Lyric Dubee Extraordinary Musician, Vocalist and Songwriter

Lyric Dubee
Lyric Dubee

This week’s featured artist is fourteen year old, Canadian born, Lyric Dubee.  Like other young talent that has been introduced here I found Lyric on his YouTube channel and was especially fascinated with his originality and sound.

Immediately I recognized that Lyric was another fine example of the quality of the amazing talent that Canada has been producing through this younger generation of musicians and vocalists.

I asked Lyric to do a special self introduction video for this article which he graciously created. I’m proud and excited to finally be able to embed it below for your enjoyment.

Lyric Dubee Up Close and Personal Introduction!

Lyric Dubee began his life as a reflection of a love for music, in the fact that his parents named him Lyric because they loved music.  I’m told; that a wide variety of music was always playing in the house and car from the moment Lyric was born, and before he could walk or talk he was humming recognizable songs.  (Mary Had a Little Lamb for example.)

Lyric at the LakeOn his 3rd birthday Lyric got dressed up like Woody, (he always loved acting) he grabbed a badminton racket and pretended play the guitar to entertain the guests at the party.  Still, his parents had no clue he would eventually want to play music.

When Lyric’s dad was a teenager he was in a garage band and kept the guitar which sat in the basement collecting dust.  At age 9 Lyric asked to see it and asked if he could have it.  His dad said “if you learn to play it, you can have it”.  The lessons began and that was the start of a new obsession.

Within a few months he had landed a spot in the school talent show where he was seen and asked to play at the Barrie New Music Festival.  He has performed in the festival every year since.  In 2010 he was nominated for best song writer and again in 2011 when he won the award with his original song “Hello Beautiful”.

 Lyric Hello Beautiful Music VideoHello Beautiful – “Award Winning Song”

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Sebastian Paul Janoski Pensylvania’s Pride

Sebastian Janoski

“For Sebastian, music is not a hobby, it is his life!”— Paul Janoski

bash headshot1Sebastian Paul Janoski was born on a warm summers evening just before midnight on June 22, 1999. Having been born into a creative, artistic family to begin with, it was only a matter of time before his “gift” would materialize.  As a toddler it was clear that Sebastian had a knack for theatrics.  When Sebastian was about a year old his mom peeked around the hallway corner to see what he was up to, and to her amazement, there he was placing his limbs in a twisted fashion, face pushed up against the wall, setting the stage before his cry for help. Clearly Sebastian loved attention, but that was only the beginning.

When Sebastian was three, his parents took him to see his Aunt’s band perform.  When his Aunt Ann, a vocalist in several bands, sang the Beatles tune, “Come Together”, Sebastian was completely entranced.  He will tell you today that at that moment he knew his destiny was to be on stage.

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