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Paul Gigante’s 50th Birthday/H4 Benefit – Suggested Minimum Donation $10
January 24, 2016 @ 3:00 pm
3pm – Suggested Minimum Donation $10 to “The H4 Benefit”
DJ Paul Gigante
Paul Gigante is the President and owner of Gigante Productions, specializing in Senior, School and Sports Photography as well as Disc Jockey Entertainment. Although GPI was started in 1997, Paul has been DJing locally since 1982, starting at his neighborhood skating rink at age 16 and then while attending USF, DJing at many college bars including CC’s, Kasey’s Cove, Ricky’s, Penrod’s Palace, The Smart Ox, Ciaccio’s, Calico Jacks and many, many others. As a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, he started his mobile DJ business in 1985 by playing for fraternity and sorority parties, then wedding receptions, corporate functions and special events. With over 15,000 songs in his repertoire, Paul can play any genre, for any crowd, at any time, keeping the dance floor packed wherever he plays. Paul decided to start this benefit after seeing first hand, the staggering number of homeless students in our local school system. It has weighed on his mind for years and, after much thought, decided to turn his milestone 50th birthday into a benefit to help as many of those students as possible, to fill that void that a homeless college bound student may experience, as they transition from high school graduation to the start of their college career. Please join Paul and his friends as they make a difference and positively impact young lives.
USF “Hot” Band
Butch Ryan Band
A veteran of the Tampa music scene since the early 90s, Butch Ryan has been winning audiences worldwide with his classics-in-the-making originals and energized live sets.
Butch Ryan has had five CD releases, three of which received worldwide distribution through Miles-Of-Music based in Hollywood, CA, a premier roots-rock/Americana music distributor. His music has also received distribution through Not Lame Records.Â
Butch Ryan’s songs have charted in the Top 20 on several independent music charts in the US, Europe and Australia.
His CD, Wishing on the Stars, was in the top 10 sellers for several weeks on milesofmusic.com.
Butch Ryan has performed live for WMNF radio Tampa , WHOG FM 95.7 Daytona Beach, and BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool U.K. Butch has also been one of the gate bands the past 6 seasons for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
With over 1000+ gigs under his belt, Butch Ryan has gained international attention (Australia, Japan, Germany, UK, Denmark, Belgium).
In the summer of 2005, Butch Ryan was selected by Ultrashort Media Inc. to be a part of their MobileVoltage mobile music video channels on 3g mobile networks including Sprint and O2.
Shuteye Records out of Atlanta, Georgia, selected Butch Ryan to be on their compilation album “United States of Americana”, released in February 2006.
Butch Ryan has performed throughout the US, and completed a hugely successful tour of the United Kingdom in March 2005. In the Summer of 2005, Butch Ryan once again took to the road for a series of shows throughout the Midwest (Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Champaign, Atlanta). Another European tour followed in March 2006.
Whether opening for a major label act or blasting out a two hour original set , Butch Ryan never disappoints with his brand of approachable rock and roll.
Rosco Freed Band
Influenced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2 and Seal, Poetic and timeless in its nature, Rosco Freed Music is truly heart ‘n’ soul. Rosco has developed an International style with a down home cooking feel, aka comfort music.
www.reverberation.com/roscofreed
DJ SVRGE Farina
SVRGE has been producing electronic dance music since the young age of 11. He has created various remixes garnering over 100,000 streams. SVRGE has been DJing in the Tampa Bay area since 2009, but DJing is not SVRGE¹s only passion. SVRGE donated all monies earned and his time to a school in the Dominican Republic, Escuela Hermanas Mirabal, through his foundation “A Smile for the Sole. The school lacked the most basic needs of electricity and water. After many trips to the Dominican Republic, hard physical work and meetings along the way, SVRGE achieved his goal! During the summer of 2014, SVRGE worked with engineers and labor workers in the installment of a water well and electricity.
DJ “Richey” Rich
Fabrizio Alarcon, aka DJ Richey Rich, was raised in Richmond Hill, New York and started DJ’ing when he was 16 years old.
“I’ve always had a love for music. Growing up I enjoyed seeing people react to the music, so that’s when I decided that I wanted to be that person causing them have a good time, singing and dancing to the beat of the music.” RIchey followed his passion and became a Club DJ.
Paul Gigante met Richey met in 1986, while in college DJ’ing at the same nightclub. They were even in the same record pool (yes, records, LP’s and 45’s). They have been lifelong friends ever since. With the help of his friend, Richey transitioned from a nightclub DJ to a mobile DJ and today, they still work closely together at Gigante Productions as mobile DJ’s. Paul is even “Godfather” to his son, Richey Jr.