HumbeFernandz + Musician in Ottawa, ON

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ABOUT

Humbe Fernandz, a Canadian (Cuban born) multi-instrumentalist. Played and sang in bands since his teenage years. Starting in England, Wales and Ireland 1995 to present. Left handed but flips right-handed basses and guitars and plays them upside down, so playing right-handed instruments to the left (photos). Also plays drums since he was 8 years old plus percussion and keyboard/piano/guitar...sings, also works on music arrangements, songwriting, producer. Loves rock, funk, Motown bass-driven tunes, Top 40 radio friendly/hooky pop stuff with good arrangements.
Composed and recorded instrumental music as soundtrack of tv series, documentary and short films. Keen knowledge of studio recording, production and mixing. 4 CDs recorded with MONEDA DURA produced by Warner Bros. /EGREM. 1 with WENAONDA produced by Latin Soul / Bis Music and recorded RED LIGHT SAINTS’s “District” (2010) independently and a second EP yet to be released. MONEDA DURA’s "La Buena Onda" led the charts in Spain in the fall of 1999 and as well he had other hits in the charts in Spain, Mexico and more than 10 hits in top charts in Cuba. Toured and played around Great Britain, Spain, Mexico, Peru, DR, USA, Cuba. Co-designed CDs, posters, magazine articles and co-directed and edited video clips (YOU TUBE channel: humbewenaonda, Humbe Fernandz).
Humbe is humble, easygoing, collaborative, open-minded and versatile... full of ideas for arrangements and original stuff. Seasoned musician, passed different courses with SGAE (General Society of Authors and Editors): Stage & Repertoire Management, Song Writing and Video Production. In recent years, he has played drums and bass with RedLightSaints, UNO band, Van Hagar Experience band, various Latin bands, Nort’n’Sur, Almost Friday and currently SparX…etc. humbeatbpm in . Would love to Connect!!!

Screen name:

HumbeFernandz

Member since:

Sep 18 2022

Active within 1 month

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

INFLUENCES: Anything and everything. On bass, mostly influenced by Flea, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Billy Sheehan, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, John Entwistle, Steve Harris, Marcus Miller, Sting, Verdine White, Bernard Edwards, Leland Sklar, Nathan East, Cachao, etc. Musically from Zeppelin to Switchfoot, from Rush to RHCP, Seattle grunge, Foo Fighters, traces of funk and soul, RnB and Latin vibes. Huge melting pot.

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Expert

Drums:

Expert

Other Percussion:

Expert

Background Singer:

Expert

Vocalist:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Electronic Music:

Advanced

Rhythm Guitar:

Moderate

Piano:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Love Fender basses, 5 and 4 strings apply here, several guitars, keyboards, drums and percussion. I have state of the art amps and more than 20 analog and digital effect pedals (for bass, guitar & vocals, etc).

MUSIC