PipoBeats
Rising Pop Artist Filippo Gabella, known as PipoBeats, is of Chilean descent and is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician. Starting at the tender age of eight-years-old, playing on shoeboxes in lieu of a real drum set and performing at his school talent shows and local events. Pipobeats is now a rising pop artist who was a winner on NBC’s Songland Season 2, the Luis Fonsi episode. Luis Fonsi recorded and released PipoBeats’ track “Sway” as a result, and the song hit the #1 spot on the iTunes Music Chart in the US. He has performed on national and international stages for thousands of viewers around the world while touring and on Asian and Chilean television. PipoBeats’ music has been streamed and played on over 700 college stations and has been featured in various digital and print publications. His fans can also look forward to a single in Spanish and English that will be coming soon. Who inspired you to be a part of the music industry? I was inspired at a young age by my elementary school friends and family. In fact, I decided what my career was going to be before I started making music. The love of music was ingrained in me through my parents since I was a little kid. So when I was 14 I was thinking about what I wanted to do, I thought, what can I do that I’m good at, that I can love, for the rest of my life? And I kind of had this epiphany, like a slap-in-the-face moment and I decided that I was going to be an music artist. What are some of the biggest problems you have encountered in this journey of music? In learning every aspect of the music the creative and the business. Making a catchy songs from scratch, directing, producing and editing my own music videos, developing my own website, merchandise sales, tickets sales, etc, they all have been challenges in this journey of music. However, I welcome problems and challenges because it allows an opportunity to learn and get better. You become stronger!
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Being a musician what do you enjoy the most about it ? By being a musician, I enjoy most that I can positively impact peoples’ lives via my music. If I can make a person life better by making them dance, sing, or dream then I won!
