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Jerome Fontamillas ( born June ___MASK29___ , 1967 ) is an American musician . Fontamillas has played in several bands , notably with industrial rock band Mortal and alternative rock band Fold Zandura , with longtime musical partner Jyro Xhan . Since 2003 , he has played the keyboards , the guitar and other instruments , as well as sung backing vocals in Switchfoot , with which he has released seven studio albums . The Fray is an American rock band from Denver , Colorado . Formed in ___MASK70___ by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King , they achieved success with the release of their debut album , " How to Save a Life " in 2005 , which was certified double platinum by the RIAA and platinum in Australia , Canada , New Zealand and the UK . The Fray achieved national success with their first single , " Over My Head ( Cable Car )", which became a top ten hit in the United States . The release of their second single , " How to Save a Life ", brought the band worldwide fame . The song charted in the top three of the " Billboard " Hot 100 and was a top 5 single in Australia , Canada , Ireland , Italy , Spain , Sweden , and the United Kingdom . " Meant to Live " is a single by alternative rock band Switchfoot . " Meant to Live " was released to radio on June ___MASK4___ , ___MASK11___ . It peaked at # ___MASK16___ on the US Modern Rock chart and U . S . Adult Top 40 chart , # 6 on U . S . Top 40 radio , and # 18 on the U . S . " Billboard " Hot 100 . It is the first track on the group ' s ___MASK11___ major - label debut album " The Beautiful Letdown ", and was also featured in a UK version of a " Spider - Man 2 " " inspired by " album . In April 2005 , the song was certified gold in the United States . The single is generally regarded as the song that helped the band achieve mainstream success . Peter Joseph " Pete " Yorn ( born July ___MASK22___ , 1974 ) is an American singer - songwriter , guitarist and drummer who first gained international recognition after his debut record , " Musicforthemorningafter ", was released to critical and commercial acclaim in ___MASK7___ . He is known for playing the bulk of the instruments on his records . Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group , which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics ( video games , network services and medical business ), motion pictures , music and financial services . These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world . Sony ' s principal business operations include Sony Corporation , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Sony Interactive Entertainment , Sony Music Entertainment , Sony Mobile ( formerly Sony Ericsson ) and Sony Financial . Sony is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of ___MASK40___ , the fourth - largest television manufacturer in the world , after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics and TCL . The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to ___MASK66___ strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . Will Hoge ( born November ___MASK64___ , ___MASK75___ ) is a Grammy - nominated American Americana country music singer , songwriter , and musician from Nashville , Tennessee , United States . Jonathan Mark Foreman ( born October ___MASK79___ , ___MASK46___ ) is the lead singer , guitarist , main songwriter and co - founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot . He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim Foreman on bass guitar . Moses Mayfield was a ___MASK16___ - piece rock band from Birmingham , Alabama . Their major - label debut album , The Inside was released in March , 2007 under Columbia Records and Sony BMG . The Inside reached No . 43 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart . Prior to the release of their first album , they opened for Switchfoot , The Fray , Will Hoge , Pete Yorn , Blue October , and many others on several different nationwide tours . In October 2007 , original guitarist Will Mason announced his departure from the band . The Inside failed to make a major splash in the market , so Moses Mayfield began to write in hopes of creating a followup to their critically acclaimed major label release . Unfortunately due to a realignment of personal goals the band decided to take an indefinite hiatus in December 2007 . Not long after the band broke up , lead singer Matthew Mayfield started playing shows centered on the Birmingham , AL area , usually solo acoustic but occasionally with a new backing band . Within a year , he independently released an album of acoustic songs , including acoustic versions of songs that previously appeared on The Inside . He also revealed that Moses Mayfield called it quits mainly due to disagreements with the record label , as well as some members deciding they wanted to leave the band due to these disagreements . A combination