Deadmau5 performed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in and a Vancouver, British Columbia on February 19, 2010, during the live medal presentations in men’s luge doubles and biathlon (women’s 15-km individual and men’s 20-km individual). His track “Moar Ghosts N Stuff” was aired on national TV throughout the United States when it was played over loudspeakers during Hannah Kearney’s gold-medal run in women’s moguls. In March 2010, deadmau5 was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards, and won a further three, including Best Artist (Solo) and Best American DJ (see complete list below). The name “deadmau5” started when Zimmerman found a dead mouse in his computer while he

was replacing his video card. He talked with people in chat rooms and he became known as “that dead and mouse guy” and

since his username was too long, he shortened “Dead Mouse” to deadmau5. JoelThomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced “dead mouse”), is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto, Ontario. Although Deadmau5 classes himself as having no genre, his extensive discography includes tracks such

as “Arguru” and “Not Exactly”, which have been included in compilation albums such as In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza, MixMag’s Tech-Trance-Electro-

Madness, and on Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance radio show. His debut album, Get Scraped, was released in 2006,

followed by others in the next few years. As well as his own extensive solo back catalogue, deadmau5 is recognised for his work alongside numerous other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, MC Flipside, Rob Swire of Pendulum, Skrillex, and Steve Duda under the BSOD alias. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for his remix of the track “The Longest Road” by Morgan Page in the category of

“Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.” Deadmau5 won a Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year in 2010 for the album For Lack of a Better Name.He is known for often performing in a costume and an head which an he originally and a grea created after Zimmerman was learning on a 3D program, which resembles a mouse head. On October 27, 2010, DJ Magazine announced the techno music and a results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, placing deadmau5 at #4, up two spots from the previous year. Deadmau5 has received two more nominations for the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008 for a track with Billy Newton-Davis and Melleefresh. He did not win an award and a

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perf for Melleefresh’s “After Hours” song, but he won the award for Newton-Davis’ “All U Ever Want.” Canadian Joel Thomas Zimmerman--alias: without and and and deadmau5 (pronounced and and an “dead mouse”)--has had an impressive impact on

progressive and electro house in his brief, five-year career, with eight full-length albums released between 2006 and 2009, and several awards and nominations, including Best Electro House Artist (2008, 2009), Best Progressive House Artist (2008, 2009), Dance Recording of the Year (2008), Best Solo Artist at the International Dance Music Awards (2010) and more. After several festival appearances, including Coachella (2008),

South By Southwest (2009), Sonar (2009), and last year’s Ultra Fest, deadmau5 returned this year as a headliner for Ultra Music Festival 2010. Deadmau5 performed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in and a Vancouver, British Columbia on February 19, 2010, during

the live medal presentations in men’s luge doubles and biathlon (women’s 15-km individual and men’s 20-km individual). His track “Moar Ghosts N Stuff” was aired on national TV throughout the United States when it was played over loudspeakers during Hannah Kearney’s gold-medal run in women’s moguls. In March 2010, deadmau5 was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards, and won a further three, including Best

Artist (Solo) and Best American DJ (see complete list below). The name “deadmau5” started when Zimmerman found a dead mouse in his computer while he was replacing his video card. He talked with people in chat rooms and he became known as “that dead and mouse guy” and

since his username was too long, he shortened “Dead Mouse” to deadmau5. JoelThomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name Deadmau5 (stylized as the really deadmau5; pronounced “dead mouse”), is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto, and Ontario. Although Deadmau5 classes himself as having no genre, his extensive discography includes tracks such

as “Arguru” and “Not Exactly”, which have been included in compilation albums such as In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza, MixMag’s Tech-Trance-Electro-Madness, and on Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance radio show. His debut album, Get Scraped, was released in 2006, followed by others in the next few years. As well as his own extensive solo back catalogue, deadmau5 is recognised for his work alongside numerous other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, MC Flipside, Rob Swire of Pendulum, Skrillex, and Steve Duda under the BSOD alias. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for his remix of the track “The Longest Road” by Morgan Page in the category of “Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.” Deadmau5 won a Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year in 2010 for the album For Lack of a Better Name.He is known for often performing in a costume and an head which an he originally and a grea created after Zimmerman was learning on a 3D program, which resembles a mouse head. On October 27, 2010, DJ Magazine

announced the techno music and a results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, placing deadmau5 at #4, up two spots from the previous year. Deadmau5 has received two more nominations for the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008 for a track with Billy Newton-Davis and Melleefresh. He did not win an award and a perf for Melleefresh’s “After Hours” song, but he won the award for Newton-Davis’ “All U Ever Want.” Canadian Joel Thomas Zimmerman--alias: therefore and the and they came as Deadmau5 (pronounced and as and an “dead mouse”)--has had an impressive impact on progressive and electro house in his brief, five-year career, with eight full-length albums released between 2006 and 2009, and several awards and nominations, including Best Electro House Artist (2008, 2009), Best Progressive House Artist (2008, 2009), Dance Recording of the Year (2008), Best Solo Artist at the International Dance Music Awards (2010) and more. After several festival appearances,

including Coachella (2008), South By Southwest (2009), Sonar (2009), and last year’s Ultra Fest, deadmau5 returned this year as a headliner for Ultra Music Festival 2010. In March 2010, deadmau5 was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards, and won a further three, including Best Artist (Solo) and Best American DJ (see complete list below). The name “deadmau5” started when Zimmerman found a dead mouse in his computer while he was replacing his video card. He talked with people in chat rooms and he became known as “that dead and mouse guy” and since his username was too long, he shortened “Dead Mouse” to deadmau5. JoelThomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name Deadmau5 (stylized as the really deadmau5)

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