Skyler Jett – Grammy award winning singer ‘at Offbeat’.
This extremely talented singer is full of energy and charisma and you can easily while away your afternoon listening to his many stories about his career in the music business.
Skyler not only grew up in a musical family but was surrounded by and sung with so many well known superstars over the years.
Skyler is now currently working on a new single called Heal The World in which the music was brilliantly composed in Switzerland by Andreas Svarc (pictured left) a very talented musician and songwriter in his own right who produced and wrote the track with Styler. The vocals were recorded and produced at Offbeat Studios Edinburgh with Iain McKinna. The drums were played and recorded in Munich by Tobias Haas. (pictured below) Watch this space for more details including the release date.
There were some great moments in Skyler’s session as he was putting down his vocals, and being the perfectionist that he is, enhancing the track big style as he effortlessly sang his vocals. At one point the fantastic resonance of his voice started to chime with a cymbal from the drum kit – stopping the session until it was removed!
It was pure magic watching him work. He microscopically went through each line and note to get the result he wanted which paid off, achieving a fantastic result.
Heal The World is a track that really showcases the brilliance of Skyler’s effortless vocal talent and his awesome sweet vocal harmony’s which were layered up with the most amazing perfection. In addition his lyrical content is thought provoking – there are very few artist these days writing songs about global issues. There’s a wellspring of tracks bursting to come out from this extremely prolific artist and we can hardly wait to hear what his next tracks will be. His extraordinary talent is right up there with the big boys and he deserves all the success coming to him, he is a very talented and true star who will be making a big noise this year. Over the Summer he will be touring with Sly And The Family Stone in America which he loves to do, singing backing vocals, also offering a great platform as publicity for his own music.
Having toured with The Commodores replacing Lionel Ritchie as Lead Vocalist for their live shows in 31 different countries, as well as touring with Sly Stone, he also played a really important role in encouraging Sly back to the world stage between 2003 – 2007.
He sang with Celine Dion on the title track from Titanic on the album version which earned him the Grammy award with the song My Heart Will Go On. as well as working with Whitney Houston on the song I’m Every Woman for the block buster hit movie The Body Guard which was movie of the year in (1992).
He also worked with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davies Jr on the film “Tap” with a song A Smile Like Yours with Greg Kinnear and Disneyland Hercules. Not forgetting the James Bond 007 Licence To Kill, Big Bully with Rick Moranis and Tom Arnold, and Ghostdad. The list of stars are endless Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Sting, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and Kenny G, he is very much in demand as his credits with famous celebrity singers are too many to mention here.
Skyler’s love of music stems from his childhood as his Mum, Aunt and GrandMa were Gospel singers in the Baptist Churches of Oakland, so he grew up singing from the age of 7 as well as meeting hosts of great stars as a child. His aunt, Elsie Davis, was the first black woman to hire entertainment for San Francisco’s Presidio Army base and she performed with such greats as Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra.
In his teens Skyler benefitted from the mentorship of two uncles, Capus Hope, who managed Jazz Band, Donald Byrd & The Blackbirds and Arif Khaitib who promoted Ike & Tina Turner. They instilled a valuable understanding of business acumen, professionalism and timeliness in the young man which stood him in good stead along his journey through the woefully unpredictable and fickle world of the Music Industry. His Mum and his two aunties were both in the music business so he grew up singing from the age of 7 as well as meeting a host of great stars as a child.
Skyler learned the ins and outs of the entertainment industry due to his very great talent of observation, and while he hung around all these great artists back stage at their live shows he realised that actually there was more to the music business than just having a great voice and so learned how to organise everything to do with putting on a live show, and then started offering his services to all the talented singers and musicians around at the time in the San Francisco Bay Area. His unique education in life has added depth and colour to his harmonies, making the tracks sound unique and special, which has given him the edge to really stand out vocally.
He also started Solutions Now Radio with S. Denise Newton a weekly internet radio show in America highlighting and discussing solutions of the most pressing issues of today, especially addressing issues of social consciousness, which encouraged him to bring out his song I Survived, reaching out to all the woman fighting breast cancer.
The most impressive and wonderful talent of Skyler apart from his effortless singing are his inspiring lyrics. He chooses topics close to his heart bringing the attention of current global and environmental problems. He inspires the positive and is a breath of fresh air as his lyrics uplift you to a higher place, reminding us that we can rise above the negative issues of today by listening to humanitarian heart felt music.
You really must check out his single This Is A Calling which gave me goose bumps when I first heard it. What a track. The ease of his vocal performance had me spellbound it was so great to watch, such a natural performer.
Skyler has just recently sang on one of Iain’s songs Something’s Wrong, which will be completed in the not too distant future.
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