Kevin Reeves’s musical journey has been an amalgamation of many styles, each day bringing new forms of artistic expression. As the son of a young member
of the U.S. Coast Guard, his family moved numerous times allowing Kevin to experience different [+]Kevin Reeves’s musical journey has been an amalgamation of many styles, each day bringing new forms of artistic expression. As the son of a young member
of the U.S. Coast Guard, his family moved numerous times allowing Kevin to experience different cultural communities. From the down-home country music
of Alabama, to the many forms of Hip hop originating in California, Kevin assimilated these musical styles and incorporated them into his arsenal of musical
ideas.
Born on December 22, 1977 in Frankfort Michigan he was diagnosed with Optic Nerve Atrophy, a condition, which caused him to be totally blind. This visual
impairment did not negatively affect his young life. Kevin’s early childhood was met with total inclusion into the sighted world around him and daily filled
with the music of Billy Joel, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Grover Washington Jr. and the Electric Light Orchestra.
At age 3, he moved to Mobile, Alabama where he heard the music of Charlie Daniels, Lynard Skynard and Alabama. Combined with the rock of 38 Special, Billy
Joel and others, Kevin began to understand and differentiate the many musical styles that existed, adding each one to his lexicon.
Elementary school brought Kevin back to northern Michigan where he not only furthered his exploration of the idioms of rock music, but also began to gain
an interest in the sound of electronic instruments such as synthesizers, keyboards and drum machines. In 1985, at age eight, he received a small toy keyboard
that propelled his interest to new heights. Several times, he tried to take up piano as an academic instrument but to no avail. He was too free spirited
to exert the discipline needed for learning written pieces. Instead, he spent his time working with his keyboard and the family’s upright piano exploring
his musical world for himself.
At this time, he began to take a deep interest in the art rock of Yes, Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, Rush, post "Rubber Soul" Beatles and Electric Light
Orchestra. While his sighted counterparts were sneaking flashlights into their rooms in order to read at night, Kevin was sneaking headphones or putting
speakers under his pillow in order to hear the sounds of local rock radio station WKLT. "There was this really cool show on Sunday nights called T
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