Burns may refer to:

• Burn, an injury (plural)
• Robert Burns, poet
• Burns (surname), includes list of people and characters
• Burns London, a British guitar maker

Places:

• Burns, Colorado, unincorporated community in Eagle County
• Burns, Kansas, town in Marion County
• Burns, New York, town in Allegany County
• Burns, Oregon, town in Harney County
• Burns, Tennessee, town in Dickson County
• Burns, Wisconsin, town in La Crosse County
  • Burns (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Burns, Wyoming, town in Laramie County

Ships:

• USS Burns (DD-171), a United States Navy destroyer in commission from 1919 to 1930
• USS Burns (DD-588), a United States Navy destroyer in commission from 1943 to 1946
• USS W. W. Burns (1861), a schooner acquired by the United States Navy in 1861

Buildings:

• H.B. Burns Memorial Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.

See also[link]

• Burn (disambiguation)
• Burns Township (disambiguation)
• Burnside (disambiguation)
• Burnsville (disambiguation)
• Bruns, a surname
• Byrnes (disambiguation)

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Phantom Boyz Music LLC is an American-based music production company founded by executive producer Melvin "Official" Watson. Since its inception in 2006, The Phantom Boyz have produced records for both American and international artists, including Jim Jones, Christina Aguilera, B5, Alexandra Burke, BoA and Rainie Yang.

History[link]

2006 - 2007[link]

Originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, Watson founded the company under consultation with entertainment lawyer Karriem Hassan. Within one year received his first major placement, co-producing R&B group B5’s single "Hydrolics", featuring Diddy and Bow Wow. He also produced the track "No Fuss" by Jim Jones featuring Stack Bundles, Rell and Mell Matrix. The song was featured on Jones' 2007 album Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Deluxe Edition), as well as his mixtape Harlem's American Gangster.

2008 - 2010[link]

After initially collaborating with several American recording artists, he went on to expand his sound amongst the international community, working with several international pop artists, including Alexandra Burke ("Bad Boys"), BoA ("I Did It For Love") and Rainie Yang ("It's Our World"). Burke's single "Bad Boys" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart ^[1] and spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top seventy-five. The track is now certified platinum in the United Kingdom.^[2] BoA’s "I Did It For Love" peaked at number 19 on Billboard (magazine)’s Hot Dance Club Play.^[3]

2010 - Present[link]

In 2010, The Phantom Boyz worked with singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, producing her song "The Beautiful People" which is featured on the Burlesque soundtrack and sold over a million units world wide .The Phantom Boyz have also signed several recording acts to their roster, including pop artists J Rice^[4] .

Discography[link]

• 2007: "Hydrolics" (B5 feat. Diddy and Bow Wow)
• 2007: "No Fuss" (Jim Jones feat. Stack Bundles, Rell and Mell Matrix)
• 2008: "I Did It For Love" (BoA feat. Sean Garrett)
• 2009: "Bad Boys" (Alexandra Burke feat. Flo Rida)
• 2010: "It's Our World" (Rainie Yang)
• 2010: "The Beautiful People" (Christina Aguilera)
• 2010: "Fireproof" (Jeremy Greene)
• 2010: "How Fly Is He" (Jeremy Greene feat. Diddy)
• 2010: "Ain't No Way" (Jeremy Greene)
• TBD: "Timber" (Tiffany Evans)
• TBD: "Pulling Me Back" (Bridget Kelly)
• TBD: "I Don't Need You" (Ayako Nakanomori)

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Phantom Boyz on Facebook

August Burns Red
August Burns Red in Bonner Springs during 2008's Warped Tour. From left to right: JB Brubaker, Jake Luhrs, Dustin Davidson, Brent Rambler, and Matt Greiner.
Background information
Origin	Manheim, Pennsylvania
Genres	Metalcore
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Solid State, CI, Hassle
Associated acts	Bells
Website	www.augustburnsred.com
Members
Jake Luhrs JB Brubaker Brent Rambler Dustin Davidson Matt Greiner
Past members
Jon Hershey Josh McManness Jordan Tuscan

August Burns Red is an American metalcore band, from Manheim, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2003, the group began their first performances while a majority of the members were attending their senior year of high school, and soon began playing shows around Lancaster, before being signed to CI Records, and afterward, Solid State Records. The group is primarily known for their heavy breakdowns and odd-meter riffs. They cite Between the Buried and Me, Misery Signals and Hopesfall as their main influences.

