Rico Blanco

Rico Rene Granados Blanco born March 17 1973 is a Filipino singer songwriter multiinstrumentalist record producer actor endorser and entrepreneur He began his career as one of the founding members and served as the chief songwriter vocalist guitarist and keyboardist of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya from 1994 until 2007 and has been a solo artist since 2008 Blancos songs and performances gained success and critical acclaim earning himself a reputation of being one of the wellreceived local music icons in the Philippines Blanco is also a stage film and television actor In theater he starred alongside Noel Cabangon and Joey Ayala in the Music Museum and 1970s Bistro production of Jesus Christ Superstar He also directed several music videos won an award for his work as advertising musical arranger