Hey, My name is Jeremy King.
As some of you already know, I'm a content creator and I'd like to share one of my
most recent projects with you called Big Shiny Tunes 20.
But first, many of you will probably appreciate a little bit of context.
So what what exactly is Big Shiny Tunes?
Well, for many people growing up in Canada in the 1990's, watching MuchMusic, "the
nation's music station," was their first exposure to popular mainstream rock music.
Starting in 1996, MuchMusic began releasing an annual compilation album called Big Shiny
Tunes.
Released before Christmas and extremely popular, these compilations provided a whole year's
worth of hit songs on one affordable CD.
Big Shiny Tunes became the best-selling album series in Canadian history, with 5 million
albums sold in ten years.
The best-selling album of the series was Big Shiny Tunes Two (2), which went Diamond, selling
over 1 Million copies.
On a personal level, Big Shiny Tunes was my first exposure to modern rock music.
I was 11 years old when my best friend, Jeff, brought over Big Shiny Tunes Two (2), it opened
the door to a larger auditory reality and my musical life was forever changed by it.
At the time of the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Big Shiny Tunes album,
I felt compelled, fueled by nostalgia, to create my own compilation album "Big Shiny
Tunes 20."
So this is my vision of what Big Shiny Tunes would look like today, if MuchMusic had continued
releasing albums, and if the station hadn't been bought out by Bell Media.
To create this album I carefully curated the chosen songs.
I did this through months of research, I listened to The Zone, Victoria BC's modern rock station,
for hours on end.
I made sure that the album complied with the CRTC regulations that were followed during
the Big Shiny Tunes era, which required a minimum percentage of Canadian content.
The order of the songs was also important to me in that I wanted to create a progression
that resulted in a sum total bigger than the individual parts.
I wanted to create an overarching narrative that personified MuchMusic.
At the end of this project, I created a mock commercial to advertise the fictional CD release
of this album.
Steve Anthony, one of the original MuchMusic Veejays and the voice of the original Big
Shiny Tunes commercials generously agreed to do the voice over of my commercial script.
Steve's voice added to the authenticity I was striving for in this project.
So stay tuned because up next is the commercial for the album followed by the album itself
in a traditional MuchMusic format.
I've even included some little easter eggs for those who check out the livestream of
the album.
Thank you so much for watching and I hope that you enjoy Big Shiny Tunes 20.
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