Sidon Joseph grew up in Phaeton, Cap Haitian: a small city located just outside of Port Au Prince, Haiti. He was born to a soprano singer by the name of Simone. His mother Simone, who was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, passed away from breast cancer when he was just a young adult. Around this time his father left him and his four siblings to fend for themselves. His oldest brother, who was a musician and poet, took on the role of a father and inspired him to find his talents in the world of music and writing. He learned to play the guitar, piano, and several instruments. Through the hurt and pain, he discovered his obsession with composing and comfort in his art. As a young boy, he began writing songs for his local church choir. After a busy high school career composing for the student orchestras and church choirs, Sidon went on to study at Lcollege-Omega.In 1985 Eric Bussico, the Director of American Airlines, hosted a musical composition contest in Haiti. The winner would receive a trip to the United States There were over 2000 people who entered compositions to the contest, including renown Haitian jazz musician, Reginald Policard. Sidon walked away the winner and began his journey to the United States.
Since then, Sidon has been on a musical adventure discovering and exploring his many talents. At the same time, struggling to gain citizenship, as well as, a place to live, music seemed to be the avenue that continued to push him through the hard times. Sidon refers to these times as his “growing pains”, without these struggles, “Rain of Love: River of Tears” could not have been musically born. This was the outlet for him to share his story with the world. Each character in the story is based on an individual who truly impacted his life. Currently, he lives by the motto, “Don’t say who you are, show who you are” and he lives this each moment of each day by using artistic control to create pieces of art, by combining Asian influences, Japanese choir, African drum, and a rock n roll mix for an astounding new age adaption.