History[link]

[edit] Formation and Thrill Seeker (2003–2006)

August Burns Red was founded in March 2003 when all the members were attending high school.^[1] The original practice sessions of the band began in drummer, Matt Greiner's old egg house and basement on the Greiner family's farmland. After playing many local shows within Lancaster, they recorded their first EP, titled Looks Fragile After All with label CI Records in 2004.^[2]

Vocalist Jon Hershey eventually quit the band during the same year, which led to Josh McManness to take on the position as lead singer,^[3] and after several months of playing with McManness, August Burns Red signed to Solid State Records in 2005.^[4] Hershey would later go on to form post-rock band Bells.^{[5][better source needed][6][better source needed]} August Burns Red released Thrill Seeker, their first full-length album, on November 8, 2005. In 2006, drummer Matt Greiner was endorsed by Truth Custom Drums following the release of the album.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Messengers (2006–2009)

Vocalist Jake Luhrs joined the band in 2006. He is the band's third and current lead vocalist.

McManness departed from the band in 2006, exhausted by the band's constant touring. He was replaced with Columbia, SC resident, Jake Luhrs during the same year. Bassist Jordan Tuscan also left the band in 2006 for similar reasons as McManness. He was replaced by bassist Dustin Davidson, a friend of the band. The band's second album, Messengers, was released on June 19, 2007. Marking the debut for Luhrs fronting the group, it managed to become the band's breakthrough album, reaching number 81 on the Billboard 200.^[7] The album has sold a total of 108,000 copies as of May 2011.

Throughout 2008, August Burns Red toured with several acts across North America and Europe to promote Messengers. From April to May they toured with As I Lay Dying and Misery Signals across the United States and Canada.^[8] In September and October of that same year, they headlined a tour with A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, and This or the Apocalypse in the United States.^[9] The band also visited Europe for a month-long headlining tour in November, playing in Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and France.

After this series of tours, the band recorded two covers of popular songs. They recorded an instrumental version of the classic song, "Carol of the Bells" for the X Christmas compilation album, which was featured in trailers for the film, The Spirit, released Christmas Day 2008. They also recorded a cover of "...Baby One More Time" by pop singer Britney Spears for the Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation album, released in March 2009.

On February 24, 2009, the band released an EP, entitled Lost Messengers: The Outtakes. It contains material that is related or was decided not to be included in the final, mastered version of Messengers.^[10] August Burns Reds' first trip to the Middle East took place on March 6, 2009 with the band playing at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival. The band's last tour before their next album release took place in the United States, where they toured with metalcore band All That Remains throughout April and May.^[11]

[edit] Constellations (2009–2011)

To promote their upcoming album, August Burns Red released several new tracks and a music video during June 2009. The tracks Thirty and Seven, Existence, and Ocean of Apathy were all released on the 15th,^[12] 21st, and 29th, respectively. A music video for the song Meddler was also released during this month.^[13] On July 7, a week before the album's release, August Burns Red began streaming the full album on their Myspace profile for a limited time.^[14] August Burns Red released their third full-length album, Constellations, on July 14, 2009. During the week of August 1, 2009, the album charted at spot 24 on the Billboard 200.^[15] Another United States tour was organized with August Burns Red headlining and support from Blessthefall, Enter Shikari, All Shall Perish, and Iwrestledabearonce.^[16] After this tour, the band joined a short tour in Australia with Architects in support of Australian band Parkway Drive.^[17] August Burns Red toured alongside Underoath and Emery in November and December 2009 as well.^[18]

The band released their first live CD/DVD, Home, on September 28, 2010.^[19] The group co-headlined an Alternative Press tour throughout November.^[20] On February 23, 2010, Constellations was nominated for the Dove Award for "Best Rock Album".^[21]

August Burns Red toured Australia and New Zealand in December 2010 on the No Sleep Til Festival. The band played alongside Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Suicide Silence, Megadeth, Descendents, Gwar and many others.

[edit] Leveler (2011–present)

August Burns Red in April 2011

On July 27, 2010, lead guitarist, Brubaker stated that the band would be taking time off tour to write their next record,^[22] On February 12, 2011, the band announced via their official Facebook page that they had completely finished writing their new record and that they would be entering the studio on Valentine's Day.^{[23][better source needed]} which, following into March of the next year, the band announced that the record was finished, and that it was (at that point) time for mixing.^{[23][better source needed]} On the April 5, August Burns Red revealed the name of this upcoming record as Leveler.^[24] On May 16, 2011, the band released the song "Empire" as a preview before its release. They also later premiered three other songs: "Internal Cannon", "Divisions", and "Poor Millionaire", on May 31, June 6, and June 14, respectively.

