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For most of his life, Jeffrey Bianchi has spent the majority of his
waking hours on music. Whether it be performing, writing, recording or
practicing, he is constantly doing something pertaining to his craft.
At 17 years old, Jeffrey was performing 4 hour club dates with his
first band “Drift”. The band continued working for 4 years and
disbanded when he moved to Atlanta, GA. While there, Jeffrey co-founded
the Vacant Halls. With this act, he was able to perform at many of the
high profile clubs in Atlanta while earning a showcase slot at the
Atlantis Music Conference. 2 years into its inception, the group
amicably and collectively decided to “call it a day”, making way for
each other to pursue their own artistic endeavors. They say
“when one door shuts, another one opens.”, and this was entirely true
in his case. A couple months after the break up of his band, Jeffrey
drove to Nashville, TN to audition for the nationally touring road act
“Young Guns”. He was immediately given the lead guitarist position and
in a matter of weeks, embarked on a 15 month tour of North America. The
group had only 3 weeks off during this time and traveled through 70% of
the country. Jeffrey has compared it to sort of a “musical boot camp”
due to his performing on average of 5 nights a week for 4-5 hours a
night. With Young Guns, Jeffrey performed Southern Rock, Classic Rock
,Classic and Modern Country; enabling him to expand his musical
vocabulary, stamina and professionalism. When they had enough touring,
Jeffrey came back to Georgia and caught his breath. The open road soon
called though and he hit it yet again as lead guitarist for the “Chace
Roberts Band” (St. Paul Minnesota). When Chace decided to end his
touring days and spend more time with his family, Jeffrey headed back
to Georgia and immediately became a lead guitarist for SCF
Entertainment. The invaluable position with SCF Entertainment
gave Jeffrey the chance to work professionally with all of its “era
tribute bands“, playing throughout the South East everything from
Marvin Gaye to Pantera. Through this organization, Jeffrey regularly
performs with “Stone Cold Fox” (70’s Dance, R&B), Free Ride ‘75
(Classic Rock), Electric Boogaloo (80’s Rock/Metal, New Wave) the Dock
Martins (90’s Alternative) and the Rock Mafia (Live band karaoke with
music from the 60’s thru 2011). As
a songwriter, Jeffrey remains
very busy collaborating with others as well as recording is own
original music. In 2008, Jeffrey was asked by Yaynoc records (Atlanta,
GA) to help co-write and perform on its debut recording, “Just
Nocking”. In July 2009, a collaboration began with producer Dan
Whittemore (Swagger Studios) and vocalist Frank Lawson (Los Angeles,
California). This fantastic opportunity is ongoing and has enabled him
to co-write songs which have been accepted by publishers
and have
appeared on various media outlets. For his own original recordings, he
is in the preparatory phase of launching a publishing company and
record label. These ventures will serve as vehicles to have his
compositions heard around
the world. In addition his work on the electric guitar,
Jeffrey also gives numerous performances throughout the U.S. as a
classical guitarist. 2010 saw Jeffrey undertaking his first solo tour
giving concerts as far away as West Texas. The current year has brought
him to new venues across the country with tremendous success and packed
houses. It is his personal and professional goal to begin touring
internationally by 2014. Jeffrey currently maintains an active
performing schedule while continuing to write and record. While not on
stage, he is still “on the job”, working hard to perfect his craft.
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