Rabu, 09 November 2016

Martjin Gerrard Garritsen



Martin Garrix is a very famous Dutch DJ as well as producer. He is mainly known for the track Animals which was successful in securing place in a Top 10 hit in more than 10 countries. In Belgium and the United Kingdom it placed at number 1 and in Ireland it paced at number 3. His single Wizard was produced with Jay Hardway which became successful in numerous countries. He currently ranks at number 4.


Martin was born on 14 May 1996 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. His birth name is Martijin Garritsen. He started generating passion for music since he started playing guitar. After seeing DJ Tiesto playing at the Olympic Games in Athens, he had interest in becoming a DJ. He was inspired from the track “Traffic” and he also downloaded specialist software and started composing. He attended the Herman Brood Academy and have recently finished. Herman Brood Academy is a production school located in Utrecht. Martin uses GRX. He also have ghost written tracks for other artists.

He began his career by the song “BFAM” with Julian Jordan. He won SLAM! FM DJ Talent of the Year Award in 2012. He released his remix of “Your Body” on Christina Aguilera’s deluxe version of her album Lotus. 
He became famous through his own solo release “Animals”. His solo was released on June 16 2013 on Dutch record label Spinnin’ Records. His solo became hit in a number of charts in Europe and he became the quickest and youngest person to reach the No. 1 spot on Beatport. He became successful to list himself as a new entry at number 40 on top 100 DJ’s list 2013. In 2014 he was listed at number 4 on DJ mag’s top 100 list. He signed a deal with Scooter Braun’s Scooter Braun Projects in November 2013. With Jay Hardway, he released “Wizard” in December 2013. In Belgium the song has peaked to number 6 and in the Netherlands it peaked to number 17. 
Garrix also found time to perform and mix the world over, climbing as high as number one in DJ Magazine's Top 100 list 2016. After splitting with Spinnin' Records, Garrix launched his own STMPD RCRDS label, which he inaugurated with the single. Garritsen launched his own record label called STMPD RCRDS in the first quarter of 2016. On 11 March 2016, he released his first single via STMPD RCRDS titled "Now That I've Found You", featuring the vocals of John Martin and Michael Zitron.
On 20 February 2016, Garritsen announced that his debut album will be arriving this year via Twitter after the social media platform asked some of its content curators to use its new video platform to announce their plans for 2016. On 18 March 2016, he debuted a great part of his 2016 debut album at Ultra Music Festival, and chose to use his one-hour set to premiere ten new unreleased tracks, including collaborations with Jay Hardway, Julian Jordan, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Ed Sheeran, Bebe Rexha and Third Party along with AREA21. On 27 May 2016, he released his second single "Lions In The Wild" with British DJ duo Third Party. He debuted many of these new songs live at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. In July 2016, it was announced Garrix had inked a deal with Sony Music International.


1. What is the text about?
    A. The story behind Martin Garrix's success
    B. The life of Martin Garrix
    C. The people helping Martin Garrix's success
    D. The albums of Martin Garrix
    E. The rise and fall of Martin Garrix

2. What is the purpose of the text?
    A. To explain the process of becoming a successful DJ
    B. To persuade the reader to follow the Martin Garrix's attempt to succeed
    C. To describe who Martin Garrix is
    D. To amuse the reader by Martin Garrix's story
    E. To inform the journey Martin Garrix's success

3. What triggered Martin Garrix to be a DJ?
    A. He attended DJ school
    B. He saw DJ Tiesto's playing
    C. He wrote ghost track for artists
    D. He collaborated with Julian Jordan
    E. He signed contract with big company

4. ... he inked with Sony Music International. Inked is closest meaning to...
    A. Tattooed his body
    B. Scratched on the paper
    C. Signed contract
    D. Thicken a writting
    E. Traced on a paper

5. How did Martin music get recognized?
    A. By collaborating with musicians
    B. By teaching at DJ school
    C. By publishing his music in social media
    D. By letting others download his music freely
    E. By going overseas