Bio

"Adrian Apollo" : born Adrian Paul Ballesteros of Long Beach, California was raised in a family that revolved very strongly around both artistic and musical expression. At get together's as far back as I can remember, no matter where we went, a piano, guitar or accordion was always at the center of a huge choir made up of just our family. If you were too young to participate with the mexican sing-alongs, you found yourself branching off into a different section of the house to make your own kind of music with the cousins that you felt as close to as your immediate family members were to you. It was a fun way that kept us close and what developed was a mixture of sounds from our individual talents which also allowed us an outlet for our minds to escape the daily ghettos of our lives. As generations passed on, and the reunions lesser Adrian kept up with playing on his own until he began writing music of his own. Trying to mimmick sounds from the radio and incorporate them with his own personal influences, such as Prince, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and Stevie Wonder. Now with a library of over 300 original songs that touch every genre, Adrian's goal is to write music for artists in a taylored fashion to their own talents and abilities. And in doing so, providing a comfortable life for him and his family to live on in return.