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Santiago Dobles

Guitarist, Producer, Member of AGHORA

About Me

.. width="425" height="350" .. Santiago began playing guitar at the age of 11. As a teenager he studied guitar with Jae Valentine and Robin Stone. At 18 he entered the Berklee School of Music, majoring in composition, film scoring, and guitar. While at Berklee he studied fusion guitar under the guidance of Robin Stone, Jon Finn, Mark White, Mashi Hasu, & Bruce Bartlett. Outside of Berklee, he studied guitar with Paul Masvidal (of DEATH and CYNIC), and through correspondence with Derek Taylor (Shrapnel recording artist) & Derryl Gabel. He also studied sound engineering at Miami Dade College. Santiago has done session work in Miami Fl, Los Angeles, Ca. He produced, and wrote music for Aghora debut (1999) and is currently working with his band to finish their 2nd release "formless". He is also working on a Solo album.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/23/2005
Band Website: santiagodobles.com
Band Members: Gear -Conklin Custom 7 string Sidewinder Madison "Divinity" 100watt head
Influences: His influences in music begin with his father Gustavo Dobles a symphonic composer, Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, Brett Garsed, Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, Eddie Van Halen, Ron Thal, Greg Howe, Shawn Lane, CYNIC, PORTAL, TOOL, Jason Becker, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Sting, L Shankar, John Mclaughlin, Shakti, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Zakir Hussein, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and Stravinsky. He also finds inspiration from Tibetan & Taoist philosophy & mysticism and practices yoga, Qi Gong & Pencak Silat (Indonesian martial arts).
Sounds Like: "Santiago solos -somewhere between Steve Vai’s genius and John Petrucci’s virtuosity- are extremely fast and beautiful" - Mickael Cochet – Metropolis fanzine issue 4 France 04/00
Record Label: Doblesproductions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I am offering GUITAR TRACKS AND MIXING!!!!!

If you want me to Solo or record guitars on your album or demo I would be more than glad to do it! Why not have a professional guitarist play on your record or be your rhythm guitarist on your album?...
Posted by Santiago Dobles on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:22:00 PST

MADISON AMP

If anyone is interested in getting a MADISON DIVINITY AMP let me know.The new head is amazing I just got mine a couple of days ago.  Andy at Madison has authorized me to sell heads direct to any...
Posted by Santiago Dobles on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:27:00 PST

Santiago's Guitar Column now featured at CHOPS FROM HELL

Chops from Hell Guitar Site - Guest Columnist - Santiago Dobles
Posted by Santiago Dobles on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:04:00 PST