gerard musgrave

About gerard musgrave

Gerard Musgrave grew up and went to school in the West Indies Commonwealth of Dominica. In 1979 Hurricane David destroyed his home and so was all of Dominica. September 1980 Gerard moved to the United Kingdom, 1983 he forms a five-piece reggae band called Creation Roots the band was one of the best reggae bands in North Yorkshire playing all over the UK and supporting reggae artist from Jamaica, USA, and the UK. Sadly the band split up in 2006.

He’s now a solo reggae artist, composer, writer, producer, storyteller and advocates messages of peace, love, honesty, and political messages reflecting on the struggles of everyday life. As a Rastaman it is his duty to spread positive message within his music to his community and the rest of the world Rastafari Love. He likes producing instrumental music that’s a big part of his creativity, that’s the way he started before he became a singer.

He has performed at many festivals in the UK for example Leeds Carnival, Bradford Festival, Huddersfield Carnival, Sheffield Music In The Sun Festival, University of Bradford, York University and IIkley College a few of the many shows. Supporting a host of international reggae artist from Jamaica, and the UK.

August 2009 he performed at Leeds Carnival and was the session bass guitarist for the “Level Vibes” Reggae backing band, for the Leeds Carnival local artist for the festival. He is an unsigned artist writing his own songs and collaborating with other artist local and international artist.

"Gerard is life long friend a highly driven individual his rise that I mean his accomplishments has been nothing but well disserved a talented musician film producer along with his multiple live stage performances, shows the character of Gerard a person secured with his own self belief motivation to achieve his set goals. Also his Academic achievements are a testament to his potential for future engagements within his chosen remit. " By Vincent McFarlane.

Achievements
Gerry Musgrave studied “Media Technology and Production” for three years at University Of Bradford, he graduated on the 18 July 2012 with a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours.
He’s music is released on his own label, which is also his nickname aka “Bassman Gerry”