Hello, my name is Jemaine Cupido and I'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my keyboard experiences with you. I have been playing for over 5 years now.
I grew up in church and my dad was and still is a musician. I started playing drums at the age of 14 just to help out when the drummer didn't show up. There, I believe my passion for music was triggered, but I was still too young to realise.
Because I wasn't a born again christian, I didn't bother taking church and my potential skills seriously for a long time. When I got saved at 18 years of age, one of the things I wanted to do for God was to play an instrument. Through Gods grace and my mentor (Marco Mentoor), I got to learn how to play the bass by ear. Since then I played bass for over 10 years and I got real good at it. I use to listen to a band called F.L.O.W (Kevin Bond, Darell Freeman & Jeremy Haynes) and this is where I found my inspiration from. The bassist, Darell Freeman is one of THE BEST in my opinion. Through him I developed a unique style and syncing well with the keyboard player. We played at parties, weddings and restaurants which allowed me to expand into jazz music.
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| Marco on Keys, Brandon on Drums and ME on bass at my mom's birthday |
Marco, who I still consider my mentor and friend, left church and someone else took his place. When that substitute player left for a job opportunity, it was up to me to start playing the keyboard. Marco took me through a few lessons and within in months I was playing in church. Because of my understanding of bass, it was fairly easy to grasp the keyboard, in fact I would add that learning the keyboard, opened up my mind further to understanding music rather than memorizing all the songs we played.
The purpose for this blog is to simply share all that I have learned so far and to expose you to all the courses that I have invested in to reach the level that I had in such a sort amount of time.
I hope you regularly check in, and if you want, please subscribe to my email? That way you won't miss out on all the lessons, tips and resources that is to come.
God bless!
Hello Jemaine, I've recently come across your blog and videos on youtube. Wow, I thank God to have found such a treasure you sharing. I hope you will continue to inspire young musicians like me. God bless you
ReplyDeleteHi zveto. Thanks for the blessings! Hope you continue to practice daily!
DeleteHello Buddy , I cant help but notice that you are from Cape Town ( I might be wrong) I live in Cape town too, I found your amazing staff and I am blessed , I wish I knew you in person so I could learn at your feet . Stay blessed and keep em coming
ReplyDeleteHi there. I am from a little town just outside of Capetown called Paarl. I recently moved to the southern cape, but I will strive to provide more content soon. God bless and thank you for your support.
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