Biography
Jeremy’s music career began in his small, home town of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, where his passion for guitar catapulted him into a gigging rock band, touring the country from the age of 14.
After completing his A-Levels in 1993, he decided to pursue music further and moved to Cape Town in 1995, where he obtained a BMus Honours in Jazz Performance at UCT’s College of Music, graduating in 1999.
Now well established as a guitarist and vocalist in South
Africa, Jeremy has performed with some great international artists, such as George Benson, Katherine Jenkins, Jonathan Butler and more recently, Daniel Bedingfield. He has also shared the stage with some of the South Africa’s finest musicians and artists, including Danny K, Loyiso Bala, Sibongile Khumalo, Sonja Herholdt, Brandon October, Judith Sephuma, Ard Matthews, Arno Carstens, Freshly Ground, Mango Groove and Johnny Clegg. He has also performed all over South Africa and internationally at various shows, festivals and concerts.
In February 2012, Jeremy released his first single, ‘Serendipity’, to radio which became a hit and introduced him to the radio-listening public. Jeremy then went on to record a four track E.P. and released a further two singles from that album to radio, both receiving the same enthusiastic response from deejays and the public alike. All three tracks are currently still playing on 27 stations nationwide, with ‘Serendipity’ charting at #6 on Heart 104.9’s SA Top 10 and ‘It’s My Time’ charting at #21 on Radio Helderberg’s Top 30 and at #2 on Bush Radio’s Top 5.
Jeremy is currently working on a full album due for release in March 2013.
In addition to performing and songwriting, he also regularly composes and arranges the musical score for Sunrise Production’s “Jungle Beat” series (as seen on tv) and has written and arranged the theme song for the new SA Rugby mascot, ‘Bokkie’ as well as ‘Sharkie’, for the Sharks Rugby Team. In 2008 he wrote and co-wrote the original songs, ‘Free Free’ and ‘Sweet Love’ for an international animated movie, ‘The Lion of Judah’, which was released in the US in June 2011.
His session work includes adverts for tv, backing vocals and guitar on various albums, as well as vocal sessions in 2010 for Grammy-winning arranger and composer, Jeremy Lubbock.
For more information, go to: www.jeremyolivier.com
Join him on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/jeremyolivier.music or find him on Twitter: @jeremy_olivier
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