Dywayne Thomas is a multi-talented individual born in London, England. He is an actor, martial artist, and security professional with a black belt in Karate and multiple championship awards. He holds an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, a Master of Arts in Fine Art, and a HND in Fashion Design and Technology. He is of mixed Afro-Caribbean and Amerindian heritage and has a passion for carnival arts, dance, and music. His interests include photography, heraldry, martial arts, calligraphy, acting, media production, photography, and illustration.
Dywayne Thomas is a member of Miscellaneous Crew
Noise music, blues, avant garde, experimental music, gospel, pop, R&B, and funk
Occupation(s)
Musician (bassist and composer)
Associated acts
Prince, David Fiuczynski, Ne-Yo, Judith Hill, The Bar-Kays, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kirk Whalum, Wax, Ghostnote
💰 Net worth
Dywayne Thomas, a multi-talented individual with a diverse set of skills in the film industry, is expected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. Hailing from the United Kingdom, Dywayne has made notable contributions in various roles such as Miscellaneous Crew, Actor, and Camera Department. With his wide range of expertise and experience, Dywayne has managed to carve out a successful career for himself, which is reflected in his estimated net worth. As he continues to pursue his passion and work on exciting projects, his net worth is set to grow even further in the coming years.
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Famous Quotes:
You may recognize Kirk A Johnson on drums, Mono Neon on bass and Adrian Crutchfield on sax and electric woodwinds as the house band 4 Prince’s Paisley Park After Dark Jam Sessions. Well, that’s not all they do. 4 the past week they’ve been cutting basic trax 4 their as yet untitled debut album. With Prince producing and handling the keyboard & guitar duties, the set promises 2 b picking up right where Judith Hill’s BACK IN TIME left off. These brothas murder the funk! Normally they wouldn’t let a track out until it’s finished, but this one had 2 go! It was ruining everybody’s good loox. If U think U can resist the funk, check out the key change of Mono’s bass solo at near 4 o'clockmark
Biography/Timeline
2006
Thomas was raised in a musical family, the son of a bass Guitarist. He began playing bass at the age of four years, independent of formal lessons (self-taught). When he was about 11 or 12 years old, he performed with Bar-Kays, playing solo bass guitar. At age 14, he played bass with the South Soul Rhythm Section, the band performed at the Porretta Soul Festival 2006. South Soul was a group of young Musicians from Stax Music Academy.
2009
In 2009, Thomas was featured on the GospelChops Bass Sessionz Vol.1 project with Andrew Gouche, Hadrien Feraud, Damian Erskine, Janek Gwizdala, Anthony Nembhard, and Robert "Bubby" Lewis.
2010
MonoNeon performed with Sheri Jones-Moffett (2010 Grammy nominee) at the Recording Academy Chapter 40th Anniversary Celebration at Levitt Shell.
2011
The idea of conceptual art plays a role in his musical compositions, as reflected in his early 2011 recordings. Thomas began creating a vague idea of bass and AM/FM radio improvisations. The improvisations/compositions are based on radio art. Some of the bass and radio improvisations/compositions can be heard on his album entitled, Introspection of PolyNeon. The "Polyneon" concept is something Thomas created through introspection and when he stopped thinking about the worldly idea of becoming or being a great musician.
2012
In 2012, Thomas joined David Fiuczynski and Planet Microjam. Also in 2012, he released his solo avant-garde album, Down-to-Earth Art as MonoNeon.
2013
MonoNeon was featured in the January/February 2013 issue of Dig! Magazine, a Winnipeg jazz magazine.
2014
One of MonoNeon's bass cover videos performing KNOWER's arrangement/medley of Lady Gaga songs was voted Top 10 most watched video on NoTreble (March 2014).
2015
In 2015 MonoNeon began playing bass with Prince and his protégé, Judith Hill. Some of the live shows have been at Paisley Park.
2016
On 11 January 2016, Tidal released the track Ruff Enuff by MonoNeon, only four and a half days after its initial recording. The instrumental track features Prince as Producer and on keyboards. The following day, the track was replaced with a vocal version with lead vocals on vocoder by Adrian Crutchfield.