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Producer/Composer/Multi-Instrumentalist
David Vito Gregoli is a producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist born in LA. He believes that the intent of the music industry to put musicians in a box has made marketing easier, especially through new media. He started Dharmapala Records to create fresh sounds, including genre-busting "fusions"; that often defy categorization, expanding musical perspective. The music he creates is a reflection of his diversity.

Vito's musical explorations rooted in Pop, Rock, Jazz and Blues, and shades of The Beatles, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck can be spotted in his work to this day. By the time he was in his teens, he was already a guitar virtuoso and working regularly in the L.A. club scene. Vito had the opportunity to soak up technique and style from older and more experienced musicians that surrounded him; however, his music path took a right turn in college towards Classical Music where he emphasized in Renaissance music, composition, and, Spanish guitar. This Latin influence would later produce "Organic Nylon"; a Classical guitar CD laced with jazzy, South-of-he-Border flavor and sensuality.

After being introduced to Transcendental Meditation, and later following the path in Buddhist meditation, Vito's spiritual quest led him to the New Age and Global Music where he was exposed to world instruments like sitar and charango. His interests in the healing power of music and his Classical background blended in to create his first release as an artist, "Yoga Heart Healing". As a songwriter working in the Pop, Rock and Country fields, Vito has collaborated with noteworthy artists producing as well as playing on all the song and his guitar has been center stage in many of L.A.'s most popular bands as well as in studio sessions. His extensive musical IQ also made him a musical director for many singer/songwriters. As music went digital in the 90's, it opened new opportunities for Vito, when he created his signature "textured" compositions by blending both synthesized and acoustic sounds.

Over the years, he has had the privilege of working with New Age and World Music artists as Constance Demby, Jai Uttal (featured on the Grammy Nominated "Mondo Rama" as guitarist and co-Producer), Stephen Kent, Tulku, Steven Halpern and produced and co-wrote with for the acclaimed albums "Songs of Kuan Yin" with Donna De Lory and "Songs of Tara" for Sounds True Records. However, his most noteworthy albums are the New Age opus grande "Om Land" (featuring Grammy winner Ricky Kej, sound healer Christo Pellani and accomplished vocalist Kimberly Haynes) and the groundbreaking World Groove "Primordial Sonics" (which features master didjeridu artist Stephen Kent and New Age diva Donna De Lory). On both projects, Vito played most of the instruments himself, including drums, bass, a variety of guitars, sitar, flute, dobro, and other global instruments. Vito's talents were recently featured on the title track for the tour de force album by Al Jewer and Andy Mitran, "Transformation" (co-written by Gregoli), which has received rave reviews.