Fede Rhodes Creative Page
Ima singer keyboardist,my repertoire includes pop R&B and jazz both ballads and dance songs from 70s 80s and 90s also my original musica at www.fede4real.com .I play by ear,my vocal range alows me to sing female classics too like whitney Houston or high pitch songs by Michael Jackson. I can also include any song in my repertoire I play by ear and it would not be a problem. I also like to play jazz talk music,intrumental segments in my shows. Beautiful chords to create the right ambience. i mix the classic sound with new urban sounds so everybody is happy. Everything from Sade to Babyface or Celine Dion. And of course my jazz soulful sound that has got great critics in the UK. Here its my artist Bio and press Biography FEDE4REAL Fede4real is a singer, keyboardist songwriter, producer, performer, filmmaker,
actor and fashion model. The first thing that comes to your mind when you
listen to Fede4real is talent but there is a story behind that talent. It's a
story that begins in Equatorial Guinea (Africa). Raised with his mother (Spanish)
and his father (Equatorial Guinea) at early age Fede learned to play piano with
his father, a great jazz guitar player. He played blues and jazz as kid while
being influenced by African percussions just for the love of it without knowing
what the future hold for him. When he was 12 years old his family moved from
Africa to Spain. Fede then took classic piano and singing lessons and singing
at church shaped his high tone voice. When he turned 18 years old Fede moved to
Madrid and got into the modelling industry. Soon he was selected for cast in
major TV commercials, top fashion editorials and top fashion shows. Fede has
worked in commercials and printing ads all around Europe, has shot commercials
in Europe and U.S, and grace top fashion magazines like Maxim, SportLifeVanidad
and Marie Claire. Fede also walked the Madrid Fashion Week shows many times,
the biggest fashion date in Spain, has worked with HugoBOss,Diesel. Please click the following link for modeling
pictures http://www.istudio.com/112701/photos/all In 2003 Fede joined a boy band in Madrid. The group was conceived
NSYNC alike. Fede took the lead in the group teaching singing and being the
lead singer. He started to write his own songs for the group in 2003 but lack
of work from some members made the project fail. He then did hide for years,
improving his singing and production while writing songs. After working in his
first songs, Fede decided to go straight for his debut demo album REBIRTH
03.12.06. Fede4real wrote and produced
the album. Fede directed and produced 2 music videos for REBIRTH 03.12.06. It
included R&B pop beautiful ballads and fresh mid-tempo funky tunes but
somehow he was not satisfied with the sound and cancelled promotion. It was
after this demo album that Fede describes as a “learning experience” that he
defined his trademark sound. Moving closer to the roots of black music FUNK
TEMPLE is an album with beautiful compositions and arrangements. He played
keyboards guitar and drums and overall wrote produced the album. At first the
album was conceived as a funky album with a fresh urban sound with the aim of
rediscover the genre to the youngest generations. Surprisingly Funk Temple
ended being a tribute to all the great black music from XX century. Twelve
songs that cover most Fede4real influences: Jazz, blues, Funk, gospel, R&B
and hip-hop. Fede has presented his album live in NYC at The Sugar Bar venue
hosted by the legendary Motown songwriters Ashford and Simpson, 40C bar and
other small intimate venues in NYC. Performing video in NYC in this link
jamming with the Sugar Bar houseband without previous rehearsal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM52C5MHZ_s
Funk Temple did hit radio
stations worldwide from Netherlands to NY with great feedback from the jazz
neo-soul and R&B field. The opening track “Ebony Seduction” got great
airplay in the UK and was included in the best of the year selection of
Dazzling Soul independent blog and others. Fede has also shot and directed a
music video for his funky hit “Maybe” in NYC that includes special effects. The
video was selected finalist at Puro Cuatro in Urban category a national music
video contest in Canal Cuatro Spain. Watch video in this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-l7XrgHxqk
Funk Temple is still available online at i-tunes and amazon store
online. It's also available from www.fede4real.com
. Fede started composing for his third
project during the Funk Temple tour in August 2009 while in NYC. He has
recently released the album called JAZZYLICIOUS an album with a heavier jazz
influence. His best work to date an intimate album that includes jazz soul
funky and fusion sounds with Fede4real trademark sound. Jazzylicious is getting
great reviews in the soul and jazz fields and Fede4real is offered interviews
in both sides of the ocean. The radio single “Paradise” sounds flawless, like a
jazz ballad standard from the 40's and the album funky tittle song
“Jazzylicious” is also a favourite in soul and jazz stations. Once again Fede wrote composed and played every instrument in the
critic acclaimed album. Fede4real is currently planning music videos and
putting together his 2011 summer tour. Due to the interest in his music due to
Jazzylicious Fede4real has relaunch promotion for his previous album Funk
Temple. Stay up to date on gig dates releases and news at www.fede4real.com .Feel free to contact by email fede4real@hotmail.com Reviews interviews bookings and management
offers are all accepted. PRESS AllaboutJazz 2010-11-03 “It is classy,
stylish, and timeless. Spanish singer Fede4real surprises us once again with an
album that fills the gap between jazz and the urban sound of our generation.
