Born on the 26th of March 1976, at Darlinghurst,
Sydney – Australia, Edoardo Paul Santoni also known as Edo grew up in a lovely
suburb of Forestville on the North Shore. This area is renowned for being the
typical suburban area but is also surrounded by a lot of National park. This
lead him to spend most of his childhood playing in the bush, camping, playing
cubby house in caves, fishing and being the average normal naughty teenager.
One of his
fondest memories when playing in the bush at a young age was when he
accidentally started a bushfire with his mates, which became an absolutely
terrifying experience for him. Boys being boys he’d do it again! Edo is also
known for his musical talent and his outgoing ways. When he was old enough to
start work, his first part-time job turned out to be at a butcher’s shop
cleaning meat trays after school. Italians are excessive about cleaning and
being Italian by descent this was a great first job for him even though he
claims ‘It was the most horrible job.’
One of his many passions in life is music. You can't
exactly put a time stamp for when music first made a mark on his life because he’s
always been around music. His father is a musician who would casually perform
gigs on the weekend. By the time his teenage years rolled by he started his
first band at the age of 13 and there was this one house where he and his band
mates would go to and jam. ‘We would just play there every afternoon
afterschool.’ His band started by learning the Beatles, classic rock like Led
Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. When they were good enough to perform for an
audience they began to play at friends parties and even pubs before he was 18.
His Father worked in the hospitality industry working
for 5-star hotels as a room service manager. With his father in the hospitality
industry Edo was able to travel parts of the world, staying in beautiful hotel
rooms which became the best part of growing up and consequently now he loves
staying in hotel rooms even more than houses. His Mother, Margaret was your
typical 80’s woman, very career focused. In the 80’s there was a massive boom in
the economy and this was when women really started thriving in the workforce. His
mother became very successful in the real-estate industry. His parents actually
met at his father’s restaurant and the rest is history, unfortunately this
relationship ended his father’s first marriage as he was at the time already
married. No matter the circumstance Edo is quiet close with his older brother
and sister from his father’s first marriage.
Entering his early years of adulthood Edo began his
journey into music, which has enabled him to express himself. As a kid in his
free time he enjoyed making music, playing music and doing lots of jam
sessions. He still does this. His very first performance was when he played
lead role in the production Oliver in year 6. It was this performance that made
Edo realize that this is what he wanted to do in the future, this lead him to
pursue a career in music and earned a degree at the University of Sydney.
Present day, he has a job as at Music Mosaics in
Sydney as a Director specializing services in performance, recording and
education. Musicians such as Miles Davis, Herby Hancock, James Taylor has been
inspirations but the biggest has been Jim Morrison. Edo would dress up like
him, sang like him and even perform songs in pubs pretending he was Jim, so
much so that Edo would sometimes perform with his back toward the audience as
Jim did.
Edo feels that there is still more to accomplish in
life and he will continue to work toward his goals. Looking back at Edo’s life
he would like to be remembered as a funny, clumsy, endearing, naughty but nice
guy. Someone that generally made a lot of good things happen and who helped
others be the best versions of themselves.
