Ronald Jenkees is an American composer and musician from Kentucky, best known for his Youtube keyboard performances, coverage on G4 TV’s Attack of the Show! and an appearance in Paste Magazine. His YouTube videos have been viewed (in total) over 39,000,000 times. Jenkees has thus far released two independent albums: the self-titled Ronald Jenkees (2007), and Disorganized Fun (2009). Jenkees first began playing music at 4 years old when he received a toy keyboard as a Christmas gift. With it, he learned simple melodies and played with friends. While still at a young age, he received a YamahaPSR-500. He attempted piano lessons in the seventh grade, but these were unsuccessful. Jenkees discovered how to sequence and layer music using his Yamaha keyboard, and began playing hip hop music. He joined a marching band in high school, and despite being unable to read sheet music, the band director let Jenkees create his own keyboard parts and “jam out” in state competitions. The band director encouraged Jenkees to learn to read music, but he continued to play by ear.
How this guy is still unsigned completely shocks me…cause he has true instinctive aesthetic talent. He was even featured on a STS9 album called, Peaceblaster: The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes, producing a remix of “Beyond Right Now”. If you like his tunes show him support and download his 2009 album Disorganized Fun HERE.
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