Brandino

Jimi Hendrix Project

2004-10-17T23:40:00.000-07:00

FEATURING THESE ARTISTS:
Brandino : Bass www.brandino.com
( 2004 Grammy Bassist - Album of the Year and Best Rap Album of the year with OUTKAST, LA Studio Great, Aretha Franklin,Snoop Doggy Dog,Quincy Jones, etc)

Click h-Cyn Dog (Cypress Hill)

-Edsel Dope (Dope)

-Rob Flynn (Machine Head)

-Joe Leste’ (Beautiful Creature)

-Ray Oropeza (Downset)

-Yogi (Buckcherry)

-George Clinton (Parliament Funkedelic,P-Funk)

-Traa Daniels (POD)

-Erik Rogers (Stereo Mud)

-Gilby Clarke (Guns and Roses,solo artist)

-Eric Gales (Solo artist/ Hendrix Estate MCA Records)

-Tracii Guns (La Guns,Guns & Roses)

-Ice T (solo artist)

-Killah Priest & Wu-thang (Death Row Rec./Priority)

-Arik Marshall (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Macy Gray)

-Steve Lukather (Toto,LA studio great, solo artisy/Sony)

-Mike Inez (Ozzy, Alice in Chains,Metallica)

Robert Trujillo (Metalllica,Ozzy,Suicidal Tendencies)

-Gregg Bissonette (Santana,David Lee Roth,Toto,
LA studio great)

-Matt Laug (Alanis Morissette,Slash/Snakepit)

-Mike Hansen (Dave Navarro, Tribe After Tribe, Jane's Addictions)

-Robbi Rob (Tribe after Tribe,Three dogs)

-Steve Trovato (LA studio great)

-Joey Heredia (Sheila E.,Stevie Wonder,LA Studio great)

-Frank Gambale (Chick Corea,La Studio great)

-Toshi Yanagi (James Brown,Herbie Hankock,Quincy Jones)

-Marco Mendoza (Blue Murder,Thin Lizzy,Ted Nugent)

-Jeff Pilson (Dokken)

2004-10-01T22:54:00.000-07:00

Brandino's Photos

From the Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin Record Project for Italy
www.brandino.com

Producers : Brandino , Frabrizio Grossi, JP Cervoni with Ray Bailey and Traci Gunns in the N'House Records Studio for Jimi 's Tribute Recordings .

The New CAD Drum Microphones and Evans Drum Head on the Pacific Drums by Drum Workshop

Traci Gunns with JP Cervoni's G & L Guitar and the new Roland Blues Amp Traci Gunns with the New CAD vocal microphone .

In the Studio with Greg Bissonette playin his mean groove for the Jimi Hendrix's Tribute

Album .

Drummer Matt Laug with Engineer Michael Gunderson in the Dungeon Recording Studio, Burbank ,CA.

The new " Pacific Drumkit by Drum Workshop.

Producers : Brandino & JP Cervoni with Drummer " Greg Bissonette " .

The Great " Evans Drum Head for the Jimi Hendrix's & Led Zeplin Tribute Albums.

Producers : Frabrizio Grossi & JP Cervoni with Drummer " Greg Bissonette".

Guitarists : Veteran Blues Artist : Ray Bailey with Traci Gunns and JP Cervoni " Thumbs Up " on the new Roland Blues Amp.ck

Bassist: Robert Trujillo playing his bass for JIMI

Frabrizio, Joey Heredia, Steve L, and JP

Bassist : Traa Daniel from P.O.D laying down some mean bass licks

Mike Hansen pounding some hard " Rock Groove's ".

