Born Arthur Lewis in the early 80s, The Genuises has been fighting against his own mind to find the true
melodies within. Arthur grew up in
Queens,
NYC. As a student in
Hunter College High School, he sang in a small
a cappella group called
Fat Joe and the Boys. Their greatest moment was when they were singing
tunes in a
subway station, and they ran into some trouble with the
police. Fortunately, they were just too
cute to warrant any serious punishment.
At
Yale University, Arthur joined
The Duke's Men of Yale, another a cappella group. It was within that group that he met such other singers as
Tim Bradley,
Drew Osarchuk and
soce, the elemental wizard. The Duke's Men travelled all around the world together, from
Europe to
Africa, to
California and
Myrtle Beach, sharing many a grand time and bestowing their vocal music upon numerous smiling faces. Arthur also started his own
band and did a show at the
African American Center which drew a large audience and was filled with all sorts of talented
musicians.
Now in New York City, Arthur plays
piano in
Freestyle Love Supreme, a group that performs weekly sold-out shows at the
Ars Nova Theater. FLS consists of two freestyle rappers
Two Touch and
Lin-Manuel, Arthur the Geniuses on keys,
King Sherman on sax,
Shockwave on beat boxing,
Chris Jackson on vocals, plus a whole crew of professional costume and lighting designers. It's directed by
Thomas Kail, a/k/a
The
Architect. FLS will be performing at the
Aspen Comedy Festival this year. Their entire show is made up on the spot with audience suggestions. It's really quite hilarious and has been extremely well-received in the press.
In addition, Arthur has worked at an
Apple tech-support store, taught high school kids to build
robots out of
Legos and given
piano lessons. He composes his own
music as well, using
Pro Tools,
Logic,
Reaktor,
Csound,
Kontakt and other high-quality
samplers and
sequencers. He is very talented and a bit of a
perfectionist. His styles range from
jazz to
soul,
r&b,
gospel,
Broadway and
hip hop. In addition to playing
synthesizers and keyboards, he also records with
guitars,
sings and does some
beat boxing. He has his own blog, which is filled with witty and intriguing writings on love, life and the discussions that follow.
In December 2004, Arthur and soce decided to spread the rumor that they were dating in order to gain massive publicity. Although the two friends aren't seen together very often, they have thrown some extremely public
tiffs in which soce yells at Arthur for cheating on him with all sorts of other people, including
Chlöe and
Etan. However, they always make up in the end, and soce has professed his undying love by writing a very catchy song entitled
Arthur is my Boyfriend.