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For
most of his life, Jeffrey Bianchi has spent the majority of his waking
hours on music. Whether it be performing, writing, recording,
practicing or traveling, he is constantly doing something pertaining to
his craft. He has professionally worked in a wide range of musical
scenarios and has always been asked back to contribute more of his
talents.
At 17 years old, Jeffrey was performing
4 hour club dates with his first band “Drift”. The band continued
working for 4 years and disbanded when he moved to Atlanta, GA. While
there, Jeffrey co-founded the Vacant Halls. With this act, he was able
to perform at many of the high profile clubs in Atlanta while earning a
showcase slot at the Atlantis Music Conference. 2 years into its
inception, the group amicably and collectively decided to “call it a
day”, making way for each other to pursue their own artistic endeavors.
They say “when one door shuts, another
one opens.”, and this was entirely true in his case. A couple months
after the break up of his band, Jeffrey drove to Nashville, TN to
audition for the nationally touring road act “Young Guns”. He was
immediately given the lead guitarist position and in a matter of weeks,
embarked on a 15 month tour of North America. The group had only 3
weeks off during this time and traveled through 70% of the country.
Jeffrey has compared it to sort of a “musical boot camp” due to his
performing on average of 5 nights a week for 4-5 hours a night. With
Young Guns, Jeffrey performed Southern Rock, Classic Rock ,Classic and
Modern Country; enabling him to expand his musical vocabulary, stamina
and professionalism. When they had enough touring, Jeffrey came back to
Georgia and caught his breath. The open road soon called though and he
hit it yet again as lead guitarist for the “Chace Roberts Band” (St.
Paul Minnesota). When Chace decided to end his touring days and spend
more time with his family, Jeffrey headed back to Georgia and
immediately became a primary lead guitarist for SCF Entertainment.
The invaluble posistion with SCF
Entertainment gave Jeffrey the chance to work professionally with all
of its “era tribute bands“, playing throughout the South East
everything from Marvin Gaye to Pantera. Through this organization,
Jeffrey performed consistently with “Stone Cold Fox” (70’s Disco,
R&B), Electric Boogaloo (80’s Rock/Metal, New Wave) the Dock
Martins (90’s Alternative) and the Rock Mafia (Live band karaoke with
music from the 60’s thru 2010).
In addition to his performing, Jeffrey
is becoming an established writer. The past 2 years have
brought new writing opportunities to him. In 2008, Jeffrey was asked by
Yaynoc records (Atlanta, GA) to help co-write and perform on its debut
recording, “Just Nocking”. Music from this recording is currently
available on Itunes and is in the process of being licensed to various
outlets. In July 2008, he co-founded the Swagger Writing
Team. This outlet enabled him to co-write and record songs
which have been accepted by publishers and have appeared on
television.
Jeffrey currently maintains an active
performing schedule while
continuing to write and record. While not on stage or in the studio, he
is still “on the job”, working hard to perfect his craft.
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