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JOHN THEMIS

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About Me

Get Your Own! | View SlideshowI am a musician with Number One and Top Ten success performing, producing, arranging and writing for artists from Kylie Minogue, Elton John, Craig David, Lemar, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Gabrielle, Will Young, The Spice Girls, Dido, Boyzone to Tori Amos, Cher, Bryan Ferry, Dolly Parton, Malcolm McClaren and Cat Stevens. My number one success was Emma Bunton'S What Took You So Long. I Wrote Kylie Minogue's top 10, Please Stay. I wrote 3 of the tracks on the first Sugababes album, One Touch and most recently co-wrote Javine's winning entry for Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Touch My Fire. (Apologies for that one). I was nominated for a Grammy with Boy George for best dance track 1999. Along the way in my musical career I have been a session musician/musical director for Culture Club. My other projects include playing guitars for Stevie Wonder's collaboration top 10 with Blue entitled, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Your's. I played guitar and other instruments on Dido's 10 million seller "No Angel". I was featured soloist for Chris de Burgh's 60 piece orchestra. I arranged strings and conducted the orchestra for Victorias Secret fashion productions with Mary J. Blige and Andrea Boccelli. I wrote the music for Christian Dior's TV advert for the perfume "Addict" and featured as a soloist on films such as "The Saint", "Othello"and Michael Kamen's "Don Juan de Marco". I wrote the BBC's Olympic Theme Tune for 2004. I co-wrote songs with Boy George for the West End and Broadway musical "Taboo". www.johnthemis.comI edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
Cool Stuff at BlingJam.com

My Interests

Music, Philosophy, World politics and mass trickery.

I'd like to meet:

Steven Fry because he is intelligent, learned, underated, cynical and has a great sense of humor.Tony Blair so I can tell him what a transperant fake I think he is like his boyfriend Bush.All of the Monty Python team and the Goons because they are/were complete geniuses.An honest politician who dosen't insult my intelligence or takes me for a long term finacial ride.God because I have some questions.Oh yeah and maybe some musicians who have the gift of speech.

Music:

Get Your Own! | View SlideshowAnything tasty, substantial, real, heart moving. ie: Elaine Elias, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Some Metalicca, everything by Led Zeppelin, Rembettika+vareta, Artic Urang Utangs, some Allan Holdsworth, Cuban Salsa, Sergio Mendez, some Pat Metheny+Lyle Mayes, most Frank Zappa, early Mahavishnu, Basically anything good which comes from the Gods. The rest can go to hell as far as I'm concered.

Movies:

Close Encouters Of The Third Kind, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Crash, Something About Mary, Life Of Brian, Rebecca (Hitchcock), Anything with Gagney, Bogart, Betty Davis and Lauren Bcall in it.

Television:

Like: The news / Film Noir channels like Turner (TCM) Hate: Reality crap it has turned us all into brainless, TV dependant morons there to be drip fed addictive dribble so we can boost TV ratings and line the TV company's pockets who milk their advertisers for more and more money. --------------------------------------------

