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Jim Feist Sports is the recognized leader in the sports information and sports gaming industry. For 35 years he has made a living in Las Vegas as a professional sports bettor. Mr. Feist is the owner of National Sports Services, Inc., one of the largest sports information companies in the U.S. and producer of Proline, the longest running sports handicapping show on cable TV.
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While Feist's profile was increasing in Canada and Europe, little was heard of her in the States until she struck a deal with a new Interscope imprint called Cherry Tree. Let It Die saw its American debut in May of 2005. A different picture graced the record cover in the States; a close up polaroid of Feist and a former lover, it was an apt snapshot of the album's emotional context. High-profile magazines like Entertainment Weekly and Spin quickly jumped on the Feist festivities. "To say Feist's voice is sultry would be an understatement: her alto is packed with layers of sensitivity and sensuality, and each song off of Let It Die shows a slightly different face of her emotional range," Spin wrote. To jumpstart her introduction to the United States as a solo artist, Feist toured in the spring of 2005 with British Sea Power and in the fall of 2005 with the Great Lake Swimmers.
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Feist has had her music covered by many artists such as fellow Nova Scotians Travis MacRae and Buck 65, as well as band mates Broken Social Scene and former tour mate Bright Eyes. Buck 65, with whom Feist has toured as an opening act, appeared in the music video for "One Evening". Feist has ... collaborated with The Postal Service.
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Feist has had her music covered by many artists such as fellow Nova Scotians Travis MacRae and Buck 65, as well as bandmates Broken Social Scene and former tour mate Bright Eyes. Fellow Canadian Buck 65 appeared in the Feist-directed music video for "One Evening", which was ... nominated for Video of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards.
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In 2000, Feist moved in as a roommate with Peaches – the '701' – and Gonzales, and appeared as a guest vocalist on The Teaches of Peaches. She ... performed with Peaches as "Bitch Lap Lap". She spent more than two years in Berlin with Gonzales and Peaches, and began developing songs with Gonzales that would later appear on Let It Die. She then joined the recording sessions for Broken Social Scene's albums Feel Good Lost and You Forgot It in People. She subsequently moved to Paris. While in Europe, she collaborated with Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience as a guest vocalist on their album Riot on an Empty Street.
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When not helping her friends, Feist, who had spent her teen-age years in a Calgary punk band singing so hard that she damaged her vocal cords, was recording songs of her own. The material bore little relation to Gonzales’s musical stunts, and it did not sound much like the noisy, epic songs she had been playing in Toronto as a member of the large indie-rock band Broken Social Scene. Feist’s new songs were quiet and careful, with no trace of confrontation. Her voice is gentle but grainy, and full of emotion—capable of swooping up to end a phrase on a full, strong tone. In 2002, a collection of recordings that Feist made in Toronto, informally called the “Red Demos,” began to circulate on the Internet. Though the quality of the sound was rough-—on one song you can hear the hum of streetcars in the background—tracks like “The Water” and “Mushaboom” were confident and subtle, recalling the work of the English R. & B. singer Sade.
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