of those two items led to the sudden break - up . Ryan Paul Delahoussaye ( born January ___MASK64___ , ___MASK46___ in Houston , TX , United States ) is a multi - instrumentalist musician and co - founding member of the American rock band Blue October . Delahoussaye is a classically trained violinist . He attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts , where he met and became close friends with Justin Furstenfeld and was a big fan of Furstenfeld ' s band The Last Wish . Justin and Ryan started jamming together during lunch break and soon started playing gigs together after the Last Wish broke up . " Dare You to Move " is a single by the alternative rock band Switchfoot from the band ' s fourth studio album , " The Beautiful Letdown ". The song was originally called " I Dare You to Move ", and was on the album " Learning to Breathe ", but the band decided to remix it and put it on " The Beautiful Letdown ". The song received considerable radio airplay , and its accompanying music videos saw play on MTV , VH1 , FUSE TV , and other mainstream channels . " Dare You to Move " was released to radio on March ___MASK89___ , ___MASK20___ . It peaked at number ___MASK4___ on the " Billboard " Hot ___MASK8___ , becoming Switchfoot ' s second top twenty single , surpassing the success of their breakthrough single , " Meant to Live " although it was more successful internationally . William Matthew " Matt " Noveskey ( born June ___MASK95___ , 1976 in Adrian , Michigan ) is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , guitarist , and bassist , best known for his work with the bands Blue October and ( a +) machines . Birmingham is a major city and metropolitan borough of West Midlands , England . It is the largest and most populous British city outside London , with a population in ___MASK74___ of ___MASK9___ , 101 , 360 . The city is in the West Midlands Built - up Area , the third most populous urban area in the United Kingdom , with a population of 2 , 440 , 986 at the 2011 census . Birmingham ' s metropolitan area is the second most populous in the UK with a population of 3 . 8 million . This also makes Birmingham the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Europe . A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America . There are ___MASK56___ states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). Columbia Records ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment ( SME ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc ., the United States division of Sony Corporation . It was founded in ___MASK83___ , evolving from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone Company , the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company . Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business , being the second major record company to produce recorded records . Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers , instrumentalists , and bands . From ___MASK72___ to ___MASK91___ , its recordings were released outside the U . S . and Canada by the CBS Records label ( which was named after the Columbia Broadcasting System ) to avoid confusion with the EMI label of the same name , before adopting the Columbia name internationally in ___MASK91___ . It is one of Sony Music ' s three flagship record labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records . Epic Records is an American record company . A division of Sony Music Entertainment , Inc ., Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in ___MASK99___ . It later expanded its scope to include diverse musical genres including pop , R & B , rock and hip hop . Historically , the label has housed popular acts such as Boston , Celine Dion , Dave Clark Five , Gloria Estefan , Pearl Jam , Shakira , and Sly & the Family Stone . Isaac Edward Slade ( born May ___MASK2___ , 1981 ) is an American musician and the lead vocalist , main songwriter , pianist and co - founder of Colorado - based rock band The Fray . " How to Save a Life " is a song by American pop rock band The Fray . It was released as the second single from their debut studio album of the same name on August 28 , ___MASK23___ . The song is one of the band ' s most popular airplay songs and peaked in the top 3 of the " Billboard " Hot ___MASK8___ chart in the United States . It became the joint seventh longest charting single on the " Billboard " Hot ___MASK8___ , tying with Santana ' s " Smooth " ( 1999 ), at 58 consecutive weeks . The song has been certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA , and has sold ___MASK59___ . 