An intimate conversation with acclaimed Singer/Songwriter and Musician Frank Quintero, where he shares how his love for music was evident from a very early age, and how he has managed and balanced stardom with his personal life, how the music industry has changed through the years and how he keeps his creative process going.
Frank Quintero is one of the most popular artists in Venezuela and Latin America with more than 250 songs recorded and released during his career, including 7 platinum and 10 gold records. He's a Singer, songwriter, producer, master drums, guitar and complementary keyboards player. At age six his father thought him to play the Bossa Nova, and his love affair with music began. He came to the United States to study at Berklee College of music and has written many hit songs including "La chica de los 90", "Quimica", "Sin Poder Evitarlo" and the main song for the Soap Opera Amantes de Luna Llena: "Mientras Puedo Soñar". He dedicated his 2011 song "Moonwalker" to Michael Jackson . HIs latest albums include "Natural" and "Signos de Exclamacion, La Otra America".
Besides continuing his prolific songwriting and music career, he now also devouts time to teaching music to kids and transferring his craft to new generations.
He's currently on tour with Pedro Castillo and Guillermo Carrasco. You can learn more about that and about what he's up to at :
https://www.facebook.com/frank.quintero.397
Learn music from Frank at:
https://www.polaris-education.com/copia-de-home
Special Thanks go to Julie-Roxane Krikorian ( www.jercatime.wordpress.com) for editing this Episode of Back2Basics. You should also check out FAR OUT: Adventures in Unconventional Living with co-host Alasdair (https://thefaroutpodcast.simplecast.fm/)