Ever since Justin Bieber lost the Best New Artist ... o em gee tragedy... to Esperanza Spalding, I've been wanting to learn more about her. SO naturally, I wikipedia'd her. I'll quickly regurgitate some facts for you...
(Pssst..... don't you just love this picture Drake is such a gentleman and she looks sooo grateful!)
As I'm stalking Esperanza, I am finding that she is kind of a super genius. And by kind of I mean TOTALLY. She taught herself to play the violin by the age of five and began playing with the Chamber Music Society of Portland soon after. She was home-schooled for the majority of her early life and when it came time to go to high school she tried, but quickly became bored. SOOO she dropped out and got her GED on
her own by the age of 16. She moved right along to the music program at Portland State University, where she remembers being the youngest bass player in the program. She transfered to the Berklee College of Music, where upon graduation at age 20, Esperanza was immediately hired as a professor.
Here's a couple more facts to make you feel like a giant pile of lard...
-Esperanza plays the guitar, upright bass, bass, violin, oboe and the clarinet.
-She sings and speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.
-She has performed at venues such as the White House and alongside legends like Stevie Wonder. Yeah I just said STEVIE mother-efing WONDER. He first heard her play a few years back and invited her to perform with him.
I think if the bielebers had been a little more informed as to Esperanza's enormous talent, they may not have hacked into her Wikipedia page ... just kidding there is no cure for Bieber Fever...not even more cowbell :(
The video below isn't of the best quality, but skip again to min seven where Stevie invites Esperanza on stage. Below that one is a Esperanza performing "I Know You Know" its not bad, the girl knows how to jam.
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