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Wise or WISE may refer to:

People[link]

• Audrey Wise (1935–2000), United Kingdom politician
• Bob Wise (born 1948), American politician
• Brownie Wise (1913–1992), American saleswoman who developed "party plan" marketing
• Christopher Wise (born 1961), American author
• David Wise (composer), British video game music composer
• Dennis Wise (born 1966), English footballer
• Ernie Wise (1925–1999), British comedian
• George D. Wise (1831–1908), American politician and Confederate army captain
• George D. Wise (Union) (1816–1881), American Union brevet brigadier general
• Glenn M. Wise American politician
• Henry A. Wise (1806–1876), American politician
• Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi and author
• John Wise (clergyman) (1652–1725)
• John Wise (Canadian politician) (born 1935)
• John Wise (balloonist) (1808–1879)
• John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913), American Congressman
• Josh Wise (born 1983), NASCAR driver
• Mark B. Wise (born 1953), physicist
• Matt Wise (born 1975), baseball player
• Michael Wise (1648–1687), English composer
• Michael John Wise (born 1918), Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of London
• Ray Wise (born 1947), American actor
• Rick Wise (born 1945), baseball player
• Robert Wise (1914–2005), American film producer and director
• Stephen Samuel Wise (1862–1949), American rabbi and Zionist
• Steven M. Wise, author
• Tim Wise, American anti-racist activist
• Tom Wise (born 1948), Member of the European Parliament
• Wise (rapper) (born 1979), Japanese hip hop artist
• Wise (Stetsasonic), real name Leonardo Roman, a hip hop artist known as 'Wise' from the group 'Stetsasonic'
• Wise (composer), also known as Wise da' Gangsta, a reggaeton producer/songwriter

People known as "the Wise"[link]

• Ailerán (died 664 or 665), Irish saint and scholar
• Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284), King of Castile, León and Galicia
• Ari Þorgilsson (1067–1148 AD), Icelandic medieval chronicler
• Berengar the Wise (died 835), Count (or Duke) of Toulouse, Duke (or Margrave) of Septimania, and Count of Barcelona
• Charles V of France (1338-1380), King of France
• Epiphanius the Wise (died 1420), monk and Eastern Orthodox saint
• Gildas (c. 500–570), British cleric
• Leo VI the Wise (866-912), Byzantine Emperor
• Ludwik I the Fair (c. 1321-1398), Duke and regent of Legnica, Duke of Brzeg
• Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
• Robert, King of Naples (1277-1343)
• Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 9th century), founder of the Earldom of Orkney in the Norse Sagas
• Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978–1054), thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev

Mythical or fictional characters[link]

• Dag the Wise, mythological Swedish king
• Little Miss Wise, a character in the Little Miss series
• Alhamazad the Wise, see List of Greyhawk characters
• Ansem the Wise, one the Characters of Kingdom Hearts
• Nathan, title character of the play Nathan the Wise
• Russano the Wise, character from several Redwall novels
• Vasilisa the Wise, variant name in The Frog Princess

Places[link]

• Wise County, Texas
• Wise County, Virginia
• Wise River, Montana
• Wise Township, Michigan
• Wise, Virginia
• Wana, West Virginia, also known as Wise

Businesses[link]

• Wise Foods, Inc., a snack food manufacturer
• Wise Group, a Swedish human resources company
• Wise Solutions, Inc., an American software company that made the Wise software installation package
• Wise Stores, a Canadian department store, mainly in Quebec
• WISE (AM), a radio station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina
• WISE-FM, a radio station licensed to Wise, Virginia
• WISE-TV, a television station licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana

Organizations[link]

• Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, a research institute at University of Hull
• Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University
• The WISE Campaign, Women into Science, Engineering and Construction
• World Information Service on Energy, an international anti-nuclear network based in Amsterdam
• World Innovation Summit for Education, a global forum based in Doha, Qatar
• World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology

Others[link]

• Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE mission), a NASA-funded infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope
• Web-based Inquiry Science Environment
• Ground effect vehicle, also known as a Wing-In-Surface-Effect ship (WISE)
• Wise Solutions (disambiguation), multiple items
• Windows Interface Source Environment - a 1994 method of emulating Microsoft Windows applications on Unix and Macintosh hosts
• work integration social enterprise
• Work improvement in small enterprises (WISE), a progamme for improvement of occupational health-and-safety conditions

