Born in Bridgeport Connecticut January 6, 1958.The day of the Three Kings . Parents Thomas and Altagrace Perez which rased me in a hard working & loving home with discipline and plenty of music . When I was 6 or 7 my Father owned a record shop and he would always have music on in the house. Being that the Televison was off I\'d listen to the music and would be banging on my Tonka Truck as I hear the latin Music. After that I was given a guitar of which I used the back as a drum to get a nice sound. A while later I finally got some bongos and from there just played everyday. Then I felt like playing Timbales so, I got a set even joined a band \" Sangre Latina\" ( 1974 )from there at 15 was doing gigs at a club El Morro Cafe in Bpt. for $25 a night friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The band sounded great and was playing all the time until the Bass player left to Puerto Rico. The Manager Emillio Medina owner of the group had all the equipment so I told him to let me take the bass home to practice and I\'ll play bass in the band. Well after a month with the equipment we set up rehearsal and I played the Mess out of those songs on Bass and from there.... Well here I am! Playing Bass since age 15 1-Sangre Latina 1974 2-Nuevo Tumbao 1975 3-Siglo 21 1976 4-Evolution 1977-78 5-Moliendo Cafe 1983 6-Rolon Brothers Orc. 1985 7-Dimension Musical (group I put together) 1986-87-88 8-Ralpy Rodriques Orc. 1991 9-Marques (top 40)1992-93 10-Salsa America 1994 11-Litica 1995 12-El Grupo Mas (my 2nd group)1996 13-Cresendos (gospel) 1999-02 14-Vinny n Ray Orc. 2006 Libre, Momento 20, Et Torres Orc. and Tribu Celestial, I got to play one gig.All Connecticut local bands And many show case projects and studio work. Instruments used on cd -Kay Acoustic upright bass -Musicman bongo bass -Yamaha motion b bass -Korg mi piano -Pearl drum set -Toca timbales -Lp congas, bells, bongos, and maracas -Yamaha qy10 drum machine -Sabian and camber cymbals contact Information ph (203)371-4707 e-mail masmusicstudio@yahoo.com cd baby e-mail cdbaby@cdbaby.com Sally\'s place 190 main st westport ct ph (203) 454-0303 fax (203) 227-3290 Maelo\'s music center 1076 east main st bridgeport ct ph (203) 549-8632 e-mail maelosmusic@yahoo.com Thank you for your support