On the next episode of Beyond the Melody Brian speaks with.. professional keyboardist, singer, musical director, vocal producer, music producer, commercial studio owner, and acoustic treatment designer…Kibwe Thomas!
The ‘producer’ side of Kibwe’s career began around his Canadian Idol days in 2008, when he built a 1300 ft2 professional recording studio in his parents’ home – and HeavenSound Studio was born. Designed with extensive acoustic engineering properties and decked out with top- of-the-line gear, this was no ordinary “home studio”. Kibwe treated HeavenSound as an ‘invite only’ space and used it to produce projects for many Canadian artists from R&B sensation, Divine Brown, to young pop stars like Johnny Orlando and Aja 9.
Kibwe’s production style truly cannot be described by singling out any one genre, because his projects span across almost all. Instead, it is best described by the feeling he sets out to leave every listener with; stunned. That gift for producing stunning arrangements is sought out by playwrights, songwriters, recording artists, and even major league sports teams! Most recently, his gospel arrangement of “O Canada”, written for the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs went viral and is being praised as one of the best renditions of the Canadian anthem ever recorded.
