Top 12 Reasons To Vote CIQ in Top 100 DJs

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Top 12 Reasons To Vote CIQ in Top 100 DJs

1 – She is an Exceptional Producer, Keyboardist & DJ.
2 – She has an extensive background in music and in charity.
3 – Her talent and ideas are original and fresh.
4 – She has a reputation to spark revival.
5 – She needs a reason to believe the masses believe in her.
6 – She has a reputation for integrity and being true to herself.
7 – She is an in demand role model.
8 – She deserves recognition for her world class talent.
9 – This poll determines pay rates for DJs.
10 – Very few women EVER rate in this influential poll.
11 – She will bring many talented deserving artists with her.
12 – This world needs her.

CIQ will need thousands of votes from YOU, the masses, to rate her in this poll.

Please vote for CIQ now at http://top100djs.com/vote !!

Please spread the word!!! Thank you!!

“It would mean the world to me to rate among the Top DJs in the world. Excellent quality new music has been my life’s main pursuit.” – CIQ

(This poll runs every year in the summer, so if you believe in her talent, please be prepared to vote for her every year from now on!! The top DJs in the world have staying power.)

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Festivals & Freelance Media

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“Yes, it’s true I often work for media,” CIQ explains. “It works really well when it’s connected with projects and the scene I am working in in a greater capacity, mainly electronic music right now, but I have done a lot of work in the media with many different styles of music over the years.”

“I’ve been offered a lot more jobs over the years than I’ve been able to accept, because most jobs are really in a full time capacity, and most of what I do is freelance. I’ve done a lot of events, festivals, interviews, writing articles, and a great deal of just assistance type work in just about every type of media.”

“People have been very generous with me over the years bringing in a lot of creative work because I’m very professional, I get the job done, on time and on budget, often early, and with a level of expertise that most companies don’t expect. I often work freelance for a lot of different companies. Most entertainment companies pay me extra, if they can, and there are lots of great perks. Everyone wants more repeat work, and they like to have me around.”

“But media is not a high paying job, it’s a job that you do for the passion. The work never ends. It just keeps piling up. But the people you meet are what it’s really all about. It’s the kind of work people willingly do for free. Probably most entertainment industry work is like that. Obviously you need money to live, but no one really cares where your money comes from, it always comes from somewhere. So the rest is just gravy. You do this work for the adventure and for the experience.”

CIQ has been involved in the entertainment industry on many levels throughout her career, ranging from different media to underground events production, music studios and record labels, the gear industry and worldwide travel. Her media profile is online at CIQ Media and more at Gsynth.com/Portfolio.

She also loves working for charity when she has the opportunity, particularly youth charities. “I love the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives,” she explains. “It’s the real reason for everything I do.”

“I am definitely interested in partnering with more media in a greater capacity in the future, particularly to move forward the cause of electronic music worldwide, and into the mainstream of modern culture. People can connect with me on this at Facebook.com/ShanaChristineGray or studio@gsynth.com. It’s a lifestyle for me, a passion. Electronic music has always been a huge part of my life and who I am.”

“I’m not willing to give up my studio work at the moment, but definitely interested in coming alongside more media to move forward the cause of electronic music as much as I can. I usually do freelance, but I am open to whatever opportunities may come up in the future.”

“Media is all about supporting the scene you love, mutual support for other artists, for events, the industry, and every aspect that builds the scene. The music community is like a big family, and we really operate like a family worldwide, especially in the electronic music community, because we were underground for so long, and we did it all for the love of the music.”

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CIQ Explains Electronic Music

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Electronic Music = Technology + Talent + Technique

Electronic music is enjoying a revival in American music, making an impact on the mainstream like never before. CIQ explains the origins of this often misunderstood fine art that is based on technology, talent and technique. In her FAQ VideoBlog CIQ answers the question “What is Electronic Music?” Electronic music combines studio technique with creative sounds and danceable rhythms, and there are more sounds than anyone can imagine!

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Live Keyboards Improvisation

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For some, live improvisation is not just a skill, it’s an art form.

“The focus of my study at York University was live keyboard improvisation and electronic music,” CIQ explains. “I studied four years of keyboard performance classes in two years, and relied on my classical background to get into the courses through auditions.”

