Birth name Rizal Dondi Ledesma Name Dondi Ledesma Labels Independent | Origin Philippines Also known as DNDI Role Singer | |
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Occupation(s) Independent musician and producer, session bassist, bass instructor Instruments bass guitar, piccolo bass guitar, keyboards, flute, sequencer programming, and vocals Died February 24, 2009, Makati, Philippines Genres Progressive rock, Pinoy rock Similar People Wally Gonzales, Johnny Alegre, Pepe Smith, Anak Bayan, Juan de la Cruz Band |
Dondi ledesma s bass solo doc bit s drum solo
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.
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- Dondi ledesma s bass solo doc bit s drum solo
- Jun lupito and edmond fortuno with dondi ledesma perf de castro and mike villegas
- Solo discography
- References
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.
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, alternately playing bass guitar, piccolo bass guitar, keyboards, flute, sequencers, computer programming and vocals.
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.
In his live performances, DNDI was a crowd favorite because his bass guitar demonstrated qualities of a lead guitar instrument.
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.
Jun lupito and edmond fortuno with dondi ledesma perf de castro and mike villegas
Solo discography
Note: All aforementioned albums were produced, recorded, published and distributed by Dondi Ledesma through private, independent channels.