Gio Safari
Sep 22nd, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Rock/Indie, Profiles, • Street Musician
Medium: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Location: There
Email: Giosafari@gmail.com
Phone: 305-338-2489
Website: myspace
Bio: GioSafari is the pseudonym for Orlando singer-songwriter and street performer, Gio Andollo. From 2000 to 2004 he performed in a Miami punk band named SnootiBounse, on guitar and vocals. In the fall of 2004 he moved to Orlando and has since played in a variety of other bands and genres there. As a solo artist, he performed live on the corner of Central and Orange in downtown Orlando nearly every weekend from November 2008 to April 2009. During that time, he wrote a handful of songs which were released in Orlando in July 2009. He recorded the CD and booked a tour from Orlando to Seattle, all DIY. Upon returning to Orlando, he packed his possessions and within days was back on the road to make New York City his new residence. He now is a starving artist in the Big Apple.
His music is mostly influenced by American folk and punk, but his tastes, writing, and performing style have also been influenced by his experience as a music student at UCF, where he was exposed to classical, jazz, avant garde, and early forms of electronic music. For more info, pics, or mp3s, please visit myspace.com/giosafari.
Cost/prices: Free!
Review and more info: Needs money.
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