Xavier Moyano

Xavier Moyano was born on the 2^nd December 1981. He is an argentine musician. He is also a producer, a performer, a composer as well as recording and editing audio and video and also a teacher. Xavier Moyano started his career as a session player of the guitar in Tucuman in the year 1999 and by the year 2003, he was a player of the musical instrument for the rock/pop band called Ave Cesar until the year 2008, after that he went solo as a rock instrumentalist.

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Xavier Moyano has taken his art to over 70 cities in 6 different countries; Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Chile and Uruguay and administers guitar clinics at the conservatory, the academies, institutes and also school all through the southern America.

Notable Performances

Xavier Moyano has performed with Pablo Soler on many events and in the year 2009, he performed with Carina Alfie in the NOA.

Xavier Moyano has been part of many South American Guitar Masters travels in the year 2004, 2006 and in the year 2007 together with Marcos DeRos from Brazil, and he took part in the S3 Ibero American Guitar Fest in the year 2008 with Manuel Seoane from Spain.

Xavier Moyano performed in the Guitar Fest Buenos Aires ’09 together with 11 players of the musical instrument, guitar from Colombia, Korea and Argentina.

Xavier Moyano was the guitar player and the producer of the rock/pop band called Ave Cesar from the year 2003 to the year 2008, it was with them that he took part in the Cosquin rock and Tucuman Rock Festival and was on the stage with the following; Bersuit, Los Piojos, Luis Alberto Spinetta, León Gieco, Intoxicados, Kapanga, Carajo, Viticus, NoTeVaGustarfrom Uruguay.

He played in the NOA with La Renga in 3 cities and then opened for the British band called Motorhead in Cordoba.

In March of the year 2006, Xavier Moyano was part of the great SAGM music celebration with Marcos DeRos from Brazil and Pablo Soler from Buenos Aires. The occasion finished with Xavier Moyano and many other musicians playing on the stage and they performed together the song called "Rockin' in the Free World".

In September of the year 2009, Xavier Moyano was given an invitation by the University of TucumanSymphony Orchestra to take part in the Concierto Pop de Primavera with songs from the movies. In November of that same year, he took part in Adagio, a lyricalshow of the symphony orchestra baritone and performed the Phantom of the Opera, Music, Adaggio and the Roxanne tango version of the film called Moulin Rouge.

In October of the year 2010, Xavier Moyano with Seliger played with Sonata Arctica Finland in Buenos Aires in Argentina. And in December of that same year, he was on the stage with Gilby Clarke in La Paz, Bolivia.

On Tour

Xavier Moyano’s rock instrumental show travelled to Bolivia in the year 2007, and it was there that he performed several concerts and the gave the guitar clinics in the cities of Cochabamba, La Paz and Tarija and completed the travel in Tartagal and Salta in his country, Argentina.

In the yeatr 2008, Xavier Moyano travelled again and played live and gave the guitar clinics in different countries and citiies like Argentina: Tucuman, Salta, Cafayate, Santiago del Estero, Jujuy, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Formosa. Paraguay: Asunción. Bolivia: La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Oruro, and Tarija.

In the year 2009,Xavier Moyano made his debut with the band Seliger from his country, and they performed in El Teatre Flores with Angra from Brazil, together with Thiago Bianchi, a singer from Brazil and the guest from Italy, ElodiaAgostini.

In the year 2010, Xavier Moyano played in the cities of Tucuman, Formosa, Chaco, Lules, Tartagal, Catamarca, Salta, La Plata, Santa Fé, and Buenos Aires in the country. He travelled to Bolivia and performed in the cities of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Sucre, La Paz, Montero, Potosi, Yotala, Oruro, El Alto, Atocha, Villazon, and Copacabana. He had the chance to play with the Seliger in Montevido Uruguay. As a soloist, he played at Peru in the cities of Puni and Cusco. He ended the year 2010 with the performance in Tucuman, Argentina.

In the year 2011, he got some presentations in Tucuman: SMdeTucuman, San Pedro, Monteros; Campo Quijano, Salta, guest of Gauchos de Acero in: "LuchaCriolla" and "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple); In June, a South American tour: Chile: Antofagasta and Iquique; Bolivia: Cochabamba, Oruro and La Paz; Peru: Puno and Arequipa and returns to Argentina. He also travelled to Spain to take part in the video series of extreme sport Free Style HD called We Are Family that was produced by Boston Enjoy Productions in Barcelona.

Xavier Moyano is endorsed by Wenstone Amps, DS Pickups, MST Pedals, and Kikemol Straps.

Inspiration

Xavier Moyano with his instrumental music tries to put across a positive message and share good atmospheres. Xavier Moyano is a peace activist and has played in many benefits concerts as a supporter of the human rights and the animal rights and fight against violence, discrimination and racism in the country and all over the world.

