![]() So we decided to delve into the question of what makes a musical genius. This month, the National Geographic channel series Genius returns for a third season with a look at the life of Aretha Franklin. And this is Overheard: a show where we eavesdrop on the wild conversations we have here at Nat Geo and follow them to the edges of our big, weird, beautiful world. I’m Peter Gwin, editor at large at National Geographic magazine. Some of these prodigies go on to amazing careers and eventually are recognized as geniuses-like Chopin or Mozart. If you Google musical prodigies, you’ll get hundreds of hits-there’s the 10-year-old violinist who plays with the famous philharmonic, the 9-year-old composing symphonies, and the 11-year-old blind jazz pianist. GWIN: History is filled with inspiring stories about astonishing young musicians like Keedron. It’s Keedron, live on National Geographic.īRYANT: There is a name I love. GWIN: So I know your first love is gospel, and we were hoping that maybe we could hear you sing a church song. So I listen to like the Jackson Five and Boyz to Men and other groups and R&B stuff. And now he’s working with Keedron, the 13-year-old contemporary R&B and gospel singer.īRYANT: I like old school music. He’s seen their creative processes up close and knows what top talent sounds like. GWIN: Dem has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Eminem, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Kanye West, and Christina Aguilera. He's only going to get better and more brilliant as an artist. JOINTZ: His voice is only gonna get better. In 2020 he performed on network television.ĭEM JOINTZ (PRODUCER): First of all, his voice is amazing. GWIN: In 2019 he won youth male vocalist of the year at the Gospel Choice Music Awards in Georgia. PETER GWIN (HOST): Keedron is a child prodigy.īRYANT: I started singing at the age of five years old, and around seven, that's when I really got serious and started really practicing and watching videos. ![]() It’s funny how songs you’ve never heard can sometimes spark nostalgia due to the sheer temporal specificity of their sound.KEEDRON BRYANT (CHILD PRODIGY): My name is Keedron Bryant, and I'm a recording artist, and I'm 13 years old. ![]() I remember Slumber from “Bell Boy!”, their gorgeous contribution to Lounge Records’ 1998 Sounds From Psychedelphia compilation but the rest of the tunes on This Is a Song to the Sound of You are new to me. Throughout, the vocals are as soft and airy as the guitars are fiery and luminous. Philly shoegaze/dream-rock outfit Slumber would fit perfectly on a mixtape alongside the aforementioned bands and I’ve been playing this Bandcamp collection of their tunes a lot this month. Lately, I‘ve been leaning heavily on dreamy, 90s alt-rock, revisiting and obsessively playing bands that I adored as a kid like Velocity Girl, Belly and Velour 100. Slumber – This Is a Song to the Sound of You Here are 5 things that have lit my mind and soul on fire as we prepare to have fun and shake off the winter blues. So,this month, I’ve made it a point to pop up at more events to see friends and fam and preparie to take on more DJ gigs in an effort to share in the experience of hearing and playing music. Humans are social animals and music is one of the grandest examples of our social being. I’ve been writing at home a lot, I go out on solo missions to dig for records and while all of that is fine, I am looking forward to being out in the mix more. March is here and Spring is knocking on the door! As we move into the warmer part of the year, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to revamp my relationship to music.
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