drebatista guitar

Andre (Dré )Batista:

- Electric Guitar, 6 and 12 strings acoustic guitar, slide guitar, lapsteel guitar, and voice.

- Main musical styles: Funk, Rock, R&B, Soul, Acid Jazz, Blues, Brazilian.

André Batista is a musician and producer. He began his musical studies on classical guitar at the age of 11 in Fortaleza, CE.
At 15 years old he started playing the electric guitar, self-taught.

He moved to São Paulo by the age of 20. Besides playing gigs in nightclubs with different bands, he entered IGT, the biggest music school in Latin America. There, he had classes with the legendary Wander Taffo and work in it's studio.

Graduate Musical engineer by IAV, André worked with many producers and conductors, such as Diogo Poças, Tadeu Patolla and Edgard Poças, composing and recording soundtracks for TV commercials and radio spots.

As a side man he played with Patricia Coelho, Preta Gil e Beto Lee.

In 2010, André moved to Los Angeles. There he studied at the Musicians Institute, specializing in Funk, Slide, Blues e Acid Jazz and played in local bands like Good Guys In Black, with whom he was invited to play at the Van’s Wrap Summer Tour.
Competing for the Full Ride Musicians Institute Scholarship the video for his composition “Just Wondering” was the most voted in the world.

Back in Brazil, André is teaching and recording as a guest musician in studios while he is preparing to tour with the singer and guitar player Beto Lee as his musical director and guitar player.

He is also playing with the top 40’s band Coverdrive, André is playing in nightclubs and events.

His new project is called Groove-Oriented Music, it is a blend of classic rock, funk and Brazilian rhythms.

Musicians and friends such as, Sandro Haick Fernando Pereira, Jorge Anielo, Bianca Tadini, and many others are partners in this project.

André is also playing with the funk/rock power trio Schizophunk.

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