Baby Vince at 3 years old! I guess this is where it all began. Well, actually, not quite just yet. I was 8 years old when my father (standing behind me) enrolled me in drum school in downtown Chicago on Adams and Wabash. It was a place called Frank's Drum Shop. (no longer there - boo hoo!) Man, check out the long scratch on that picture! You can tell that picture is old, huh? LOL! Vince at 15 years old! By this time, I had learned how to play drums very well and was playing the alto and baritone sax in school as well as drums. At this age, I just started teaching myself guitar and bass. I didn't think I was ready to tackle keyboards yet. Just too many keys, I thought! (smile) Within a year, I would start writing and recording my own songs. Little did I know that a short unknown little guy from Minneapolis named Prince would be releasing his debut album, "For You," within the next year and from that moment on, people would forever be comparing me to him. I had just joined my first local band called, "The Basic Black Band." I was the sax player. Check out that afro! LOL! My History at a Glance During high school I was given "The Most Outstanding Musicianship" award in 11th grade. Soon afterward, I stopped practicing the sax. I think the biggest reason why I gave up the sax was because it hurt my lips. LOL! At 18, I produced, arranged and played all the instruments on a song I wrote for a female vocalist. The song was entitled, "Love Me Again." At the age of 20, I bought my first 4 track recorder. It was the good old reliable Fostex X-15 multitrack recorder. I've been making my own home demos ever since. In 1988, I met a man named Jonathan Brown. Although Jonathan only stayed in Tulsa a short time, his impact was great and everlasting. Jonathan, who was from L.A., was the one who introduced to the local Tulsa musicians how to release records and tapes independently. Jonathan's first project was a local rap group called "The D.C.Boys." I was his second. Under Jonathan's direction, I released a mini-cassette entitled "Undercover Lover" on my own label, "Royalty Records," in the spring of 1989. My next project, "Seduction," which took me almost a year to complete, was released in the fall of 1990. "Seduction" was everything that "Undercover Lover" was not. "Seduction" got good reviews and frequent radioplay. The most popular track was called, "Feel It In The Night," a funky dance tune with a New Jack Swing Teddy Riley beat. In the fall of 1993, I left my day job at the bank to join Parti Gras, an international Top 40 cover band, as their bass player and went to Guam for 5 months. I kept touring Asia with different bands until 1997. ----- Vincent Gibbs Original *MIDI music* created by Vincent Gibbs
Baby Vince at 3 years old!
I guess this is where it all began. Well, actually, not quite just yet. I was 8 years old when my father (standing behind me) enrolled me in drum school in downtown Chicago on Adams and Wabash. It was a place called Frank's Drum Shop. (no longer there - boo hoo!)
Man, check out the long scratch on that picture! You can tell that picture is old, huh? LOL!
By this time, I had learned how to play drums very well and was playing the alto and baritone sax in school as well as drums. At this age, I just started teaching myself guitar and bass. I didn't think I was ready to tackle keyboards yet. Just too many keys, I thought! (smile) Within a year, I would start writing and recording my own songs. Little did I know that a short unknown little guy from Minneapolis named Prince would be releasing his debut album, "For You," within the next year and from that moment on, people would forever be comparing me to him.
I had just joined my first local band called, "The Basic Black Band." I was the sax player. Check out that afro! LOL!
My History at a Glance
During high school I was given "The Most Outstanding Musicianship" award in 11th grade. Soon afterward, I stopped practicing the sax. I think the biggest reason why I gave up the sax was because it hurt my lips. LOL!
At 18, I produced, arranged and played all the instruments on a song I wrote for a female vocalist. The song was entitled, "Love Me Again."
At the age of 20, I bought my first 4 track recorder. It was the good old reliable Fostex X-15 multitrack recorder. I've been making my own home demos ever since.
In 1988, I met a man named Jonathan Brown. Although Jonathan only stayed in Tulsa a short time, his impact was great and everlasting. Jonathan, who was from L.A., was the one who introduced to the local Tulsa musicians how to release records and tapes independently. Jonathan's first project was a local rap group called "The D.C.Boys." I was his second.
Under Jonathan's direction, I released a mini-cassette entitled "Undercover Lover" on my own label, "Royalty Records," in the spring of 1989.
My next project, "Seduction," which took me almost a year to complete, was released in the fall of 1990. "Seduction" was everything that "Undercover Lover" was not. "Seduction" got good reviews and frequent radioplay. The most popular track was called, "Feel It In The Night," a funky dance tune with a New Jack Swing Teddy Riley beat.
In the fall of 1993, I left my day job at the bank to join Parti Gras, an international Top 40 cover band, as their bass player and went to Guam for 5 months. I kept touring Asia with different bands until 1997.
----- Vincent Gibbs
Original *MIDI music* created by Vincent Gibbs