Musician Chef B Cooking Up A Musical Treat
[Written by Stephen Wright]
Bermudian singer-songwriter Brady Cordeiro has been busy making moves in the music industry as he prepares to head to Los Angeles to chase his dreams in the new year.
Mr Cordeiro, who performs under the name Chef B, has raised his profile by entering an online NCAA-style tournament for upcoming artists, submitting three songs to be judged by top mix engineer Kayo from the Roast N Review YouTube channel and voted on by the public.
He is also collaborating with Jahllano, a Trinidadian dancehall star, who has agreed to feature on Mr Cordeiro’s song Bad From Born.
“I reached out to Jahllano on Instagram and got lucky,” Mr Cordeiro told Bernews. “I sent him a song, and he replied within a day or two.
“He felt the song was up to a certain level and said he was happy to put his name on it. He’s got quite a big platform and wouldn’t want to be on something that wasn’t up to his standard.
“I’ll record the chorus and my verse and leave a space for him to come and do his verse.”
In the next few days, Mr Cordeiro will discover whether he has reached the “Sweet Sixteen” of the Whozdope tournament, with the finalists to perform on a live online show in the presence of Shaquille O’Neal, the legendary former basketball player, who owns several record labels.
As of this writing, the 23-year-old is fifth in the leaderboard with more than 700 votes; however, the “Sweet Sixteen” will be decided by Kayo, who is Shaq’s mix engineer.
Mr Cordeiro believes returning to a more mellow dancefloor sound has helped set him apart from hip-hop and R&B artists.
“The exposure from making the leaderboard list is really cool,” said Mr Cordeiro, who has been recording songs for the past four years.
“I’ve gone back to a dancehall, island-themed sound. It’s different from the mainstream sound in the US. They’re listening to a lot of hip-hop and R&B music.
“It’s tough to differentiate some of that, but when you’re coming with an island sound, an Afro-beat style, I think it captured Kayo’s attention.
“It would be cool to make the final sixteen. On the last live show, Shaq gave out $1,000 to three artists on the spot.”
As for the origin story of Mr Cordeiro’s “Chef B” moniker, he explains it dates back to a trip he took with friends to Italy a few years ago.
“I’d had been wearing a bandana during the day and decided to wear it out for the night,” he recalls. “My friends started calling me chef because it almost looked like a sous chef’s hat.
“It just stuck. I record all my music, mix it myself, and do all the engineering – it’s almost like I’m cooking up my music. I like the play on that.”
A recording arts degree graduate from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, Mr Cordeiro intends to move to LA in the new year to pursue a career in the music industry.
“I’ve taken my intuition and advice from elsewhere and plan to head to LA and try my hand at doing it big out there,” the former Warwick Academy student said.
“It’s tough as an independent artist. Anyone can upload their music, but the competitive nature of it is ridiculous. More than 60 million songs are uploaded onto Spotify each year, but less than one per cent will get more than 1,000 streams.
“You need the help of record labels and endorsements who can showcase and promote your music on the right platforms.
“I want to stay in the industry, whether in a studio or live production. It would be great to be able to do something I love.”
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