah-ha!" moment with dance music came when I started going to clubs that were playing house music, and spending way too much time in a dark leather bar that played really great European techno! I realized then that I wanted to write dance music and get it heard.

PT: How did you meet your partner in crime Jennifer Rivers?

CC: I found Jennifer passed out at a nighclub. I had the step over her to get to the bar! No, not really - actually as soon as I had some songs written I put an ad in a local music rag for a vocalist and she was one of the people who responded. She was, by far, the best vocalist who applied. Little did I realize that we'd become great friends too! She'd go to gay bars dancing with me and I'd go to jazz clubs with her. We were both interested in music and men - in that order! Somehow we managed to pull together our first demo during that time.

PT: What is the process of recording new songs like with Jennifer living in Las Vegas and you in Boston?

CC: Well, that was actually a source of concern for me at first. Obviously, when Jennifer lived in Boston, where I am based, it was easy for us to record. Later she moved to New York and she'd come up on a bus for a night or two and we'd record. When she fell in love and moved to Las Vegas I thought, okay - that's it - I need a new vocalist. But we put technology to work, and we book studio time in Vegas and they patch me in so I can supervise the session by phone. I think it works because Jennifer and I know each other so well - she is very astute about knowing what I'm going after and I know her voice well enough to know what she's capable of. We can actually record very quickly. After I hang up, Jennifer and the engineer put the vocals on a disk and she drops it in the mail for me. Within a couple of days I'm editing her vocals!

PT: Your new single "Love's A Basic Freedom" is this year's big Pride anthem. Will you be releasing a video for this song?

CC: I hope so! We did a video for our last single, "You've Got It All Wrong", and it got played all over the place. We actually had a director set up and ideas in place for "Love's a Basic Freedom" but we called it off at the last minute. The director is a friend of mine and there was a weird vibe going on and we didn't want it to ruin our friendship. Thanks to sites like YouTube and the whole idea of viral videos I think you have a much larger window of opportunity than you used to with these things. It's not imperitive that you have a video out right away. In fact, a good video can potentially expose a song to a whole new audience even years after the song is first released, so I'm really in no hurry. I have this fantasy of working with flash animators and other visual artists during the course of Pleasure Center and really do some innovative stuff. Video artists - contact me!

PT: With four singles released so far, is there a full length Pleasure Center album on the horizon?

CC: Well, we certainly have enough material for one! It would be a combination of "best of" and probably our two or three next planned single releases, plus a few things we have that we love but will probably never be released as singles. I don't know though, I'm not sold that the demand is out there for albums from dance artists.

PT: Is there anything else you're working on that you would like to mention?

CC: We're going to be releasing more remixes of "Love's a Basic Freedom" through the end of the Summer, then in the late Fall we'll probably be putting out a little "bonus" track to keep us on people's minds until our next big release next Spring. It's really important to keep plugging away and to keep yourself on people's minds!

You can find out more about Pleasure Center at www.pleasurecenter.net

and you can find our mix of Pleasure Center's "You've Got It All Wrong" on our mixed CD compilation, ACTIVATE, at www.perrytwinsmusic.com or on iTunes along with Cory's great remix of ACTIVATE MY BODY