

John DeFaria
Composer, producer and guitarist for global commercials, TV and movies
Latest Tracks
- When All Is Said And Done4136/1Pensive acoustic song about a situation that must be faced, no running away. US female vocal4:18
- You Won't See Me Cry4136/4Dark contemporary country blues song with female vocal about deception, manipulation & struggling to break free3:49
- It Must Be You4136/5Wistful contemporary country blues song with female vocal about a mysterious yet strangely familar drifter. Dreamlike & perplexing3:18
- I Won't Bite (This Time)4136/7Darkly erotic song with seductive US female vocal. Beguiling contemporary folk blues noir vibe 3:30
- Sunbelt3811/1Upbeat, playful bluegrass in 5/4 featuring banjo, guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, marimba & percussion2:18
The story behind the sound
Composer, guitarist, producer and performer John DeFaria’s career began in Miami Florida where he attended The University of Miami Frost school of music. After graduating John joined Gloria Estefan’s band The Miami Sound Machine and wrote Gloria’s hit ‘Get on your Feet’, for which he won the ASCAP pop award, together with an American Music award for favorite Pop/Rock group. As a musician, John has recorded on numerous movie scores such as ‘Holes,’ James Cameron’s ‘Ghosts of the Abyss,’ commercials for Direct TV and Subaru; and television shows for Lifetime, Discovery Channel, Warner Brothers Telepictures and The Oprah Winfrey show. John continues to work in film and television composing and producing tracks for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Lifetime Movies, ABC Family, MTV, New Line Cinema, ESPN, Warner Bros. Telepictures, BET Networks, Lion’s Gate Films, National Geographic Channel, UFC, Fox and CNN. John runs his production company Baobab Music and his studio behind his house in Culver City.
Composer and producer John DeFaria started his career as guitarist in Gloria Estefan’s band, writing her hit “Get On Your Feet".