The Fly Kingdom is a South Florida based music group
that was conceived in 2005 by Jerry Oviedo,
as an outlet
for his musical thoughts and self expression. Early in
its inception, the musical act was associated with bands
such as Marilyn Manson, NIN
and even Boyd Rice. However after recording three CD's,
Jerry took a different direction towards instrumental
music and the Sitar.
At that point Jerry was on the verge of doing away with
the whole Fly Kingdom project in order to focus on his
music as a form of meditation. But that idea would soon
die when a close friend of his of well over a decade by
the name of Rose Monaco, whose thoughts and suggestions
had inspired songs like "Blue Roses" and "Hope (My Thornless Rose)" would give him yet another direction to
go in. At that point Jerry started charting the course
for his new musical direction, with some advice from a
co-worker named Carlos Avila. With all these new
inspirations and ideas, Jerry took a melody that he had
and wrote the song "Sweet Blue Thornless Rose". It was
at this point, that all his thoughts came together and
an "electrified" style of music soon developed, after he
had hooked up his sitar to a Cry Baby Wah Pedal, which
would in turn, become his main instrument. Following the
likes of Ravi Shankar, Santana, and Slash, this project
would prove to become an experimental and unique form of
music. Jerry cites his style of music as "if Santana
went to India". Recently, Jerry has begun to add vocals
to this new style of music, as a way of refusing to
settle into the established norm that is sitar based
Indian music, by challenging the perceptions that people
have and braving these uncharted sound escapes. He is a
musical pioneer, and this is his gift, his music, and
his legend... |