Fernando Perdomo the Guitarist

Born in Miami Beach, Fernando Perdomo showed an interest in music at an early age. As a child he would spend Sundays scouring flea markets and pawnshops for old records and musical instruments deserted by their previous owners. His allowance money was well spent as it helped him develop a vast knowledge of all styles of music and a mastery of various musical instruments he still uses today; whether he is writing, performing, or recording, Fernando had the good fortune of participating in Miami Beach Senior High's prestigious rock and classical guitar ensembles under the direction of Doug Burris. This rock education gave him all the experience he needed to become a professional musician; and at age 18 sneaking into Miami's popular rock clubs, recording at Criteria studios, South Beach Studios, and Middle Ear Studios. In 1999, his powerful guitars were featured in a nationwide ad campaign for Pier One Imports. At 22 he recorded most of the guitars for Christian Castro's platinum "Amar Es" album, including the number 1 hit "No Hace Falta." He would go on to tour with Christian for 3 solid years, visiting 15 countries and playing countless TV and radio performances. Fernando was also lead guitarist and pianist for Soraya on her final tour. Currently, Fernando is the bassist and acting musical director for Hilary Mcrae, who is the newest signing for Starbucks/ Hear music.On Hilary's debut album "Through these walls", he is credited with playing all the basses, some of the guitars, engineering, arrangements, co horn arrangement (with the legendarry Charlie Callelo), and songwriting. . He is also busy producing the new releases for Grammy award winning singer/songwriter, Jorge Moreno, and the legendary Andy Pratt(oof Avenging Annie fame).His first film score is to be premiered at the Cannes film festival. The short film is called "Gri-Gri" and features opening music and an original song by Jorge Moreno, Fernando Perdomo, and Marc Chourain. The following is a partial list of artists Fernando has worked with, from the past right up until now. Toured, Produced, and/or Recorded with Christian Castro - (Sony/Bmg, Universal): Recorded "Amar Es" (Lead, Guitar, Sitar, Theremin), "Live at Serius Radio" (Lead Guitar) and "Nunca Voy a Olvidarte" (Lead Guitar) Toured, Performed on TV on Guitar, Bass, and Theremin Soraya - (EMI): Toured, Performed on TV on Guitar, and Keys Hilary Mcrae - (Starbucks/HearMusic) Recorded "Hilary McRae" (Bass, Guitar, Sitar, Keys, Percussion) , Bassist, Acting Musical Director, Engineered, Toured, Jorge Moreno - (Maverick, MP): Recorded "El Segundo" (Guitar, Bass, Sitar, Theremin, Keys), Toured (as Guitarist, Bassist, and Keyboard player), TV performances, produced, and engineered Andy Pratt - (Colombia, Nemperor, Atlantic, Itsjustaboutmusic) Produced his Forthcoming album "the Snakecharmer". Performed on the album (Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Theremin, Drums) Performed live Tego Calderon - (Atlantic/Jiggiri) Recorded "The Underdog" (Lead Guitar) Jose LuIs Rodriguez "El Puma" (Sony) Recorded "Ayer Y Hoy" (guitar), and "15 Exitos" (guitar) Juanes (Universal) TV performances (guitar) Dave Koz (Capitol) Recorded "Memories of a Winter's Night" (Bass) Alih Jey (Universal) Recorded "Gotas de Piel" (Guitars), Toured Paulina Rubio (Universal) Recorded, TV Performances (guitar) Noelia (EMI/Fonovisa) Musical Director, Toured, Recorded "XM- Artist Confidential" (guitar) Fulano De Tal (Warner) Recorded the Grammy Nominated album "Individual" (guitar, sitar), Toured, TV performances Price (Geffen) Toured, Recorded (Lead Guitar) Pepe Alva (Warner) Toured (guitar) Julio Iglesias Jr. (Warner) Toured (guitar) Inez Gaviria (Respek) Toured, Recorded DJ Russ Harris (universal) Recorded Jeremias (Universal) Toured (Guitar), TV performance Jennifer Lopez (Sony) Recorded "Aint it Funny" (remix) (guitar) Santos Renuentes (Sony) Recorded, Toured (Guitar, Sitar) Transcendence (TMG) Recorded "Sleep With You" (guitar, sitar, keys, bass, and vocals), and "Nothing is Cohesive"(guitar, bass, keys, cello, theremin, drums, and engineering), and toured.. Monster Taxi (Ministry of Sound/Toy Robot/Universal/Sony) Recorded "Monster Taxi", "Ministry of Sound 2005", "Ministry of Sound 2006" and "Verano 2005" (Guitar, Bass, and Theremin) Beny More' (BMG) Recorded "King of Son"(Bass) Mika (Casablanca) Toured (Guitar) Gonzalo Real (Crescent Moon) Recorded “Gonzalo Real” (Guitars, Sitar), Toured, TV performances