Brandino's Television,Jingles,and Education

2004-10-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

Brandino's Television,Jingles,and Education
Television, Movies, Jingles ,Theater Appearances, and Educational .
The Merv Griffin Show Royal Command Performance for the Queen of England
The Richard Simmons Show (Theme) James Brown & Friends (Aretha Franklin & Joe Cocker)
The Johnny Carson Show Command Performance for Bill Clinton (President)
The Jack Jones Show Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
The Rodney Dangerfield Show Day By Day
The Tim & Daphney Show The Milk Advisory Board
The Mike Douglas Show Proline
The American Cinema Awards Diet Coke
12 Black Achievement Awards Ford Motor Co.
12 Black Filmmakers Awards S&W Fine Foods
12 Black Image Awards Cheerios
10 Miss California Beauty Pagents Dreamgirls
The Jerry Lewis Telethon El Camino
The People's Choice Awards Apple Computers
The Night of 100 Stars Worlds of Curls
The Muhammad Ali TV Special Coors Beer
The Martin Luther King Special Taco Bell
The Unmarried Woman ( Film) Coke
The Danger Team American Airlines
The Grammy Awards Betty Cocker
Blue Thunder Sears
Dr Detroit Bank of America
All That Jazz
Major Dad (TV Series)
Jack of All Trades (Film)
Bass Administrator at Dick Grove School of Music
Bass Faculty at Bass Institue of Technology
Clinician for the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz
Adaptec & Roxio Advisor
Conductor & Bassist for Lengendary Ben Vereen ( Current )
Aretha Franklin Grand Marquis Commercial 2002-2003
2004 TV Land Awards Show
California State Certified Teacher for Music,Computers, and Mutimedia

Nashville News by Dick Mc Vey

2004-09-13T23:28:00.000-07:00

Nashville News

Kevin "Brandino" Brandon

One Of LA's Finest by Dick McVey

www.brandino.com
From the streets of Compton, California to the most prestigious stages and recording studios in the world, Kevin Brandon is living the American dream. Brandino, as he is known, not only beat the odds of the "hood," he also overcame the physical problems presented by congenital club feet and a hip displacement. Born to loving parents into a talented family, Kevin has always had a passion for all styles of music and a zest for life.His family was very "instrumental" in his early musical development. At age four, his sister taught him the basics of playing piano and he learned to play by himself. At age seven his brother showed him how to play saxophone. By the time he was nine he could play several instruments. He wanted to play drums but his father feared it might be discouraging with his physical problems, so he took up bass guitar instead. That Christmas he got a St.George bass guitar that was obtained at a swap meet. His brother taught him some basic playing technique and positioning and Kevin took it from there.Kevin's on-stage career started in his brother's band. He recalls having to listen closely to the vinyl records of the time in order to hear the bass notes.

From the age of 13 and throughout high school, Kevin formally studied flute and acoustic bass, learning to sight-read. He played electric bass with the renowned Pico Rivera Stage Band where he learned the role of a bass player in a big band environment. The band and Kevin won many awards.

After high school, Kevin gave up a full scholarship to the University of Southern California to attend Cerritos and Long Beach Colleges known for their jazz programs.Soon after, he relocated to New York City and accepted an offer to play with Tommy Dorsey. Following that he returned to Los Angeles where he studied under such great bassists as David Borkenhagen, Nathaniel Gangursky, Ami Porat, and was a protégé of Barry Lieberman from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since that time Kevin has had a long and successful career and, in addition to numerous sessions and live dates with some of music's greatest artists, has been Aretha Franklin's bass guitarist for the past 22 years.Kevin recalls his first recording session, "The first album I recorded was with a jazz piano player from Rochester, New York named Frank Strazzeri. I wasn't really nervous because I had been playing with his son and this was an album he was used to showcase his son's talent.

We had rehearsed for about a week so I was confident."Kevin says his most notable sessions as a person and a player were with Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine. "I wasn't nervous, but after each of those sessions, there was a feeling that hit me that I had just recorded with a legend - the greatest organ player in the world and the greatest sax player in the world," Kevin states with pride. "I remember asking Jimmy why he even needed a bass player and he said, 'Cause I'm getting tired.'"Since then Kevin has recorded with a number of great artists that not only illustrate his great talent as a player, but his ability to be at home with any style of music from big band to rap.

A "short list" of his clients include Outkast,
Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, The Beach Boys, Bobby Lyle, Lionel Hampton, Andre Crouch, Vanessa Williams, Snoop Dog, All For One, En Vogue and Al Jaureau.

How has recording changed over the years? "Obviously digital recording has taken over analog recording," Kevin answers quickly. "I think the kids today are schooled in the electronics, the technology and the politics of the music business, but I don't think they know the roots of their instrument like they should."As for his instruments, Kevin owns about many electric basses and 2 uprights. "I guess my favorite guitar as far as picking it up and immediately liking it was the Warwick," Kevin states. "It slams."

