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Ivette Torres (Songwriter)
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Programming,
and Recording
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Ivette is a Cuban-American singer/songwriter who was born and raised in NY. She began taking piano lessons at the age of 9 and from that point on she has continued developing her skills in writing and recording her own original music. Capturing sound has always been very intriguing to Ivette who would often be found recording anything and everything with some kind of tape recorder in her earlier days. At around the age of 16 she started recording with a piano, drum machine, and voice on her first Fostex 4 track. At the age of 18 she began playing rhythm guitar and began acquiring more and more gear for her home recording studio, which is always growing. Her husband Tom is the bass player for Corrientes and also does all the art and web design for the band. Ivette is currently a Language Arts elementary school teacher in Jamaica, Queens N.Y. When not at her "day job" she is recording and preparing for shows with her band Corrientes. Most recently Ivette has created a Corrientes Collaborative Ning Social Network featuring her collaboration projects from artists from all over the globe! |
Tom has always been interested and involved with Music and Art. He has been playing bass for over 15 years, spending two of them at Berklee College of Music. Currently working as an Art Director for a magazine In NYC. In addition to laying down the bass tracks for Corrientes recordings, he is also responsible for the design and maintenance of the band's web site, and the creation of all art regarding Corrientes. Tom contributes both lyrically and musically to Corrientes songs. He holds down the foundation of the songs with his own unique style of bass playing that is influenced by a mixture of the many different styles of music he listens to. |
Thomas Albano
Bass, Backing Vocals, Art
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Gary Settoducato
Drums/Percussion
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Gary Settoducato started playing drums at age 6. He began by accompanying his favorite records. By the time he reached high school he was playing with a variety of bands. He has performed at many gigs, club dates, and has covered a variety of genres including hard rock, funk, southern rock, disco, and everything else in between. He took an interest in Latin percussion in the late 80’s, and has split his time between drums and percussion since then. Drum influences include Phil Collins, Chester Thompson, Steve Gadd, and John Siomos. His musical favorites are an eclectic mix including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Willie Nelson and Santana. |
Robert Young
Background Vocals
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His first gig was "Tony Acaron's Tribunes" while in High School. While in the Navy, he quickly put a group together at every duty station and entertained at many ports of call. With a well placed relative in the musicians union he found work as a replacement backing and lead Vocalist as well as playing Percussion, Keyboards, Harps and Bass for numerous studio, road groups and as a roadie for touring bands. When his schedule permits, he along with a group of volunteers perform benefit concerts for the Babylon Arts Council. |
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