See also[link]

• Weis (disambiguation)
• Weiss (disambiguation)
• Weisz
• Weiz
• Wiseman (disambiguation)

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Edwin Laureano Rosa Vazquez (October 15, 1981), known mononymously as Ñengo Flow is a Puerto Rican reggaetón and hip hop singer and composer. He was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and grew up in Bayamón, Puerto Rico where he would get his start in the music business. It was there that from a young age he would develop interest in the world of urban music. His lyric content came from personal experiences in his neighborhood with other children and classmates. It is not until age 14 when Edwin Rosa was first presented on stage in the neighborhood where he lived in a community movement. There he discovered his mission and dream in life to be an advocate of life in the neighborhood and the streets in his town vent to his experiences in his lyrics.^[1]

Singing career[link]

After a few years the name “Ñengo Flow,” became known, baptizing the name as a subject of his community. His beginnings as an artist started by releasing a mixtape with colleagues and friends. It came to be heard on Univision. This allowed him to easily release his first studio album Flow Callejero in 2005. He would continue to release mixtapes including El Combo Que No Se Deja in 2008 and La Verdadera Calle in 2009. He would also appear on various reggaetón and hip hop compilation albums including Los Anormales (2004), Sangre Nueva (2005), DJ Joe - Abusando del Género (2006). In 2011, he launched his highly acclaimed mixtape Real G4 Life and in 2012 Real G4 Life 2 as well as a Real G4 Life 2.5. Real G4 Life 2 peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart while the 2.5 edition peaked at number 61 on the same chart.^[2] Also in 2012, he would appear on various artists' album including Ivy Queen's Musa while also providing uncredited vocals to the song "La Killer".^[3][4]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 2005: Flow Callejero

Mixtapes[link]

• 2008: El Combo Que No Se Deja
• 2011: Real G4 Life
• 2012: Real G4 Life 2
• 2012: Real G4 Life 2.5

See also[link]

	Puerto Rico portal
	Latin American music portal
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References[link]

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Kana Nishino (西野 カナ, Nishino Kana^?, born March 18, 1989 in Matsusaka, Mie, Japan) is a J-Pop singer and lyricist signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I". CNN said that she was the favorite singer of teenage girls in Shibuya, Tokyo, signalling Sony's jump on the bandwagon effect started by Avex.^[1]

Life and career[link]

Nishino studied English from an early age, and went to America twice. She became interested in various genres of music, including hip-hop, R&B and reggae, but she also enjoyed Japanese literature, and started singing Japanese folk songs. Her dream of becoming a singer started in junior high school. When she was 16, her mother secretly sent a demo tape of hers to the Miss Phoenix Audition, and she was rated the top singer entrant out of approximately 40,000 applicants. A year later in 2006, she was signed to SME Records.

In 2007 while preparing to be a singer, she was also studying English literature at college. At the time she met Australian duo Nervo, who offered Nishino a song called "I Don't Wanna Know" for use in her music project. Nishino rewrote the song's lyrics into Japanese herself, and re-titled it "I". Since her debut, she had done most of the lyrics herself. She had no experience of writing lyrics before until her debut, debut single "I" Coupling "Just a friend" was the first lyricist to work. Her writings are mostly from experiences or heard from friends, and deliberation rewritten many times. Every time after hearing some songs, the listenings will become visible color which is like color, the movie phrase​​, and have finally turn into script and act like filmmaking.

In December 2007 her official site opened, and from that time onwards "*I* ~Merry Christmas ver.~" was available as a digital download from several Japanese sites, including Mora. Interestingly, the original version of the song "I Don't Wanna Know" was available as a digital download on the American iTunes site from New Year's Day onwards. The physical version was released two months later, on February 20, 2008.

Nishino's second single was called "Glowly Days". Her third single "Style" was used as the second ending theme song for the anime series Soul Eater and her fourth single "Make Up" is used in the ONA Chocolate Underground from UK's miniseries Bootleg with one of its b-sides, "Kirari", as an insert song.

