Born and raised in a purely musical world, Trevaun Selman is known to some people as an “upside-down musician” because, although he is right-handed, he has always held the guitar like a left-hander.
“While teaching myself to play the guitar,
I accidentally created what would be accepted by the public. I held the guitar in the same position as a left-hander would, because it was more comfortable for me (being right-handed), but I never bothered to adjust the strings, so now I am what some call ‘an upside-down guitarist’,” he explained to this journalist in an interview with CubaPLUS Guyana.
Trevaun Selman started playing at just 11 years old in the rhythm section of the church steelpan band in the area where he lived, and although he began studying piano, he soon switched to guitar and singing.
“I grew up surrounded by music, my mother was a local gospel performer and she would always sing to my siblings and me and encourage us to join her,” he said.
“Driven simply by the love of music, I started performing wherever I could. At first, mainly in church, but then at open mic events, and I even started performing on the street, in parks and gardens, until 2016 when I entered a local talent show called Spotlight, where I finished third.”
After that competition, he began performing at various venues across the country, including The Marriott Hotel, at the gala for the Miss Guyana 2017, and more recently with a band at Black Magenta Restaurant, Jalopy Theatre (Brooklyn) and Revel House (Tennessee), where he has been acclaimed.
The young musician’s favorite genres are folk/indie and blues as he believes they allow him greater expression as a person. “My first single titled Home is currently available on the platforms and I’m in the midst of writing several songs for my first EP soon,” he finished.
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