Name Ronald Jenkees Website www.ronaldjenkees.com | Labels Independent Years active 2004—present | |
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Similar People Big Giant Circles, Ronald Isley, Ronald El Killa, Daft Punk, Ewan Dobson Born 25 March 1988 (age 33) Profiles | ||
Occupation(s) Songwriter, musician | ||
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Ronald Jenkees is an American composer and musician, best known for his YouTube keyboard performances. His YouTube videos have been viewed (in total) over 75 million times. Jenkees has thus far released five independent albums: the eponymous album Ronald Jenkees (2007), Disorganized Fun (2009), Days Away (2012), Alpha Numeric (2014), and Rhodes Deep (2017).
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Musical career
Jenkees began releasing beats and raps online under the name "Big Cheez" in about 2003. Under this name, he produced the 2005 album Straight Laced by Fish. In 2006, Jenkees started posting funny videos on YouTube, and later began posting music-related videos. These videos usually feature him wearing a hat and greeting his viewers by saying, "Hello YouToobs!" His videos gradually gained popularity, particularly after Bill Simmons from ESPN.com featured Jenkees and asked him to record his podcast theme, and again after being "thumbed up" by members of the StumbleUpon community. In 2007, Jenkees independently released his first studio album, Ronald Jenkees. In June 2009, Jenkees was featured on the STS9 album, Peaceblaster: The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes, producing a remix of "Beyond Right Now". On July 31, 2009, Jenkees released his second album, Disorganized Fun. Both are currently available on physical compact discs or as direct MP3 downloads. He has also recorded a third album, Days Away, which was released in 2012, and a fourth, Alpha Numeric, in (2014). In April of 2017, he released a much-awaited album called Rhodes Deep, which was teased on his Instagram account.
A selection of his music (from his first two independent albums, Ronald Jenkees and Disorganized Fun) is included in the Iridium Studios's game "Before the Echo" (previously known as "Sequence").
Style
Jenkees creates a variety of music ranging from electronic music to hip hop to rock and roll using pianos, keyboards, and various PC-controlled electronic synthesizers. He uses keyboard and synthesizer synthetic voices to add a variety of instruments into his sound. The result is a combination of rock and roll with techno or trance-influenced rock opera. In some of his YouTube videos he plays a harmonica in his slower tempo songs.
Discography
(Variations and updated versions of some songs on Straight Laced can be found on Jenkees' first album as instrumentals.)