USimon Collins wazalelwa emndenini womculi weqembu uGenesise - Phil Collins. Ngemva kokuthatha isitayela sikayise sokudlala kuyise, umculi wenza yedwa isikhathi eside. Wabe esehlela iqembu elithi Sound of Contact. Udadewabo kamama, uJoelle Collins, waba ngumlingisi owaziwayo. Udadewabo kayise uLily Collins naye wakwazi ukulingisa.
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USimon Collins wazalelwa eWest London, eHammersmith. Uyise wayengumshayi wesigubhu odumile, umculi nomqambi uPhil Collins. Indodana endala kasaziwayo yanikezwa unkosikazi wokuqala u-Andrea Bertorelli. Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala, abazali bakhe bahlukana, futhi yena nonina bathuthela eVancouver, njengoba lona wesifazane wayevela eCanada.
Ngemva kokuhlukana kwakhe noPhil, u-Andrea akazange athathe kuphela ingane yabo evamile uSimon, kodwa nendodakazi yakhe uJoel. Le ntombazane yaphinde yaqamba isibongo uCollins, njengoba umculi wayemamukele ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Ngokushesha bonke bathuthela eRichmond, kwathi lapho owayezodlala izigubhu eseneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, umama wathola indawo eShaughnessy. Lona wesifazane wayefuna ukunikeza izingane zakhe imfundo enhle, ngakho waqondiswa yiwo kanye lo mzuzu ekukhetheni indawo yokuhlala.
Lapho osemusha eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala, abazali baqala ukumangalela umuzi. Ubaba wayefuna ifa libe ngelabantwana bobabili uma sebekhulile, kodwa okwamanje nguyena owayelawula leyo ndawo. Umama wayefuna ukuthi uSimon amnikeze ingxenye yakhe yefa. Kodwa inkantolo ibheke ukuthi lo mfana, ngenxa yeminyaka yakhe, wayengakabi nelungelo lokwenza ukuthengiselana okunjalo.
Indlela eya emculweni womculi uSimon Collins
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala, uyise wamnika ikhithi yesigubhu. USimon waqala ukudlala izigubhu, efaka amarekhodi futhi ehambisana nezingoma. Kamuva, uyise waze wamhambisa noGenesise. Lapho, osemusha wakwazi ukufunda izimfihlo eziningi zobungcweti hhayi kuphela kumzali, kodwa futhi isigubhu kusukela band Chester Thompson.
UPhil waqasha umqeqeshi we-percussion wendodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala, kodwa uSimon Collins wancamela ukuthatha izifundo ezengeziwe ze-jazz kubaculi abadumile. Kakade eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, lo mdlali osemusha wathatha isigubhu noyise ngesikhathi sokuvakasha komhlaba.
Ngaphezu kwezigubhu, uSimon wafunda ukudlala upiyano nesiginci futhi ekuseni kakhulu waqala ukubhala izinkondlo nemiculo yezingoma. Kakade kusukela eneminyaka engu-14 wabamba iqhaza emaqenjini amaningi ikakhulukazi ama-hard rock orientation. Kodwa akazange azibe rock and roll, punk, grunge ngisho electronics.
Umfana wayengathandi ukudlala umculo wabanye abantu ezigubhini. Wayefuna ukubhala futhi enze ezakhe izingoma. Kodwa kwavela ukuthi ayeyi-pop kakhulu, ngakho ayengakwazi ukungena emculweni wamabhendi omculo we-rock anzima.
Ngaphezu komculo, uCollins wayethanda isayensi yezinkanyezi, esabela kakhulu ezinkingeni zomphakathi. Lezi zindikimba ezimbili zivame ukuhambisana emibhalweni yakhe.
Umsebenzi we-solo uSimon Collins
Ekuqaleni, uSimon Collins wabamba iqhaza eqenjini le-punk Jet Set. Waqopha amakhasethi edemo ngo-2000, okwathi ngemva kwalokho uWarner Music waba nesithakazelo kubuntu bakhe, wathembisa ukuqopha inkontileka.
Umculi uthuthela eFrankfurt, lapho ekhulula khona i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi "Who You Are". Amakhophi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-100 athengiswa eJalimane, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yengoma ethi "Pride".
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, uSimon ubuyela eCanada, lapho asungula khona ilebula lakhe elithi Lightyears Music. Ngakho i-albhamu yesibili ethi "Isikhathi Seqiniso" yakhululwa lapha. U-Collins uzidlalela izinsimbi ezihlukahlukene futhi unikeze iningi lamagama.
Ukunquma ukukhokha intela kuGenesise, ngo-2007 umculi wahlanganisa ukwakheka okudumile kweqembu elithi "Keep It Dark". Umculi wekhibhodi u-Dave Kerzner wamsiza kulokhu. Ngesikhathi esebenza, wahlangana noKevin Churko. Usize ekuhlanganiseni irekhodi.
USimon wabe esecela uKevin ukuthi akhiqize i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, i-U-Catastrophe. Yayilungile ngo-2008. Bekuyiphrojekthi kaCollins yokuqala eyaqoshwa eCanada ku-iTunes. Eyodwa ephuma kule albhamu, "Unconditional", efakwe ku-Canadian Hot 100.
Ukujoyina kabusha Umsindo Wokuxhumana
Ekupheleni kuka-2009, uSimon wanquma ukwakha kabusha iqembu, enikeza ukubambisana noKerzner, ayemazi eqenjini likaGenesise. Futhi wadonsa ozakwabo uMat Dorsey noKelly Nordstrom. Laba bane bahlanganela ndawonye ukuze bazilolonge eGreenhouse Studios eVancouver.
NgoZibandlela wezi-2012, eqenjini le-rock eliqhubekayo elithi Sound of Contact, u-Simon wathatha amazwi wadlala nezigubhu, uKerzner wathola amakhibhodi, uDorsey waba umdlali webhesi, kwathi uNordstrom waba ngumdlali wesigingci. Ekupheleni kwentwasahlobo ka-2013, i-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu, i-Dimensionaut, yakhululwa.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, uNordström wahamba ngenxa yezizathu zomndeni. NgoJanuwari 2014, uKerzner washiya iqembu. Lona wanquma ukugxila kuphrojekthi yakhe futhi wahlela inkampani ye-Sonic Reality. Yiqiniso, bobabili abaculi banquma ukubuya ngo-Ephreli 2015. Futhi umsebenzi we-albhamu yesibili waqala ukubilisa.
Ngo-2018, kwezwakala ulwazi olushaqisayo mayelana nokuhamba kukaCollins noNordstrom eqenjini. UDorsey noKerzner baqala ukusebenza ezintweni ezazizokwethulwa ku-Sound of Contact. Nakuba empeleni bahlele iqembu elisha, In Continuum.
Kuyadabukisa ukuthi iqembu elithakazelisa kangaka liyekile ukuba khona. U-Collins ngokwakhe ulichaze njengeqembu le-rock eliqhubekayo elikwazile ukugcina umsindo we-pop obuwuphawu lwe-rock eqhubekayo yama-70s wekhulunyaka eledlule. Nakuba, mhlawumbe, abaculi bazophinde bahlangane futhi bajabulise abalandeli ngamathrekhi amahle kakhulu.
