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VITIKO ESCOBAR "Todo lo puedo en Cristo...

VITIKO ESCOBAR (Cristiano/Jazz/Latin/Gospel)

About Me

MY NAME IS VICTOR PÉREZ ESCOBAR,BETTER KNOWN AS VITÍKO (VICTOR D..JESÚS IN HONOR OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST).I WAS BORN IN SAN JUAN Y MARTÍNEZ,PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE,CUBA.I STUDIED MUSIC AT THE PROVINCIAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND THEN LOOK AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS INSTRUCTORS OF HAVANA,CUBA IN THE ESPECIALTY OF PERCUSSION.IMPORTANTLY,AT THIS STAGE I RECEIVED LESSONS FROM TEACHERS OF HIGH PROFESSIONAL LEVEL(PROFESSOR SANTIAGO REYTHER,PROFESSOR JUSTO PELLADÍTO-PERCUSSION MASTER OF THE JOINT NATIONAL FOLKLORIC.WHEM I GRADUATED,I WENT TO WORK AS PROFESSOR OF PERCUSSION IN THE PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO (HOUSES OF CULTURE: SANDINO,SAN JUAN Y MARTÍNEZ,PINAR DEL RIO,PROVINCIAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL...) IN PARALLED,SHARED ROLES IN MUSIC AS INSTRUMENTISTES IN THE MUSICAL GROUP: "IREME AFROCUBAN" (CUBAN POPULAR MUSIC AND JAZZ FUSION.AFTER I WORKED WITH THE GROUP ACCOMPANYING THE SINGER MAGGIE CARLÉS (modern music)WHICH LIES SEVERAL YEARS IN U.S. LATER I WORKED IN THE ORCHESTRA OMARA PORTUONDO (TRADITIONAL CUBAN MUSIC,CUBAN TROVA,FEELING...).PRECISELY WITH OMARA TRAVELED TO SPAIN TO BE PART OF A HIRED BY SPECTACLE JESÚS QUINTERO("EL LOCO DE LA COLINA").WHEN THE TOUR ENDED ARTIST,ACQUIRED SPANISH NATIONALITY AND RESIDENCE,MARRYING WICH IS MY CURRENT WIFE. I HAVE WORKED WITH MUSICAL GROUPS,ORCHESTRAS AND SINGERS OF THE SONG OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND RECOGNITION,SUCH AS: "ALAMEDA","MARISMEÑOS","MACANÍTA DE JERÉZ"-flamenco sound,"JERITO DE JERÉZ"-flamenco sound,"PASIÓN VEGA","GRÚPO MESTIZO","REINALDO CREACH"-trova santiaguera,"CHICO CASTILLO AND GIPSY SOUND","MÉLODY","ABORIGEN CUBAN QUINTET","VITIKO JAZZ TRÍO","ORCHESTRA OF THE TELEVISION MARIA DEL MONTE","GOSPEL CHOIR OF ANDALUSIA", "ENKALMA","YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF ANDALUSIA"...AND OTHER GROUPS AND ARTIST RECOGNIZED. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MANY RECORDINGS DISK WITH SEVERAL "IREME","OMARA PORTUONDO","MAGGIE CARLÉS IN CUBA".IN SPAIN: "DISK 20 ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALAMEDA GROUP""I AM MY BELOVED","LIVING THE DREAM"-CHRISTIANS,SEVERAL DISKS PASSION VEGA,JERITO DE JERÉZ-FLEMISH,"BOLEROS OF A LIFETIME" WITH REINALDO CREACH,"METIZAJE" WITH MESTIZO GROUP,"ABORIGEN" WITH ABORIGEN CUBAN QUINTET AND MANY MORE DISCS. RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS,EVENTS,CONCERTS,FESTIVALS, COMPETITIONS AND OTHER PERFORMANCES. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL EVENTS IN CUBA AND ABROAD: ARTIST SHOWS TOURS WITH "TROPICANA",INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (JAZZ PLAZA HAVANA),SHARING THE STAGE WITH LEGENDARY JAZZ FIGURES AS:ALTURO SANDOVAL AND HIS GROUP,GONZALO RUBALCABA AND HIS GROUP,DIZZY GILLESPIE,RONNIE SCOTH,ORIENTE LÓPEZ AND AFROCUBA,IGNACIO BERROA,CHUCHO VALDÉS AND IRAKERE,BATÁNGA TRUMPET,RAFA GARCÉS SAX-PIANO,JULIO BARRETO,ROBERTO VISCAÍNO,TATA GUINES,CHANGUÍTO,MICHAEL BRECKER,RANDY BRECKER,PASTORIOUS,ZAWINULL,WAINE SHORTER,PETER ERSKHINE AND OTHER MUSICIANS. