A budding singer from the stream flow of never-ending singing talents from Sabah, Jaidi Suli, is currently undergoing gruelling sessions of vocal recording with Greenland Entertainment. “It’s no bed of roses,” he quips,”but this is what I want to achieve at this point of my life. Recording sessions are tough, like a bootcamp and at times I do cry inside. I truly realize now that to deliver a song exceptionally well is no easy matter. It requires great efforts and perseverance. But my deep interest and love for singing sustain me.” Jaidi has his medium deep and appealingly slightly nasal voice to thank to that keeps his studio mentors’ faith in him.
It certainly looks like Jaidi is joining in the bandwagon with two other Jaidis that came way before him, Jaidi Ariffin and Jaidi Bading, who have long established themselves as successful and immensely popular recording artistes. Will the namesake guarantee the young Jaidi similar success? “I hope it helps,” Jaidi gushes in a light moment. “They are both my idols and I see why they are successful – they’ve got great vocals and very likeable songs under their belts. Who doesn’t know at least two of their songs? I get a healthy kind of pressure to do well in my first album so I wouldn’t be called the lesser of the Jaidis.”
At merely 22, this lad with a fresh boy-next-door look, is banking on two songs namely “Baya” and “Rangkai Do Koposion” as his tickets to become noticeable in the highly competitive local scene. “I personally favour these two songs and there are a few others who had heard them said the same thing too. And oh yes, there’s a duet number too I believe has great potential.” The duet, “Umbalan To” a beautiful collaboration between Jaidi and the delightful Miss Liwie Adent Pinus, comes across as sweetly and beautifully haunting. A poetic song like this has been missing from the local industry for a long time, thus its emergence will no doubt grab some attentions.
There is no timeline when Jaidi’s debut album will hit the market. Judging by the way things are going - Jaidi juggling between his other commitments and recording sessions - the mark is seen as late this year or early next year. We will certainly hear more of this chap in due time. Meanwhile, all the best to you Jaidi…