The Expertise, Sound And Music Band with singer Auraiya Hope (in purple). From left are Oneil Dacres, Joshua Jones, O’Neil Walters, Christopher McDonald and Yinga Owens.
Arising with a reputation for a band will be difficult, however there have been no issues for O’Niel Walters when he began Expertise, Sound And Music eight years in the past. It was impressed by his 30 years within the music enterprise.
Lately, the band performed on The Chronicles Of Love Vol II, an EP by singer Auraiya Hope. Walters, who has toured with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires and Lloyd Parks and We The Folks bands, produced that four-song mission.
“I selected to call the band Expertise due to the wealth of expertise and data I’ve of the music business and I needed individuals to expertise stay music in its finest kind, and in the best way I knew it was supposed from a producer to be heard by the viewers,” he advised Observer On-line. “I sought the most effective accessible musicians to accompany me on this journey.”
Most of these musicians have executed the jazz and reggae rounds for a few years. They embody keyboardists Christopher McDonald and Franklyn “Bubbla” Waul, and guitarist Rajae “G Sharp” Rochester.
Rising bassist Joshua Jones, son of drummer Desi Jones, completes Expertise, Sound And Music’s core lineup.
Walters mentioned Hope’s EP launch at Footprints Cafe in Kingston in January, was the right launch for the band as a backing and manufacturing unit.
“We have been glad to return on board for her launch as we knew that we’d reproduce stay on stage what we had created for her within the studio. We knew that stay productions are expensive, particularly for an upcoming artiste,” he defined. “By sponsoring the launch we helped to alleviate a few of these bills, offering the backing band, the backline, the PA system, sound engineer and lighting.”
Walters started taking part in drums as a boy in August City, St Andrew. He was recruited for the Panoriddim Metal Orchestra with whom he performed on the College of the West Indies and Trinidad carnivals for a few years.
He moved on to different bands together with Ruption, The Dragonaires and We The Folks earlier than forming Warrior Love, which backed quite a lot of artistes on main exhibits equivalent to Reggae Sumfest, Insurgent Salute and Sting.
