HumbeFernandz

ABOUT

Humbe Fernandz, a Canadian (Cuban born) multi-instrumentalist. Played and sang in bands since his teenage years. Starting in England, Wales and Ireland 1995- he set sails in a musical tour until the present. Left handed but flips right-handed basses and guitars and plays them upside down, so he plays right-handed instruments to the left. Also plays drums since he was 8 years old plus percussion and keyboard/piano/guitar...sings, also works on music arrangements, songwriting, etc... Loves rock (anything and everything from classic, to progressive, grunge, punk, metal, you name it), funk, Motown bass-driven tunes, radio friendly/hooky stuff with good arrangements.
Composed and recorded instrumental music as soundtrack of tv series, documentary and short films. Keen knowledge of studio recording, production and mixing. 4 CDs recorded with MONEDA DURA produced by Warner Bros. /EGREM. 1 with WENAONDA produced by Latin Soul / Bis Music and recorded RED LIGHT SAINTS’s “District” (2010) independently and a second EP yet to be released. MONEDA DURA’s "La Buena Onda" led the charts in Spain in the fall of 1999 and as well he had other hits in the charts in Spain, Mexico and more than 10 hits in top charts in Cuba. Toured and played around Gr. Britain, Spain, Mexico, Peru, DR, USA, Cuba. Co-designed CDs, posters, magazine articles and co-directed and edited video clips (YOU TUBE channel: humbewenaonda, Humbe Fernandz).
Humbe is humble, easygoing, collaborative, open-minded and versatile... full of ideas for arrangements and original stuff. Seasoned musician, passed different courses with SGAE (General Society of Authors and Editors): Stage & Repertoire Management, Song Writing and Video Production. In recent years, he has played drums and bass with RedLightSaints, UNO band, Van Hagar Experience band, various Latin band collaborations and currently bass player with Almost Friday etc. humbeatbpm es mi correo

Screen name:: HumbeFernandz
Member since:: Sep 18 2022; Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 25
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Available to gig:: 2-3 nights a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

INFLUENCES: Anything and everything. On bass, mostly influenced by Flea, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Billy Sheehan, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, John Entwistle, Steve Harris, Marcus Miller, Sting, Verdine White, Bernard Edwards, Leland Sklar, Nathan East, Cachao, etc,

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:: Expert
Drums:: Expert
Other Percussion:: Expert
Background Singer:: Expert
Vocalist:: Advanced
Acoustic Guitar:: Advanced
Rhythm Guitar:: Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Love Fender basses so all variants, 5 and 4 strings apply here, several guitars, keyboards, drums and percussion. Mark Bass amp and others. More than 20 analog and digital pedals (for bass, guitar & vocals, etc).