- Cristiano Bilanzola
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Cristiano Bilanzola
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Cristiano Vincenzo Bilanzola
Born = birth date|1983|5|23Hamilton, Ontario ,Canada
Died = TBA
Instruments =Bass ,Guitar , Vocals
Occupation =Bandleader ,Composer ,Musician ,Assistant Director
Years_active = 1997 - Present
Associated_acts = In-Tense, Heist,Across the River to Motor City (TV Miniseries)Cristiano Bilanzola (
May 23 ,1983 ) is a proud Canadianmusician andassistant director . He has been in several bands including In-Tense, Heist and Bilanzola, a self named project. These bands have spawned a Canadian and American following that have been with Cristiano and have transcended his various projects. A former member of D.S. & Associates, Cristiano continues his work as his fans await the fruitions of a new project under the Bilanzola name.Early life
Cristiano was born on
May 23 ,1983 at St. Joseph's Hospital inHamilton, Ontario , the only child born to Ferdinando "Fred" Bilanzola (1956–2001) and his wife Denise ("née" Brill; 1957). Fred, whose parents were of Italian origin, was a high school film and visual arts teacher. After Cristiano's birth, Fred, who was an active member of the Hamilton arts scene, decided to go back to school to become a teacher to make a better life for Cristiano.At an early age Cristiano had a strong interest in film and the music therein. Amongst his favorites as a child were
Federico Fellini and the music ofNino Rota . As a result, Cristiano embraced his Italian heritage.Cristiano began playing the
piano at the age of six and quickly learned to play simple pieces by reading music and memorizing musical patterns. As he grew Cristiano learned the guitar. His first was a Yamaha F-310acoustic guitar . He transposed what he knew ofpiano and soon began playing with confidence. Later, while attending St. Paul High School inNiagara Falls, Ontario (MySpace 2007), Cristiano received his father'sbass guitar , an old Fender ripoff. The flatwounds from 20 years prior are still on thebass guitar to this day. He then received a MexicanFender Stratocaster and Cristiano learned the joys of distortion.Music career
Cristiano's first and most popular project was with In-Tense, a pop-rock band from
Niagara Falls, Ontario . The group consisted of 4 members with Cristiano playingbass guitar and singing lead vocals. The band had fans in fivecontinent s and played throughout theUnited States . "Eternal Rain", their first full length album, sold hundreds of copies and was distributed throughout theUnited States . The last show by In-Tense took place in 2002 at The Casbah inHamilton, Ontario . They played adouble bill with a band at the time called Pusch whose two key members were Clint and Bob Moffatt.After he left the band in 2002 he formed a
power trio called Heist with fellow musician Andrew Kyriacou. At the time, the two were both residing inNiagara Falls, Ontario . The band continually changesguitarist s, yet Andrew and Cristiano are still good friends both residing in theHamilton—Wentworth area. Heist's biggest show was with the Boston Post whose key member wasScott Moffatt . This was at the Basement inNiagara Falls, Ontario .Cristiano is now using his last name as a project dedicated to as many different forms of music as he can play. He realizes that although this makes him more difficult to market to one crowd, it will exponentially expand his fan base. The album, "Reflections" is a melange of different musical styles coming together to form a catchy mix of songs targeted at a 25+
demographic . Heist played the album release party at Joe Dog's Octane Lounge inBurlington, Ontario .Recent information from friends claim that Cristiano and his brother Samuel McGibney are working on a trance/house project entitled Mauve Trees.
Film career
Cristiano was a
production assistant with theassistant director team on the new hitminiseries ,Across the River to Motor City (IMDB 2007), which airs onCitytv (Citytv 2007). In addition he has had his hand in several other productions including Death Dog and Memories.Miscellaneous Facts
* Cristiano is a Founding Mentor of Decipher's latest customizable card game Fight Klub. His handle is Tetsuo (Decipher 2008).
External links
* [http://www.citytv.com/micro/acrosstherivertomotorcity/ Citytv] Citytv Across the River to Motor City Website
* [http://www.fender.com/ Fender Musical Instruments] Official Fender Website
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783303/ IMDB] Across The River To Motor City IMDB Site
* [http://www.decipher.com Decipher] Decipher's Home PageDiscography
"In-Tense"
* Her Love (single) (1998)
* Originals (fan club only) (2000)
* Eternal Rain (2001)"Heist"
* Heist (single) (2002)"Bilanzola"
* Reflections (2005)Notes and References
*wikicite|id=idcitytv2007|reference=Citytv (2007). "Across the River to Motor City", Citytv, http://www.citytv.com/micro/acrosstherivertomotorcity/
*wikicite|id=iddecipher2008|reference=Decipher (2008). "Decipher Users List", Decipher, http://www.decipher.com/fightklub/community/users
*wikicite|id=idimdb2007|reference=IMDB (2007). "Cristiano Bilanzola", Internet Movie Database Inc., http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2404265/
*wikicite|id=idmyspace2007|reference=MySpace (2007). "Cristiano Bilanzola", MySpace, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=11815536
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