Rodney Alejandro is an American musician, composer, arranger, producer and

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raised in Houston, Texas. A product of Houston's

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neighborhoods, Alejandro grew up in the barrios and ghettos that would enrich his consciousness. Living on the east side, he tasted all the spices of

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music,

Tejano Tejanos (, ; singular: ''Tejano/a''; Spanish for "Texan", originally borrowed from the Caddo ''tayshas'') are the residents of the state of Texas who are culturally descended from the Mexican population of Tejas and Coahuila that lived in the ...

and life lessons told through

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music. Attending schools in Houston's 5th ward, he was heavily influenced by the sweet sounds of soul, intimacy of

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and hard hits of hip hop. From an early age music was all around, and his diverse influences only help broaden his music appreciation and creative palette.

Early life

(1987–1995)

Alejandro's professional career began as a senior in high school, with the co-founding of Tejano-pop band Valentino. Valentino was led by David Flores, who departed another Houston band calle
La Mafia
Alejandro joined the band on keyboards, having taught himself after saving a year to buy his first keyboard, an

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. He quickly mastered the synthesizer and its capabilities, but his music technique was limited. Texas musicia
Joel Guzman
gave him lessons not only on technique but playing in the Tejano style. Technology was fast becoming the norm in music and Alejandro took the opportunity to learn about

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, sampling, and other digital technologies available at the time. His keyboard arsenal grew to include an

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drum machine and a Yamaha C1 music computer, one of the first MS-DOS computers made to run music software. Valentino was known throughout the state as the most electronic band in Tejano, in a genre where traditional instruments of drums, bass, guitars, and accordions were the norm. The band would perform concert using these various technologies, midi sequencing backing tracks, triggering audio samples, and blending electronic pop sounds with the tradition Tejano arrangements. Rodney's reputation grew as a skilled music programmer, and he continued to work on his performance technique. But the calls came to help other artist in their quest to incorporate electronic instruments. Valentino toured in the Tejano circuit with great artist lik
Little Joe y La Familia
Groupo Mazz,

Selena y Los Dinos Selena y Los Dinos ( en, Selena and the Guys, Selena And the Dinos=Selena And The Dinos) was an American Tejano band formed in 1981 by Tejano singer Selena and her father Abraham Quintanilla. The band remained together until the murder of Sele ...

La Sombra La Sombra de Chicago or La Sombra de Tony Guerrero or even the Windy City Boys is a Tejano band founded by Tony Guerrero. Originally from the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois, the group gained national acclaim and success after moving to Corp ...

, and

La Mafia La Mafia is a five-time Grammy Award-winning musical group. It has its roots in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas, and has charted a course as a Tejano music, Latin music band. History La Mafia was founded in 1980 in Houston, TX. ...

to name a few. During these travel he connected with many great musicians and began to collaborate on other projects.

A.B. Quintanilla III Abraham Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A.B. Quintanilla III or A.B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as " The Queen of Tejano ...

asked Rodney to come work with

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contributing arrangement and production services on her song ''"Amame"'', on the ''Entre Mi Mundo'' project. Tony Guerrero of La Sombra from Chicago, asked Rodney to sequence and program sounds for their projects, and a solo project by the lead singer Gavino Guerrero. Albert "Tiger" Diaz, another singer in the group, recorded a solo project and he too hired Alejandro for arranging and keyboard programing. These relationships would lead to further collaboration many years later. : Valentino continued to perform, but making the crossover to more Latin American pop music market. They performed original bilingual pop songs recorded a
Sugarhill Studios
in Houston. Traveling to LA, they worked with producers

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, an
Preston Glass
on demos pursuing a record deal. In 1992, Valentino performed on ''Buscando Estrellas'', the Latin version of the American show ''Star Search'', and won in the band category. "''Vamos A Bailar''" was a song written by Alejandro, the group used to win with. That trip to LA introduced him to other artist one being Coyote of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Rodney contributed a bi-lingual song called "''Mas Dura''" to their effort on the American show, ''Star Search''. The band went on to win the season finale and signed to Capitol/EMI Latino. Their first single was "Bien Dura", a full Spanish version of the original bilingual song. Unknowingly, Alejandro became the only songwriter to win ''Star Search'' in Spanish and English. In 1992, Valentino signed a record deal with BMG International. Alejandro contributed 8 of the 10 tracks record for the album and project was released in 1993. While in the studio, Rodney met

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, a guitarist who mentioned the value of his Berklee education. Being self-taught in pop music got him only so far, so Rodney set his sights on

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. Upon returning to Houston from LA, Alejandro enrolled at a local community college to pursue his education and music professional goals.

