Andrés Suárez

Andrés Suarez (Ferrol, 16 April 1983) is a Spanish singer-songwriter.

Biography

At 14 years of age, Suárez started his first band from him hometown, Ferrol (Galicia, Spain). Since then, he had been involved in many different pop and rock bands until travelling to Santiago de Compostela. There he became a singer-songwriter, he performed at local establishments in the old zone, and recorded his first album, De ida, selling almost three thousand copies which brought him on tour throughout the Spain.

In 2006, he won Certamen de Jóvenes Cantautores Burgos, first place for best lyrics at the contest Cantautores Elche and, also for best lyrics at the Certamen Descubre la Región de Murcia de Madrid. Furthermore, he won second place at the Certamen Marcilla Trovadora de Navarra, y el tercer premio en el Certamen Alameda de Málaga.

He left to live in the capital of Spain and of the Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid that same year and, in the Café Libertad 8, he met Tontxu, famous Spanish singer-songwriter, who decided to début as a music producer with Andrés's new album, Maneras de romper una ola, which takes him a few years. It was finally released in 2008. With this work, he was able to sell, without barely any promotion, nearly five thousand copies, as well as visit a large part of concert halls throughout Spain giving concerts and recitals. He had the opportunity to give a concert in Cuba together with the pop rock duo, Buena Fe, as well as composed a song called "Volar sin ti" together with the vocalist of this duo (Israel Rojas).

NBA 2K (series)

The NBA 2K series is a series of basketball video games developed and released annually since 1999. The NBA 2K series was exclusive to the Sega Dreamcast when it was first introduced by Sega to address EA Sports's decision to not publish any sports games. The series was originally published by Sega, under the label Sega Sports and is now published by 2K Sports. All of the games in the franchise have been developed by Visual Concepts. Its primary competitor in the marketplace is the NBA Live series from EA Sports.

History

The first four games of the series featured commentary from fictional announcers "Bob Steele" and "Rod West" (voiced by Bay Area sports radio personalities Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks who works at KNBR 680 San Francisco. They also host a radio show called "Fitz and Brooks"), but since NBA 2K3 the game's announcing team has been something of a revolving door, featuring commentary from the likes of Bill Walton, Tom Tolbert, Kevin Frazier, Michele Taffy, and Bob Fitzgerald. The color and play-by-play commentary in NBA 2K6, NBA 2K7, and NBA 2K8 is provided by Kevin Harlan and Kenny Smith, with Craig Sager providing sideline reports. Peter Barto is the PA Announcer. NBA 2K9 features commentary from Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg with Cheryl Miller as the sideline reporter on most versions of NBA 2K9 and NBA 2K10. Starting with NBA 2K11, Doris Burke replaces Miller as the sideline reporter on most versions of the game. On most versions of NBA 2K12, Steve Kerr joins Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg in the commentary booth. On the PlayStation 2 versions starting with NBA 2K9, no sideline reporter is featured in the game. In 2002 Sega implemented the American television network, ESPN's brand with their Sega Sports video games. The ESPN brand was used for 3 games, with the second game even being renamed ESPN NBA Basketball, until ESPN signed a 15-year deal with EA Sports.

He Is

"He Is" is a song by American singer Brandy Norwood from her third studio album Full Moon (2002). It was written by Warryn Campbell, Harold Lilly and Norwood, with production handled by the former two. Conceived during spiritual discussions with Norwood, Campbell and Lilly conceptualized the pop- and R&B-influenced ballad secretly as a soul song as they were keen to hear her sing a religious track, a genre which Norwood declined to record at that time. Lyrically speaking about God in third person, Norwood was unaware, "He Is" was not a relationship song when she recorded her vocals for it.

The song was released as the album's third and final single in September 2002. It received a mixed reception by music critics, many of whom applauded Norwood's vocal performance and the sparse production, but dismissed "He Is" as a weak single choice. Commercially, the track failed to reprise the success of the album's previous singles "What About Us?" and "Full Moon"; while the track failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, it reached number 78 on the official Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Norwood, who was well into her pregnancy at the time of its release, was unavailable to promote the single or film a music video.