Andre Custodio : An Identity
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Musician as Artist
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as long as i can remember, i found that most forms of mainstream commercial expression lacked humanity (vulnerability). as i become older, i see how important it is to remain as authentic and vulnerable in my sound/music as possible. my musical tastes range from classical to funk to white noise. although i'm rather picky about what i listen to, i make up for the snobishness in my range of listening. my playing, composing, and listening embrace all that i am influenced by.
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Percussion
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when i studied trumpet in junior-high, i became rather disenheartened at the difficulty of the pressure of the lips against the mouthpiece (i couldn't handle it). i found that conga drumming was very much more of what i wanted out of music during that very important period in my life; so i became a conga player at age ten. since then, i have studied Afro-Cuban conga drumming, drum-kit, and timpani. My strength is in performing and composing pulse rather than pitch. i have been performing percussion for about nineteen years and composing for two.
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My interests:
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- Art and Artists
- Cartoons/Comic Books
- Computers/Technology
- Conservation/Environment
- Counterculture
- Fantasy/Role Playing
- Food/Drink
- Gay and Lesbian
- Health/Fitness
- Movies/TV
- Blues
- Classical and Opera
- Dance Music
- Folk
- House/Hip-Hop
- Jazz, Experimental
- Latin, Reggae, World
- Rock and Pop
- Techno, Electronic
- Personal Finance/Investment
- Pets/Animals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Web Publishing/Design
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