Guitar has been a huge part of my life.
The idea about playing one came early in my life but wasn't until I the age of 12 when my parents bought me my first guitar.
Ever since then my life acquired a new meaning. I have followed my own path, I go where music takes me, so far has been an exciting ride.
I have performed in front of 10 people and also have performed in front of 10,000 people.
I have played in churches, schools, auditoriums, dive bars, concert halls, tv shows, outdoor festivals.
The idea of expressing and connecting with others through music is empowering to me. I like talking about music, gear and guitar in general.
During my early years I learned music and guitar through private lessons with different teachers, from the beginning I always wanted to expose myself to a wide variety of musical styles.
I gained some insight from playing as many gigs as I could, varying from church services, weddings, heavy metal shows.
I keep an open mind and work constantly on learning new subjects, concepts and skills. I have knowledge in: music theory, technique, songwriting and music production.
Heavy metal is my main expressive musical outlet but I also enjoy playing and writing other genres of music such as: Rock, Pop, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Bossa Nova.
I was born in Ft. Lauderdale Florida, my parents are from Ecuadorian origin, after only spending my first years of life in the US my parents decided to move back to Quito, Ecuador.
Thats where I grew up and spent my time until 2006 when I decided to move to Austin, Texas "The Live Music Capital of the World".
While in Ecuador at the age 15, I started my first band "Letal Rake". Then after a couple of years I joined and helped start "Colapso", now a well stablished metal band in Ecuador, during my time with them I had the opportunity to write some great songs, now considered an iconic sound of the band.
In 2010 I joined HeadCrusher, Since then we have released two productions, both mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen.
Currently we are working on a new release “ Death Comes With Silence” with Producer Jesse Gander, to be released in 2017.
Every release and performance has helped HeadCrusher gain worldwide attention from fans, fellow musicians and the music industry.
Our music has opened many opportunities for us. It has taken us to international stages in support of some of the best metal acts in the world.
In addition to HeadCrusher I'm working on my new side project "DeathRoll".
I am constantly working from my home studio where I focus on songwriting, guitar lessons and guitar production services such as reamping.
I proudly use and endorse: ESP Guitars, Randall Amplifiers and Two Notes Audio Engineering.