Our Story
Born in Liege, Belgium, singer songwriter Freddy Zuma began playing guitar at the age of seven and formed his first band at thirteen, playing and absorbing a broad spectrum of music that is, as he says “Real music with a heartbeat and soul.”Honing his skills in a wide variety of different bands including a 8 piece Latin Salsa outfit he began to earn a reputation for his incredible determination, discipline and uncanny ability to play absolutely everything as well as a large notoriety for the talent and composure of any group at which he was at the head, leading to an opportunity with a major European record label. He quickly grew frustrated with them because they only to recreate commercial music, which he had no desire to imitate. So he set his sights on America, whose music he had fallen in love with at a young age and in a massive of feat of extreme will and determination he uprooted completely and journeyed to southern California. He came here with the simple pure vision of playing, creating, improving and sharing his music, living the long hungry struggle that sounds poetic but in reality is a beast and though. Freddy Zuma is an accomplished musician living and breathing his passion. His guitar playing is eclectic, varied, creative to the fullest and guaranteed to catch your ear and hold on, and a voice like his you have never heard before; it is soulful with the gravel of travels that begets wisdom and the range to traverse any song; that with the precision and deliberation of a true professional make Freddy’s music something all its own.
His message is open your eyes, broaden your mind, appreciate and tolerate everything all over the globe and grow and he is spreading it everywhere with that same determination that made this American dream born in Belgium an enduring reality.
Listen to the tracks and come to the shows; the music speaks for itself, and while you are listening to nothing else for weeks on end remember this: Freddy Zuma is just getting started.
-Michael Wolfe, 2014