John Fontein
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John Fontein | |
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| Born | September 9, 1985 |
| Genres | Hip hop, pop, pop-rap, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur |
| Labels | KOZM, RE:LABEL |
| Associated acts | Cream, Verbal, Mademoiselle Yulia, Teriyaki Boyz |
| Website | http://johnfontein.com/ |
John Fontein (born September 9, 1985) is a Japanese American internet entrepreneur, songwriter, record producer and sound designer. He is currently the Co-Founder and President of Sesame.
Education and career
John was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where he attended Saint Ann’s High School.[1][2]
John served as Vice President of Business Development at Omio, before co-founding Sesame in 2018.[3][4]
As a songwriter and music producer, John Fontein has worked with artists including Kylie Minogue, Nicki Minaj, Teriyaki Boyz, Verbal, BoA, Koda Kumi and Def Tech.[5]
As a sound designer, John has written original music for various musicals including Stuck, Circumcise Me, and Devil Boys From Beyond, for which he won a FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award.[6][7][8]
John donated all proceeds for the single “We Are One” by Kylie Minogue, which he wrote and co-produced, towards the disaster relief efforts of the Tohoku Earthquake in Japan.[9][10]
Discography
- Verbal - Visionair (2011)
- Shake Hip! [John Fontein (RE:LABEL) Remix] (2013)
- Kissing (Flip Side) (2013)
- Right Here (2014)
- Right Here (2014) (DJ Isso)
- Wonderland (2014)
- T's Music (2014)
References
- ↑ "The Lineup". Newsday. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "HIGH SCHOOLS / Belac Scores Four for SFP". Newsday. Retrieved 2021-07-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Defining the future of healthcare". sesamecare.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "#NYCtech Week in Review: 4/25/21 - 5/1/21". AlleyWatch. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ↑ "Mademoiselle Yulia "Gimme Gimme" Single & Video – Tokyo Fashion". Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ "Devil Boys from Beyond". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ "Devil Boys from Beyond". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ BWW News Desk. "STUCK Plays Final Performance at The Clurman Theatre 2/21". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ April 27, Nadine CheungPublished; 2011. "Kylie Minogue Teams Up With VERBAL on Charity Single for Japan". PopCrush. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ↑ "KOZM AGENCY | NEWS | 「 We Are One 」Kylie Minogue × VERBAL". 2011-07-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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