(1995–1997)

Having completed basic requirement course a
San Jac Community College
he then transferred t
Berklee College of Music
in June 1995. Summer semester was his first, carrying a full course load, his objective was to get in and get out. By the end of summer he took a job in the school's work study program. He was assigned to th
Berklee Performance Center
where he worked as a

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, and later as

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for college functions and various professional concerts. This allowed him to stay and complete a degree program. He chose a dual degree program in music production and engineering and contemporary writing and production. His previous experience in professional music would help him throughout the journey. With each passing semester, he garnered more scholarship funds, and was awarded the Ticketmaster Award for Excellence. 1n 1997, Rodney completed his studies, graduating

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, and received the Production Scholar of the Year from the MP&E dept. and Outstanding Excellence from the CW&P dept. See Education below for further details.

Career

(1997–2001)

After graduating, Rodney headed to San Francisco with one connection. During his time at Berklee, he maintain a professional relationship with producer Preston Glass. Preston introduced Rodney to 3x Grammy Winner

Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...

the previous summer. Landing in SF, Rodney contacted Narada but there was no place for him in his camp at the time. Rodney pursued other avenues and worked as a stage hand to make ends. After 2 months he got a message Narada was now looking for a staff music programmer. Rodney reconnected with Narada and his first assignment to prove himself was a project for

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. Narada approved of his work and hired Rodney on staff in Oct 1997. During his tenure with Narada Michael Walden, Rodney worked with some of today greatest artist and legends. Sessions include artist and musicians,

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, Diana Ross,

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, Winans Phase 2, My Town,

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, Wild Orchid,

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, and

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amongst many others. In 1998, Rodney became a staff producer with Narada, contributing to many recordings as an Associate Producer. Rodney also joined Narada on various live performance events. In which Rodney performed with Stevie Wonder, Chucho Valdez, Sam Moore,

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, to name a few. Narada's show of love is giving people nicknames. After a session one day, Rodney acquired the name "Cortada". On every project completed with Narada he is credited with that moniker. It since has been added to various credits though Rodney has been independent since 2001. Highlights from Rodney's time at Tarpon Studios in San Rafael, CA under the super producer Narada Michael Walden. *

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's "''Since I Love You''" track on album titled ''

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'' released on

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in 1998. Rodney is credited with music programming/arranging. *

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' '' Phoenix Rising'' was the group's 1998 release on

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. Rodney co-wrote "''My Love''" and "''Tempt Me''", and contributed keyboards/programming services for the recording. The album spent a total 72 weeks on the

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charts, reaching #8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and #44 on Billboard 200 charts.

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/ref> ''Phoenix Rising'' was The Temptations first million selling album in over 20 years. The album was certified platinum on November 15, 1999. The album also garnered a

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in the category of Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. *

' '' Ear-Resistible'' released in 2000 on Motown/Universal Records, Rodney contributed as a Keyboardist/Bassist/Programmer/Engineer on the songs "''Party''" and " ''Kiss Me Like You Miss Me''". The album spent a total 26 weeks on the charts, reaching #16 ON R&B/Hip-Hop Album Charts and #54 on Billboard 200 Charts. ''Ear-Resistible'' garnered the group its 3rd Grammy Award in the category of Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. * Winans Phase II ''We Got Next'' album released in 1999 on

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. Rodney contributed arranging/programming services as well as performing on various instruments. The album spent 64 weeks on the Billboard Gospel Chart reaching a peak at #1. The album also spent time on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart reaching #93 and the Billboard 200 peaking at #168. ''We Got Next'' was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. *
Livin La Vida Mickey
is a compilation of songs for Disney. Rodney produced the artist Myra for her cover version of the Steppenwolf classic "'' Magic Carpet Ride''". Released on

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in 2000, he produced and provided music programming. The compilation album spent 38 weeks on the Billboard Kids Album Charts and reached #1. *

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's debut release on Cherry/

"''Mytown''" and released in 2000. Rodney co-wrote and produced "''Love Sent Angel''". He contributed on keyboards, engineering. and music programming.
Yoli Tamu
s "''Ain't No Stoppin' Sunshine''" Rodney performed as Associate Producer. The song was use in the film, "

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" starring

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and

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. The movie was released in 2003 by

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. Rodney also contributed as an engineer, musician, music programmer on her album entitle "''Breathing Underwater''". * "

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" television show broadcast on

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. Rodney performed as Associate Producer on the

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called "''Gimme A Sign''". The show starred

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and

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. The show earned 3

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and was

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nominated in 2000 for Outstanding Main Title Design. *

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soundtrack contains a song by

entitled "''As Long As I Can Dream''" Rodney performed as Associate Producer on the track included in the film released in 1999 by

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. * Yukie Kobayashi on For Life/Sony Records released a single in Japan entitled "''Who Do You Love''". The song was translated from English to Japanese, and Rodney co-wrote and co-produced the track.

