Fredo Viola

Fredo Viola is an American singer/songwriter and multi-media artist. He was born in London, England but has resided in the US for most of his life. He currently lives in Woodstock, NY. He graduated from Tisch Film school at NYU - but has always been most passionate about music. Viola lists some influential artists as Shostakovich, Britten, Bartok, Stravinsky, and Belle & Sebastian to name a few. He became an internet hit on youtube with "The Sad Song" in 2004. In 2007 he signed with French label Because Music and plans on releasing his debut album late 2008. In late 2007, Fredo devoted his attention to a long series of live to digital performances he called "cluster videos," releasing one per month on his website. "Cluster Videos" In late 2008, working in collaboration with a Flash design team in Spain ("Aer visual studio",) he released an interactive web site which also serves the function of displaying his new interactive videos. The videos come in unusual shape (circular, hexagonal) as well as widescreen rectangular, and can be turned during playback.