Jacob Didas – ‘Lucid’

Jacob Didas grew up the middle child of five in Buffalo, New York. Troubled with anxiety from an early age, he sought music as his release, and started being classically trained onĀ piano at the age of ten, but realised that improvisation and jazz were more to his liking.

Jacob studied Nursing, while at the same time enrolling in the Army ROTC, which paid for his education. He returned to music as his solace, listening to rap, rock, reggae, ska, and R&B, which in turn influencedĀ his music.

‘Lucid’, an album of ten tracks, came about while Jacob was stationed at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. He was doingĀ 12 hour shifts as a psychiatric nurse, working closely with soldiers coming back from war, and in the evenings he would write lyrics, while on his days off he built a home studio and honed his craft.

Jacob’s fast-paced vocals remind us a lot of Eminem’s early style, and his obvious musical talent shines through, with the album being an entirely one-man show, Jacob taking the keyboards and piano, as well as the vocals and production.

Track 6, ‘Phantom’, is our favourite. It’s here where Jacob’s love of jazz comes to the fore, with gorgeousĀ piano melodies the perfect accompaniment to his rapid fire vocals. It’s clear he’s let free his emotions into the music, and the result is a perfect synthesis of many different genres.

Find Jacob Didas online on Facebook and Soundcloud.

 

 

 

About the author

Lisa has been writing for over 20 years, starting as the entertainment editor on her university newspaper. Since then she's written for Popwrapped, Maximum Pop, Celebmix, and ListenOnRepeat.

Lisa loves all good music, with particular fondness for Jedward and David Bowie. She's interviewed Edward Grimes (Jedward), Kevin Godley, Trevor Horn, Paul Young, Peter Cox (Go West), Brendan B Brown (Wheatus), Bruce Foxton (The Jam), among many many more. Lisa is also available for freelance writing - please email lisa@essentiallypop.com

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