Wiggzaro
(Andrew Vise) is a musician, producer, sound engineer, performer,
composer and an educator, and is currently working from his music
production studio in Queens Park, London, having moved to the U.K.
from South Africa in 2008 where he was working as the Creative
Director and Chief Sound Engineer of PyramidRox Recordings. Wiggzaro
has two formal education qualifications behind his name, a B.Soc.Sci
(Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Economics) and an N.Dip.Mus
(National Diploma in Light Music)
He
started off in the music industry as a guitarist, and has written
music for and played with a number of groups ranging in styles from
Ska-Pop (Euphoric Phase) to World Dance (Jungabeez, Dance of Life,
Zwalaka) and Afro-Latin-Jazz (Sankambe).
Wiggzaro
started his production career programming electronic music on his
computer while studying jazz on a formal level. His passion for
composing music on computers blossomed into a production career that
now sees him working in high demand as both a producer and sound
engineer with young and old artists and producers alike, some
legendary in stature.
Wiggzaro is currently working from his studio in Queens Park, London.
Before
moving to London Wiggzaro worked as a recording and mix engineer with
many of South Africas legendry African and World Music artists such
as Caiphus Semenya, Letta Mbulu, Salaelo Selotta, Jonas Gwangwa, Vusi
Khumalo and many others.
Since
being in London Wiggzaro has broadened his skill base and worked with
a very diverse collection of artists spanning from over 30 different
countries so far. He has been working in styles of music ranging from
Irish Folk Rock to Hip Hop to Electro Pop, House, World and Latino
music. Some of the artists and writers Wiggzaro has worked with in
London include the likes of Don Scannell, Lokandes, Chrispin Hunt,
Bugsy Mc, Plamina, Alies Sluiter, Unique, Spynel, Waqar, Mc Magico, Camelia, Alex Scott, Livia Leverage
and many others.
Wiggzaro's
work encompasses a cross spectrum of disciplines that include
programming music electronically, arranging and composing for music
for artists and recording, mixing and mastering tracks and albums.
Before
moving full time into music production Wiggzaro worked as a music
technology lecturer. He spent five years lecturing electronic music,
sound engineering and production and was responsible for the course
design and development of educational material as well as designing
and installing studios at Eastside College and then Central
Johannesburg College. In this time, he grasped the essence of what
the most crucial information someone interested in learning about
modern music production needs to know.
As
a writer Wiggzaro is the author of the book “Get
Your Groove on the Move:
A concise guide to modern music production”, which consists of 18
chapters of all the essential information someone interested in
getting into music production needs.
