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Joan Pla

Never Give Up...though sometimes is not easy

About Me

Joan Pla is a young music composer / producer / programmer and audio recorder and editor. In spite of being a young musician, he has already worked for some major studios as a composer and some of the artists he has worked with have been signed with important labels or are already dealing with majors for being signed.Joan Pla is proficient in contrasts, yes, that`s the right word. He loves mixing instruments and styles that you wouldnt expect together in the same song. After 10 years in a pretty succesful band back in his country, Spain, Joan decided to move on with his career and came to The States, first to New York, where he lived for 2 years and now in Los Angeles, always looking for growing up as a musician and working with the best of the best.At this moment, Joan Pla is involved in 3 diferent projects as a composer and producer. Also working as a freelancer doing spanish Voice Over and sound editing.Joan Pla is talented, very unique, easy going, a professional and great on deadlines. Is able to compose many different styles for different kinds of clients and projects and he gets commited with his work. What else do you need in a musician?What others said: "...his work made such an impact on me that I have worked with him on a couple of tracks for a national campaign..." Joey Levine Mutli awarded Producer responsible of over 20 milion albums sold and Founder and CEO of Crushing Music - www.crushingmusic.com"...his band in Spain, AfterFeed-back, won this prestigious award as a result of Mr. Pla`s talents as a composer and musician." Carlos Pina -Radio broadcaster at Radio Nacional De España RNE3"... Joan Pla is able to create music with a unique sound that is riveting and captivating and shows a deep knowledge of today`s electronic sounds, he`s one of the finest music composers that I have the privilege to work with..." Carlo Nicolau awarded composer and owner of Razorhead Music - www.razorheadmusic.com".... Joan Pla can totally make a breakthrough with his music in the market..." Ñako Martinez Subdirector and Writer of HeavyRock Magazine Spain


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Member Since: 3/20/2005
Band Website: web.mac.com/musmac
Band Members: Joan Pla
Influences: The doors, Marilyn Manson, St Germain, Pearl Jam, Miles Davis, Prodigy, Screaming Headless torsos, Hans Zimmer, Trent Reznor, NIN, Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Romantics, Chemical Brothers, Paco de Lucia,.....movie soundtracks!!!
Sounds Like: Joan Pla music has a wide range of influences. Born and raised in a town close to Barcelona, mediterranean environment with all its mixed cultures is one of the most important influences for Joan`s creativity. The other big influence in Joan Pla`s sound is the american popular music which flavoured much more his music when Joan moved to New York in the 2005. As a result, we can find a combination of occidental and oriental sound, presented always in a very modern sound and concept.
Type of Label: Indie