Music Style Jazz, Blues and various forms.

Musical Influences Charlie Parker, Sunny Stitt, Sunny Rollins, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane George Benson, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, and Etta James. Rollins, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, George BensonHowlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, and Etta Jam

Artist History At three years of age, I began taking formal piano instruction. This was encouraged due to my great interest in this instrument. I was a young childwhen I firmly decided to persue a career in music performance and composition. At the age of five, I won a scholarship from the Governor's Committee of California, which totaled 3,000 dollars. This money went toward music instruction.I studied jazz harmony and theory In my adolescent years, at which point, it became clear to me that it would be necessary to incorporate this style ofmusic into any career choice I would make. I immediately recognized that jazz has made many and varied contributions to modern American music and has broadly influenced every style from rhythm and blues to pop and rock. It is this acknowledgement of jazz's prominence on the music scene which leads me to employ it's use in song writing, arranging and performance. Myexperience with jazz assisted in my winning first place as soloist in a high school talent competition in my sophomore year. In 1993, I received an award from the Dolo Cocker Foundation which gives scholarships and grants toyoung aspiring jazz musicians attending college.I have come this far only because of my great respect and reverence for those who went before me and who paved the way for my musical advancement.Listening to great jazz masters like Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane honed my sax playing skills andtaught me to appreciate music that is outside the pale of orthodoxy. Credit also goes to George Benson for providing me with so many more creative ideas which I would not have otherwise come up with. I have transferred his technique of simultaneously singing and playing a guitar solo to my improvisation on the piano.I recognize that jazz and blues music are linked together and so have not limited my listening to the bop and the cool artists. The raw and soulfulsounds of Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, and Etta James strike a chord with me and tap into something deep within my primal nature, whichallows me to express myself in an honest and straight forward manner when I would otherwise not be able to do so.Although these wonderful musicians were extremely integral in polishing my musical taste and creativity, the man who was most influential in mydevelopment as a musician and also as a person was my saxophone teacher, Gary Bell. When I despised jazz, Gary cared enough about my future to showme that I must learn and play this original American music. Whenever something sounded weird musically, Gary would explain the intricacies of why it worked. He is the biggest reason why I am now able to improvise and why I'm able to compose on the level that I do. Thank you Gary for being a big part of my life for eleven years and may we have many many more to come!The experience I gained under the tutelage of musicians long gone and also under the guidance of Gary Bell set the stage for the next phase of myprogression onward and upward. In the fall of 1996, I made the acquaintence of David Pinto, who teaches classes in computer assisted music at LosAngeles Pierce College and the Southern California Conservatory of Music, and who is currently my piano instructor. We subsequently begancollaboration on a project which integrates adaptive technologies for the blind and visually impaired with sequencing software already in existence. This enabled me to take a new direction in plans for my musical career. I realized the potential that music technology holds for the future, and I have since found it extremely helpful for arranging my own compositions as well as those of others. This skill has aided me greatly by expediting the often slow process of music recording and arranging.The invaluable knowledge I acquired from David helped me to gain employment three years later. In the summer of 1999, I was employed at the Music andArts Center for the Handicapped in Bridgeport, Connecticut. While there, I instructed college-bound students in the art of music technology using the sequencing program known as Cakewalk. Among my other duties was the teaching of a music Braille translator called Goodfeel. This program isable to convert MIDI data into Braille allowing the students to read their theory assignments as their sighted peers would. I also gave instruction inconverting MIDI to regular print music notation for the students' present and future professors.Now that you have read all about me, listen to me and I hope you enjoy what you hear. Tell your friends and relatives to visit my site and I trust that they will not be disappointed!Eddie Salcido

Location Woodland Hills, CA - USA

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