User:Oktave kluss/sandbox

Kefa moses manyara (born may 4, 1981), better known by his stage name oktave kluss, is a kenyan singer-songwriter,guitarist,Actor and music producer. Raised in lower kabete by a single parent, kluss began making music at a young age. kluss was born in kijabe, the son of Jane Njeri and Benson manyara. He spent the majority of his young life in lower kabete: his father left the family when kluss and his brother was five and he was six years old. kluss grew up with his mother, then-stepfather, and then two half-brothers. As a child,kluss he played drums in Sunday school and elementary school where he later joined the school choir, there he discovered his ability to sing, Kluss also joined the local church youth choir when he was 17 years old; although it was not until kluss joined a singing group that he considered he could sing. In the belief that a bigger city would provide greater opportunities for showcasing his talent, kluss music is noted for displaying a wide variety of styles and influences, and contains elements of many different musical genres. He has worked with an assortment of artists from different genres. After performing in various musical venues throughout his childhood, he decided to pursue a musical career after graduating from high school. Kluss began producing songs for other artists, joining production team Scarecrow music Vocalist (vocal range) Kluss says that his voice is an instrument and his second face. After realizing his first recorded song (shine) in 2002 he decided to work on his voice to develop the necessary diaphragmatic strength to support his tone. For years this exercise proved to be quit a deal due to the lack of a professional vocalist trainer. (His grandfather the late Kefa manyara senior played guitar and also sung in the choir). Although he has been referenced as "soft" because of his penchant for using a falsetto voice.Kluss continues to seek creative solutions in all facets of the field so as to be a well-equipped trend setter in an international scale.