Ronald Jenkees became a YouTube sensation about 5 years ago. He has a quirky yet lovable & humble personality, which shines through his videos. He claims to be a self-taught musician, which isn’t to surprising if you watch him play. Doesn’t look like a typical pianist. Some think he is autistic, and his mannerisms may support that claim, but he himself has officially stated otherwise. There’s a bit of a controversy surrounding him. Nobody has found any record of a real-life Ronald Jenkee’s, but some people have claimed to know him in school and say that he has a strong background in musical studies and the YouTube persona we see is just an act. Whether he’s putting on a show or legitmately super geeky doesn’t matter to me. The music he writes I find pretty incredible, which is why he is one of my all time favorites. Unfortunately he uploaded most of his music before YouTube had HD, so the sound quality was pretty bad. Below, the first video I’ll post is one of his classics, so you can see his playing style. After that I’ll post HD song uploads of his.
Via Wikipedia:
Ronald Jenkees is an American composer and musician, best known for his YouTube keyboard performances, coverage on G4’s Attack of the Show!, and an appearance in Paste Magazine. His YouTube videos have been viewed (in total) over 66,559,924 times.[1] Jenkees has thus far released three independent albums: the eponymous album Ronald Jenkees (2007), Disorganized Fun (2009), and Days Away (2012).
Stay Crunchy – Live Performance
Remix to a Remix
Magnetic Moment
Gold Spinners
October 10, 2013 at 6:12 am | Favorite Musicians