Di Blueprint Band

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Di Blueprint band is a Jamaican R&B, Reggae [1] and Pop band.

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History

Di Blueprint was formed by students at the Edna Manley College of the Visual & Performing Arts in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. They entered and won a Battle of the Bands competition in Jamaica, and subsequently performed in the 2012 Lions in the Garden concert, organized by Rootz Releaf and La Reserva Foundation. [2]

On December 9, 2012 the band won the Global Battle of the Bands World Finals and gained the title of "Best New Band in the World", [3] [4] replacing another Jamaican band, Dubtonic Kru, the previous year's winner. [5]

Di Blueprint dedicated their win of the GBOB world finals to Rameish Folks, a former member of the band who died before being able to go London. [6] [7]

Di Blueprint has been featured in the April 2012 issue of Buzzz Magazine and performed on Itey & Fancy Cat show and were the winners of the Jamaica Global Battle of the Bands competition. [8]

Three of the members of the band left after the competition. [9] The band regrouped and performed at various venues in Jamaica, [10] including the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival and the Arts in the Park festival in 2013. [11] [12]

The Di Blueprint has performed at the Gungo Walk World Music Festival and has experimented with the use of the computer audio processing plug-in Autotune by Antares with their vocals on select songs as they fuse dance, reggae and dancehall music forms. [13] In 2014, the band toured internationally with singer Konshens. [14]

Di Blueprint has also performed at Usain Bolt's "Tracks & Records" at their "Behind the Screen" performance series. [15]

Members

The members of the band in 2013 were guitarist and lead singer Elton Brown, [16] bass player Alex Gallimore, [17] Keyboardist and musical director Vern Hill, Band leader and drummer Kedron Kennedy. [18] [19] [20] [21]

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  12. ↑ "Arts in the Park Vital for Showcasing Country’s Entertainment Brand – State Minister Crawford". Jamaica Information Centre. Kadian Brown May 7, 2015
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