Bio

Bandsman is the artist name of Fernando Zaplana Gomila. He was born in Cartagena, Spain in 1962. Since he was fifteen he started to play guitar and compose music, initiating his first steps under the influence of well-known artists as The Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix, George Benson, Stevie Wonder, Joe Turner, Count Bassie, Sarah Vaughan, George Gershwin etc. After completing his University Chemistry Degree and Business & Administration studies he completed Elementary Music Studies (Modern & Jazz Harmony) sharing his professional activities with his own music production. His is a self-taught and eclectic musician and songwriter, with about 100 composed and registered songs in several styles like Jazz, Classic, Bossanova, Lounge, Symphonic, Disco, Pop, Electronic, Rock, Blues, etc. Although his main influence is Jazz, his music has the same Mediterranean influences than the author. He has participated in some Jazz gigs in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Ibiza, highlighting his participation in the 2000 Injuve International Jazz Festival in Ibiza with Notan Big Band. Several of his songs have been licensed with publishing companies in USA, Canada and Australia for Film & TV purposes. His song "Botafoch" has been awarded as winner in the August 2007 Song of the Year contest in Houston, TX. USA and also reached the semi-finalist status in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition in Nashville, USA. Actually he is developing his new music projects aided by computer technologies like Cubase and several Music Edition systems trying to get new publishing and recording deals. Please check the following link if you want to purchase my music. [link="http://www.isound.com/bandsman"] BANDSMAN[/link]