Electronic Music 411 - Ronald Jenkees

boingboing said: "Ronald Jenkees is a video blogger who started a YouTube channel over a year ago.
He is a musical genius, coming correct with some bad-ass keyboarding skills on his Korg Triton and producing sick hip-hop beats on FL Studio. He has almost 6000 YouTube subscribers.

Funny thing is..... you can't really figure this guy out! He's a super geek who squints constantly and wears coke bottle glasses. He has a really soft voice and chuckles at himself as he spouts off self-defeating, lame-o, uber-geek comments.

Apparently he just released a new CD, but I have not listened."

His website: link
More videos: link

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09/05/07 + subset

Sounds like Santana.
I'm tired now.
Incidentally, I think it's all an act, he squints because he found those glasses in a drawer and it hurts to look through them. Something about his posture/movements and the affected way he holds his mouth makes me think that he's not really that.

haha I just looked at his site - it's much more obvious now. Am I the only one who wasn't in on the joke from the start?

09/05/07 + jdg

my fav thing about utoobs is when ppl address the camera and "youtubes"

"hey youtubes"
"hi youtoobers"
"hello youtube"

something about it just gets me everytime

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09/05/07 + monkvolcano

yea.. i think it's an act too... trying to cash in on 'chocolate rain'/nerdcore shite.

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09/05/07 + astroid

he be a badass keyboardist for a hiphop band, for sure.

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09/05/07 + monkvolcano

lol.. hip hop band.

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09/05/07 + mixedtape

lol! this is pretty fun, he's damn good at the keys.

but why is he calling me a potato? "You Tuber!"

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09/05/07 + Adjective

wailage.
i like him, even if he's fake, his head nod is true.

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09/05/07 + adcBicycle

I think it's for-reals.
Check out his about page:

The following paragraph is not meant to offend those with questions, just to set the record straight. Because of my goofy looks, lots of folks speculate whether or not there is something wrong with me. I�m gonna say it again: I�m perfectly normal (mostly goofy by choice, especially on camera, LOL). Furthermore, some peeps and peepettes take my weirdness and musical abilities, put the two together, and assume I�m an autistic savant. I attribute that to a lack of education on the topic and a lack of real-life situations in my videos (see the last paragraph). I sometimes struggle to make my music (in some of my videos I�m sure it shows) and I work hard at it. I have fun, and at the same time, there�s work involved but that�s too long and boring for the Youtubes. Not to mention, it�s nowhere near perfect!! I also didn�t wake up one day and know how to play piano and make beats. Speaking very generally, a person with autism often has problems understanding the meaning and purpose of body language and the spoken and written word. They find social interaction difficult, confusing and scary (source). Thankfully, I�m blessed to have none of these problems - not in the least. In all seriousness, my videos are goofy (yes, I�m aware) and autism in any form should be taken seriously. If you wanna know more about it, check this site out to educate yourself.

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09/06/07 + deceptikon

this is awesome

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09/06/07 + Doron

wow an electronic musician that can actually play an instrument, a novelty

09/27/07 + madeofoak

and unfortunately, just like most people who can really play well, there's no melody to speak of. it's kinda like watching someone masturbate.

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09/27/07 + Zanf

Have you watched alot of people masturbate to give some sort of validity to that comment?

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09/27/07 + jdg

zing

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