Gustavo Segura Biography  Been born in the city of Buenos Aires, at the age of 6 years he initiates his first studies
of percussion followed of piano, theory and solfeo in the “Santa Cecilia Conservatory”
where he ends the career in 1977. After haveing participated in different groupings
since 1973, year in which he begins to play drums, it’s in 1982 when he decides to take
music like his only and true profession.At this moment he decides to retake the studies that bring him to culminate the career of Symphonic Percussion, at the “Lopez Buchardo National Conservatory” by 1990. After a period of 3 years in the United States (1998/2001) where he participates in several projects of blues, rock, heavy, funk and latin, Gustavo travels to Spain and settles in Madrid (May 2001). In this new period he collaborates with local artists until half-full of 2002, year in which he joins the"Vargas Blues Band". From then on he is touring all over the territory of Spain and also he participates in several European and American tours, which take him to countries such as Belgica (Antwerpen Blues Festival 2003), Macedonia (Skopje Blues & Soul Festival 2005 featuring Devon Allman as an invited singer), Poland (Lodz Blues Festival 2005 shearing stage with Derek Trucks Band), Germany, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Norway (Nottoden Blues Festival 2006 featuring also Devon Allman), Canada (Mont-Trémblant Blues Festival 2005, Salmon Arms Roots & Blues Festival 2007, Calgary International Blues Festival 2007), Argentina (Rock in Ñ 2007). He records with VBB the DVD "Spanish Fly" (2003), some of the tracks of the CD/DVD "Lost and Found" (2007) and any of the tracks of the new material of Vargas Band Blues "Flamenco Blues Experience (2008). Collaborates with Gaby Jogeix ( with whom he records the album “Learnin’” – 2001), Steve Zee, Steve Payne, Kym Mazelle, Salvador Dominguez. In the present he participates on diverse projects like "Demian Band", "Claudio Gabis", among others. He is also a drums teacher since 15 years ago as much in private lessons as giving seminaries and clinics. Also he collaborates with “Todo Percusion” magazine in which he refers to the section of rock drumming.
|