Today we’d like to introduce you to Jose Villafuerte.
Hi Jose, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I’m from Guayaquil – Ecuador. I’m 28 years old but now I’m living in Orlando, Florida.
I started when I was eight years old playing guitar because of my older brother, Une day he was taking a guitar lesson and from my room I heard them having the lesson, so I told my mom that I wanted to have lessons too.
At 16, I studied jazz composition.
At 17, I started my actual band “Man de Barro” with my co-owner Kevin Klein. In my band, I compose, produce sing, and play the guitar in a band.
From that time, I have had many types of concerts like local concerts and international festivals.
At 24 years old I studied Engineering at Full Sail University.
After Full sail, I stayed in Orlando working with my artist visa.
Nowadays I’m producing artists from different parts of the world. Also, I have produced different types of music like Latin soul, Blues, Jazz, R&B, and more.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Before I came to the US, I didn’t know English, so my university made me take an English course before starting my career. I had seven months of English intense classes, then they gave me a test and I had to retake the test 3 times hahaha. After the last try, I did it.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I love creating music from scratch.
I feel good as a music producer and I really love when my clients tell me that they are super happy with the final product.
I love to create my own sounds and I love to make new sounds so my productions can have a natural and new sound.
I have heard people like me because all my productions sound very big and groovy.
Where we are in life is often partly because of others. Who/what else deserves credit for how your story turned out?
I would say about my artist career with my band “Man de Barro” I feel grateful that I made that band with my coowner Kevin Klein. Now he lives in Germany and we work remotely. We see each other when we have music festivals.
Pricing:
- $2400 One song production
Contact Info:
- Email: joseantoniovillafuerte93@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandebarro/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ManDeBarro
- SoundCloud: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2U4iSpvGkTAuD9pLWtBKSu?si=QsI3dWRyQC6Cl2KIS6cfGw
- Other: https://www.instagram.com/jose_vill/
Image Credits
Ph: Erick Ramos