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVAL OF YOUTH AND STUDENTS,SALSA,PERCUSSION AND MUSIC IN GENERAL. AWARDS:FIRST PRIZE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ PARTNERSHIP AND RECORD OF ANDALUSIA,WITH THE ABORIGEN CUBAN QUINTET. SINCE MY CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY,SEVERAL YEARS AGO,I HAVE SPENT WITH GREAT FERVOR AND ENTHUSIASM TO COMPOSE,ARRANGE,ORCHESTRATE,PRODUCE AND INTERPRET THE SONG OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP,ACCUMULATING A WEALTH OF UNPUBLISHED,ORIGINAL AND BEING ABLE RECORDED AND DISEMINATED. MY ASPIRATIONS?...:SERVE THE WORK OF GOD FOR THE EVANGELIZATION THROUGH MUSIC.TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO EVERY CREATURE THROUGH MY SONGS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP,IF GOD..S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE. A CHRISTIAN ARTIST IS NOT MEASURED BY THE "VOLUME" AND "PROFIT" FROM THEIR "BUSINESS" AND HIS FAME,BUT BECAUSE THEIR WORK,WHETER MUSIC,THEATRE,PAINTING,LITERATURE...,WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO THE WORLD AND REACHING OUT TO NON-BELIEVERS TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES,THUS OBTAINING SALVATION THROUGH KNOLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THE ONLY POSSIBLE WAY.THE ONLY LIGHT THAT CAN GUIDE US AND ENLIGHTEN. THE LYRICS OF ONE MY SONGS (BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD) SAID: "THOSE WHO HAVE EARS TO LISTEN;ANYONE WHO HAS EYES THAT SEE"... WE SAY: "THE DOOR IS OPEN,BUT CAN BE CLOSED AT ANY TIME"... "YOU WILL HEAR THE WISE AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRE COUNCIL". (proverbs. 1.5)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2008
Band Website: myspace.com/myspacevitic
Band Members: VITIKO ESCOBAR
Influences: INFLUENCES OF GENRES SUCH AS:MUSIC OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP IN GENERAL,GOSPEL MUSIC OF BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN.CHRISTIAN MUSIC IN GENERAL,TRADITIONAL CUBAN MUSIC (SON,SON MONTUNO,GUARACHA, DANZÓN,BOLERO,CHA,GUAGUANCÓ,COLÚMBIA,YAMBÚ,CANCIÓN,FEEL ING,TROVA,FUNKY,R&B,SOUL,TRADITIONAL JAZZ,AFROCUBAN JAZZ/FUSION;BRAZILIAN MUSIC AS. THE BOSSA NOVA,SAMBA,BATUCADA...;DOMINICAN MUSIC (MERÉNGUE,BACHATA...);PUERTO RICAN MUSIC, AND OTHER GENRES. INFLUENCES OF MUSICIANS AND GROUPS AS: EL NIÑO VALDÉS,SANTIAGO REITHER,JUSTO PELLADÍTO,ANGÁ,BARRETO,JULIO BARRETO (YUNIOR),IGNACIO BERROA,PAPINES,OMARA PORTUONDO,MAGGIE CARLÉS,ALTURO SANDOVAL,PAQUITO D..RIVERA,ALL JARREAU,BOBBY McFERRIN,BENNY MORÉ,TRIO MATAMOROS,PEDRO JUNCO,IREME,IVAN LINS,GAL COSTA,AFROCUBA,MUÑEQUITOS DE MATANZAS,PASTORIOUS,TATA GUINES,GOIVANNI HIDALGO,TITO PUENTES,CHANGUÍTO,IRAKERE,WHEATHER REPORT,GINO VANNELLI,MICHAEL FRANKS,RAFA GARCÉS,BATANGA TRUMPET,THE VÁN VÁN ORCHESTRA,RUMBAHABANA,TRIO MATAMOROS,ARAGÓN ORCHESTRA...SET DRUM VITIKO: ---------------------- BASS 20../ SNARE 14../TOMS 8..10..12../ FLOOR TOMS 14.. AND 16../ CYMBALS: SPLASH 8..9..10..11..AND 12../ CRASH 15..16.. 17..AND 18../RIDE 22../ FLAT RIDE 20.. / CHINA 16..18..20.. / H.HAT 14..SET PERCUSSION: ---------------------- FIVE CÓNGAS (QUINTO,REQUINTO,TUMBADORA 1 TUMBADORA 2 AND CÓNGA/ TIMBAL CUBANO BELL WITH SET AND JAM-BLOCKS/MINI-TIMBALES/YEMBÉ/SET BATÁ DRUMS (OKÓNKOLO,ITÓTELE AND IYÁ/DARBOUKA/CAJÓN/BÓNGOS/DRUM ABAKUÁ/PANDEIRO/DRUM ZURDO/CUICA/TAMBORÍN/TAMBORA/MISCELLANEOUS SET:BAR CHIMES,CABASA,GUIRO,CHÉKERE,MARÁCAS,CLAVES,JAM-BLOCK,BELLS ,VIBRA TONES,STICK WATER,AGOGÓ BELLS...AND OTHER PERCUSSION.
Sounds Like: AS MYSELF
Record Label: INDEPENDENT
Type of Label: None