His vintage instruments include a 1955 and a 1959 P-Bass. What does he take to the studio? "I usually ask the producer or artist what they want," he answers. "They tell me what sound they are looking for, and then I decide what basses to take with me," Kevin relates. "Usually I'll go in with a Warwick Streamer with Seymour Duncan pickups, one of my Fenders - usually a '64 P Bass or a '61 Jazz Bass, and sometimes I'll take a G&L." For the Warwick Kevin says he generally prefers D'Addario or Warwick strings and uses 130 to 45 medium gauge on the five string bass. "I look for strings that make the instrument speak," Kevin states "I try different strings until I get the sound I want and then I stay with that string manufacturer for that instrument. All strings will not work with all instruments.

The Warwick bass definitely sounds better with Warwick or D'Addario strings."Kevin usually sends a direct feed to the board especially with the Warwick and the G&L that both have strong pre-amps. He says a lot of people are asking for live amps in the studio and, for contemporary music, he is sold on the Roland DB-500 bass amp. It has a 12-inch speaker, a horn and 160 watts of power. It also has modeling features that simulate a variety of tube and solid-state amps. He also uses an SWR with two 10's or an Eden with four 10's with direct outs on the back.

Kevin says he is currently having fun with some solo projects he admits he should have done a long time ago. "I have one album and I'm working on a second album that are written for instruments I have designed - like piccolo bass, six-string bass, acoustic bass," he says. "I've done the sideman thing. I've done TV and movies. I've done a lot of records. I've produced a lot of things. I've done a lot of things, and still do, but now I'm enjoying doing some things for myself."

Brandino's Picture Page

2004-09-13T23:13:00.000-07:00

Brandon Enterprises a Digital Multimedia Company

2004-09-13T01:06:00.000-07:00

Brandon Enterprises a Digital Multimedia Company

Brandon Enterprises is a multi-faceted production facilities for the New Millennium.
The company is equipped with the latest technology to meet the needs of the Digital Domain.
lnternet Services, Web Designing & Consulting, Video, Television, Motion Pictures,
Record Production, Original Compositions and Music Libraries:

BBESOUND.COM Producer, Consultant, Music Editor, Artist Consultant.

ROXIO.COM Music Advisor and User

N' House Records and Studios CEO

G&L Guitars Website Theme & Concept ,Producer, Consultant, Music Editor.

N' House Records : H.O.B.O.TRYBE " Fresh Off The Train " Producer and Composer.

N' House Records : Brandino " Midnight Fantasy " Producer, Artist, Composer.

N' House Records : Brandino " Brandino Live " Producer, Artist, Composer, Arranger.

N' House Records : Brandino " Summertime " Producer, Artist, Composer, Arranger.

The Jimi Hendrix & Led Zeppelin Tribute Records for Europe 2004 : Producer, Arranger, Bassist, Internet Producer Pickup Records/ Edel Distrubution

Legend Games : " Homeworld " and " Gateway 2 " : Music Composition.

Novalogic Games : " Wolfpak " : Music Composition.

Disney : " Stunt Island " and " Hare Raising Havoc/ Sega " : Music Composer.

Pomeroy Productions : " Man Walking " : Music Production Studio.

Coca Cola Company : " Coke and Diet Coke Comerials ". Japan : Music Composer and Production.

CBS TV : " Ordinary/ Extraordinary " Music Composer.

ABC TV : " Loving", " Human Target " Music Composer.

NBC TV : Award Wining " Santa Barbara "

and " BabyBrokers " Music Composer and Production.

Motown Records : " Desiree Coleman " Music Production.

Capitol Records : " Peggi Blu " and " Bert Robinson " Music Production.

MCA Records : " Body " Music Producions.

The Psychic Revival Network Theme for Cable TV : Composer, Bassist.

www.brandino.com

Kevin Charles Brandon

2004-09-12T23:42:00.000-07:00

Kevin Charles Brandon

Recorded or Performed Bass with :

