Johnny McDaid
Johnny McDaid (born July 24, 1976 in Derry , Northern Ireland ) is an Irish producer , DJ , songwriter and singer .
Musical career
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McDaid has written for Snow Patrol , Iain Archer, Declan O'Rourke, Tonio K, Freelance Hellraiser, Helen Boulding, and Bryn Christopher . He wrote the theme song for the film House of Fools , whose director Eva Isaksen was nominated for an Oscar , and produced and wrote songs for Sony BMG , Universal , EMI , PIAS, Mushroom and Capitol Records . He worked with Paul van Dyk , among others , and was with the song Time Of Our Lives , a single from Paul van Dyks Grammy-nominated album Reflections (1999). With the number 1 Club Chart Song Home (with Paul van Dyk) he won the 2009 Trance Award in the category "Best Song".
He is currently working with artists Karima Francis, Gary Go , Joe Echo, Tim Myers from One Republic , Example , Rosi Golan and Paul van Dyk for his upcoming album. In 2011 he wrote a song for the Eurovision Song Contest winner Lena Meyer-Landrut called I like You (with Rosi Golan) in the program Our Song for Germany , which did not make it to the finals. He often appears on tours and on radio shows with Snow Patrol . He plays keyboard and guitar and sings. McDaid mixes and records with the SSL matrix desk. He has been in a relationship with actress Courteney Cox since 2014 .
In 2017, McDaid made it to the top of the German single charts for 15 consecutive weeks as the author of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You . The single was awarded a diamond record for over one million units sold within five months , making it one of the best-selling singles in Germany .
In August 2017 he was at the single What About Us by Pink involved as co-author.
Web links
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- Vega4 Myspace
- Johnny McDaid Myspace
- Guildhall Press: City Of Music . Guildhall Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-906271-18-3 , p. 295.
- Vega4, "Life Is Beautiful" . In: New York Post , March 27, 2007.
- Internet DJ: Paul Van Dyk's Historic Grammy Nomination . Retrieved December 9, 2004.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: DE
- ↑ Jodi Guglielmi: Courteney Cox Wishes Boyfriend Johnny McDaid Happy Valentine's Day with Sweet Selfies ( en ) February 14, 2019.
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| SURNAME | McDaid, Johnny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish producer, DJ, songwriter and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |