Christopher Sluka

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Christopher Sluka (born in 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and pilot. [1] [2] Sluka has released 13 studio albums. [3] He is the founder of the flight school, Learn to Fly San Diego.

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Early life

Born into a military family, he was raised all over the USA and Europe. In 1981, Sluka studied music theory and composition at New York University and then joined Queens College to complete his bachelor's degree in communication and media studies. He earned a Master's Degree in Aeronautical Science in 2006 from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. [4]

Career

In the late 1980s, Sluka started his band, Sluka, and played at several venues in New York, including CBGBs, The Ritz, and The Palladium. [5] [6] In 1989 he released his first full-length album, Emotional Battlefield, by Meldac. [7]

Sluka performed on the Japanese television network Kanagawa on March 12, 1990. [7] In the same year, he released another album, Fear of Ordinary Life, released in Europe on SAAR Records. [8] [9] [10] In 1993, Time Warner's Italian subsidiary CDG Wave released the third Sluka album. [11] [7] In 1994, Sluka launched his record label, Steel Flower Music and released many albums including, Introversions under it. [12]

In March 2019, Sluka began recording the album, Ready to Connect, working with Grammy Award winning producer and engineer Alan Sanderson. [13] [14] The second single, Hey Oh, was released on September 26, followed by the album on October 31st, 2019. [9] [15] In the following year, the video for the song, VIP, was released on Valentine's Day 2020. [16] On October 31st, 2021, Sluka, with Alan Sanderson producing again, released their 13th album, Figure It Out. [14] [17]

Sluka was featured in several independent films as an actor and stunt pilot including, Vampire's Kiss (1989), Beach Bar: The Movie (2011), and La Migra (2014). [18]

Discography

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