Many musicians start their bio by telling you how they grew up around music, for most of them, Mum or Dad had something to do with music; maybe it was an instrument, just vocals or both. My name is Klyn .C. Akwarandu and I didn't have that luxury :( . Mum is a fashion designer and Daddy a business man, both grew up in their hometown where farming was the order of the day. So here I was, starved of a musical background by nature and nurture.
From a young age I started to develop a predilection for music, I first adored and loved MICHAEL JACKSON, He was my hero, I practically could replicate every dance every I saw him perform on TV.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

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Soon as I turned 7, I started having a certain push towards instruments. I would always arrange a set broomsticks on top a flat table and use it as my snare drum on which I will beat hard and use my leg as the bass drum.
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Trust me when I say that it was mad fun. Later on in high school I joined the schools band, where I stayed and played for the best 4 years of my high school experience. This further pushed me to join a choir in my city, where I became the chief drummer.

While in high school, a couple of my mates and I decided to start up an all-male acapella group. We called ourselves "THE SAINTS". I'll save you the gruesome details and simply inform you that I got kicked out of the group for a reason I really cannot remember. I finally graduated from high school and took my choir serious. My choir at the time, placed the pianist who played for us every Sunday on a weekly wage, simply because he came from another town. I saw an opportunity there and decided to learn the piano at all costs, my plan was simple, I wanted to help the church save money by becoming a pianist. My dream was finally achieved, and I started to play and finally was made the choir director at the very young age of 19.

My love for music gradually continued to blossom, I started learning and teaching myself with materials from the internet. I soon saw myself playing all the 12 keys on the piano comfortably, and then it hit me..." I needed a music name" , the name part was quite easy because I was already so fond of Aliciakeys and so I named me after her.

College came knocking after 3 years of sitting at home waiting for admission, I opened the door and welcomed it in. Here I was in the University of Portharcourt studying Microbiology, little did I know that my stay in college will be more musical than academic. I soon joined a choir in school, where eventually I became the chief pianist.

Then I began to experiment and further learnt different instruments. I started with the guitar, and in a few weeks I had become so good at playing it.

My life as a musician took an interesting route when a few friends of mine and I decided to start a rock band... we were called WeR³ - pronounced We R cube


We sure had some good times and recorded a few songs together. Here was our very first video to one of our songs which we titled "I'm a wonder to my world"

we wrote another song some months later, A Hit single that won the song of the year in my school and was also on the number one spot on the radio station in my city ... titled "ARISE AND SHINE" here is a video of the song ....

While in the band I started my own music school where I taught kids and ladies how to play the piano, this led me to author a book which I published 2 years ago ... you can find it on Amazon.... but I'll soon find a way to have it available here on steemit. This book can teach you all the basics you need to know to play the piano by ear, and you can do it all by yourself, from the comfort of your home.
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Sadly enough, my band like most bands suffered a break up, leaving just @the-mobz and I. We still retained the name and have recorded and performed more songs.

Songs that have been recorded so far, with download links

• ARISE AND SHINE
• ADRENALINE
• ONE LOOK
• THE SECRET

WHAT DRIVES ME

The feeling of knowing that I can change the world with music, keeps me going. For every song I write, I see the world become a better place. For every student I teach, I bless the world with one more skill.

MUSIC HEALS THE WORLD
I have been told this a lot, and the truth is that I believe it.

THEN STEEMIT CAME IN

My music have always been appreciated, especially with people who are in the same environment with me and also within Nigeria. Steemit gave me a new perspective. The openmic team led by @luzcypher really made a difference in my life. All the open mic contests I have participated in have always brought out creativity in me, making me write original songs at the speed of light and they all sound awesome too; except they are lying to me ... lol
Here are some of my openmic videos

Through steemit I met @nairadaddy who believed in me so much and introduced me to the Air-clinic, he listened to my music and decided to make me the director of the clinics radio station.
** Clinic-fm**

Tune in every night on discord by 8 PM GMT +1 ... here is the link https://discord.gg/NjuBxvc, once you join head over to the voice channel and join the music place. hope to see you tonight

I also met @ejemai of @stach, and trust me when I say the love I have been shown here is quite heavenly. The @stach family and the @air-clinic family have really made my music go round the world. More and more people are now aware of my band and my skills as an awesome song writer and musician.

Special thanks to:
@ethandsmith : Though he is a continent away from me, he is a strong believer in my music and is always looking for ways to help me grow as a musician
@topkpop : I met her through @ethandsmith and since then my songs have received good air plays in the United states
@futurethinker : bro you are amazing and you know it... he once recomended me for OCD's curation and since then have decided to take an interest in my music

I KNOW I STILL HAVE MORE GROUNDS TO COVER, BUT STEEMIT IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT LONG JOURNEY SHORTER

Thank you so much for taking the time to this very long post of mine... lol

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