7 million downloads as of January 2015 , the fourth best - selling rock song in digital history . Blue October is an American alternative rock band originally from Houston , Texas . The band was formed in ___MASK92___ and currently consists of Justin Furstenfeld ( lead vocals , guitar ), Jeremy Furstenfeld ( drums , percussion ), Ryan Delahoussaye ( violin / viola , mandolin , piano , backing vocals ), Matthew Ostrander ( lead guitar ), and Matt Noveskey ( bass guitar , backing vocals ). The band has had eight Top 40 singles over their past seven studio albums and is best known for their platinum singles " Hate Me " and " Into the Ocean " from their 2006 platinum album " Foiled ". " Over My Head ( Cable Car )" ( originally performed as " Cable Car ") is a song by American rock band The Fray . It is included on their debut album " How to Save a Life " ( ___MASK23___ ) and was the debut single from the album and hit the top ___MASK78___ on the " Billboard " Hot ___MASK8___ chart . The single helped propel their album from the Top Heatseekers chart to the top 20 of The " Billboard " 200 chart . The single is available exclusively as a digital download . Some CD singles of the song were given out to attendees of a concert on December 17 , ___MASK23___ . The CD single was backed with " Heaven Forbid " and a live version of " Hundred ". In the UK , " Over My Head ( Cable Car )" was released as the second single from the album , following " How to Save a Life ". EMI ( officially EMI Group Limited , originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and often known as EMI Records and EMI Music ) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March ___MASK71___ and was based in London . At the time of its break - up in ___MASK1___ , it was the fourth - largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and was one of the big four record companies ( now the big three ). Its EMI Records Ltd . group of record labels included EMI Records , Parlophone , Virgin Records and Capitol Records . EMI also had a major publishing arm , EMI Music Publishing  also based in London with offices globally . Hello Hurricane is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot , released on November ___MASK78___ , 2009 . It was co - produced by the band and Mike Elizondo , after initially self - producing their work , as well as test runs with producers such as Ken Andrews and Charlie Peacock . The album was recorded mainly in the band ' s Spot X Studio in their hometown of San Diego , California . It was originally to be released on October 6 , 2009 , but was pushed back to a November ___MASK78___ , 2009 release on their independent record label , the Atlantic - distributed lowercase people records . On February ___MASK84___ , 2011 , the album won the award for Best Rock Gospel Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards . Justin Steward Furstenfeld ( born December ___MASK64___ , ___MASK96___ in Houston , Texas ) is a record producer , artist , author , and the lead singer , guitarist , and lyricist of the rock band Blue October . Chad Matthew Butler ( born ___MASK12___ March 1974 ) is the drummer for the band Switchfoot which he co - founded along with Jon and Tim Foreman in 1996 . Butler lived in Amsterdam for a few years , but he and his family later moved to San Diego , California where he now lives with his wife Tina ( whom he married in 1999 ), his three children , Evan ( born in 2001 ) and Dylan , and his daughter , Charlotte ( born in summer of 2007 ). Musicforthemorningafter is the critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut album by Pete Yorn , released on March ___MASK22___ , ___MASK7___ through Columbia Records . It was certified RIAA GOLD in the United States and served as a launching pad for Yorn ' s career . Timothy ( Tim ) David Foreman ( born August ___MASK62___ , ___MASK44___ ) is the bassist for the band Switchfoot . He was born in Lake Arrowhead , California but grew up in Boston , Massachusetts and Virginia Beach , Virginia . He and his family later moved to San Diego , where he now resides with his wife Andrea ( whom he married in ___MASK7___ ), their son Jett , born in April 2005 , and daughter Layla . A Walk to Remember is a ___MASK70___ American coming - of - age romantic drama film directed by Adam Shankman and written by Karen Janszen , based on Nicholas Sparks ' 1999 novel of the same name . The film stars Shane West , Mandy Moore , Peter Coyote , and Daryl Hannah , and was produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros . Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a record music company , which was a ___MASK56___  ___MASK56___ joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG . The venture ' s successor , the again - active Sony Music Entertainment , is ___MASK8___ % owned by the Sony Corporation of America . Bertelsmann is a German multinational corporation based in Gütersloh , North Rhine - Westphalia , Germany . It is one of the world ' s largest mass media companies and also active in the service sector and education . Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in ___MASK10___ . After World War II , Bertelsmann , under the leadership of Reinhard Mohn , went from being a medium - sized enterprise to a major conglomerate , offering not only books but also television , radio , magazines and business services . Bertelsmann is an unlisted and capital market - oriented company , which remains primarily controlled by the Mohn family . Since 2016 , major divisions of Bertelsmann are RTL Group , Penguin Random House , Gruner + Jahr , BMG , Arvato , Bertelsmann Printing Group , Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments . The ___MASK55___ United States Census , ( known as " Census ___MASK55___ "), is the twenty - third and currently most recent United States national census . National Census Day , the reference day used for the census , was April ___MASK9___ , ___MASK55___ . As part of a drive to increase the count ' s accuracy , ___MASK51___ , 000 temporary enumerators were hired . The population of the United States was counted as 308 , 745 , 538 , a 9 . 7 % increase from the 2000 Census . Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States , such as folk music ( especially Appalachian folk music ), and blues music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country music " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly music "; it came to encompass Western music , which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country music " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins of country music are the folk music of working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities . In ___MASK24___ country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . The Beautiful Letdown is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Switchfoot . Released on February ___MASK6___ , 2003 , it launched the band into the mainstream on the strength of two top 20 singles : " Meant to Live " and " Dare You to Move ." The album was hugely popular and remained a staple on the Billboard 200 album charts for a considerable amount of time . The album sold over 2 . ___MASK50___ million copies in the US and was eventually certified double platinum by the RIAA . Andrew Philip " Drew " Shirley ( born April 3 , ___MASK27___ ) is an American rock guitarist , formerly of All Together Separate , and since ___MASK23___ of the Grammy - winning alternative rock band Switchfoot . Kin to Caleb Harris . " really far off the tree ," Harris said in an interview in 2016 Switchfoot . Switchfoot is an American alternative rock band from San Diego , California . The band ' s members are Jon Foreman ( lead vocals , guitar ), Tim Foreman ( bass guitar , backing vocals ), Chad Butler ( drums , percussion ), Jerome Fontamillas ( guitar , keyboards , backing vocals ), and Drew Shirley ( guitar , backing vocals ). After early successes in the Christian rock scene , Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition with the inclusion of four of their songs in the ___MASK70___ movie " A Walk to Remember ". This recognition led to their major label debut , " The Beautiful Letdown ", which was released in 2003 and featured the hits " Meant to Live " and " Dare You to Move ". It went on to sell over 2 . 6 million copies . They have since been noted for their energetic live shows , and their seventh studio album " Hello Hurricane " received a Grammy award in 2011 for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album . Birmingham is the most populous city in the U . S . state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County . The city ' s population was 212 , 237 in the ___MASK55___ United States Census . The Birmingham - Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of about ___MASK9___ , 128 , 047 according to the ___MASK55___ Census , which is approximately one quarter of Alabama ' s population . " Into the Ocean " is the second single from Blue October ' s fifth album , " Foiled ". The song peaked at # 53 on the " Billboard " Hot ___MASK8___ , while the music video for the song , directed by Zach Merck , reached number one on the VH1 V - Spot countdown . On May ___MASK59___ , ___MASK1___ the single was certified platinum for sales of one million in the United States . It was featured on the TV series " The Sopranos " and " Moonlight ". Foiled is the fourth studio album by Blue October . The album was certified gold in the United States on August ___MASK65___ , 2006 , and on February 22 , 2007 , was certified platinum . The album is also popular in Canada where it has also achieved platinum status . " Hate Me " is a song by American alternative rock group Blue October . The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and number ___MASK2___ on the U . S . " Billboard " Hot ___MASK8___ . In ___MASK14___ , the video for the song was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award for best international video . The video is featured in the ___MASK14___ karaoke video game for PlayStation 2 , " Singstar Pop ". The song won an ASCAP award in ___MASK14___ . On July 13 , ___MASK1___ , the song was certified platinum for sales of one million in the United States .