Leveler was released on June 21, 2011 in two forms; standard and deluxe. The deluxe version of Leveler contains four extra songs, including an acoustic version of the song "Internal Cannon". The album sold particularly well compared to their other releases, with 29,000 of its opening first week-copies being sold in the United States alone. These sales had the record land at position 11 on The Billboard 200 chart.^[25] After the release, August Burns Red took part on the main stage of the 2011 Vans Warped Tour.^[26]

August Burns Red headlined their own Leveler tour on the first quarter of 2012 with Silverstein, Texas in July, I the Breather and Letlive as support acts.

Characteristics and image[link]

Musical style[link]

August Burns Red is generally credited as a metalcore band,^{[27][28][29][30]} and have also been said to share traits of other genres such as progressive metal,^[29][31] and thrash metal.^[32] August Burns Red songs frequently feature technical or odd time signatures and heavy breakdowns, with a variety of influences including Meshuggah, Between the Buried and Me, Poison the Well, Symphony in Peril and Misery Signals.^[1][33]

While the group has stated that they don't mind being classified as metalcore, Brubaker has grown to a distaste in the genre's usual bands: "I feel like anyone who can pick up and play a guitar and learn to play a metalcore riff and any drummer who can learn to play a thrash beat over a breakdown is doing it. It's almost become very formulaic, and metal to me was never a formulaic genre."^[30]

Band name[link]

August Burns Red have been asked of the origin of their band name on many occasions and many different stories given in explanation to where it originated.^[27] The most popular story behind the name is an incident that revolves around the band's original vocalist, Jon Hershey wherein he dated a woman named August who burned his dog Redd alive in his dog house.^[34]

However, it was later revealed in a radio interview that this meaning (along with others) were simply comical stories created by the members and there is no actual meaning behind the band name. Drummer Matt Griener stated in the interview that "we just came up with the name to come up with a name."^[35]

Christian faith[link]

August Burns Red is a Christian band.^[3] JB Brubaker mentioned in an interview with Shout!, an online magazine, that "Christianity is a religion, not a style of music" and he would "rather just let the music speak for itself."^[36] Brent Rambler commented on the fact that "It is important to us that people know that we are indeed Christians...without having us stand up there and ram it down people's throats."^[37]

Members[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: August Burns Red

• Official website

Ken Burns
Ken Burns, September 2007
Born	Kenneth Lauren Burns (1953-07-29) July 29, 1953 (age 58) Brooklyn, New York
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Amy Stechler Burns (1982–1993) Julie Deborah Brown (2003–present)

Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns^[1] (born July 29, 1953)^[2] is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs. Among his productions are The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) and Prohibition (2011).

Burns' documentaries have been nominated for two Academy Awards, and have won Emmy Awards, among other honors.

Biography[link]

Early life and career[link]

Ken Burns was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, according to his official website,^[3] though some sources give Ann Arbor, Michigan,^[4] and some, including The New York Times, give both Brooklyn and Ann Arbor.^[1][5] The son of Lyla Smith (née Tupper) Burns,^[6] a biotechnician,^[7] and Robert Kyle Burns, at the time a graduate student in cultural anthropology at Columbia University, in Manhattan.^[6] Ken Burns' brother is the documentary filmmaker Ric Burns.

Burns' academic family moved frequently, and lived in Saint-Véran, France; Newark, Delaware; and Ann Arbor, where his father taught at the University of Michigan.^[7] Burns' mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when Burns was 3, and died when he was 11,^[7] a circumstance that he said helped shape his career; he credited his father-in-law, a psychologist, with a signal insight: "He told me that my whole work was an attempt to make people long gone come back alive.".^[7] Well-read as a child, he absorbed the family encyclopedia, preferring history to fiction. Upon receiving an 8 mm film movie camera for his 17th birthday, he shot a documentary about an Ann Arbor factory. Turning down reduced tuition at the University of Michigan, he attended the new Hampshire College, an alternative school in Amherst, Massachusetts with narrative evaluations rather than letter grades and self-directed academic concentrations instead of traditional majors.^[7] He worked in a record store to pay his tuition.^[7]

Studying under photographers Jerome Liebling and Elaine Mayes and others, Burns earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies and design^[2] in 1975. At 22, upon graduation, he co-founded with two college friends Florentine Films^[2] in Walpole, New Hampshire.^[3][5] As of 2010, there is a Ken Burns Wing at the Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video at Hampshire College.^[8] He worked as a cinematographer for the BBC, Italian television, and others, and in 1977, after having completed some documentary short films, he began work on adapting David McCullough's book The Great Bridge, about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.^[2] Developing a signature style of documentary filmmaking in which he "adopted the technique of cutting rapidly from one still picture to another in a fluid, linear fashion. He then pepped up the visuals with 'first hand' narration gleaned from contemporary writings and recited by top stage and screen actors",^[5] he made the feature documentary Brooklyn Bridge (1981) which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and ran on PBS in the United States.

