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Eliseo Sound
Eliseo Vega is a multi-instrumentalist composer who produces everything from Classical to Hip-Hop to New School Jazz. He composes for film, musicals, commercials, and singles. He has a very unique sound which his clients have described as “Sophisticated Get Down Music”.
BIOGRAPHY
Eliseo Vega
A multi-grant winning musician from San Francisco, California.
Until recently Eliseo “Cheo” Vega was living in Los Angeles, composing for film and doing session work but is now working remotely from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Previous to Los Angeles, Eliseo was in Brooklyn, New York, where he focused on playing live shows with his seven piece Funk/Jazz/Hip-Hop/Soul band “GlenCheo.” He led, composed, and played sax for this group. They performed in venues throught NYC including The Mercury Lounge, Bowery Electric, and the Bitter End. Toward the end of his time in NYC he also studied film scoring at NYU and worked as a freelance composer, arranger, and performer.
Before heading to Brooklyn, Eliseo studied jazz and classical theory and got his BA in Composition and Jazz Improvisation. While in college he also formed “The Dynamics,” another Funk/Jazz/Hip-Hop/Soul band. In this group he was the leader, primary composer, and played guitar, bass, and sax. During this time he won grants to study works by John Coltrane, Gil Evans, and Duke Ellington. He composed original pieces inspired by these studies which were performed by the school’s Jazz Orchestra.