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 solo_singer october 6 , 1975 reggae , pop william_vivanco . jpg santiago , cuba william vivanco
william vivanco

william vivanco -lrb- born october 6 , 1975 , in santiago , cuba -rrb- is a composer and musician .
vivanco learned to play guitar by frequenting casa de la trova on calle heredia in santiago , `` stealing chords '' .
he busked in the streets , and also performed with a professional children 's choir .
he trained his voice , learning the techniques that would enable him to develop his distinctively percussive vocal style .
he also played day-long `` romerias '' and at the festival of singers of the americas in guantánamo .
vivanco first came to havana when he was 23 years old .
the bis music label at the santa clara song festival spotted him and offered him the possibility to make his first solo album in 2002 called `` lo tengo to ' pensa'o '' , a mix of brazilian music , pop and reggae .
his song and the accompanying video clip `` cimarrón '' became popular .
`` cimarrón '' -lrb- literally , `` one who lives on mountaintops '' -rrb- refers to african slaves who ran away from their spanish masters .
in 2006 , vivanco recorded his second solo album , `` la isla milagrosa '' , produced by descemer bueno and roberto carcassés .
in recent times vivanco has started to distance himself from his funkier , poppier tunes in favour of music that is more `` santiaguera '' -lrb- from santiago -rrb- , more cuban , more rhythmic -- more traditional .
vivanco has performed in france .
in 2003 he performed at les transmusicales de rennes festival , then in 2004 at the paleo festival de nyon , at the cuban night of les nuits de fourvière de lyon , and in august 2005 he played at the vence festival les nuits du sud .
