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Renzo Staiano
Acoustic / Experimental / Other

"Free Your Mind and Your Axe Will Follow."

SANTA CRUZ, California
United States

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Last Login:  7/5/2008
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Member Since4/24/2008
Band Websitestaianomusic.com
Band MembersRenzo Staiano
Sounds LikeAgustín Barrios, John Fahey, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, and Atahualpa Yupanqui meet in my brain for little jam session on the Ocho and other lute cordophones.
Record LabelUnsigned
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 9 2008 6:00P
Private Event Atherton, California
Jul 12 2008 12:00P
Pride Festival Monterey Monterey, California
Jul 12 2008 4:00P
Private Event Palo Alto, California
Jul 19 2008 12:00P
Private Fundraiser Santa Cruz, California
Jul 19 2008 4:00P
Cowell Beach Santa Cruz, California
Jul 26 2008 1:30P
Private Event Aromas, California
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
Trinity Tribal Stomp Junction City, California
Aug 2 2008 5:00P
Private Event Sonoma, Ca
Aug 2 2008 6:00P
Private Event Sonoma, Ca, California
Aug 8 2008 6:00P
Private Event Saratoga, California
Aug 9 2008 4:00P
Private Event Monterey Ca
Aug 17 2008 2:00P
Valentine Hall’s Wedding Aptos, California
Aug 23 2008 2:00P
Private Event Carmel California
Aug 24 2008 3:00P
Private Event San Francisco, California
Sep 20 2008 6:00P
Il Borro Il, Borro, Firenze
Oct 11 2008 6:00P
TBA Monterey Ca, California

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   About Renzo Staiano
Renzo Staiano performs professionally on six- and eight-string acoustic and electric guitars, Cuban tres, Andean charango, and other Latin American guitars. As a performer and scholar, his career has thus far taken him to five continents. Renzo first knew he could achieve success through music when, at the age of 17, he won first prize in a local guitar competition sponsored by KMBY, a local radio station. The inspiration born of that initial success carried Renzo to the Musician’s Institute of Technology in Hollywood, and later, to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated in 1997 with top honors. In 2006, he completed his M.A. in Latin American ethnomusicology at University of California at Santa Cruz, specializing in coastal Peruvian guitar performance under the auspices of the prominent ethnomusicologist, John Schechter. Renzo is fluent in Spanish, which has facilitated his musical studies in Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Argentina. For twelve years, he has taught guitar performance, music theory, and music history, teaching both privately and in a university setting. For the past four years, he has developed the curriculum and taught the UCSC summer session course History and Traditions of the Guitar. Renzo studied the classical guitar and Latin American guitar with the acclaimed Turkish guitarist Mesut Özgen and world-renowned Agustin Barrios scholar and performer Richard Stover. Renzo possesses profound knowledge of jazz, blues, funk, pop, European classical, and also a great number Latin American musical genres. He is an active composer and arranger, currently working with his band mates in the world music fusion group Universal Language. In November 2006, Renzo completed a tour of the Middle East Latin rock band, deSol. His work as a composer has recently been featured in the short film, Catalina, released March 2007. For the last two years, Renzo has performed primarily as a soloist, with the imminent release of his a new album—El Ocho vol. 1—or in a large ensemble setting with various local orchestras for musical works such as Joel Ford’s monumental Jazz/Funk/Blues/Reggae opera, The Cannabis Cantata; Phil Collin’s Helen of Egypt; and Kurt Weil’s Three Penny Opera (with the Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra). Renzo’s work as an arranger has been featured on the Fox network’s television show Party of Five. In addition, Renzo has worked with UCSC professor Fredric Lieberman as an expert consultant in various music piracy court cases, and he has transcribed music for Adult Swim’s Home Movies, created by Brendon Small (whose recent show Dethklok Metalocalypse currently enjoys runaway success). Renzo has performed with many accomplished musicians, including members of: Peru Negro, Acoustic Alchemy, Dethklok, The Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra, The Dodos, Savoy Brown, The Doobie Brothers, RadioActive, Michael Franti, and Santana, and he has shared the stage with the likes of Ozomatli, Maxi Priest, and Thomas Mapfumo.

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Renzo Staiano has 82 friends.
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 El Ocho 


 Elana Jagoda 


 TURBO 


 Stilly 


 El pacha 


 Brendon 


 Universal Language 


 Claire 


 Jason Bond 


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TAM WHA





Jun 20 2008 11:14 PM

come home for your birthday.
New York Funk Exchange





Jun 11 2008 5:37 AM

HEy! Thanks so much for stopping by and checking us out! Come back and visit again soon, we'll be posting new dates and tunes.

Keep it live and funky...

THe NEw York Funk Exchange
max georis





Jun 8 2008 12:42 AM

yo man wuts goin on just thought id let u know about berklee

im doin pretty well im ACTUALLY keeping up on my work haha practicing alot i got some gigs with my ensemble lined up in some clubs
im gunna try to get some gigs with a few musicians on top of the ensemble ones too

oh and its REALLY hot and humid im dying ha


hope everythings goin good back in sc man
El pacha





Jun 2 2008 11:33 AM

Que pachuka ese Renzo pues este verano que me quedo aqui en Mexico, pero ojala muy pronto pueda ir pal norte pues extraño ala banda un gran abrazo desde las montañas del sureste mexicano. el pachukoatl
TAM WHA





May 29 2008 12:12 AM

You're not mad you big faker. Besides, drugs weren't cool til 7th grade. remember the 'glow of salinas' ? remember when I ate too many mushrooms and my kidney's failed?
I think I'm going to be in SC for the 4th of July, wanna get a taco?
TURBO





May 24 2008 8:29 AM

I know exactly what you mean
Claire





May 23 2008 11:44 AM

I was born ready! ;)
max georis





May 22 2008 8:23 PM

you know of kevin belz ? hes my private guitar teacher here
Tia Jessi





May 14 2008 9:03 AM

back in topanga, california
loved mexico city
i love mexico
will be going back
hope alls swell in santy cruz
The World Collective





May 11 2008 9:58 PM

Sounds like you got el ocho under control, man. Hope to see you in SC soon. Peace.
Blake Allen





May 7 2008 7:19 PM

Hey Renzo, Its great to hear from you, hope all is well, I cant thank you enough for all that you have taught me. Take care, oh and if you want some free studio time in the near future I am sure we could work that out.
Peace
Derek Byron





May 7 2008 3:05 PM

Now I have one friend!
deSoL





May 1 2008 10:22 PM

We'll be seeing ya soon...

Check this out....

Our New Music Video

deSoL "On My Way"


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