Tony Choy Musical artist

Tony Choy is a Cuban-American electric bassist. He was a session musician for some well-known technical death metal bands such as Atheist, Cynic and the Dutch band Pestilence. He is one of the few bass players in metal that extensively uses the Slap & Pop playing technique, along with two-handed tapping.Nowadays he sings and plays bass in a Latin pop group named Area 305.In 2004 Tony Choy was nominated for a Latin Grammy award. He also has reached top 5 on the Billboard charts several times with several acts and himself as a solo artist. Tony Choy still resides in Miami, Florida, where he has a very successful production company by the name of Achoymusic and is also launching his first publishing company by the name of Achoymusic Publishing, licensed by B.M.I. Choy has an endorsement with Californian Zon Guitars [1]. And now he has joined the Ibanez family with his new endorsement to the company.As of 2014, Tony Choy volunteers his time at a local Miami church, Vision Church of Miami, playing bass every Sunday.

Personal facts

Tony Choy
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1970
Birth place
Havana , Cuba

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Atheist (band)
Pestilence (band)
Cynic (band)
Area 305
C-187
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Pop music
Progressive metal
Technical death metal
instrument
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Singing

Tony Choy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.zonguitars.com/zonguitars/tchoy_bio.html