(2001–2009)

In 2001, Rodney made the move to Los Angeles and officially launched SweetSpot Entertainment, Inc. His company would be the headquarters for all his music production, live performance and music publishing activities. While still cultivating his English music contacts, he began to make new connections for the Spanish music market. He would team up wit
Claudia Brant
and

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to begin writing for various project. He also worked wit
Andy Vargas

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), Adrianne Gonzalez(

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, Maria Conchita Alonso,

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, Corbin Blue,

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, amongst many other artist and provided music for film and TV productions. Here are some highlights from his work with SweetSpot Entertainment, Inc. He also works for The Script, in some way.

(2002)

* Vocal Director and Engineer- Manuel Romero releases his debut album on

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. * Arranger/Music Programmer- Marta Sanchez's track "''Tal Vez Fuiste Tu''" on her album entitles ''Soy Yo'' was released in Spain on Muxxic Latin/Universal Records. right * Keyboards/Music Programmer- Jan is a Latin singer released a track entitled "''Passion''" on Fonovisa/Univision Records. * Producer(Pop remix)-Groups La Onda's remix release of "''Asereje''" on Capital/EMI Latino release ''A Toda Onda''. Certified Gold for 500,000 plus sells on February 11, 2003, by the RIAA.RIAA
*Songwriter- "''Beso A Beso''" (Alejandro, Brant, Seroussi) recorded by Olga Tanon for WEA release ''

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''. This album spends 19 weeks on Billboard charts, peaking at #10 on Latin Pop Album Chart and #11 on Billboard Latin Album Chart. She also won a

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for her work in the category of Best Female Pop Album. On Dec 19, 2002, ''Sobrevivir'' was certified platinum for 1,000,000 plus sells by the RIAA. *Composer/Performer/Producer-

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for

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's hit TV series ''

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''. The show won many awards including a

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for Best Drama Series, a

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for Best Drama Series, in 2009, it received an

nomination for Best Drama Series and in 2008, awarded the American Film Institutes' Best Television Series.

(2003)

left * Live Performer on keyboards with

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, Los Angeles,

at Sunset Junction Festival, Los Angeles, G Tom Mac various cities, Andy Vargas at

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. * Keyboards/Music Programmer- on artis
Elan
s album ''Street Child'', released on AbbyWho Records. *Songwriter/Arranger- "''Besame Despacito''" & "''You Better Love Me''"(Alejandro, Claudia Brant, Nir Seroussi) released on Lideres/Universal Latino artist Sandra. *Songwriter-"''Mujer(Dulce Veneno)''"(Alejandro, Brant) released on RCA artist Juan Antonio's album project ''Los Que Se Aman''. *Songwriter- "''Cumbianchera''" (Alejandro, Brant) released on Capitol/EMI Latino artist La Onda's album ''Otra Onda''. In 2004, La Onda would win

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in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Tejano Performance. *Producer- "''Asi, Asi''" pop remix by La Onda on Capitol/EMI Latino release ''Otra Onda''. *Songwriter- "''Rompecabezas''" sung by

, on

Kumbia Kings The Kumbia Kings were a Mexican-American cumbia group from Corpus Christi, Texas, created by A.B. Quintanilla. Their music encompasses the styles of cumbia (hence their name), hip hop, and R&B. They produce songs in both Spanish and English. ...

Multi-Platinum Album '' 4''. The album spent 53 weeks on Billboard charts reaching #1 on the Latin Album Pop Chart, #33 on R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart, #53 on Billboard 200 Chart, and won Billboard Latin Pop Album of the Year by Duo or Group. The album was also

nominated in the category of Mejor Album Vocal Pop Duo o Groupo. In 2004, this project wins a

for Best Duo or Group in Regional Mexican Category. On November 4, 2004, ''Kumbia Kings 4'' was certified 2× platinum, for 2,000,000 plus sells by the RIAA.

(2004)

* Songwriter/Producer- "''Bombshell''" (R.Alejandro, A. Gonzalez) performed by Adrianne Gonzalez for the television series

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soundtrack release on Edge Artist/

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Records. * Songwriter- "''Mucho Mas Mujer''" (R.Alejadnro, C.Brant, N.Seroussi)All Music Guide
/ref> recorded by Melina Leon for her self-titled Sony Music release ''Melina Leon''. The album reached #14 on the Billboard Tropical Album Chart.

References

External links

Rodney Alejandro on All Music Guide

Rodney Alejandro on All Music Guide 2
* * The Shield from Sony Pictures Television *
SweetSpot Entertainment on YouTube
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alejandro, Rodney Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers The Shield Hispanic and Latino American musicians American musicians of Mexican descent 21st-century American male musicians Year of birth missing (living people)