tomas merlo

Borned in Palma de Mallorca in 1980.Studied at the conservatorium van Amsterdam with Frans van der hoeven,Ernst Glerum,David de marez oyens.Studied Doublebass in NY with Marc Johnson and Ben Street. Took masterclasses with Avishai cohen,with great bassplayer Michel HATZIGEORGIOU,Dave Holland,Dick Oats... In 2002 won the first price as the best music student in The Hague (The Nederlands). Played with Michael Brecker,Randy Brecker,Scott Henderson(you can watch a video playing duo with him at the videos directory),former bassplayer of Jerry Gonzalez from 2004 till 2006,also played with spanish jazz star Concha Buika,and toured with great guitar player Rez Abassi in 2003,played with Erik van Lier,Bart van Lier,Jesse van Ruller,Roy Hargrove,great drummer Ari Hoening,Borja Barrueta,Bob Sands,great guitarplayer and Warrguitar player Dan Rochlis,Guillermo Cides,Ron Baggerman,Chema Saiz,Nono Garcia,Eva Duran,Horacio Icasto,Javier Masso "Caramelo",Lee Konitz,Jake Saslow. Recorded with guitarrist Israel Sandoval his latest cd (Marzo),guitarrist Marcos Collado (Whats up) www.myspace.com/marcoscollado ,recorded the music for the films Amor en defensa propia and Segundo asalto,with Toby Taylor his latest cd,with Jorge Pardo (Babel sessions), with Antonio Serrano. In 2006 tours with spanish singer Paloma Berganza around Colombia. At the end of 2006 does a series of concerts and masterclasses of Touchstyle playing in Almeria (Spain). Currently is teaching bass,modern jazz harmony,touchguitar like Warrguitar or Austin Douglas in Factoria de musics in Palma de Mallorca,school vinculated to Berklee School of music. Touchstyle students learn modern jazz harmony applied to the instrument as well as playing in jazz combos doing the bass rol or guitar rol or both. They learn jazz phrasing,transcribe solos,comping,transcribe bass lines from important bass players (depending of the level of the student) like Paul Chambers,Ron Carter,Jaco Pastorius and others... We have three different levels separed by years. Begginer=First year Medium=Second year Advance=Third year To pass a year succesfully you have to pass all the exams,we make three exams per year,if you pass all three you can pass to the next year,but you have to pass all the exams of the other subjects,harmony,ear training and applied harmony. Combos dont have exam. You can check the study program at www.factoriademusics.org