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Dondi Ledesma | |
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| Birth name | Rizal Dondi Ledesma |
| Also known as | DNDI |
| Born | 1959 |
| Origin | Philippines |
| Died | February 24, 2009 Makati, Philippines |
| Genres | Progressive rock, Pinoy rock |
| Occupation(s) | Independent musician and producer, session bassist, bass instructor |
| Instruments | bass guitar, piccolo bass guitar, keyboards, flute, sequencer programming, and vocals |
| Labels | Independent |
| Associated acts | Pepe Smith Wally Gonzalez Mike Hanopol Juan Dela Cruz Band Asin Edmund Fortuno Anakbayan Jun Lopito Johnny Alegre Trio |
| Website | www.dndi.tk |
Rizal Dondi Ledesma (died February 24, 2009), also known by the stage moniker, DNDI, was a Filipino bassist who was the recognized pioneer of Philippine progressive rock. [1]
A bassist or bass player, is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments. Since the 1960s, the electric bass has been the standard bass instrument for funk, R&B, soul music, rock and roll, reggae, jazz fusion, heavy metal, country and pop music. The double bass is the standard bass instrument for classical music, bluegrass, rockabilly, and most genres of jazz. Low brass instruments such as the tuba or sousaphone are the standard bass instrument in Dixieland and New Orleans-style jazz bands.
Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid- to late 1960s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its "progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing.
His mainstream musical career was most prominent for his supporting role as the virtuoso electric bassist behind the legendary Pinoy rock guitarist, Wally Gonzalez, and drummer-singer-composer Joey “Pepe” Smith, the main proponent of the Pinoy Rock movement. [2]
Pinoy rock, or Filipino rock, is the brand of rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. It has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself, and bands adopting this style are now further classified under more specific genres or combinations of genres like alternative rock, post-grunge, ethnic, new wave, pop rock, punk rock, funk, reggae, heavy metal, ska, and recently, indie. Because these genres are generally considered to fall under the broad rock music category, Pinoy rock may be more specifically defined as rock music with Filipino cultural sensibilities.
Joseph William Feliciano Smith was a Filipino-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. Known by his stage names Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he gained prominence as a member of Juan de la Cruz Band, which became pioneering figures in original Filipino rock music or "Pinoy rock".
He performed in a handful of historically significant recordings, including two albums by the Filipino folk-rock group Asin, and Pepe Smith's only solo outing, Idiosyncrasies. In 1991, he began independently producing and recording a series of one-man albums, [3] alternately playing bass guitar, piccolo bass guitar, keyboards, flute, sequencers, computer programming and vocals. [1]
He also recorded with the groups, Asin and Anakbayan. He had started collaborating with Johnny Alegre (frequently with drummer Paolo Manuel) in a jazz-rock trio over a two-year period when illness overtook him.
Asin Thottumkal, known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who mostly appeared in Tamil films. She also appeared in lead roles in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is a trained Bharathanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. She speaks eight languages, and dubs her own films. She is the only Malayali actress, other than Padmini, to have dubbed in her own voice for all her films, irrespective of language. Asin has been referred to as the "Queen of Kollywood" by online portals in 2007. She is a member of the Bollywood 100 Crore Club.
Asin is a Pinoy folk rock band from the Philippines. They started as a trio in the late 1970s before becoming a quartet, and was originally known as the Salt of the Earth. "Asin" means salt in Filipino language.
Juan Bautista H. Alegre III, known professionally as Johnny Alegre, is a jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines. He leads the jazz group Johnny Alegre Affinity and the world music group Humanfolk.
In his live performances, DNDI was a crowd favorite because his bass guitar demonstrated qualities of a lead guitar instrument. [3]
Ledesma died of clinical heart failure on February 24, 2009 at the Makati Medical Center, where he was confined after complaining of shoulder pains and wobbly legs in the morning of January 9. [3]
Makati Medical Center, also known as Makati Med, or MMC, and formerly known as Makati General Hospital, is a tertiary hospital in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines with more than 600 beds. The hospital was founded on May 31, 1969. It is one of the hospitals owned and operated by Medical Doctors Inc., a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
