We are all articles of our environment. We live what we learn. Whether our experiences are savory or unsavory, our personality is developed based on them.
Pressure, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary is affliction or difficulty.
Affliction and difficulty are two reasons why a man whose real name is Delyno Brown, calls himself PRESSURE.
He is a musician, known globally for his exploits in the Reggae genre, mainly because of his popular song, Love & Affection- a song he penned while in love with the mother of his beloved daughter.
But while he currently experiences days of love and comfort, Pressure remembers the days that groomed him.
“My name as an artiste came from experiences of real pressure. At 17 years of age I had to be fending for myself. By that I mean I had to be sending myself to school, paying the light bill, the water bill, paying the rent for my own apartment and I had to find food to eat”!
A native of the US Virgin Islands, he had to survive when both his parents separated. He revealed that he was based in an inner-city community, and the negative influences were there.
Thankfully, though his parents were separated from each other, and he was now on his own, they left him with lessons which would preserve him. Among these lessons was music.
“My father was a musician and so I wanted to be like him. This was how music became the medicine for the pressure I was experiencing. I started doing music while I was in high school. I played the drums for my school band.”Known only as Delron at the time, Pressure would also perform selections from popular artistes during his lunch break at school; and he did this to the delight of his peers.
After graduating from high school, he obtained a job with the government having moved to the United States of America (USA). He was then based in Valdosta, Georgia, Atlanta, with his mother and sister.
“I was working part-time so I could do music as well. It was rough. I was basically living-off my mother and sister. They supported me faithfully because they wanted me to realize my dream of getting that ‘big break’ in the music. This continued until I got to that point where as a man I could not have them taking care of me anymore. That was when I went into music full-time,” he further revealed.
As a member of a group he would perform at shows back in the US Virgin Island, however, he said he was not convinced that his fellow group members were serious about music. In the midst of his discontentment he got hope.
“We would open shows for major artistes like Buju Banton and Beres Hammond, and after our performances these major acts would encourage me to start a solo career and to come to Jamaica because my voice stood-out as a member of the group.”
To continue reading, purchase Vol.8 #4, 2016 Issue.
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We are all articles of our environment. We live what we learn. Whether our experiences are savory or unsavory, our personality is developed based on them.
Pressure, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary is affliction or difficulty.
Affliction and difficulty are two reasons why a man whose real name is Delyno Brown, calls himself PRESSURE.
He is a musician, known globally for his exploits in the Reggae genre, mainly because of his popular song, Love & Affection- a song he penned while in love with the mother of his beloved daughter.
But while he currently experiences days of love and comfort, Pressure remembers the days that groomed him.
“My name as an artiste came from experiences of real pressure. At 17 years of age I had to be fending for myself. By that I mean I had to be sending myself to school, paying the light bill, the water bill, paying the rent for my own apartment and I had to find food to eat”!
A native of the US Virgin Islands, he had to survive when both his parents separated. He revealed that he was based in an inner-city community, and the negative influences were there.
Thankfully, though his parents were separated from each other, and he was now on his own, they left him with lessons which would preserve him. Among these lessons was music.
“My father was a musician and so I wanted to be like him. This was how music became the medicine for the pressure I was experiencing. I started doing music while I was in high school. I played the drums for my school band.”Known only as Delron at the time, Pressure would also perform selections from popular artistes during his lunch break at school; and he did this to the delight of his peers.
After graduating from high school, he obtained a job with the government having moved to the United States of America (USA). He was then based in Valdosta, Georgia, Atlanta, with his mother and sister.
“I was working part-time so I could do music as well. It was rough. I was basically living-off my mother and sister. They supported me faithfully because they wanted me to realize my dream of getting that ‘big break’ in the music. This continued until I got to that point where as a man I could not have them taking care of me anymore. That was when I went into music full-time,” he further revealed.
As a member of a group he would perform at shows back in the US Virgin Island, however, he said he was not convinced that his fellow group members were serious about music. In the midst of his discontentment he got hope.
“We would open shows for major artistes like Buju Banton and Beres Hammond, and after our performances these major acts would encourage me to start a solo career and to come to Jamaica because my voice stood-out as a member of the group.”
To continue reading, purchase Vol.8 #4, 2016 Issue.
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