A day in the life of a renowned local rock star

“An artist is only as good as his last performance” – Jonathan Peyper.

Jonathan’s answer to the daily routine of a local rock star surprised us. Instead of the hill-top houses, and fifteen cars Nickelback sings about, his day consists of admin tasks, responding to emails, making banners for marketing and lots of practice every day.

His first guitar was relatively economically priced but not any less special than a brand new expensive one and even more adored. Peyper has now upgraded to a 1988 Japanese fender Stratocaster and would love to have every sort of guitar in the world.

He would like to play more instruments; violin, saxophone, piano and, something that he has already begun but would like to further his ability in, drums.

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Peyper mentioned that every single time he preforms he has a prayer. He never performs without wearing the ring given to him by his grandfather, who was a very big influence in his life. Two songs on his new album is about his grandfather.

BosRock was a big benefit in this blues guitarist’s life. It was his first time performing with Mel Botes and the Riders.

He considers himself a role model for younger musicians, and so doesn’t drink or smoke and gives back to the community by giving guitar lessons to the youth.

His advice to upcoming new artist is:

• Always have a good and kind character.
• Don’t feed your ego. Stay humble and appreciate your God-given abilities
• If you want to be successful, dress accordingly so you are approachable by everyone
• Make sure you are well prepared before any performance

Keep an eye out for Jonathan’s latest CD, which he describes as extremely relatable to his listeners and a tribute to one of the most influential people in his life – his grandfather.

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