Music Industry Background

  NJF: This was an early 1980’s punk band that gained a bit of notoriety in Toronto and Montreal through noisy and unpredictable live shows and the indie release of a somewhat-critically acclaimed 4 song EP featuring young William J. Genereux on guitar, sold and promoted through live shows, local record stores, college radio, and mail order including “Maximum Rock ‘N Roll” Magazine, California.

  Pirate Records & Music: A part of the early development of club culture in Canada. Back in the day, it was an independent Canadian dance & pop music label, formed by radio and club DJ and recording artist (BKS/ Love Inc) Chris Sheppard, and Canadian musician, producer and lawyer, William J. Genereux. Soon joining Sheppard and Genereux was European dance music expert, Markus F.J. Klinke, originally from Dino Music in Germany. The label was inspired by electronic music collaborations between Sheppard and Klinke from the early 1990’s including their Techno Trip album series, which brought DJ- mixed tracks to the forefront of the Canadian music scene for the first time.

Pirate Records & Music built on these successes with releases like Destination Dancefloor, the progressive Sounds of the City (Manchester), Dogwhistle, the francophone Bouge de La, and by then-unknown DJ, Armand van Helden. Aside from its own dance and electronica music productions, Pirate also produced, recorded and released to DJ pools on 12 inch vinyl, in a co-venture with the Molson Brewing Company, one of the first musical forays into the world of club culture by a professional sports team with an anthem, “Could Be Good”, featuring 3 members of that year’s NBA Toronto Raptors basketball team, plus Simone Denny (pre-Love Inc.), and Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, from New York City.
 
 
  Hampsterdance: William J. Genereux co-ordinated the production of tracks, shopped and licensed the world-wide release of this Internet-website- inspired childrens’ dance music romp featuring the sped-up licensed sample from Roger Miller’s “Whistlestop”. The title track has appeared in several feature films including, “See Spot Run” and “Are We There Yet?”. The album was certified Gold in Australia. The video was voted most cheezy by Much Music. The “Hampsterdance Song” continues to be at the top of paid-Internet download charts to this day.
 

Currently: James Doman, Michie Mee, Boomtang, Four80 East, Hampton. Formerly: Raggadeath, Love Inc., BKS, Hennie Bekker, Palmerston, Fefe Dobson, Marco D’Amico, Hardboiled Recordings, Monsoon, and many others.