Following another documentary, The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984), Burns was Oscar-nominated again for The Statue of Liberty (1985).

Later life and career[link]

He went on to a long, successful career directing and producing well-received television documentaries and documentary miniseries on subjects as diverse as politicians (Thomas Jefferson, 1997), sports (Baseball, 1994, updated with 10th Inning, 2010), music (Jazz, 2001), arts and letters (Thomas Hart Benton, 1988, Mark Twain, 2001), historical technology and mass media (Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, 1991), and war (the 15-hour World War II documentary The War, 2007, and the 11-hour The Civil War, 1990, which All Media Guide says "many consider his 'chef d'oeuvre'").^[5]

Personal life[link]

In 1982, Burns married Amy Stechler, with whom he had two daughters, Sarah and Lily,^[2] born circa 1983 and 1987, respectively.^[4] That marriage ended in divorce.^[9] As of 2011, Burns resides in Walpole, New Hampshire, with his second wife, Julie Deborah Brown, whom he married on October 18, 2003.^[9]

Politics[link]

Burns is a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party, with almost $40,000 in political donations.^[10] In 2008, the Democratic National Committee chose Burns to produce the introductory video for Senator Edward Kennedy's August 2008 speech to the Democratic National Convention, a video described by Politico as a "Burns-crafted tribute casting him [Kennedy] as the modern Ulysses bringing his party home to port."^[11][12] In August 2009 Kennedy died, and Burns produced a short eulogy video at his funeral. In endorsing Barack Obama for the U.S. presidency in December 2007, Burns compared Obama to Abraham Lincoln.^[13] He said he had planned to be a regular contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Current TV.^[14]

Awards and honors[link]

• 1982 nomination, Academy Award for Documentary Feature: Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
• 1986 nomination, Academy Award for Documentary Feature: The Statue of Liberty (1985)
• 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series: Baseball' (1994)
• 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series: The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

Burns is the recipient of more than 20 honorary degrees.^{[citation needed]}

The Civil War has received more than 40 major film and television awards,^{[citation needed]} including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, the Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America, a People's Choice Award, a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, a D.W. Griffith Award, and the $50,000 Lincoln Prize.

Style[link]

Burns frequently incorporates simple musical leitmotifs or melodies. For example, The Civil War features a distinctive violin melody throughout, "Ashokan Farewell", which was performed for the film by the musician Jay Ungar. One critic noted, "One of the most memorable things about The Civil War was its haunting, repeated violin melody, whose thin, yearning notes seemed somehow to sum up all the pathos of that great struggle."^[15]

Burns often gives "life" to still photographs by slowly zooming in on subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. For example, in a photograph of a baseball team, he might slowly pan across the faces of the players and come to rest on the player who is the subject of the narrator. This technique, possible in many professional and home software applications, is termed "The Ken Burns Effect" in Apple's iPhoto and iMovie software applications.

As a museum retrospective noted, "His PBS specials [are] strikingly out of step with the visual pyrotechnics and frenetic pacing of most reality-based TV programming, relying instead on techniques that are literally decades old, although Burns reintegrates these constituent elements into a wholly new and highly complex textual arrangement."^[2]

In a 2011 interview, Burns stated that he admires and is influenced by filmmaker Errol Morris.^[16]

Filmography[link]

• Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
• The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
• The Statue of Liberty (1985)
• Huey Long (1985)
• The Congress (1988)
• Thomas Hart Benton (1988)
• The Civil War (1990)
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
• Baseball (1994), updated with the 10th Inning (2010)
• Thomas Jefferson (1997)
• Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
• Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (1999)
• Jazz (2001)
• Mark Twain (2001)
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
• The War (2007)
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
• Prohibition, with Lynn Novack (2011)^[17]

