Kwabaningi, uRob Thomas ungumuntu odumile futhi onekhono ozuze impumelelo emculweni. Kodwa yini eyayimlindele endleleni eya esigabeni esikhulu, kwakunjani ebuntwaneni bakhe nokuba umculi okhokhelwayo?
Ubuntwana uRob Thomas
UTomas wazalwa ngo-February 14, 1972 endaweni yesikhungo sezempi saseMelika esisedolobheni laseJalimane i-Landstuhl. Ngeshwa, abazali bomfana abazange bahlangane ngohlamvu futhi ngokushesha bahlukanisa.
URob uchithe isikhathi esiningi sobuntwana bakhe eFlorida naseNingizimu Carolina. Umfana wayethanda umculo kusukela esemncane.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala, waqaphela ngokucacile ukuthi wayefuna ukuhlanganisa ukuphila kwakhe siqu nomsebenzi womculo, wayekulungele ukwenza yonke imizamo, enze noma yiziphi izinqumo.
Ngakho-ke, lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, umfana wayeka izifundo zakhe, wabaleka ekhaya futhi waqala ukuziphilisa ngokucula kanye namaqembu omculo angaziwa.
Umsebenzi womculi
Iminyaka eminingana, lo mfana wenza amakhonsathi amancane - ngamaholide edolobha, emakilabhini, njll.
Naphezu kokuthi nguyena owayevula inkundla kubaculi, lokhu kwamvumela ukuthi athole isipiliyoni. Ngokushesha waqaphela ukuthi ukuze azuze udumo, kwakudingeka ashintshe ngokuphuthumayo indlela yakhe.
Ngo-1993, umfana wadala ithimba lakhe Imfihlo Tabitha, eyayihlanganisa abantu abathathu. Ngeshwa, iqembu lehlulekile ukufeza impumelelo ebalulekile, kodwa, naphezu kwalokhu, abaculi basakhipha ama-albhamu ambalwa aphezulu.
Lawa marekhodi namanje anabalandeli ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zomhlaba. Kodwa nokho iqembu alizange lihlale isikhathi eside lahlukana ngemva kweminyaka embalwa nje.
URob Thomas uthathe isinqumo sokusungula iqembu elisha, i-Matchbox Twenty, futhi lakhishwa okokuqala ngo-1996. Ngokumangalisayo, leli qembu ngokushesha "lasuka" laya e-Olympus yodumo, futhi i-disc yokuqala yakhululwa ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-25.
Izingoma eziningi ezenziwe zakwazi ukuhlala phezulu emashadini amasonto ambalwa, futhi kwamanye amazwe ngisho nezinyanga ezingu-2-3.
Ngenxa yemininingwane eyingqayizivele yomsebenzi, ithimba likwazile ukwenza izingoma ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezithandwa abantu bobulili obuhlukile neminyaka yobudala. Ngakho-ke, uRob wanikezwa ukusebenzisana noCarlos Santana.
Ngenxa yalokhu, uThomas wathola i-Grammy Award okwase kuyisikhathi eside elindelwe, futhi wavela emakhasini angaphambili omagazini abaningi, futhi omunye wabo waze waqashelwa njengendoda enhle kakhulu emhlabeni.
Ngemva kwalokho, umculi waqala ukumenywa ukusebenza amaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene. Phakathi kwabalingani bakhe bekukhona osaziwayo abanjengo:
- Mick Jagger;
- uBernie Taupin;
- Paul Wilson.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ithimba le-Matchbox Twenty liqhubekile nokuba khona, futhi lakhipha ama-albhamu amaningana. Kodwa ukuvakasha njalo kwakukhandla kakhulu, abaculi bamemezela ukuthi banqume ukuthatha iholidi elingahleliwe.
Kodwa, mhlawumbe, ukudlala yedwa kusengabizwa ngokuthi isigaba esihle kakhulu somsebenzi kaRob. Phela, wakhulula amarekhodi amaningana azimele, futhi izingoma ezifakwe kuzo zaziphezulu kakhulu eziteshini zomsakazo.
Rob Awards
Sekukonke, umculi uthole imiklomelo eyi-113 Broadcast Music Incorporated, imiklomelo eminingana ye-Grammy, kanye nendondo ye-Starlight phakathi neminyaka yokusebenza kwakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wangeniswa eHholo Lodumo ngo-2001.
Ngo-2007, wakhipha enye ingoma ethi Little Wonders, eyakhethwa njengengoma yefilimu ewupopayi ethi Meet the Robinsons, ekhiqizwe yiThe Walt Disney Company.
Ngemva kwalokho, kwakhululwa ama-albhamu amaningana, futhi cishe u-50% wezingoma zaba yizingoma zangempela.
Kodwa, ngeshwa, isimiso sokuvakasha esimatasa kanye nokuthandwa kungazelelwe akuzange kuvumele uTomas ukuba aqede isikole, futhi aye enyuvesi ukuze athole imfundo ephakeme.
Naphezu kwalokhu, umculi ungumuntu ofunde kahle, u-interlocutor ohlakaniphile futhi ohloniphekile. Uthe ubezifundisa yena, ababhali bakhe abathandayo nguKurt Vonnegut noTom Robbins.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yeciko
Ekupheleni kuka-1997, uRob wahlangana nomodeli uMarisol Maldonado. Kwenzeke emcimbini obunomsindo eMontreal. Uzwelo lwavuka ngaso leso sikhathi futhi lwaluzwana nhlangothi zombili.
Engxoxweni, uRob wathi: "Ngemva kokuqabula kokuqala, ngabona ngaso leso sikhathi ukuthi uMarisol uyisiphetho sami, futhi angisafuni ukuthinta ezinye izindebe!".
Kodwa, ngeshwa, ngesikhathi sokujwayelana kwabo, uTomas wayesohambweni lomhlaba, futhi esuka eMontreal waya kwelinye idolobha ekuseni, ngakho waqala ukukhuluma nokhethiweyo wakhe kuphela ngocingo.
Waze waqala ukungabaza ukuthi aqhubeke nobudlelwano. UMarisol akasithandanga lesi simo, futhi wayefuna ukuba inkosikazi esemthethweni.
Kodwa noma kunjalo, isiphakamiso esasilindelwe isikhathi eside senziwe, futhi ngo-Okthoba 1998 kwaba nomshado omangalisayo wabathandi. URob unendodana, uMason, owazalwa ngoJulayi 10 wonyaka ofanayo.
