BIOGRAPHY

CARLOS ZABALLAS

HE WAS BORN ON MARCH 12, 1958 IN CALABURNAY, PARACALE, CAMARINES NORTE, PHILIPPINES. AT THE AGE OF FOUR, HIS FAMILY MOVED TO TALISAY, CAMARINES NORTE.
HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR AT THE AGE OF FIVE.
HIS FATHER IS WELL KNOWN AS THE BEST GUITARIST IN THEIR REGION.
THEY BELONG TO A POOR FAMILY.

HE ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT HIS FATHER TOLD HIM THAT “THE ONLY RICHES THAT HE CAN AFFORD TO SHARE TO HIM IS HIS KNOWLEDGE IN MUSIC AND HE HOPED THAT THIS WILL BRING HIM TO A GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE”.
HE IS SO BLESSED BECAUSE OF WHAT HE INHERITED FROM HIS FATHER’S KNOWLEDGE GUIDES HIM WHERE HE IS NOW. IN THE YEAR 1978, HE STARTED TO TRAVEL WITH HIS FIRST BAND IN JAPAN TIL THE 80’S.

AND IN THE SAME YEAR OF APRIL 28, HE FLEW WITH HIS NEW BAND CALLED SKYSTARS TO EUROPE IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY.  THEY DID A LOT OF CONCERTS ALL AROUND EUROPE.
IN 1981 HE SEPARATED FROM THE SKYSTARS BAND AND JOINED A SWISS BAND CALLED CHRIS BLACKHORN BAND.

WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS NEW BAND HE DECIDED TO ENROLL IN A SWISS JAZZ SCHOOL IN BERN, SWITZERLAND IN THE YEAR OF 1988 TO 1989.
HE LEARNED A LOT OF TECHNICS AND AMAZING KNOWLEDGE IN MUSIC IN THAT SCHOOL SUCH AS , COMPOSSING, THEORIE, SOLFÈGE, RHYTHIMIQUE AND PHRASING.
THIS HELPS HIM A LOT IN DOING HIS OWN SONGS.  

SOME OF HIS SONGS WHICH HE COMPOSED ARE :
MELISSA
FEAR GOD
PANAHON NA
HULI KA
HUWAG MO AKONG KALIMUTAN
LORD JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR
MAY KULANG PA
KAY SARAP SUMAYAW
MEDITATION1
MEDITATION 2
SASABOG NA
LONG DISTANCE
I’M NOTHING WITHOIUT YOU
DEAD END
 THE DRIVER
UWI NA
MATAKOT SA DIYOS
OVERTAKE
…………..AND SO ON……..
CARLOS ZABALLAS LIVES IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
SINCE 1981 UNTIL TODAY.
WATCH OUT FOR HIS NEXT PROJECTS.