About Me
Like so many others, I started playing the electric guitar because of the mighty Slash. Then, at the age of 14, I found Malmsteen, that forced me to really upgrade and work on my technique: I would practice 10 or more hours per day. So eventually, I became a "shredder". Gladly, in this proccess, I didn..t lose track of the most important thing: the music, the sound.
So I kept exploring. In 2001, I discovered electronic music and became involved in DJ and PC Music Production. I started exploring the organic and soulful west coast house music, then moving to freakier styles with acid, minimal, and electro sonic elements. This was long before the electro and minimal scene were on the mainstream eye of Lima (as many other southamerican placer, my city follows european club trends with a two or three years delay). Now that I think about it, this wasn..t a smart decision, as the local crowd wasn..t really into the music I was playing. One way or another, I grew old of dancefloor music and parties, and eventually quit. Not regrets though, in the end I had learned a lot about rhythm, groove, tension, production skills, mixing, etc.
So I came back to the guitar, first with Sonoradio, which is a local band led by Danny M. They wanted a distorted guitar sound along with their sharp and energetic electro sound, so I joined them from 2006 to 2007, also recording the guitars for their debut album. Gigs were fun, music was interesting, media was really into the band, but the guitar work was really flat and simple, almost shadowed by the crisp and bright synthlines.
I missed armony and melodies the most. So I discovered the world of classical music and, of course, classical guitar. Even when I was a highly proficient electric guitar player and had very solid music theory background, my fingerpicking was lame and I hated not being able to sight read or write music on staff. Some musicians can live without this ability (which was essential in older times), but deep inside I knew I was missing something which was gonna be useful to my carreer as a musician. Classical is really a world in itself, and its really demanding but also rewarding. Today, I..m still learning, but my composing abilities -especially in regards of harmony, something I had really neglected and overlooked in my "electronic" period- already have improved.
