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| '''Jeremy R. Winterrowd''' (born {{Birthdate|1976|2|25}}) is a software programmer, game designer, electronics inventor, music producer, DJ, photographer, video editor, paranormal investigator, & world traveler, he was known for many known games and videos in the [[screamer]] community, and he himself became a household name among the fans of it as well, he is currently living in San Francisco, CA and originally was born in Ennis, Texas. He currently works as a DJ in San Francisco, like in his early career. | | '''Jeremy R. Winterrowd''' (born February 25, 1976) is an American software programmer, game designer, electronics inventor, music producer, DJ, photographer, video editor, paranormal investigator, and world traveler. He gained popularity in the [[screamer]] community for his well-known games and videos, becoming a household name among fans. |
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| | Winterrowd was born in Dallas, Texas to Debby Winterrowd and Bobby Winterrowd. He grew up with his brother, Joey Winterrowd, and his cousin, Bonnie Meeder. His education is unknown, although he attended the ''[[wikipedia:University of Texas at Arlington|University of Texas at Arlington]]'', as per his ''[[wikipedia:LinkedIn|LinkedIn]] profile. |
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| | Winterrowd pursued a career as a Windows Server Administrator from 2001 to August 2003 before transitioning to become a software consultant in September 2003. He later became a web developer and founded ''Winterrowd Solutions'' in 2003, which published online games via social and privately owned websites using Adobe Suite Software.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/winterrowd-solutions/about/</ref><ref>Winterrowd's [https://www.linkedin.com/in/winterrowd LinkedIn profile]</ref> In 2000, Winterrowd started his career as a DJ on the internet, launching his website at ''djjeremy.net'', where he produced 17 songs until 2010.<ref>'''<nowiki>https://twitter.com/djjeremy</nowiki>'''</ref><ref>'''<nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://www.facebook.com/DJJeremyMusic</nowiki>'''</ref><ref> Jeremy Winterrowd's [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://djjeremy.net/ DJJeremy website] Retrieved: December 21st, 2010</ref> He then founded [[Winterrowd.com|Winterrowd Solutions]] in 2001, which initially hosted his resume but later became known for hosting his popular game during [[The Maze]] trend. He later removed his personal blog in 2010 and only hosted his screamer creations. Winterrowd also founded Bloggits in 2006 as the counterpart to his original website. The website was discontinued, and he held a ''[[Reaction videos#History|Winterrowd Prank Contest]]'' in 2006, where contestants had to record someone's reactions to a prank and upload them to the website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070406172347/http://www.winterrowd.com/ The Announcement] of the contest.</ref> The website grew in popularity, despite being controversial for its scary games and videos. It can be considered the father of all screamers and was announced as such in April 2007. Winterrowd posted two screamers on his channel, [[Loading Page]] and [[Safari]].<ref>Jeremy Winterrowd "[https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest]" 2007</ref> He currently resides in [[wikipedia:San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]], where he works as a DJ. |
| Jeremy was born on February 25th, 1976 in [[Wikipedia: Dallas, Texas|Dallas, Texas]], he was born to Debby Winterrowd and Bobby Winterrowd (both have passed away in January 2020) he grew up with his brother: Joey Winterrowd and his cousin: Bonnie Meeder.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/debby.winterrowd/about_family_and_relationships</ref> it is unknown what elementary and high school he attended to, According to his stats on LinkedIn, he revealed that he was attending to the University of Texas at Arlington.
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| From 2001 to August 2003, he pursued himself to become a [https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Windows_Server_Administration Windows Server Administrator], after which he became a Software consultant in September 2003, then he became a web developer and created the website "Winterrowd Solutions" in 2003. The site tended to be "Publishing online games via social websites and privately owned websites using Adobe Suite Software."<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/winterrowd-solutions/about/</ref><ref>Winterrowd's [https://www.linkedin.com/in/winterrowd LinkedIn profile]</ref>
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| ===DJJeremy (2000 - December 2010)===
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| Jeremy Winterrowd began his career as a DJ on the internet in 2000, when he launched his website at djjeremy.net. He composed his first song, titled: "Tear the Roof off this House!" Jeremy stated: "I've been doing house music for the last 8-9 years. I moved into the break house around 1995 and love mixing the two. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and I used to play at S.O.A. club and many parties."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010723161300if_/http://www.djjeremy.net:80/ a statement] on djjeremy.net by Jeremy Winterrowd.</ref>, He had produced 17 songs in total, which he continued until 2010, it also has 2 social media to supplement the website<ref>'''<nowiki>https://twitter.com/djjeremy</nowiki>'''</ref><ref>'''<nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://www.facebook.com/DJJeremyMusic</nowiki>'''</ref><ref> Jeremy Winterrowd's [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://djjeremy.net/ DJJeremy website] Retrieved: December 21st, 2010</ref>
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| ===Winterrowd Solutions (2001 - March 2020)===
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| in 2001, Jeremy Winterrowd founded the website called: Winterrowd Solutions under the domain: [[Winterrowd.com]] As already mentioned, Firstly, the site used to host Jeremy's resume<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031216055240/https://www.winterrowd.com/ The 2003 archive] of Winterrowd.com</ref>, and during [[The Maze]] trend, he decided to host his popular game and start a blog on the website. in 2010, Winterrowd decided to remove his personal blog and only host his [[screamer]] creations, later on, the website is now discontinued, Winterrowd founded Bloggits in 2006 as the counterpart to Jeremy's original website, but it was later redirected to the original in November.
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| Winterrowd also held a contest in that same year called the ''Winterrowd Prank Contest'', where you had to record the [[reaction videos|reactions]] of someone and upload them to the website and he would upload them to a channel named [https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest]. The website was getting bigger and bigger every time there was a screamer uploaded, depending on how famous it was and how many reaction videos there ever were. The website was also very controversial, considering that it had many scary games and videos, but overall, it had a very good reputation, and it can be considered the father of all screamers, it was announced on its website in April 2007.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070406172347/http://www.winterrowd.com/ The Announcement] of the contest.</ref> Despite being known for contest, he also posted 2 [[screamers]] to his channel: [[Loading Page]] and [[Safari]].<ref>Jeremy Winterrowd "[https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest]" 2007</ref>
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