2004 Grammy Album of the Year , Best Rap Album , and Best Urban/Alternative Performance " OUTKAST " .

Aretha Franklin 22 years

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

The Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder

Jimmy Smith

Kenny G
Ray Charles

Stanley Turentine

Seals & Croft
James Brown

Joe Sample

Charlie Pride
Temptations

Freddie Hubbard

Melissa Manchester
Barry White

Louis Bellison Orchestra

Kenny Rogers
Gladys Knight

Nancy Wilson

Waylon Jennings
Dione Warwick

Gerald Wilson Orchestra

Dianne Carroll

Ashford & Simpson

Joe Henderson

Jane Fricke

Keith Washington

Eddie Harris

George Benson

George Duke

Buddy Greco
Vanessa Williams

Diane Reeves

Robert Guillaume
Oleta Adams

Gabor Szabo

Ben Vereen
Mikki Howard

Kai Winding

Clint Holmes
La Toya Jackson

Frank Rosolino

Barbara Cook
Vanity 6

Bobby Lyle

Liz Torres
Tony Toni Tone

Hubert Laws

The Four Aces
Patti La Belle

Phil Upchurch

Herb Alpert
Tremaine Hawkins

Vinx

Brillance
Chaka Khan

Mel Torme

Chevy Chase
Layla Hathaway

Joe Williams

Goldie Hawn
The Emotions

Dr.L Supermania

Barbara Mc Nair
Bonnie Pointer

Della Reese

Kenny Rogers
Janice Mc Clain

Dr. O C Smith Lani Hall
Bert Robinson

Freda Payne

Marilyn Mc Coo
Desiree Coleman

John Lucien

Billy Davis Jr.
The Whispers

John Klemmer Mr.T
Irene Cara

Charles Lloyd
Vesta Williams

Lionel Hampton
Andre Crouch

Ernie Andrews
Tata Vega

Don Ellis Big Band
La Vert

Barbara Morrison
En Vogue

Ted Curson
Martha Wash

Marlena Shaw
Men at Large

Linda Hopkins
Mavis Staples

David T Walker
Bobby Womack

Michael Franks
Shanice Wilson

Al Jaureau
Tevin Campell
Snoop Doggy Dog
Aaron Hall
Peggi Blu
For Real
All For One

www.brandino.com

Brandino with Warwick

2004-09-11T02:15:00.000-07:00

From the streets of Compton, California to the most prestigious stages and recording studios in the world,BRANDINO( Kevin Brandon) is living the American dream. Brandino, as he is known, not only beat the odds of the "hood," he also overcame the physical problems presented by congenital clubfeet and a hip displacement. After high school, Kevin gave up a full scholarship to the University of Southern California to attend Cerritos and Long Beach Colleges known for their jazz programs. Soon after, he relocated to New York City and accepted an offer to play with Tommy Dorsey. Following that he returned to Los Angeles where he studied under such great bassists as David Borkenhagen, Nathaniel Gangursky, Ami Porat, and was a protégé of Barry Lieberman from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Since that time Kevin has had a long and successful career and, in addition to numerous sessions and live dates with some of music's greatest artists, has been Aretha Franklin's bass guitarist over a 22-year period. A "short list" of his artist clients include James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, The Beach Boys, Bobby Lyle, Lionel Hampton, Andre Crouch, Vanessa Williams, Ben Vereen, Snoop Dog, All For One, En Vogue and Al Jaureau.

Brandino recently completed work on his latest album featuring the bass guitar and he featured the five-string Warwick Streamer and six-string Warwick Thumb. "The album really showcases the six-string Thumb," Brandino states. "Every bass player talks about how unique the sound is and the guys who have played it remark about the clarity, depth and warmth and the response of the instrument." Brandino says once he got the six-string Thumb, he actually went back and overdubbed many of the lead parts he had played with another instrument. "It was just that much better," he adds. "When you do bass records, you have a problem with separation of the bass sounds since most instruments and manufacturers have the same sound concept. The sounds are hard to distinguish and tend to run together. So, for most of the main bass parts, I used the Streamer five as my foundation tracks because depth-wise it is sonically better for that role. I did most of the slap things on Streamer as well because of the bite it has. Then I added my melody lines with the Thumb six string because of the super-clarity of the instrument." The basses were recorded live to tape via an amplifier, and according to Brandino the sound he got on tape was exactly what he heard live in the studio with no variation. On the road Brandino is using the Warwick Thumb six-string bass. "The people I have been working with have been showcasing me at some point in their shows, so the Thumb six is the ticket for that," Brandino reiterates. "I hear the same things from guys on the road that I do from guys in the studio mainly that they can't believe the sound of the instrument. The sound engineers have absolutely no problem getting the sound live, and they have told me they are amazed with how clean it sounds and how well it projects and cuts through. So if I'm working a gig where I'm going to be doing some solo stuff that's the bass I'm going to use. If I'm doing a standard R&B gig where I'm not going to solo, then I go to the Streamer five-string. With either instrument, I am constantly getting complimented on the sound from professional sound guys and players who have worked with the best and heard them all."

