Artist description Solo freelance composer of all styles of instrumental music for all purposes - ranging from straight ahead contemporary classical to pop-rock songs, and soundtrack style musics suitable for multiple purposes such as synchronization to film/video, audio backgrounds, advertising, etc. and drawing from many styles of music such as classical, world music, rock/pop, jazz, hip-hop, etc.

Music Style Instrumental Soundtracks in Various Styles

Musical Influences Bach, Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, The Beatles (& George Martin), Bartok, Jan Hammer, Tori Amos, Donald Fagen, Rundgren et al, Zappa et al, African music, Indian music, nature - too numerous to mention!

Similar Artists Jan Hammer, Hans Zimmer, Frank Zappa - this is as close as I can come! I try to sound like myself, mostly!!!

Artist History Chris Manasia received a Master of Arts degree in Clasical Composition from Hunter College (CUNY) in 1990. His instructors and mentors include Joseph Scianni and Myron Fink. He was honored in 1991 as a "Meet the Composer" award recipient for his composition for harpsichordist Ronald Cross entitled "Sonata for Two Harpsichords." His Master's thesis was a song cycle which set the poems of e.e. cummings to music. He received permission to use cummings' work from the poet's estate. Prior to this, Manasia had performed in various situations from the age of 12, playing electric bass, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, flute, and voice. He began formally composing at age 18 and has done so ever since. Currently, he performs as a solo act, playing acoustic guitar and singing over tracks he has produced in his studio. He records all of his original compositions at his production facility, Baste In New York Productions.

Group Members Chris Manasia

Instruments Piano, Guitar, Bass, Voice, Synthesizers, Flute, Violin, Mandolin, Harmonica, Melodica, anything I can get my hands on!

Albums Environmental Music, Baste In New York Productions Volume 1, Live at Dock Street,

Press Reviews Appeared many times in various capacities in the newspaper, "The Staten Island Advance"

Location Staten Island, NY - USA

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