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Wagner Fulco

Wagner Fulco Launches Wava Records

|    Jul 01, 2010

Wagner Fulco (Guitar ’95) has launched Wava Records, an outgrowth of his highly successful Wavaflow Studios in Hollywood, with plans to release an album by his new project Skeetox that pairs Wagner with DJ Skee.

Wagner is a living symbol of the “American Dream” – he arrived at MI from Sao Paolo with barely a word of English, and after graduating one year later launched directly into a career as a successful Hollywood-based studio owner, performer, engineer, producer and composer.

Wagner’s first break came soon after completing MI when he began performing with guitar icon Steve Vai and worked in his studios for almost three years. His playing career (under the name Swagner) expanded to include work with Antonio Banderas, Ricky Martin, DJ Skee, Snoop Dogg and more. Today he owns beautiful WavaFlow Studios, where he has produced and engineered dozens of projects for such A-list artists as Bob Dylan, Elton John, Alanis Morissette, Placido Domingo, Sting, and Alice in Chains. As a composer, his soundtrack contributions include “Living la Vida Loca” from Shrek 2, sung by Antonio Banderas as the voice of “Puss in Boots.”

Recalling his MI experience, Wagner said, “Studying at MI and seeing so many musicians from all over the globe with so many different styles and techniques made me see and believe even more in my musicality and what I was learning. It was very important for my development to be in a place where I could breathe only music, and MI gave me that opportunity.”

Find out more about Wagner at his website.

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Alessandro Cortini
Nine Inch Nails

Kalen Chase
Korn

Dave Kushner
Velvet Revolver

Rafael Moreira
Pink, Christina Aguilera,
Rock Star: Supernova

Mike Ward
Wallflowers, School of Fish

Kevin Hastings
Liz Phair

Pete Griffin
Hanson

Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell,
Scott Shriner
Weezer

Curt Bisquera
Elton John, Mick Jagger,
Bonnie Raitt

Pete Anderson
guitarist, producer

Paul Gilbert
Mr.Big, Racer X

Norman Brown
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Scott Henderson
recording artist

Oscar Cartaya
Jennifer Lopez, Spyro Gyra

Alex Al
Tupac Shakur, Stevie Wonder

Keb’ Mo’
recording artist

Fred Clark
Chaka Khan, Ray Charles,
Stevie Wonder

Dave Weiner
Steve Vai

Jennifer Batten
recording artist, Jeff Beck,
Michael Jackson

Toss Panos
Steve Vai, Mike Landau,
Robben Ford

Frank Gambale
recording artist, Chick Corea

Kevin Dukes
Don Henley, Boz Scaggs,
Jackson Browne

Chad Smith,
John Frusciante
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Clayton Gibb, Les Falconer
Keb’ Mo’

John Shanks
Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Raitt

Allen Hinds
Randy Crawford, Natalie Cole,
Crusaders

Jeff Buckley
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Ray Luzier
Korn, STP, Army of Anyone,
David Lee Roth

Matt Laug
Alanis Morissette, Slash

Ash Sood
Sarah McLachlan

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Hammerfall

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T.J. Guger
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Ernest Tibbs
Alan Holdsworth, Natalie Cole

Toshi Hiketa
David Lee Roth

Travis Johnson
Dickies, TSOL

Jimmy Herring
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Josh Sklair
Etta James, Jeffrey Osborne

Dan Caron
Clifton Chenier, Charles Brown

Jimmy Scott
Little Milton, Solomon Burke

Steve Kerscznic
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Brian Allen
Virgil Donati, Greg Adams

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Jesse Gress
music editor, Guitar Player Magazine

Sarah Hudson
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