Warwick is proud to have Brandino as part of "the family" and wishes him continued success in all his musical endeavors!

By Dick McVey

See and Hear Brandino at www.brandino.com

Brandino

2004-09-11T02:06:00.000-07:00

OUTKAST 2004 Aretha Franklin - 22 yearsTommy Dorsey OrchestraThe Beach Boys Stevie WonderJimmy SmithKenny G Ray CharlesStanley TurentineSeals & Croft James Brown Joe Sample Charlie Pride Temptations Freddie Hubbard Melissa ManchesterBarry White Louis Bellison OrchestraKenny Rogers Gladys Knight Nancy Wilson Waylon Jennings Dione Warwick Gerald Wilson OrchestraDianne Carroll Ashford & SimpsonJoe Henderson Jane Fricke Keith WashingtonEddie Harris Mr T George Benson George Duke Buddy Greco Vanessa WilliamsDiane Reeves Robert GuillaumeOleta Adams Gabor Szabo Ben Vereen Mikki Howard Kai Winding Clint Holmes La Toya Jackson Frank Rosolino Barbara Cook Vanity 6 Bobby Lyle Liz Torres Tony Toni Tone Hubert Laws The Four Aces Patti La Belle Phil Upchurch Herb Alpert Tremaine HawkinsVinx Brillance Chaka Khan Mel Torme Chevy Chase Layla Hathaway Joe Williams Goldie Hawn The Emotions Dr.L Supermania Barbara Mc Nair Bonnie Pointer Della Reese Kenny Rogers Janice Mc Clain Dr. O C Smith Lani Hall Bert Robinson Freda Payne Marilyn McCoo Desiree Coleman John Lucien Billy Davis Jr. The Whispers John Klemmer Irene Cara Charles Lloyd Vesta Williams Lionel Hampton Andre Crouch Ernie Andrews Tata Vega Don Ellis Big BandLa Vert Barbara MorrisonEn VogueTed Curson Martha WashMarlena Shaw Men at LargeLinda Hopkins Mavis StaplesDavid T Walker Bobby WomackMichael Franks Shanice WilsonAl Jaureau Tevin Campell Snoop Doggy Dog Aaron Hall Peggi Blu For Real All For One

Brandino

2004-09-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

The Brandino Newsletter 2004
An update on what’s happening in the world of
BRANDINO by Lora De Mars
2004 has been an amazing year for the man who beat all the odds to become one of the most prominent and successful bassist of our time. It began when the rap group, Outkast won the coveted Grammy awards for both "Album of the Year" as well as "Best Rap Album of the Year" –an album on which Kevin Brandon - also known as Brandino - performed and had the opportunity to work with producer Andre Benjamin. Brandino has been on a non-stop flight to the top ever since.
This year, Brandino returned to the studio to work on a variety of recording projects for such artists as Brandy
(Atlantic Records), J 1 (Capital Records), Jamiroquai
(Sony Records) and Jesse McCartney (Hollywood Records).
Brandino has also been in the process of recording a live concert album with his jazz trio - Brandino and Friends. Two solo records - Brandino Live and Summertime - are also scheduled for release by the end of this year.
For many years, Brandino has worked within the television industry and he continued to do so this year, with the production of the 2004 TV Land Awards. His increasing visibility will be further enhanced when he is featured in upcoming advertisements and interviews for such companies as Warwick Basses, Ervana, BBE Sound and Pedal Snake, as well as Chittare in Italy. Also, the release of the Brandino Bass - a 5 string Acoustic/Electric Upright bass - is really starting to open some eyes to the wonder of this phenomenal artist.

Recently, Brandino completed a west coast tour with Special EFX’s famed guitarist Chieli Minucci, and he has now decided to take a break from his busy production and recording schedule.
Yes, it’s been a very busy 2004 for the man who has worked with some of the music industry’s greatest artists after a humble start in Compton, California. In addition to his active recording and production schedule, Brandino has also managed to continue to pursue live performances, concert dates with numerous artists, symphonic and recording dates and also perform with his church band, "The Sunday Morning Band" each week. And as if all of that was still not enough, he also began the development of "YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU TRY"—a non-profit organization that, once established, will focus on helping the physically and mentally challenged.
Wonder if he can top all of that in 2005?
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