IF YOU WANNA KNOW SOME RANDOM STUFF ABOUT JAMBA HERE IT IS:

***SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR THE “SERIOUS” STUFF ***

NAME: Jammes Pires De Castro

NICKNAME: Jamba, Jamba the Producer, Jamba o Produtor

BIRTHDATE: October 23rd, 1979

FAVORITE COLOR: Black

HOBBIES: Foreign Languages, Sociology, Management, Soccer, Video Games

INSTRUMENTS: Piano, Bass, Guitar, Trumpet

FIRST PRODUCTION: 12 years old (i’ve been producing for 20 years)

FAVORITE MOVIES: Glory, The Bourne Trilogy

THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: Does an octopus have 8 legs or 8 arms? Who is the Chinese dude who invented Chicken Broccoli?

THINGS I DONT WANNA LOSE: Childlike awe, love for the little things in life

THINGS I WOULD NEVER EVER DO: Bungee Jump, Skydive

THINGS I SAID WOULD NEVER DO BUT DID ANYWAY: Get married at 19, live in Rio, act like my mom

THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEFORE I DIE: Human beings traveling at light speed, no one on the team complain when the referee calls a penalty, meet someone named “Quibbleszanstafan!”

THINGS THAT MAKE ME DEPRESSED: Knowing that im getting older, having to fill out paperwork

WEIRDEST THING ABOUT ME THAT I DONT UNDERSTAND: The word “amanha” which means tomorrow in Portuguese makes me think of bananas

CHALLENGES AND GOALS: Speak fluent Japanese, play electric guitar really well,

THINGS I DO OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF IT: I constantly open up defective electronic equipment in hopes of repairing them but never fix them or close them back up

FAVORITE MUSICAL PEOPLE: Bach, Keith Jarrett, John Williams

FAVORITE RECORDS: Duncan Sheik (Debut Album), Tommy Sims (Peace and Love), Stevie Wonder (Inner Visions), ….

FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES: Star Wars (Knights of the old Republic), Mass Effect 2, GTA 4

FAVORITE DRINKS: Cashew Juice, Guarana, Vanilla Milkshake

WEIRDEST QUESTION EVER ASKED: Is Brazil in Europe?

IF I COULD MEET ANYONE IN HISTORY: It would have to be hands down – Jesus!

IF I COULD FLIP A SWITCH AND MAKE A MUSIC GROUP DISAPPEAR IT WOULD BE: The Black Eyed Peas

MARITAL STATUS: Happily married to my first girlfriend and first kiss since i was 19 years old

MENTORED BY: Michael Omartian, Terry Christian – YES! “The” Michael Omartian and Terry Christian!

KIDS: 3 daughters! nuff said!

FAVORITE QUOTE: “No man is an island.” Most of the time i dont abide by this quote though.

WHAT I HATE THE MOST: Driving, poverty mentality, insecurity & fear, people who are fake, things that dont work

FAVORITE DAW: Cubase

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OK! NOW ITS TIME FOR SOME “SERIOUS” NAME DROPPING!

COMPANIES:

COCA COLA

CISCO

SAP

VIRGIN

CURB

EMI

SONY

WARNER

UNIVERSAL

EPIC

HBO

BACCARDI

DATELINE NBC

GALAVISION

PIONEER ELECTRONICS

615 MUSIC

UNIVISION

FOX

FLUID

JUXT INTERACTIVE

CIE STUDIOS

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ARTISTS:

DONNA SUMMER

MICHAEL W. SMITH

POINT OF GRACE

4 HIM

ANOINTED

OUT OF EDEN

THE KATINAS

VIVIAN GREEN

KACI BATTAGLIA

SCOTT JACOBY

FRANCIS JOCKY

TAKE 6

RYAN LESLIE

BRYAN WHITE

KARINA PASIAN

JACI VELASQUEZ

ISRAEL HOUGHTON

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

NATALIE GRANT

MICHAEL MCDONALD

MICHAEL OMARTIAN

TOMMY SIMS

ABNER RAMIREZ

ANTONIO NEAL

JILL PAQUETTE

PATRICK ANDY

TRAZENDO A ARCA

MARU

LUIZ ARCANJO

MARCUS SALLES

AYIESHA WOODS

DANIELA ARAUJO

FELIX CAVALIERI

JASON ESKRIDGE

DEAN MARTIN

DAVID PACK

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MUSICIANS:

KIRK WHALUM

DERICO WATSON

AARON LINDSEY

MARVIN “SMITTY” SMITH

JOTAN AFANADOR

JOHN BILLINGS

REGGIE WOOTEN

ABRAHAM LABORIEL

AL CARDY

RICHIE PENA

MICHAEL RIPOLL

ELIAZER “BOMBIE” BERRIOS

ELI MENEZES

STEVE STYLES

ERAN TABIB

DEREK GEORGE

TOM BARBER

MILES MCPHERSON

JEFF COFFIN

KYLE WHALUM

LEMAR CARTER

JOHN PETERS

JAVIER SOLIS

ABEL ORTA

SEAN PHEKOO

CHRISTA BLACK

FUYU MURATA

KEVIN STANCIL

JONATHAN ESTES

JOSHUA BERRIOS