Works

Electric guitars

Ø  Ibanez RG 550 Ltd purple neon (Japan)

Ø  Ibanez EX 350 with DiMarzio pickups (USA)

Ø  Ibanez RG 350DX - white

Ø  ParkerMaxxFly PDF44V Gold

Ø  Yamaha SG-1500 black (Japan)

Ø  Yamaha Pacifica 1221M (Japan)

Ø  Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Korea)

Ø  B.C.Rich Warlock Revenge -black-

Acoustic guitar

Ø  Ibanez Talman Acoustic Series

Ø  Jasmine by Takamine 12 strings (steel)

Ø  Yamaha Classic with nylon strings (Japan)

Amplifiers

Ø  Wenstone GE-1600H + 1960A 4x12" (Argentina)

Ø  MarshallValvestate Head VS-100 RH (UK)

Ø  Marshall 412B cabinet with Celestion (UK)

Ø  Peavey ValveKing VK112 combo (inLaPaz,Bolivia)

Ø  Wenstone BE3000H Cabezal + 1x15" EV (Argentina)

Effects

Ø  Line6 Floor POD

Ø  Digitech Whammy II

Ø  WahWahJim Dunlop CryBaby GCB-95

Ø  MST (Bolivia) "LaRataVieja" custom

Ø  Behringer V-AMP 2 (2006–2010)

Ø  ART SGX-2000 (valve rack) (2005–2007)

Pickups

Ø  DS Pickups (Argentina)

Straps

Ø  DiMarzio (USA)

Ø  KikeMol (Bolivia)

Strings

Ø  Ernie Ball .09 (USA)

Ø  Ernie Ball 2233 (Ac12)

Ø  Magma .095 (Argentina)

Bags/cases

Ø  RockBag by Warwick

Cords

Ø  Ernie Ball

Ø  PlanetWaves

Picks

Ø  0.69 mmm

Ø  1.5 mm

Ø  2 mm

Discography & Music Works

2001, 2002 & 2003

Ø  Judas – "Jerusalem" (heavy metal, trash) EP

Ø  Xavier Moyano (instrumental) single

Ø  Argón - entre penumbras (heavy metal) (s)

Ø  Triunfal (power metal clásico) EP

Ø  Templarium (power metal progresivo) EP

Ø  Adrian Llovera – "Cuadros" (canciones, disco)

Ø  AVe Cesar : "Rompeparedes" (hard rock) EP

2004 & 2005

Ø  ReinoInfame - "Cae El Sol" (rock, ska, punk) EP

Ø  Ave Cesar – "Revolucion de Rock & Roll" (disco)

Ø  R I S K – Project (heavy metal, rock, trash) EP

Ø  KaDaNeK demo (power metal) single

Ø  KRÜCK – "2005" demo (rock) EP

Ø  G.X.Project (hard rock, soul, pop, baladas) EP

Ø  AVe Cesar - "La Otra Parte De Mi" (rock) (s)

Ø  Adrian Llovera – "Bajo La Lluvia" (rock) EP

Ø  MalasNoticias – "NuncaVoy A Madurar" (punk rock) (s)

2006

Ø  Initial Gravity (metal progresivo instrumental) EP

Ø  Harder – "Project" (hard rock) EP

Ø  AVe Cesar – "Nueva Dimensión" (rock, pop) EP

Ø  Xavier Moyano (Rock Instrumental) EP

Ø  Linaje – "Lágrimas De Sangre" (pop, rock) single

Ø  Furtivo – "Engranajes De Papel" (rock, punk) (s)

Ø  Adrian Llovera – "RojoOscuro" (disco, rock) LP

Ø  VITAL : "Personalidad" (disco, hard core–ñümetal) LP

Ø  AVe Cesar – "New Dimension Rock Show" (AdelantoDVD)

2007 & 2008

Ø  AVe Cesar – "New Dimension Rock Show" (DVD live)

Ø  Xavier Moyano – VCD: "Videos En Vivo" – Argentina & Bolivia

Ø  Ronald Villegas: "PrimerosPasos" – Sucre, Bolivia - EP&Video

Ø  XM Rock Instrumental Bolivia Band : Kojudo Mosh (Rock, Metal)

2009

Ø  OrquestaSinfónica UNT – "Concierto Pop" – (Vivo) – CD

Ø  Adagio – "EspectáculoLírico Musical" – (vivo)

2010

Ø  Seliger – Out Of The Dark (s) (metal)

Ø  ËlÚltimoCocalero – La Paz, Bolivia (rock)

2011

Ø  Xavier Moyano - Espejismos - instrumental (s)

Ø  DemianFanzine (La Rioja, Arg) (compilado)

Ø  SELIGER ( Argentina | Brazil ) (EP - metal)

Ø  Xavy& The Girls - Live 2011 (acoustics versions with female guests)

2012

Ø  Helen Fuentes - "Sentirte" - Bolivia (s)

Ø  El Show del fin del Mundo - DVD - ART

2013

Ø  "The Phantom of The Opera" - instrumental version · audio & video