But improvisation wasn’t new to her and neither was the music industry.

“The year before I started university I was living in Phoenix, Arizona and I was basically playing in bands everyday.” This included her live alternative rock electronic hybrid band, Bean Dip, as well as several other bands and special events where she played with other bands, mainly keyboards, sometimes violin, vocals or bass guitar.

“The first time I walked into a recording studio I was nineteen years old and the producer showed me how the entire studio worked. I never forgot a thing.”

Her piano teacher who prepared her for her first university classical audition compared her early original music to Jean Michel Jarre. Not only did she pass her university audition, she completed her Grade 8 Conservatory piano and Grade 2 Theory (minimum entrance requirements) with the Royal Conservatory of Music in less than a year (normally a two year course), and won several awards in classical piano competitions and a scholarship that year for her performance.

“Most of my piano lessons and violin lessons were actually before I entered high school. I really didn’t do anything in high school except hang out with my friends and travel a great deal.” Her music teachers at that point had already taught her everything they could reasonably teach her, and she started spending summers working overseas in places like Central America and Eastern Europe. “I was so bored in high school I took calculus just to see if I could do it.” She graduated with a 98.5% average in maths and sciences. “I spent a lot of time on school trips and other activities.”

“When I’m in the studio I’m so intuitive with the mixer I forget it even exists. I just play with the controls and move the sounds around and alter the effects.” She studied producing engineering at Harris Institute for the Arts, but before she graduated she was working full time in the music industry, for several top companies like BMG, MuchMusic, Contact, and Long & McQuade. Her weekend social life was promoting dance music events with her friends from Canada and USA. She also did some work outside Toronto, mainly festivals like CMJ in New York, but most of the festivals she attended were really just for her own interest, in locations such as Miami and Detroit in USA, London, UK, and Cannes, France in Europe. “It was really quite glamourous, to be honest. Hanging out in mansions and bumping into friends in random locations such as London. Going to awards shows in limos and attending all the industry parties and events.” But glamour doesn’t always pay the bills. “I was hoping to find a good manager but my experience working with management was basically I just stopped getting paid.” The music industry was going through a lot of changes at that point so she took her own business course. “I’m still trying to figure out where I fit in the music industry. Basically, I don’t. The music industry will have to change to accommodate me.”

At this point she considers her music a pretty expensive hobby. “Really it’s more like an Olympic sport. I don’t like to waste my time on projects that don’t go anywhere. At the end of the day, if I’m happy, that’s what matters.” As far as management, she really doesn’t trust anyone. “Most people I’ve met are all talk and no action. It’s not really helpful when you’re trying to get something done.” No doubt she would love to have a real job touring or just making her own records, whichever comes first, but dependable partners are few and far between when you’re a talented female DJ, keyboardist and producer. “You can only go so far on your own. You can’t tour on your own, not if you’re a female DJ. You can do everything in your studio if you don’t mind taking forever to do it.”

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Multi-Talent Musician and Producer CIQ

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Shana Christine Gray is a multi-talented musician and studio engineer. She has been known to write songs in the car on the way to a live gig and perform them on stage a half hour later. She has also been known to walk onto a stage and perform impromptu either with hand-written lead sheets from the guitarist or full on free improvisation. In one of her first bands she taught herself fretless bass guitar in an hour so she could perform live on stage a few days later. No doubt she is capable of anything she puts her mind to.

With the launch of the Top 100 DJs poll today, a worldwide internet vote that holds deep influence on the electronic dance music industry, she has decided to ask for votes to see if she can rate against the best in a 99% male dominated industry that desperately needs more female talent. If you believe that the worldwide electronic music industry can benefit from an intelligent woman producer’s involvement, please take one minute and cast your vote for CIQ here:

http://www.djmag.com/top100

The vote is through a facebook app this year, so you can log in, like DJ Mag’s page, and vote! Be sure to put CIQ in the #1 spot, add any other DJs if you like (up to a total of 5), then hit submit!

Shana likes to hang out online with her friends, notably at twitter, both on her producer and DJ sites, as well as facebook. She can be found in many other places as well, including myspace and blogs, which can easily be discovered through google with her monikers Gsynth, DJ CIQ and CIQ music.

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