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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 or
practicing, he is constantly doing something pertaining to his craft.
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 lead
guitarist for SCF Entertainment. The
invaluable position 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 regularly performs with “Stone Cold
Fox” (70’s Dance, R&B), Free Ride ‘75 (Classic Rock), 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 2011). As a songwriter, Jeffrey remains very
busy collaborating with others as well as recording is own original
music. In 2008, Jeffrey was asked by Yaynoc records (Atlanta, GA) to
help co-write and perform on its debut recording, “Just Nocking”. In
July 2009, a collaboration began with producer Dan Whittemore (Swagger
Studios) and vocalist Frank Lawson (Los Angeles, California). This
fantastic opportunity is ongoing and has enabled him to co-write
songs which have been accepted by publishers and have appeared on
various media outlets. For his own original recordings, he is in the
preparatory phase of launching a publishing company. This venture will
serve as a vehicle to have his compositions heard around the world.
In addition his work on the electric guitar, Jeffrey also
gives numerous performances throughout the U.S. as a classical
guitarist. 2010 saw Jeffrey undertaking his first solo tour
giving concerts as far away as West Texas. The current year has brought
him to new venues across the country with tremendous success and packed
houses. It is his personal and professional goal to begin touring
internationally by 2013. Jeffrey currently
maintains an active performing schedule while continuing to write and
record. While not on stage, he is still “on the job”, working hard to
perfect his craft.
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