User talk:Dannyveras
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I was born in Brasil , Natal, the 1st of May 1977; of a Spanish mother and Brasilian father. After various life experiences I came to europe as a kid and lived in France until the age of 11. It was already my big dream to be a rock singer since I heard Elvis for the 1st time when my sister gave me a tape of him. I started playing guitar on my own at the age of 11 , when I arrived in Spain (Barcelona). The year after I started a band with some guys from the ghetto I was living in. It was real fun , even if we were not great musicians we were just friends playing together. At the age of 15 I went to the Costa Brava to live and I started a band in Barcelona with Victor who was playing drums, Joan on guitar & Xavi on the bass. We formed “The Griffters” a hard rock band with an American style .In '93 we recorded our 1st demo with 6 songs on a 4 track recorder . After that record the band split up . In '94 I tried to form a new band “Paranoia” but we didn´t go too far. I started to compose my own songs like “running away” and “ there´s some magic” and I called some friends to go into the studio to record 2 songs: “the light of my life” & “tv scream”. That recording was the best I had done until that date . After that I left Spain and went to Switzerland to study in a school in '96. I met some guys who had a progressive metal band and they needed a singer , so I did the try-out and it worked; i was the new singer for MT20, just singing without the guitar , so I could concentrate more on my voice. We did some gigs in Switzerland and France and also a demo with 3 long songs. I stopped school and had to come back to Spain because the state didn´t allow me to stay in Switzerland due to the laws of the country. Coming back to Spain in '98 i stopped playing in bands , and started playing alone with my guitar in hotels , pubs , restaurants , parties , playing all different kinds of music , besides I did some projects and recordings with guitar players from Germany and Spain like Guido Neuhoff , André Krengel , Steve Keller , Joan Casanovas ( Ex-Griffters ).I always wanted to play rock but I needed to live , so I had to play any kind of music , cos rock has never been big in Spain , most of the rock comes from England , Germany , USA. I was running out of time , like a fool looking for gigs everywhere doing cover songs from Eric Clapton , Deep ,Purple , Stevie Wonder , Lionel Richie , Roy Orbison , Eagles, George Benson , Sting , and a lot more . It worked very well , until the law stopped the musicians playing in the Costa Brava. Police were always controlling and it was quite impossible to play everywhere as before. So I took the decision to move to the States and try my chances out there. Because if you can´t fight for what you dream here , there must be a place in the world where you can do it , and that place can be America .
-Danny Veras
Why this name? Is my name , lol
Do you play live? yes i play live quite often , but i will not mention where.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry? good direction . it allows people to get known , not only the market industry , that is a good thing.Everybody´s got the right to be reachable easily.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label? Of course , there´s still people who don´t spend their time downloading music by internet , and people who like to go in a shop and buy the cd . why not?
Band History: The griffters -1993
1-mister rock girl
2-and she fells
3-bang bang on my heart
4-there´s some magic in the air
5-desire
6-i go my way
Speed Silver -Tv Scream (1995)
1-The light of my life
2-Tv Scream
Speed Silver -Running Away (1996)
1-tell me now
2-playing with the fire
3-there´s some magic in the air
(new released)
4-running away
MT20 -Demo Spring 97
1-Time & nothingness
2-The end never
3-Revenge
Danny Veras -1-the devil´s garden (1998)
Danny Veras -16 (1999)
1-16 years
2-hellrider
3-soulitude
4-temptation
5-send me an angel(cover)
Casanovas & veras-(1999)
1-unidos
2-signos de libertad
3-al limite
4-emociones y sueños
5-el sueño eterno
Spedd Silver -Both sides of the highway(2000)
1-Friend of the road
2-it´s not over
3-it´s never too late for love
4-die young
5-song of faith
6-darling
7-tell me now
8-running away
9-back in town
10-the light of my life
11-playing with the fire
12-tv scream
13-she´s fallen into hell
14-friend of the road (acoustic)
15-it´s not over (acoustic)
Steve Dyver & Danny Veras-(2001)
1-fly into the light
Danny Veras-misty nights(2001
2-fire & water
3-when the sun goes down
St.Keller Project-(2002)
1-no fear to loose
2-the gift of trust
3-1st class woman
4-suits & ties
Casanovas & Veras 2-(2003)
1-Heaven comes down
2-I´ll keep the light
3-obsession
4-back in town
5-russian troup
Your influences? George benson , Paco de lucía , yngwie malmsteen ,Demian Bell , Randy Crawford ...................................................
Favorite spot? I don´t know yet , there´s so many places that i don´t know , it´s hard to say such a thing....(sorry but i don´t like to talk shit!!)
Equipment used: don´t like this kind of music
Anything else...? i love my dog Rocko , he´s my best friend , and my cat Silver also!!!
