I was born and raised in Kenya in a tropical paradise called Mombasa and only moved to England a few years ago! My mum is Kenyan and my dad is English and I am the youngest of three boys. I can honestly say that music is my life! I've always loved dancing (street/hip hop) and last year I won the BBC BLAST streetdance competition. Jay Sean, Kymberlee Jay and Lyndon Lloyd were the judges. The prize for this was to dance live on stage with Jay Sean which I did in November 2008. I only started singing about 18 months ago and have recently started writing my own songs and recording them at home. I'm self-taught on the keyboard, I have a Korg Triton and FL Studio that I use to record my music. I got through to the Semi final of a national singing comp called 'Live and Unsigned' in May with my own original song called 'Its my Time'. My all time legend and biggest inspiration is Michael Jackson and I am devastated by his death. R.I.P Michael
I play the keyboard, I have a Korg Triton. I've recently started writing my own material and record everything at home using a Tascam 2488MKII and use FL Studio for my beats. I entered a National singer/songwriter competition called 'Live and Unsigned' with my own original song and won the Regional Final in April. I was put thru to the Semi Final in May 2009. Unfortunately I did not get thru to the Finals in June but it was a great experience and I met some really talented musicians. I have also been lucky enough to have performed with the incredible JAY SEAN!!
BBC ‘BLAST’ NATIONAL STREETDANCE COMPETITON – I WON THIS! The judges were Jay Sean, Kimberlee Jay and choreographer Lyndon Lloyd. I was in the final with 2 amazing crews, Omega and Elyssium. This was the first competition I had ever entered! -London Sep 2008
JAY SEAN PERFORMANCE – Danced on Stage with Jay this was the prize for winning BBC BLAST – Birmingham Nov 2008
‘STREETDANCE INTERNATIONAL’COMPETITION – I WON THIS! The under 14’s category (poppin, lockin, waving, funkstyles) ‘Skittles’ was one of the judges – Portsmouth Dec 2008
‘UK YOUTH’ ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Performed (singing & dancing) at Canary Wharf – London Apr 2009
‘FESTIVAL 4 STARS’ COMPETITION Regional finalist in Solo Dance 13-18 years with great comments from the judges, Linda Cooper, Rosie Easton, Neil Ashby - Bournemouth Jun 2009
I have a very talented dance teacher, Donovan Farquaharson who I have been dancing with for almost 2 years now and he's more like a big brother to me than a teacher!
I have also been in several shows at the Guildhall in Southampton and also once performed at the Mayflower Theatre
I live and breathe music……… IT’S MY LIFE Some of my performances are on YOUTUBE. . . Just type in CONNOR DANIEL