GPAD
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General Info
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Genre: R&B / Reggae / Reggaeton
Location Los Angeles / Georgetown / NY, California, US
Profile Views: 4969
Last Login: 4/21/2011
Member Since 2/11/2007
Website www.olaimedia.com
Record Label OLAI Media
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
GPAD's is a journey of unrelenting struggle from birth. He was born with only one foot, undeveloped left thumb and index finger, and tied tongue — a speech impediment. Little wonder therefore, why this fluently “trilingual” (Spanish/English/Creolese) artist so passionately and convincingly extols the virtues of "survival", "never giving up", "mind over matter" and "belief in one's self" in many of his soul-searching songs! En "El campeon" he sings: "With missing foot and crooked hand I came/So dem call meh handicap and dem call meh lame/Some claim I couldn’t do this/Some claim that I couldn’t do that/But disability is just a state of mind/If it’s weak you gonna fall behind/A lesson that I learned from birth/Through love and self-worth/How to stand up strong, be a man/And make it in this land." With equal passion and conviction, GPAD also uses his music to clamor for equality, peace, love, unity, and liberty among all human creatures. His gifted songwriting talent shines brilliantly in "VOTSEE VIVE/VOTSEE LIVES!", the upcoming album of his group VOTSEE. In light of Barak Obama's history-making victory, this album is prophetic. "My music is a soulful cornucopia of R&B, reggae, Latin, ringbang, country, calypso, Afro-Cuban, Guyanese folklore, reggaeton, hip-hop, and what have you," he proudly explains. "It adheres to no particularly established genre or style. Whatever I feel pulsing in my soul at any given moment, I reach in, grab hold of it, and express it to the beat that's matching it in my head." GPAD may not have a specific definition for his music, but when you add the elements of his unique struggle, his political consciousness, his intellectual accomplishments, and his spiritual depth to his music, verbal surrealism is what you get. And that in turn is complemented by his "inexhaustible energy and electrifying stage presence," to use the words of an adoring fan. Here is a voice in the wilderness that truly defines Guyana’s geo-cultural position as standing astride two great cultures: one South American; the other Caribbean. The proud father of six beautiful children, GPAD is currently a language arts tutor in the "No Child Left Behind" program in Southern California. When he is not on stage leading his group VOTSEE, along with MRP, he is busy being the CEO of ONE LOVE ALWAYS! INC., of which OLAI MEDIA is the record label and audio-visual division. .. ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Image Hosting.. - ..Comments.... -
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Influences
GPAD's number one influence is his father, "who would strike up and carry a tune at any given moment." Second to him is Bob Marley. Other influences, though not in any particular order, include Ben E. King, Johnny Braff, Patti Page, Sue Thompson, The Drifters, Sugar Minott, Third World, Culture, Silvio Rodriguez, Cinco u Cuatro, Bene Moore, U Brown, Dennis Brown, et al. -
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