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After a 12 year radio career in the States, having had produced numerous top syndicated programs, 2005 saw Dave Bianchi taking off from New York City for uncharted territory, and ultimately opening a recording studio in Barcelona. Radio was fun, but producing music was always his talent and passion. The response was immediate—musicians from around the world gravitated towards Bianchi’s ‘Emergency Room’ studio in the L’Hospitalet bario of Barcelona. Instantly he began producing a string of records; jazz, rock, experimental, soul, world, or music uncatigorizable. Shortly after opening the studio, Dave started the label Whatabout Music to showcase some of the artists he had encountered and produced. It started as just a digital label, taking advantage of the wide opportunities within the new music industry—but off the web and in Barcelona, it had become more of a community than a label. In just five years, the Whatabout Music catalog has grown to include more than 40 releases from 23 bands, and is growing more rapidly, with the addition of the sub-group Whatabout Jazz. If you ask Dave about his own music, he explains: “the great luxury I have as a producer is that i’m constantly working with amazing musicians… so when the time comes that I’m making one of my own albums, I get to pick and choose from an endless list of phenomenal players i’ve had the pleasure to record with.” Combined with his unique production style, which Spain’s national paper La Vanguardia referred t