Born in a Equatoguinean family, Fede4real is a multicultural singer songwriter
and producer whose debut album Funk
Temple was described
as “Brilliant!" by Graham J Barclay (Soundwave FM, New Zealand). The album
received significant airplay in the UK soul underground network and his tour
took him to venues overseas like New York's Sugar Bar hosted by the legends
Ashford & Simpson. Soulchoonz Review on
Jazzylicious by Barry Towler “Fede4Real is the alter-ego of Federico Manuel
Ngomo Fernandez and following his recent soulful offering, “Funk Temple”, this
young gentleman dishes up a real treat in the jazzy form of Jazzylicious. Born
in 1981, it's wonderful that someone of this age is making great music such as
this. Having a real ear for tunes as well as being a singer, film maker, actor
and fashion model this chap has more strings to his bow than you can account
for. Federico really has the knack of a great jazz performer. Take, if you
will, a listen to the immaculate crafting of “Paradise” which contains all the
elements of a quality vocal jazz recording. Laid back, chilled and sounding as
if this was cut live in one take, the vocals are dreamy, almost melancholic and
eminently attune to the music that he has created. I think the word we're
looking for is ‘atmospheric'! The melody and attunement of vocals reminds me of
the same pattern as Keith Washington's “Kissing You” – and a perfect song for a
candle-lit dinner. Upping the tempo is the title song with some keys tasty
enough to remind us of Lonnie Liston Smith and piano that would have Bob James
nodding in assent. In “The Way It Feels” I hear a flavour of Gary
Taylor's recent work, although vocally not in the same league Frederico adds
some wispish, ethereal quality to this style and again this comes to mind on
the excellent “Searching For You” with it's seductive spoken intro. “Oldschool
mama” sets a scene – I can envisage a very warm, cosy recording studio with
Fede and his musicians hustled in and simply laying this down. Fede's loving
this and his vocals are almost ad-lib in style, riffing off and in his
vocalising he is surely attuned to what he is laying down. this cat is feelin'
it and that ain't a bad thing in my book! Vulnerability and indecision are part
and parcel of falling in love – should there be such a thing – and Fede
perfectly nails this vocally and musically. His performance is wonderfully
impromptu and adds credibility to his music. He is, essentially, espousing deep
feeling and concerns to himself yet to a wider audience. How clever is this?!
Check out the superb synth behind all this and the chord changes that make this
extra special. If you have yet to check out Fede4real and soak up what this
young man of many talents has to offer! Barry Towler CLICK HERE TO
LISTEN SOULCHOONZ INTERVIEW Solar radio international with Gary Spence December2010
http://soulchoonzinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/gary-spence-interview-with-fede4real.html “ We really
enjoy the album Funk Temple and interview with Fede4real at Strawberry Jazz
specially the song Ebony Seduction” Colin Hughes Solar Radio London CLICK TO LISTEN TO STRAWBERRY JAZZ INTERVIEW march 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEhRjh2S7E
READ WWS MAGAZINE INTERVIEW January2011 http://wwsmag.com/updates/fede4real-jazzylicious/
“Fede4real has a nice voice and rhythmic feel. He is a
talented singer songwriter and serius about his music career” Anne Farnsworth. Jazz pianist and vocalist.
Teacher and columnist for Concordjazz.com and regular contributor to Billboard
Live, Jazz Notes and All about Jazz L.A Many Sincere Thanks for the CD" Funk Temple
" that you sent us recently. BRILLIANT - EXCELLENT We have enjoyed it
immensly, and have added tracks from it to our playlists. Your presentation of
music, inside the style and personality reflected in the tracks is very
refreshing. Keep it up. Many thanks again Graham J Barclay Soundwave FM New Zealand | ||
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