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Dan Pinto is a keyboardist / drummer percussionist and composer that writes and produces music in Jazz Rock Fusion, New Age and Film Soundtrack styles. Beginning as a rock & roll drummer back in 1974 and rapidly developing his composing ability at the piano shortly afterward, Dan Pinto has become a major multi-talented force over the years. His style combines a unique blend of Jazz Rock with Orchestral & Film soundtrack music, a combination not often heard. Dan's skills and experience have earned him recognition as an accomplished musician, performer and writer but often overlooked are his abilities as a producer and sound engineer. His material is primarily produced and recorded at Pinto Studios, a personally owned and fully equipped recording facility for both audio and video.

From the beginning, Dan Pinto's interest in the keyboard rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s are what fueled his desire to learn. As a keyboard player, the piano was and has always been his instrument of choice. But Dan's introduction into music was through the learning of drums several years before that. This made his approach into music all the more unique. As a drummer, Dan Pinto worked professionally both live and in the studio over the years. Playing in mostly rock bands at a young age, he would end up ultimately peforming on both instruments which gave whatever band he worked in an advantage. Double drum & percussion solos were an enjoyable highlight for Dan and whatever other drummer he was working with at the time. And these which were usually high energy performances always translated that energy over to the audience. It was no different for Joan Jett fans back in 1980 when his band "Juice" helped her to celebrate her CBS recording deal at the showplace in Dover, New Jersey. The double drum solo that Dan and Juice drummer "Kevin Williams" did as part of the opening for "Joan Jett and the Blackhearts" that night ended to a standing ovation. But apart from live performance, Dan has also done session work with many artists including Dave LaRue, renowned Jazz bassist for the Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs and he regularly performs all the drums and percussion heard on his own CD releases.

2 years into his drumming career was all it took for Dan Pinto to start looking for something more. By 1977, he had already won a talent competition as a solo keyboardist. He had only been playing the instrument for a year and a half! Self taught at the piano, he learned how to play his instrument just prior to the advent of the synthesizer which was a great asset allowing him to take what followed in technology and use it to enhance his own ability rather than hinder it. The result has ultimately given Dan Pinto the best of both Worlds and the knowledge to know where to draw or blend the line between the two. As a composer at the keyboard and already being a rock & roll drummer, his interest was naturally drawn to the sound of keyboard rock bands. And back then there was much to choose from! But there was something about the sound of an orchestra that really took hold. Classicial music with pieces like "Pictures At An Exibition" originally written by Mussorgsky and re-written by Emerson Lake & Palmer or Mason Williams original rendition of "Classical Gas" on guitar combining rock and classical are the styles that really opened Dan Pinto's eyes and ears to music. But then something very interesting happened...

Before Dan Pinto ever became involved in music, he always had an interest in the way films were made. As early as 12 years of age, using scale models, he made attempts to recreate scenes from movies like "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Battle Of The Bulge" with his father's 8mm camera. And even though his abilities as a film-maker never fully developed, he found that 5 years later, he could connect with the film industry in a way that he hadn't thought of before, through music. It was this idea that sparked his desire to write music for film. His first success came in the late 1980s writing music for industrial films. From there, he worked on short film projects for a few production houses in New York. By 1990, Dan Pinto had done work for AT & T, RCA, Cable television and many independant films and in 1992 was given the opportunity to write music consistantly for the Robin Leach hosted "Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous" & "Runaway With The Rich & Famous" TV series shows. These shows were shown throughout the World and Dan's music prospered as a result for several years. But that wasn't enough. In 1995, 22 years after his first attempt, Dan Pinto tried his hand once again at film production and directing not to mention editing. But this time it was not for the reasons of wanting to make a film. The ultimate goal was to write a full length movie score. And since the film industry is such an incredibly difficult venue to land such a gig, Dan decided to do it from scratch on his own! It took 5 long years but he finally completed the project and released the music as one of his several CDs that are currently available. For details about his movie project and music from all his available CDs, visit Dan Pinto's Official Website.

Dan Pinto's many years of experience in the studio has by trial and error inadvertantly developed him into a very talented producer and recording engineer on top of all else. Over the years, listening and experimenting with those styles that he grew up on by keyboardists such as Keith Emerson, Chick Corea and Rick Wakeman along with his more recent Jazz and Film music influences such as Pay Metheny, Lyle Mays, John Williams and Danny Elfman, just to name a few, has set a high standard for Dan Pinto as a composer. Add to that his well established background as a rock & roll drummer & percussionist along with his studies of orchestral arrangement and you've come up with a truly unique individual with far reaching ability and talent. Dan Pinto has put together a very large catalog of diverse original music that grows with every passing year and 2007 through 2008 has been no different with his brand new CD release, "Anomalies."