About Me
EVERYTHING STARTED IN ACAPULCO MEXICO. JUST SITTING AT A BAR TABLE LOOKING TO A COUSIN OF MINE PERFORMING WITH HIS BAND. RIGHT THERE OBSERVING THE DRUMMER, (LEAD SINGER'S SISTER) I DECIDED IT WAS REALLY EASY. THEY TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS LEAVING AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER, IF I KNEW ANY TO LET THEM KNOW. SO I SAID I'M A DRUMMER I CAN PLAY ANY TIME YOU WANT,(BIG LYE, I NEVER SAT ON A DRUM THRONE IN MY LIFE. BUT IT LOOKED TOO EASY, SO WHY NOT.) THEY GAVE ME AN AUDITION SO I DECIDED TO PERFECTLY STUDY THE DRUMMER MOVES FOR MY AUDITION. AT MY AUDITION I TOTALLY CAVED IN. IT WASN'T AS EASY AS I THOUGHT, BUT I DECIDED TO PRACTICE HARDER, BECAUSE I LOVED IT. THEY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT AND I TOOK IT. I STAYED WITH THIS BAND CALLED "QUINTO GRADO" FOR AROUND 9 YEARS. WE PLAYED BASICLY IN WHOLE STATE OF GUERRERO. THEN WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN DIFERENT STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY; CUERNAVACA, TABASCO, MEXICO DF, SINALOA, AND BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR. THIS IS WERE I STAYED, AFTER I MET MY WIFE AND MULTIPLE TROUBLES SPLIT ME FROM THE BAND. WE HAD DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO RECORD A DISC, BUT FOR ONE OR OTHER REASON NEVER CAME TRUE. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EVERY MUSICIAN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH. THOSE MUSICIANS INCLUDE MARXO GUTIERREZ, SILVANO ZETINA, PABLO MORENO, GILBERTO MENDOZA, MIGUEL ALVAREZ Y MIGUEL PALACIOS; GUITAR PLAYERS, MICHEL DENIGRIS, FABIAN MENDEZ, ALBERTO, MARIO CARRASCO, FRANCISCO FARIL AND RICARDO SALAS; BASS PLAYERS, JAVIER SANCHEZ; KEYBOARD PLAYERS, RAFAEL BUSTAMANTE "FALLO", JOAQUIN DE LA TORRE, FABIAN MENDOZA, "CHENTE" ZENTENO; SINGERS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MUSICIANS I'VE PLAYED WITH AND FROM WHOM I'VE LEARNED MANY THINGS ABOUT MUSIC. ABOUT TEACHERS I CAN NOT NAME MANY. BASICLY I LEARNED BY MYSELF, BUT THERE ARE SOME EXELLENT DRUMMERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME A LOT LIKE, RICARDO POUSS, JOAQUIN FROM PAX BAND, JULIO "EL CUBANO" AND ALEX CHILINSKY.THEY ARE THE MAIN DRUMMERS THAT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING. I TRY TO STUDY SOME VIDEO CLINICS FROM MY FAVORITE DRUMMERS LIKE VINNIE COLAIUTA, DAVE WECKL, JOJO MAYER, MIKE PORTNOY, AND STEVE SMITH. I'M CURRENTLY PLAYING IN A BAND WITH THE NAME OF DEJA-VU. WE PLAY BASICLY, LATIN, ROCK, DISCO, POP, JAZZ AND SOME FUSION MAINLY IN PRIVATE EVENTS.
