| Santiago began playing
guitar at the age of 11. As a teenager he studied
guitar with Jae Valentine and Robin Stone. At 18 he
entered the Berklee School of Music, majoring in
composition, film scoring, and guitar. While at
Berklee he studied fusion guitar under the guidance of
Jon Finn, Mark White, Mashi Hasu, & Bruce
Bartlett. Outside of Berklee, he studied guitar with
Paul Masvidal (of DEATH and CYNIC), and through
correspondence with Derek Taylor (Shrapnel recording
artist) & Derryl Gabel. He also studied sound
engineering at Miami Dade College.
His influences in music
began with his father Gustavo Dobles, a symphonic
composer, Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, Brett Garsed,
Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, Eddie Van Halen, Ron
Thal, Greg Howe, Shawn Lane, CYNIC, PORTAL, TOOL,
Jason Becker, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Bjork, Peter
Gabriel, Sting, L Shankar, John Mclaughlin, Shakti,
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Zakir Hussein, Beethoven, Bach,
Mozart, and Stravinsky.
Madison Gear:
Divinity Guitar Head
MAG-412 Guitar Cabinet
MAG-412 Slant Guitar Cabinet
Website:
aghora.org |
