User:Gijopalma

Gijo born Sebastian Palma, March 9th 1984 Los Angeles, California. He is a British, American, Chilean songwriter. Early childhood life, he spent his early years playing piano from the age of 6. Inspired daily, playing his grandfather’s piano Gijo’s parents enrolled him at the “Santa Cecilia”Academy,located in the city of Quillota, Chile. His ability to play music at such young age, allowed him to grow personal interest to play guitar. At the age of 8, he started playing guitar for the local school “andino” group. Further in his school years, his older brother asked him to play drums for his “punk-rock” band and at the age of 13, drums became his new favorite music instrument. At 15,after developing a passion for drums, he was admitted at the “Universidad Católica De Chile” conservatory. He met instructor “Daniel Cheul” and theory teacher “Andres Bonette”. Thereafter, he traveled back to his birth country in 2002 to pursue a music career. Throughout his career, Gijo has recorded various albums, ranging from Punk, Metal, Funk, Progressive, Pop, Andino, Grind Core, Blues, Jazz, Bossa Nova, leaving a wide range of expertise in music of his work. Gijo still writes, performs and works with musicians, TV and radio shows.