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Jayme’s Biography
I was born in England.
Since I was little I’ve always been interested in music. When I was eighteen months old I knew how to work our cassette player and would spend hours with my ear against it, listening and rewinding it when it stopped. And listening again, and again and again.
There are lots of musicians in my family. My brothers play the guitar and my parents used to play in a band so there have always been guitars and other instruments at home. Also, my cousins have a recording studio at home.
Ever since I can remember I’ve known how to play the guitar. When my brother was learning to play I would watch his fingers, especially when he was learning a new chord but he would always turn his back so I couldn’t see.
At 7 I started to learn to play the piano. At 8 or 9, I was having piano lessons after school and learning to read music. I was never interested in scales and so I used to cheat. I would listen to the teacher playing and memorise the song and then pretend to read the notes while I was looking at the sheet. I stopped doing classes when I was 11.
When I was 12, we moved to Spain.
I carried on playing the piano and the guitar, teaching myself, and when I was 14 my eldest brother put together a small recording studio as it was something that he was interested in. It had a bigger piano/keyboard than the one I was using, of course I was really jealous and wanted to use it but as it was new, he didn’t let me. So I just ended up sneaking in when he wasn’t there!
When I was 15 my cousins sent us a mixer, microphones and a computer that they didn’t use anymore and with that we made a small recording studio that we could all use. I started to compose songs with midi sounds and when my uncles came they showed me how the Blues scale works.
When I was 16 my grandma bought me a drum kit and, along with my two brothers and one of my cousins, we formed a band. We played in local bars and discos. We also sent a CD to competition called ‘Lagarto Rock’ in Jaen but we didn’t get anywhere and after that we gave up.
When I was 17 I went to England with my Dad to do some building work on my cousin’s house. I had a good time because they had a much better recording studio than mine and I recorded two songs in my free time with my cousin Helen Monks who is a level 2 Speech Level Singer.
Then I returned to Spain and at 18 started work in a “Tapiceria” (furniture factory) and used the money I earned to buy cymbals for my drum kit.
I formed another rock band with my brothers and a friend and we recorded another cd for Lagarto Rock but nothing came from it. We lost our bass player when he got a girlfriend.
When I was 19 I started working with my Dad in building again. In my free time I would write music for my brother’s (Joe!) videos which he sent to competitions. One day a friend’s girlfriend who was working for a local tv cannel “Localia” asked me to write a piece that lasted five minutes for a video she was doing for a competition or something, can’t remember. I wrote and she used it.
I was twenty when I showed that piece of music to my cousins and they asked me if I would be interested in working in their cantata project in England. I accepted and started writing.
Every year they would do another cantata and for three years I took part, writing, recording and mixing the melodies for the songs but not the words. The lyrics were all written by another friend who would work on the projects. At twenty two I bought a digital piano (Yamaha Clavinova)
Later when my cousins stopped doing cantatas, I started writing for myself.
I was trying to find a style that I liked in the hopes of selling the songs on internet and playing them in gigs.
As I didn’t have a band and one of my brothers was no longer interested in playing I was left a little short on instruments to be able to play the style I’d developed. So I tried to find a way to play live without having to use a backing track. I had the idea of using a loop machine and set about finding a way of putting all the instruments on it. It was very complicated and the songs had to be written specifically to work with that method of playing, and, although it all worked, I couldn’t see myself preparing and setting all that up every time I had a gig and then packing it back up again so I discarded the idea.
Some time later I saw a competition on internet for “Guitar Rig Hero” by the “Native-Instruments” company, which makes the guitar effects software that I had been using for my loops. So I knew exactly what to do for the competition. My brother and I did a video of me making a loop. I won the competition and the first prize of a Les Paul Standard guitar. And it is cool.
Jayme – I came across your video(s) in a ‘guitar rig’ search. You’re overflowing with talent and stage presence – I’m quite sure you’re destined for great things (the problem as you know – how do you translate that into $$$).
May life lead you to a wellspring that channels all of your talents and abilities and rewards you for your hard work.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Thank you ever so much for your comment, reading that first thing in the morning is such a nice way to start the day!
Thanks for that!
Jayme
Jayme – As Mark stated.. You are VERY talented!
Peace from Denmark
Great Jayme!! You’ve got a telent…i wish you well! Congratulations from Italy
Daniele
Hey Jayme,
You’ve got a lot of talent for someone so young,and I truly think you’re headed in the right direction. You have to remember though, you need to keep up with life, if you don’t, then things will fall apart.
Awesome music by the way, keep up the extraordinary work!
You have potential. Waiting for new songs.
I hope that you will not find a girl too quickly ;p
Your a very talented person and because your work I’ve been inspired to find my own voice when it comes to arranging and composing music. I hope you reach your dreams!
Hey Jayme! I feel your pain about the Mackie Onyx 400f. I have one and shortly after watching vblog 13, mine went bust. I did just get the Saffire 56 though.
