Kino (Music Producer)

Chris “KINO” Salmeron has been producing music and writing songs for over 15 yrs. He has extensive experience in all genres of music including pop, latin, r&b, rap, and hip hop music. Chris started out as a musician playing with latin bands such as Elizabeth Gutierrez, and Laura Linda, just to name a few, where he had the opportunity to go on the road and tour, as well as perform in front of thousands of people. He is a true musician who knows how to play guitar, keys, and bass all equally well. He started his music production career at the age of 16 where he was able to do recording sessions on his own, programming and playing songs for artists in the recording studio. In 1999 Chris had the pleasure to work at “Puppydog Records” with owner Kevin Smith who played for the Dallas Cowboys. There he produced tracks and engineered songs for Kevin Smith’s artists. In 2000 “Black Spanish” the album was released under Hacienda Records, where Chris was able to produce 1 of the songs on the album. In 2000 went to work for Toby Arnold and Assoc. where he became an in house music producer writing production music for radio and t.v. stations. After 3 years of experience there he went to work for “Nation’s Rhythm Ent.” in 2003 where he became the chief recording engineer, as well as the chief music production person. He was in charge of producing tracks for the artists of the label, such as Troublemann, who has released a cd entitled “Here Comes Trouble” under Nations Rhythm Ent. In 2004”. Chris Salmeron is a professional music producer/songwriter and is currently seeking a music publishing deal, and believes he possesses not only the skill but the god given talent to be one of the top music producers in the music business today along with the likes of producers such as Rodney Jerkins, Scott Storch, And Timbaland<