Cool Stuff at BlingJam.com
THEMIS GUITAR WORK FEATURED ON SPICE GIRLS NEW SINGLE "HEADLINES"Live at KOKO with Boy George and a mad version of "Church Of The Poison Mind"John Themis's writing skills and guitar work featured on his number one Emma Bunton song "What Took You So Long" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's guitar work and writing featured on his top ten hit for Kylie "Please stay" .. width="425" height="350" ..John Themis's winning song "Touch My Fire" live Javine performance represented UK 2005 .. width="425" height="350" ..JT'S guitar work on the number one Spice Girls track "Viva Forever".. width="425" height="350" ..JT's wrote Charlotte Church's top 20 song "Even God" also co-written with Boy George and Rick Nowels. She sings it live on Top Of The Pops .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's guitar work features on Stevie Wonder,Angie Stone, Blue collaboration top ten hit "Signed Sealed Deliverd I'm Your's".. width="425" height="350" ..JT's spanish guitar work big feature on Craig David's top ten hit "Spanish" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's funky guitars on the number 2 hit "Murder On The Dance Floor" by Sophie Ellis Bextor .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's acoustic guitar work features on Will Young's massive number one "Leave Right Now" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's acoustic and electric guitars on Appletons top ten hit "Don't Worry" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's ethnic instrument hooks and guitars heard at the top of the number one hit "Keep On Movin" by "five" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's guitars and percussion feature on number one hit "Underwater Love" by "Smoke City" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's guitars on number one hit "Love Wont Wait" by Gary Barlow written by Maddona .. width="425" height="350" ..JT's ethnic instruments and guitar on number 2 hit "Sweet Harmony" by "The Beloved" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT wrote a duet for Dolly Parton and Boy George performed on "The Lottery Show" with Culture Club and JT .. width="425" height="350" ..JT musical direction and playing guitar for live version of "Bow Down Mister" in Paris on "Taratata" .. width="425" height="350" ..JT wrote and produced "I'll Adore" with George featuring The London Chamber Orchestra .. width="425" height="350" ..JT musical director and guitar for live version of "I'll Tumble For Ya" on Storytellers in 98 (Bones Malone of the Blues Brothers on Trombone !!) .. width="425" height="350" ..Boy George live at the Rex Argentina 93 JT musically directing and on guitar .. width="425" height="350" ..Generations of love video JT with a ridiculous moustache .. width="425" height="350" ..JT co-write with Boy George "Sweet Toxic Love" rare video JT on ethnic instruments and guitars .. width="425" height="350" ..JT co-wrote "Starnger In This World" with Boy George and her it is featured in the musical "Taboo" sung beautifully by Euan Morton .. width="425" height="350" ..JT co-wrote "Give Me A Freak" and "Ode To Attention Seekers" with Boy George for the musical "Taboo" featured here in the Broadway production .. width="425" height="350" ..JT co-wrote "Petrified" with Richie Stevens and Boy George for the musical "Taboo" featured here in the Broadway production .. width="425" height="350" ..Bow Down Mister was the first project that sealed JT's co operation with Boy George and they are still working together today. (JT here in ridiculous head band) .. width="425" height="350" ..JT co-wrote "Weep For The Child".. width="425" height="350" ..He is 4 years old. Unbelievable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE_PFpWPQ5Y&eurl=http%3A

Books:

The Magus Of Strovolos by Markides

Heroes:

The Magus Of Strovolos "Daskalos" Atteshlis

My Blog

JOHN THEMIS INTERVIEW BY FIONA OF www.cultureclubforum.com

1. How did you first decide to become a musician and what instruments do you play, besides the guitar, of course? I got the call at 10 years old when I picked up my brothers brand new shiny Gibson ele...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:17:00 PST

TIMES REVIEW OF GLASTONBURY AFRICA EXPRESS

HIGHSAfrica Express Damon Albarn rallied musicians from Britain and beyond in an unrepeatable five-hour spectacularTwenty-four hours previously, the Park Stage yielded something more deserving of Glas...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:54:00 PST

THEMIS AND RIALAS JAM AT GLASTONBURY WITH FATBOY SLIM AND DAMON ALBARN'S AFRICA EXPRESS

It's the first time I have had the experience of Glastonbury and it is true that you have to be there too understand it like most things I suppose. It wouldn't be Glastonbury without the mud. I kept s...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:13:00 PST

MY MUSICAL INVOLVEMENT WITH YUSUF AKA CAT STEVENS

I have had the honour over the past year or so to have been involved in the creation of Yusuf's brilliant new album " An Other Cup" in my capacity as a musician. I have played guitars, bass, bouzouki,...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:12:00 PST

A LIST OF ARTISTS JOHN THEMIS HAS WORKED WITH

Dido: played guitars and ethnic percussion on her world wide number one multi million selling album, "No Angel". Blue: John has written and produced tracks with Blue (Lee, Simon and Anthony) for their...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:37:00 PST

ONE DAY IN GAY PARIS WITH JEAN PAUL GAULTIER+BOY GEORGE

Boy George and I were invited to perform a couple of songs acoustically (just me on guitar and George on vocals) at one of Jean Paul Gaultier's major collection fashion show things. Now this was a few...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:21:00 PST

ONE DAY IN UTAH WITH BOY GEORGE

Utah. The last bastion of goodness, purity and all round good old USA homestead friendly welcoming family orientated normality. Well that's what I was told. Hmmm.... Religion takes a prominent front s...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:17:00 PST

A PERSONAL VIEW ON THE BOY GEORGE

There are in fact two Boy George's:   I am sure there are two of them. Two Boy George's. After all, he is a classic Gemini and he admits this himself. He is in fact a perfect example. The downsid...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:41:00 PST

ONE DAY AT MAYFAIR STUDIOS LONDON

Around 1996 I was just starting production of the Boy George album"The Unrecoupable One Armed Bandit." We were about a week in. I liked the idea of taking residency in a studio as I got into a routin...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:33:00 PST

ONE DAY IN TRANSYLVANIA WITH BOY GEORGE

  That's a great title isn't it? The scary thing is that it is not fiction. This was some years ago when the Boy George band consisted of my humble self, Zee on additional vocals, Richie Stevens ...
Posted by JOHN THEMIS on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:20:00 PST