10 Things You Need To Know About The-Dream:
His writing credits include Rihanna's "Umbrella", Madonna/ Britney Spears "Me Against the Music", and R. Kelly's "Ringtone" to name a few; B2K's "Everything" was the 1st song he's ever written
The Dream wrote Rhianna's "Umbrella" in just 12 minutes
The Dream is a talented musician who plays trumpet, guitar, and drums
The Dream is a part of a production team that includes Tricky Stewart and Jazze Phae
The Dream credits Sam Cooke, Al Green, and Timbaland as his musical influences
The Dream was born in Rockingham, NC and raised in Atlanta, GA by his mother and grandfather
The Dream can be reached directly at http://www.myspace.com/thedreamteam
In his spare time, The Dream enjoys painting and sculpting
The Dream is married to R&B songstress Nivea
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The-Dream
Terius Youngdell Nash, popularly known as "The Dream" was born in Rockingham, North Carolina. At the age of two he moved with his mother to Atlanta, Georgia where she raised him until her sudden death at the age of thirty-five. Afterwards, he was taken in by his grandfather, who was an avid music fan. It was through this relationship that The-Dream was introduced to many legendary artists that made up his grandfather's record collection. As soon as he heard the soulful sounds of Sam Cooke and Al Green, The-Dream was hooked. In the third grade he began his musical venture by enrolling in introductory trumpet classes at Grove Park Elementary School. He continued playing the trumpet through high school and later learned to play the drums and guitar.
In junior high and high school his musical influences extended toward such artists such as Timberland, Missy, Aaliyah and Tupac Shakur. His talents continued to naturally develop and eventually lead The-Dream to begin singing, rapping and song writing.
In addition, he is an accomplished artist and has created many paintings and sculptures, some of which have been shown at various art galleries throughout Atlanta.
In 2001, The-Dream was introduced to Laney Stewart of Redzone Entertainment. Although their first meeting wasn't very successful, things fared better the second time around and Laney pulled him into his camp. The two immediately collaborated to write for the multi-platinum group B2K.
In early 2003, The-Dream was signed by Laney Stewart to a new publishing deal with Morningside Trail through a joint venture with peer music. Since then he has continued writing for other artists including the newest single "Me Against The Music" for Britney Spears.
The-Dream recently worked on Jive artist Nivea's forthcoming sophomore effort (April 2005) including the hit single "Okay" featuring Lil' Jon and Youngbloodz.
In 2006, The-Dream was brought in by Tricky Stewart of Redzone to collaborate with various artists including Bayje (Atlantic), Dear Jane & J.Holiday (Capitol), and Brit & Alex (Interscope).
To kick off the New Year, The-Dream began 2007 with major success. With the help of Tricky Stewart, "Umbrella" was created and taken to several different labels with artists ranging from Britney Spears at Jive to Mary J. Blige and Akon. Yet, it was the genius of Karen Kwak that got the record into the hands of Def Jam Record's CEO, LA Reid. Def Jam flew The-Dream and Tricky to LA to record with Rihanna, where they also wrote "Breakin' Dishes," a song off Rihanna's latest release, Good Girl Gone Bad.
Despite his current success, The-Dream never stops dreaming. Look out for The-Dream's future collaborations with hot artists such as Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Karina Pasian, Young Joc, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Jazzy Phae, Keke Palmer, Gia, Tricky Stewart, Don Vito, Wynter Gordon, Shontelle, and Lucy Walsh.
Artists and Producers I'm working with:
Rihanna
Gia
Wynter Gordon
Shontelle
Karina Pasian
Nivea Lucy Walsh
Timberland
Tricky Stewart
Don Vito
Jazzy Pha
Song Credits
The-Dream
Song Book Discography
Britney Spears feat. Madonna- "Me Against the Music" (In The Zone)
B2K- "Everything" (Pandemonium)
B2K- "Everything" (Greatest Hits)
Nivea/Lil' Jon/Youngbloodz- "Okay" (Complicated)
Nivea/Dream- "Red Cup" (Complicated)
Nivea- "Complicated" (Complicated)
Nivea- "Let it Go" (Complicated)
Nivea- "I Cant Mess With You" (Complicated)
Nivea- "Indian Dance" (Complicated)
Nivea- "Okay" (Universal Pictures Movie)
Brooke Valentine- "Ghetto Supastarz" (Chain Letter)
Billy Crawford- "Bright Lights Big City" (Bright Lights Big City)
SugarBabes- "Gotta Be You" (Taller than Life)
Mya- "Like Crazy" (Movie Soundtrack)
Nivea- "Watch it" (Animalistic)
Shawn Desman- "Man in Me"
Shawn Desman- "Ooh"
Shawn Desman- "No More"
3LW- "You Ain't Ready" (Forever)
J. Holiday- "Suffocate" (Back Of My Lac)
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z- "Umbrella" (Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna- "Breakin Dishes" (Good Girl Gone Bad)
Bayje- "Still in Love"
Bayje- "Missin You"
J. Holiday- "La La"
Dear Jane- "Talkin' Bout Hisself"
Dear Jane- "I Loose Everything"
Boss- "Butterfly Effect"
Steph Jones- "La La Means Love"
Brit And Alex- "Thats My Baby"
Brit And Alex- "Preachin' to the Choir"
Brit And Alex- "Beautiful"
Brit And Alex- "Heart Breaker"
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