Mini Bio
Jose “Chipi” Estrada is a Guatemalan-born composer and sound designer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has composed for several short-films that have gone to major film festivals, earning him international and domestic awards for his music. His music widens through several genres always having a central-american roots unique style into them, from orchestral to electronic and sound design his culture is always present and brings an extra flavor to his music.
He began his musical career as a self-taught guitar player in Quetzaltenango, a city in the highlands of Guatemala known as “the cradle of culture” in the country. With no formal musical training, he moved to Guatemala City where he got into sound design and mixing for advertisement. At that time he discovered a whole new world of music that inspired and led him all the way to the Musicians Institute College of Music in Hollywood several years later. He currently is a sound editor, guitarist, producer and film composer based in Southern California.