Keba Jeremiah Arul | |
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Birth name | Keba Jeremiah Arul |
Also known as | Keba, Keba Jeremiah |
Born | 18 October Karama, Dubai |
Genres | Acoustics, jazz, rock, contemporary R&B, blues rock, funk, gospel, pop, worship, world |
Instruments | Acoustic guitar, keyboards, Bass guitar, drums, electric Bass, electric guitar, piano |
Years active | 2008–present |
Website | www |
Notable instruments | |
Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar |
Keba Jeremiah is an Indian guitarist working primarily for musical soundtracks of Bollywood, Kollywood, Tamil & English Gospel songs as well as for regional cinema of India. His guitar playing styles are influenced by genres like jazz, rock, Contemporary R&B and acoustic styles of music. Keba Jeremiah has also equally played for various Tamil Christian Gospel artist albums throughout India such as Gersson Edinbaro ( Album - Neerae ), Robert Roy ( Album - Ummal Koodum ) , John Jebaraj ( Album - Levi 2 , Levi 3) , Fr S J Berchmans ( Album - Jebathotta Jeyageethangal ) , Stephen Jebakumar, ( Album - One Desire ) , Alvin Thomas ( Album - Nandri ), Premji Ebenezer ,Puthiya Anubavam. Joel Thomasraj ,Ellamae 1 & 2, Lawrence Guna, Ranjith Jeyapaul, Daniel Jawahar, Ps Reenukumar, Benny Joshua, Roshan David, Jessy Raja, Zac Robert ( Nambikai Naayahan ), Ps Prince Jon ( Athisayam 2 ), G.Genkin Raj, Jeswin Samuel
Born and brought up in Karama, Dubai, Keba Jeremiah started playing music at the age of 7. He began taking guitar lessons as a kid. Keba started off on the acoustic guitar and later learnt keyboard and drums along with his two brothers. At the age of 10, he started playing for various audiences at church programs and Christian events. For his school band, he tried his hands at the bass guitars. As the guitarist of the Our Own English High School band, he won awards at various inter-school level competitions. By the year 2004, for pursuing a professional engineering degree, he flew to India and joined the Hindustan College of Engineering, Chennai. Keba started playing at the New Life Assemblies of God Church every Sunday. He drew inspiration watching various leading musicians in the city at work. As a youth, Keba spent hours jamming with friends and experimenting with different sounds and styles. He and his friends formed a band titled "Fire Frenzy". In 2005, he began teaching music at the Institute of Music Technology, Chennai, run by John Satya.