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Artist
Alex Ferreira
12+ albums
alternativeDominicanindie poprockdominican republic
about
Alex Ferreira was born in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on March 23, 1983. He spent his childhood and adolescence between New York, Miami and Santo Domingo. He began playing guitar and writing songs at 16 years of age. The Britpop of the 90s, 60s folk, Argentinean rock, boleros and Cuban trova, is a mere sum of its influences. He began playing professionally in the Dominican famous cultural center "Casa de Teatro" as well as other bars in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo. Sometimes accompanied by his band and many times just with his guitar, there he released his first songs. He recorded his first demos and quickly made himself known in the music scene of his country. There also, he shared the stage with great Dominican singers as Víctor Víctor, Luis Dias, José Antonio Rodríguez, among others. During the spring of 2005 he released his self-produced and self-published (limited only to 250 copies) first album entitled "Parto Mi Viaje." For this album, some of the country's leading musicians collaborated with him. Singles from this album such as "Rienda Suelta", "Siete sin suerte" and "Uno más aquí", were widely played in Santo Domingo's rock stations. He also released demos as "Zigzag" and "Pixel" which also reached the first positions in the lists of stations in the country. That same year, Alex won the prestigious music competition in "Casa de Teatro" in 2 different categories (pop and rock). And is nominated, at the Dominican Republic's Casandra Awards for Best Rock
