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Artist
Diego Sandrin
12+ albums
singer songwriterindie pop
about
From his MySpace: Diego Sandrin realized he wanted to be a performer at age 8, when he dressed up like a cowboy and sang Adriano Celentano songs—emulating the Italian singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. That’s an unlikely starting point for this “son of sailors and bricklayers” who, as a teen, turned away from an offer of a professional soccer contract to pursue a passion for punk. His first success in the music business occurred at age 16, when his band Ice and the Iced scored a recording contract. Compulsory military service ended that portion of the dream, but he was undeterred. He made his way to the States, landing first in Baton Rouge where he was taken with delta jazz and blues and eventually landed in Los Angeles thanks to Teddy Zambetti who later produced his first CD " Ten Songs in The Key of Madness" for Sirius Sateliite Radio , his first band included an all-female quarted. He got his big stateside break when Lisa Marie Presley literally grabbed him off a stage and co-wrote a song, “Gone,” which appeared on her To Whom It May Concern album, which would sell over 900,000 copies. He’s clearly traveled the “road less taken.” as An almost-pure experiential songwriter, he not only writes what he observes—he lives it. “I have this strange technique for my writing; I observe something or imagine it from something I see and then I try to become that character.” Sandrin has kept his eyes closed for a day to experience blindness, spent
