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Shaolin Music |
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| Location: | Poblacion Rosita Renard, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 10, 2008 (244 days back) |
About Me |
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| Yanko Valdes was born in Mendoza, Argentina and raised in Santiago de Chile. At the age of seven, he begins to play his Grandfather’s guitars for pure curiosity and learn Kung Fu because of his Grandmother’s decision that the kid should learn how to defend himself (having much better success in the latter, by achieving third place in Tsung Chiao style fighting in the Chilean National). When he was twelve, his mother won a poetry prize and moved the family to Brooklyn, N.Y. As soon as he arrived, he convinced his mother to buy him a bass guitar, thinking it would be easier than guitar (he also had to convince her to buy him a keyboard, due to an accident where he broke Cristian Moraga’s first Roland D5, but that’s another story... ). By fourteen, he had already performed all over the tri-state area. In the subways of N.Y. he ran into the Chilean composer Hugo Moraga and began his first formal musical studies (he has also performed and recorded with him both in N.Y. and Chile). His first double bass lessons were with Kiyoto Fujiwara (MG4, Horace Silver, Thomas Chapin, etc.). Other teachers include Santi Debriano, Carlos Franzetti, Maria Schneider and Dennis Moorman. He is a former recipient of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Scholarship, granted by Manny Albam and Jim McNelly. He has performed with artists such as Dina Fanai (TRS Orchestra), Dave Eggar (Flux Quartet), Elayne Joyce-Simon (wife of Neil Simon), Willy Crook (Patricio Rey y sus redonditos de ricota), Alex Skolnick (formerly of Testament), Attack Theater, William Luna, Autocontrol, A-HA, Edible Red, Life on Mars and Four on the Floor (Meet The Artist program at Lincoln Center), among many others. In 1997, He was a special guest with Los Tetas (EMI Latin) and accompanied them on their South American tour. After he returned from South America, he decided to go back to school. He received a scholarship from Hunter College to study with Professor John A. Schaffer, retired principal bassist from the New York Philharmonic. He is currently a member of the Jason Green Labour of Love, Agua Clara and the Ian Kane Boogie-Stride quartet. As a solo artist, he has composed and produced two albums, Zekondz (2001) and Ideas de Camara (2003). As an Educator, he is a faculty member of the International Studio of Music/American Institute of Guitar and a former member of the Department of Education of NYC | |
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Music:Member Since: 1/6/2006Band Members: Tom Papadatos- Drums.Yanko Valdes-Everything else.Miguel Gonzalez, Guitar in Kafe.Roberto Ciraudo, Guitar in We Know Who U Are. Influences: Urbenia del Carmen Aravena Albornoz (Canucha), Luis Belisario Valdes Vega, Miles Davis, Rocky Balboa, Beatles, Prince, Charly Garcia, Fedor Emelianenko, Timothy Cobb, Ludwig Streicher, Emanuel Feurmann, Jaco Pastorious, Karate Kid, Bach, Schubert, Sam el Rey del Judo, Quentin Tarantino, Coppola, Scorsese, Van Gogh, Super Raton, Batman, Alicia Gloria Natasha Valdes Aravena, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra, Beethoven, Metallica, Slayer, Sifu Miguel Angel de Luca, Sifu Mauricio, Sifu Pedro Burgos, Sifu Jaime Espina, Grand Master Chan Tai San, Richard Strauss, Misfits, Sex Pistols, King Crimson, Congreso, Fulano, La Familia Rueda, Los Tres, Tia Vaca, Tia Flori, Tio Juan Carlos, Tia Liliana, Tia Julia, Tia Aida, Alvaro Huerta, Peter Gabriel, Chulo the cat, Puccini (both the cat and the composer), Ernesto the cat, Zack the dog, Loti the cat, Cortazar, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Nicanor Parra, Dostoyevski, Albert Camus, Cassandra the "killer cat", Illapu, Bruce Lee, Frank Sinatra, Coltrane, Mingus, Bernie Worrell, Duke Ellington, James Brown, Slam Stewart, Randy Couture, Pedro Aznar, Spinetta, Hugo Moraga, Kiyoto Fujiwara, John and Martha Schaeffer. Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace Layouts Sounds Like: Broken bones. Record Label: Independent Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Funk / Punk) |
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Oba gente!!! Brasil/Chile |
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| I will be traveling to Brasil and Chile for the month of February. I'd like to meet or see Brazilian fighters down there, so if any of u know anything (vale tudo, Brazilian/Jujitsu schools,etc.) ... Posted by Yanko Valdes on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:41:00 PST |
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HUGO MORAGA, Tom, Jason Green, Funky C, zara, Miroslav Vitous, Pedro Aznar, WiLD CHiLD iN THe CiTy, Victor Jara, Charly García, JACO PASTORIUS, Cachao, LOS MONO, Dave Eggar, RICHARD BONA, Anderson Silva, ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, Rickie Lee Jones, Cung Le, Dan, AGUA CLARA, Wayne Krantz, Herbie Hancock, Questlove, Fuerte apache, SOLEDAD ROJAS, Norelle, Madrastras, joa_1974, TRIGGONOMICS, Umatic, Machan, SCHLEUSOLZ, Poetico-Estetico, meg, Ray DeTone, The Hermanators, MICHELINA, Eva Ayllon Official, David Baumgarten, Danity Kane Member, ATUM, Blind Monkey Band, Chris Pistorino, Contramano, Michael Murphy, Cenk Han Alkaya, Moodswing Records - BigChris (Producer), Bass Guitar Lessons Complete Pack, JORGE CAMPOS PROJECT
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