Santiago Dobles

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Santiago began playing guitar at the age of 11. As a teenager he studied guitar with Jae Valentine and Robin Stone. At 18 he entered the Berklee School of Music, majoring in composition, film scoring, and guitar. While at Berklee he studied fusion guitar under the guidance of Robin Stone, Jon Finn, Mark White, Mashi Hasu, & Bruce Bartlett. Outside of Berklee, he studied guitar with Paul Masvidal (of DEATH and CYNIC), and through correspondence with Derek Taylor (Shrapnel recording artist) & Derryl Gabel. He also studied sound engineering at Miami Dade College. Santiago has done session work in Miami Fl, Los Angeles, Ca. He produced, and wrote music for Aghora debut (1999) and is currently working with his band to finish their 2nd release "formless". He is also working on a Solo album.