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Name:
Marco Vicente Onoroto
Ethnicity: Mexican and Italian What I do when I am not playing music: I am a pharmacist, a gadget geek, enjoy spending time with my beautiful wife Shamila, and like riding motorcycles and flying RC helicopters. Instruments played: Guitarron, Leona, Jarana, Guitar, Fiddle Instruments owned: 1970 Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean, 67" Gibson Skylark amp, Ovation Celebrity, Francisco Navarro Concert Flamenco Guitar, Ruben Morales Anguiano Guitarron, Julio Cesar Corro Lara Leona, Cesar Castro Mosquito and Segunda Jaranas, Quijada (anonymous donkey), LP Aspire bongos, guiro, cowbell, vihuela, ukulele (Dads')
Music Bio:
My mother was from Mexico City, so I spent many summers there as a kid,
and was exposed to alot of latin american music. My father played the
ukulele and harmonica, and my step brother played guitar, and they were
big influences to me. I started playing guitar in high school, and played
in a few makeshift rock bands throughout college. I didn't realize my love
for latin american music conciously until about 4 years ago, though I know
it has always been there. I started studying latin american guitar and
flamenco at the Old town school of folk music several years ago, and
stumbled upon the Mariachi and Fandango ensembles. This is where I met the
guys that would become Cantaro, and the rest is history.
Music Influences: I grew up listening to alot of different music; Old school high energy, house, freestyle, Industrial, new wave, progressive, alternative, electro, techno, triphop, merengue, cumbia, mariachi, norteno, jarocho, flamenco...Some faves include DM, the Cure, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, The Smiths, Siouxie, Erasure, NIN, Deelite, Left Field, KMFDM, Ministry, Utah Saints, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Jesus and Mary Chain, Portishead, Hooverphonic, Mazzy Star, School of Fish, Janes Addiction, Korn, Disturbed, Godsmack, Oasis, U2, Smokin Popes, Urge Overkill, SRV, Los Lobos, Chuchumbe, Los Panchos, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Celia Cruz, Ramon Ayala, Los Tigres, Son de Madera, Mono Blanco, Gypsy Kings, Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo, Tomatito, to name a few.
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