After her first four singles, her music took a more R&B feel to it. Her fifth single "Tōkutemo feat. Wise" was released as a full-track digital song (Chaku Uta Full) on March 11, 2009. The physical CD was released on March 18, 2009. It is her first physical single to enter the top 50 in the Japanese Oricon single charts. Wise's digital single "Aenakutemo feat. Kana Nishino" debuted at number 9 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.^[2]

Nishino released her sixth single "Kimi ni Aitaku Naru Kara" on June 3, 2009. The single hit number 14 on the Oricon weekly single charting, being her best single release of the six. The digital version of the single debuted at number 5 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.^[3]

Her album Love One. was released on June 24, 2009, and features all six singles, a b-side, "Celtic", a pro and epilogue (featuring "kirari"), along with five completely unreleased songs: "doll" (track 3), "Girlfriend" (track 4), "Kimi no Koe o feat. Verbal (M-Flo)" (track 5), "Life goes on..." (track 7), and "candy" (track 9). "Kimi no Koe o" reached number 5 on RIAJ's digital track charts.

Nishino released her seventh single "Motto...". The full-track ringtone digital download of the song began on October 14 and the physical CD was released on October 21, 2009. The song debuted at the number 1 spot on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.^[4] She released the double A-side single "Dear.../Maybe" on December 2, 2009. After releasing two more singles "Best Friend" and "Aitakute Aitakute", she released her second album To Love on June 23, 2010.

On August 4, 2010, Kana Nishino released her eleventh single, "If." This song was used as the theme and ending song of the movie "Naruto Shippuden 4: The Lost Tower".The single reached number 5 on the Oricon charts and sold over 85,000 copies. Her 12th single, "Kimi tte", was released on November 3, 2010.

Kana competed in the 61st Kohaku Uta Gassen, which took place on December 31, 2010, with "Best Friend." On February 9, 2011, the single "Distance" was released. She also collaborated with Wise on the single "By your side" which was released on March 16, 2011.^{[citation needed]}. Two months later on May 18, 2011 her new single 'Esperanza' was released.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

* established April 2009.

Other charted songs[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official blog

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Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons in 2006
Background information
Born	(1948-12-20) 20 December 1948 (age 63) London, England
Genres	Rock, progressive rock
Occupations	Audio engineer, composer, musician, record producer, director
Years active	1967–present
Labels	Legacy, Arista, Fox, Mercury, Frontiers[citation needed]
Associated acts	The Alan Parsons Project
Website	Alan Parsons Music

Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948^[1]) is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor. Parsons' own group, The Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been successful commercially.

Career[link]

In October 1967, at age 18, Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios, where he earned his first credit on the LP Abbey Road. He became a regular there, engineering such projects as Paul McCartney's Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway, five albums by The Hollies, and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, for which he received his first Grammy Award nomination. He was known for doing more than what would normally be considered the scope of a recording engineer’s duties.^{[citation needed]}He considered himself to be a recording director, likening his contribution to recordings to what Stanley Kubrick contributed to film.^{[citation needed]} This is apparent in his work with Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat", where Parsons added the saxophone part and transformed the original folk concept into the jazz-influenced ballad that put Al Stewart onto the charts.^{[citation needed]} It is also heard in Parsons' influence on the Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and "The Air That I Breathe", sharp departures from their popular 1960s hits "Stay", "Just One Look", "Stop! Stop! Stop!" or "Bus Stop".^{[citation needed]} Parsons was also known to have swapped shifts during the engineering of The Dark Side of the Moon so he could work entirely on the project.^{[citation needed]}

Parsons also produced three albums by Pilot, a Scottish pop rock band consisting of Ian Bairnson on guitar, Stuart Tosh on drums, and David Paton on lead vocals, guitars,bass and William (Billy) Lyall, on piano and keys. Their hits included "January" and "Magic".

He also mixed the debut album by the American band Ambrosia and produced their second album Somewhere I've Never Travelled. Alan was nominated for grammys for both of these albums. ^[2]

In 1975, he declined Pink Floyd's invitation to come back and work on the follow-up for "Dark Side," Wish You Were Here, and instead initiated The Alan Parsons Project with producer and songwriter (and occasional singer) Eric Woolfson, whom he had met at Abbey Road. The Project consisted of a revolving group of studio musicians and vocalists, most notably the members of Pilot and (on the first album) the members of Ambrosia. Unlike most rock groups, The Alan Parsons Project never performed live during its heyday, although it did release several music videos. Its only live performance during its original incarnation was in 1990, with Woolfson present but behind the scenes. After releasing ten albums, the last in 1987, the Project terminated in 1990 after Parsons and Woolfson split, with the Project's intended 11th album released that year as a Woolfson solo album. Parsons continued to release work in his own name and in collaboration with other musicians. Parsons and his band now regularly tour many parts of the world.

