Shiah Coore

Shiah Coore (born 20 August 1979) is a Jamaican musician and record producer. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica.

Biography

Shiah Coore, firstborn to musician Cat Coore (Third World) and artisan Donna Feltis-Coore (Ital Craft), was born in Kingston Jamaica, 1979. As one of a handful of children belonging to the island's reggae-elite, Shiah Coore was raised in the music industry. He showed interest for music early in life, performing living room shows with Damian Marley at the age of six. The Shepherds was later developed by Donna Feltis-Coore after she put an advertisement in the newspaper to find other members and named the band. The members of the band were Shiah Coore's lifelong friend Damian Marley, Yashema Beth McGregor, daughter of Freddie McGregor and Judy Mowatt, Richard Bertrand and Noel Parks, son of Lloyd Parks. They would later perform together at Sunsplash 1991.

Coore later attended the Jamaica School of Music, playing bass guitar under the instruction of Maurice Gordon. Then Coore submitted an audition tape featuring his best scales and patterns to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and in late 1999 entered on a scholarship. Here...

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