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Eugene the Gringo!

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About Me

Eugene Started playing (clarinet) in Pepperell Massachusetts in the School Orchestra at the age of 9. Since then, Eugene has become an accomplished studio musican (Saxophones, Flute, Bass), a film composer, a Grammy/Emmy Nominated Engineer, and now an up-and-coming Record Producer. While still an Engineer (2001-2004) working from his ex-facility in Soho NY, Eugene Recorded Kanye West, Brandy, Mya, Raekwon, and worked on "Dora the Explorer" for Nickelodeon. In 2005 "The Glacierz" (Eugene Toale and Maria Fernanda Ulibarri) was born. The Team has since produced for Ashanti, Gigi and Bill Laswell, The Honey Brothers, Capone, Karen Ann, Baby Monroe, and Lazy K....And Then I was a Music Co-ordinator for The Man (TV Network)...then I moved to LA (and Mexico City) with Uli.....And Now I am writing music for TV and Playing with Uli and the Gringos....and producing bands....and playing Studio session on the Sax...and Boxing..and...etc

My Interests

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Member Since: 1/31/2006
Influences: The Following are Teachers/Mentors: Kevin Tellier, Vickey Toale, Vinny Panella, Mark Forgues, Charley Dee, Bill Scheniman, Carl Beatty, and Juan Manuel Aceves.
Sounds Like: The CricketSoda Myspace Editor!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Metropolis Treehouse

I have, at least for the time being, fallen BACK in love with "Metropolis." The Daily CD's are starting to sound really good and Uli's new vocals are coming out wonderfully.The way we do vocals is a ...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:25:00 PST

Metropolis TreeHouse

Having shook-off the Previous B.S, Uli and I went back to work on "Metropolis."At this point I am in the "CD of the Day" mode of mixing. This method has me printing a CD of all the tunes IN ORDER as ...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:21:00 PST

Gig Day Hollywood

My mother and her man-friend flew in from Miami and their wings were tired but they stopped by around noon and checked out the set. Apparently we played well and then we talked about the set, cut a f...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:51:00 PST

T-Minus 1Day to Gig

Today we spent the day around the house practicing and working on our individual parts. The bugs are getting worked out and we are starting to sound good. The two types of practice seem to be "Rehears...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:27:00 PST

Uli and the Gringos MySpace Gig Prep

Tuesday Bishop flew just flew in from New York and boy, do his arms look tired. Uli made him rehearse once before she let him nap. (No big surprise thereJ) I solved the MPC sequences problem by going...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:13:00 PST

The Next Next Monday (LA)

The next Monday Vegas was cool. George Carlin rocked, the Water Circus was the bomb, and, whooo!, can that Joel Buchon cook like a muthafucka! We also saw that (es)Snoop Dogg is going to be in Prim, ...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:11:00 PST

The Next Monday (Still in LA) BDay

Monday Today is my Actual Birthday but I'm a bit Birthdayed out. I didn't think 30 would hit me so hard.  I trained for it for a Year!! But, man trains and God laughs. It was good to have my Fam...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:09:00 PST

Back in LA

Friday   I spent the week pushing around the tracks and hanging-out watching fights.  I trained everyday and felt like a superman being back at sea level. I must admit, however, it was very ...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:07:00 PST

Mexico Pre BdY

Monday..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   As I have no Ruff Mixes (and I have a version mismatch between our old traveling Protools rig and Tito's/Our home...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:36:00 PST

Metropolis Studio Day

Sunday Sunday morning we arrived at the studio around 11AM to find Omar the Engineer and 16 Pro tools outs!!!  The Card came in yesterday and Tito called in Omar, a REAL Engineer (not an intern/...
Posted by Eugene the Gringo! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:34:00 PST