Although an accomplished vocalist, keyboardist, bassist, guitarist and flautist, Parsons only sang infrequent and incidental parts on his albums. While his keyboard playing was very audible on the Alan Parsons Project albums, very few recordings feature his flute. During the late 1990s, Parsons' career travelled an interesting full circle. Having started out in the music industry at the Abbey Road Studios in London as an assistant engineer in the late 1960s, he briefly returned to run the studio in its entirety. He reportedly managed to combine this role with the demands of a hectic performing and recording schedule. Parsons also continued with his selective production work for other bands.

Of all his collaborations, guitarist Ian Bairnson worked with Parsons the longest, including Parsons' post-Woolfson albums, Try Anything Once, On Air, and The Time Machine.

As well as receiving gold and platinum awards from many nations, Parsons has received ten Grammy Award nominations for engineering and production. In 2007 he received a nomination for Best Surround Sound Album for A Valid Path.

In May 2005, Parsons appeared at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California, to mix front-of-house sound for Southern California-based Pink Floyd tribute band Which One’s Pink? and their performance of The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety.^[3]

Since 2003 he has toured under a revised name, The Alan Parsons Live Project (with Woolfson’s permission). The globe-trotting band features guitarist Godfrey Townsend, drummer Steve Murphy, keyboardist Manny Focarazzo, and bass guitarist John Montagna. The 2004–2005 shows offered vocalist P. J. Olsson's track "More Lost Without You", while the later 2006 shows presented The Crystal Method-featured "We Play the Game" and opened with "Return to Tunguska" along with successes spanning the Project years.

Beginning in 2001 and extending for four years, Parsons conceived and led a Beatles tribute show called A Walk Down Abbey Road featuring a group of headlining performers such as Todd Rundgren, Ann Wilson of Heart, John Entwistle of The Who, and Jack Bruce of Cream. The show structure included a first set where all musicians assembled to perform each others' hits, and a second set featuring all Beatles songs.

In 2010, Alan Parsons released his single "All Our Yesterdays" through Authentik Artists.^[4] Parsons also launched a DVD educational series in 2010 titled The Art and Science of Sound Recording ("ASSR") on music production and the complete audio recording process. The single "All Our Yesterdays" was written and recorded during the making of ASSR. The series, narrated by Billy Bob Thornton,^[5] gives detailed tutorials on virtually every aspect of the sound recording process. Individual sections of the series are also being released in batches and are available to stream or download at www.artandscienceofsound.com.^[5]

During 2010, several media reports,^[6][7] one of which included a quote from a representative of Parsons,^[8] alleged that the song "Need You Now" by country music group Lady Antebellum possessed the melody and arrangement of "Eye in the Sky."

In 2011 it was announced that Parsons was creating and producing a new group called the Subclones. Parsons said: "I feel that the public deserves some genuinely innovative music and It's been a long time since I've heard some that truly excites me – it made me want to get back into the studio and do another 'Dark Side'." Parsons jokingly refers to one of the biggest-selling and most popular albums in history.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

Parsons was born in London. He resides in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and her two daughters, as well as numerous pets.^[1]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• with The Alan Parsons Project:
  • Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
  • I Robot (1977)
  • Pyramid (1978)
  • Eve (1979)
  • The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
  • Eye in the Sky (1982)
  • Ammonia Avenue (1984)
  • Vulture Culture (1985)
  • Stereotomy (1985)
  • Gaudi (1987)
• as a solo artist:
  • Try Anything Once (1993)
  • On Air (1996)
  • The Time Machine (1999)
  • A Valid Path (2004)

Full discography[link]

[edit] Billboard Top 40 hit singles (U.S.)

No. 37 – "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether" (1976)

No. 36 – "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" (1977)

No. 27 – "Damned if I Do" (1979)

No. 16 – "Games People Play" (1980)

No. 15 – "Time" (1981)

No. 3 – "Eye in the Sky" (1982)

No. 15 – "Don't Answer Me" (1984)