Im wondering why you’re not famous yet! You have lots of potential and i wish i could play the guitar as good as you!
I love you.
Saw your youtube GR4 contest video. Superb!! Wish you the best!. Saludos desde Argentina.
Clean the fan is brilliant. Good enough to be a Top 40 hit on the radio. Every time I watch it I end up forwarding it to another round of friends. More please!
Muy buena musica la que hace amigo. Sigue adelante !
I really wonder why your not famous already? Youll get there just keep it up !!!
Dios te bendiga
Hey Jayme I wanted to let you know, you are super awesome. In case you didn’t already know! I love music a whole lot, I want to be an Acoustician or Audio Engineer as I have a good knowledge of acoustics. On the side, or more in the spotlight right now, I am trying to write music and play guitar. Watching you do your thing on youtube is very inspiring. I wish I could get my emotions to form into something like your music! I sometimes wonder if anybody else feels the way I do about music, and sometimes I feel lost. Seeing talent like you, from peers none-the-less, really inspires me.
Thanks so much for existing! I love your music, and your attitude. Keep it up, I’ll keep watching. Sincerely, Trevor Webb
Hello Jayme,
Stumbled across your YouTube video for Guitar-Rig Hero.
You have a gift that will continue to grow over the years, gentle sir.
Enjoyed your tunes on here and looking forward to receiving the signed CD I just purchased. Good luck !
Mathew, Perth
luck!
Jayme, you do some great things. I really enjoy your videos. Love the FG-104. I have a vintage FG-140 and FG 230 12 string both red label. Hang on to your FG they just get better with age. I look to see you go a long way. You are destined for greatness with tlent like yours. I wish all the best for you, Daniel
I love watching your videos. My 11 year old and I have seen them all. We decided to go take guitar lessons together so we can do cool stuff like you one day. Lots of love from the USA.
Aaaanda no sabía que vivías en España… que cosas, vi el video de Clean the Fan hace bastante y me hizo mucha gracia (sobretodo porque suelo limpiar muchísimos portátiles).
Tienes muchísimo talento pero siento que a tu música le falta algo, le falta un punto que no sabría decirte… Es genial pero para ser increible le falta un noseque… siento dejarte con la intriga, no creo que estés acostumbrado a que critiquen (aunque sea poquito) tus canciones. Pero eres genial en serio, sigue asi y suerte!
J, u made my day. You are gifted. Cheers From Salta-Argentina.
Hey, saw your clean the fan video on http://www.pcworld.co.nz
I’m sure all geeks everywhere appreciate your insight.
Your bio says about using you brothers studio, is that the one in the video or is the one shown your own or a combined family studio? Is the video work your own or do you have someone else put it together, as it’s very professional.
You are obviously very talented, your videos are top rate and your fans will spread the word, but… do you have the song. I really wish you the best of luck, you deserve a musical break.
just ran across your videos researching guitar rig — and after watching a bunch of them went to the bio on your blog. a couple of people have commented on your talent & said the hard part is turning musical talent into a living… that may be true, but i am 100% sure that if you keep going the way you’re going, the right opportunities will come your way. you bring a fresh eye to everything (loved your response to the guitar rig award video!). JUST KEEP CREATING! and believing in yourself. the right thing will come at the right time. it has to. ROCK ON!
Hi there
I just came across your video about cleaning the fan and now i just cant stop laughing, so brilliant! and i must say i was pretty amazed by your voice and the melody… as english is not my first language i could totally be listening to a song like that in the tube wihtout paying attention to the lyrics and it would actually give this song a really different meaning…
anyway, much talking for nothing,your other songs are just as great and you re refreshing my ipod.
x
hi jayme, your loop soup and the rig rocker is great, i like it realy, and i m sure, you do a great carrier, just take your time, you are a great musican yet, and on your way …
greetings from austria
Hello! Jayme, congratulation I m sourprised of you,I have a Q.
Did you make de song in ral time?
Can you explain how did you make that song?
Thanks!
Jayme, I too am so impressed with your talent, as well as the very clever video you put together. You deserved to win. I’d be so interested in your setup, as well as how you utilized the loop functions in guitar rig and sequenced them. Do you have any plan to publish a step by step? that would be awesome.
I love to learn new stuff.
Thanks for sharing your gifts with us.
~Scott
Jayme, you and your songs very good !
ali from Kazakhstan
thanks
Hola amigo! Quiero que me haces una bandasonora para mi raton muerto!
(p.s has mirado mi página web???)
I like your songs, they have a very good rhythm and even if sometimes the lyrics aren’t very deep you can still enjoy them. Try to write more serious songs (not necessarily melancholic as “far from home”). You have got yourself a fan (not a computer fan) on the other side of the globe.
Greetings from Chile (South America),
Renzo.
Hey Jayme! I absolutely love your music. It inspires me to keep up my work in music. You got any advice on how to get some fans?
P.S. You should post some tabs for your songs, I’d really like to be able to play “Clean The Fan” on guitar.
Thanks.