Future releases

• The Dust Bowl (scheduled for 2012)^[18]
• The Central Park Five (2013)^[19]
• The Roosevelts (2014)^[19]
• Jackie Robinson (2015)^[19]
• Vietnam (2016)^[20]
• Country Music (2018)^[20]
• Ernest Hemingway (2019)^[20]

Under Burns's name only

• The West (1996) (Executive producer; directed by Stephen Ives)

Short films

• William Segal (Biography) (1992)
• Vezelay (1996)
• In the Marketplace (2000)

Film roles

• Gettysburg (1993)—Hancock's staff officer

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ken Burns

• Florentine Films—Ken Burns's production company
• Ken Burns at AllRovi
• Ken Burns at the Internet Movie Database
• Ken Burns at MyNorthwest.com
• Ken Burns on PBS
• Ken Burns bibliography
• Speaking Profile—Ken Burns's profile and lecture topics on the Random House Speakers Bureau

Interviews[link]

• Ken Burns interviewed on Conversations from Penn State
• Blue Ridge Country—Ken Burns: The Interview with Blue Ridge County Magazine
• "Ken Burns". WriteTV.org, The Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, Oklahoma State University–Tulsa. Undated. http://ra.okstate.edu/osu_tulsa/WritingOutLoud/KenBurns/video.htm. 
• "Ken Burns". Interview, Archive of American Television. October 19, 2007. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ken-burns. Retrieved September 23, 2011. 

Christian Burns (born Christian Anthony Burns on January 18, 1974^[1] in Wigan) is an English musician and the son of Tony Burns of "The Signs", a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.

Career[link]

Burns was a member of the popular British band, BBMak, along with Mark Barry and Stephen McNally. The group sold nearly three million albums worldwide and had a Top 5 single with "Back Here", in the UK. In the United States, "Back Here" reached number 1 in the charts and received heavy video play on MTV and TRL.

In 2003, the band broke up, and all the members went on to pursue solo careers. Since then Burns has been collaborating with other artists and dance projects. In 2007, he worked with Tiësto on the track "In the Dark", for the album Elements of Life. He also collaborated with a Tiësto, who used the surname Allure, on the track entitled "Power of You".

He has also collaborated with Benny Benassi, on the song "Love and Motion", and American singer, Jes Brieden, on the song 'As We Collide'.

He is featured heavily on BT's 2010 album These Hopeful Machines, co-writing the songs "Suddenly", "The Emergency", and "Forget Me". He provides lead vocals on "Suddenly" and backing vocals on "The Emergency", "Forget Me."

He also has upcoming tracks with Richard Durand "Night & Day", also Armin Van Buuren's "This Light Between Us" taken from his album "Mirage" released in September 2010. Other collaborations include tracks by David Guetta, Matt Darey, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Dirty South

Discography[link]

For Christian Burns discography with BBMak see BBMak Discography

Soundtracks[link]

• 30 December 2005 - "Sky High" - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
• 21 November 2006 - "Little Athens" - "Tranqulized" (as Inhaler)

Singles[link]

Co-Productions

• 16 April 2007 - "In the Dark" (as Tiësto featuring Christian Burns) - #133 UK
• 29 September 2008 - "Something About You" (as Inhaler featuring Christian Burns)
• 22 November 2008 - "Power of You" (as Allure featuring Christian Burns)
• 21 February 2010 - "Suddenly" (as BT featuring Christian Burns)
• 2 August 2010 - "Night & Day" (as Richard Durand featuring Christian Burns)
• 12 November 2010 - "This Light Between Us" (as Armin Van Buuren featuring Christian Burns)
• 28 February 2011 - "Tokyo Cries" (as Glenn Morrison featuring Christian Burns)
• 12 September 2011 - "On the Wire" (as Allure featuring Christian Burns)
• 23 January 2012 - "Silver Splits the Blue" (as Manufactured Superstars & Jeziel Quintela featuring Christian Burns)

Collaborations

• 27 May 2008 - "Love And Motion" (with Benny Benassi) (On the album Rock 'n' Rave)
• 31 January 2010 - "The Emergency" (with BT) (On the album These Hopeful Machines)
• 17 June 2011 - "Neon Hero" (with Armin Van Buuren) (On the album Mirage – The Remixes)

The Bleachworks

• 4 March 2010 - "Breakdown" (free download)
• 9 September 2010 - "Save This City" (as Phonic Funk featuring The Bleachworks)
• 11 April 2011 - "It's Ok" (as Jason Herd featuring The Bleachworks)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Christian Burns on Myspace
• The Bleach Works on Myspace
• Inhaler, Christian Burns and BBMak Website