ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
J. Pelegrin’s creative history goes back to the beginning of the group LOS 4 BRILLANTES, formed in Uruguay in the 60’s: Yvonne (Lead Singer) Roberto (bass), Ricardo (guitar) and me, Jorge (keyboards). Then, a little later we added Hector (drums), who accompanied the Group and later was an integral part of it until the end, by 1970’s.
They began playing and singing in Uruguay, their homeland, traveling to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Perú and landing in Mexico, in 1964, where they remained until 1970 when decided to go separate ways.
Jorge got employed by CBS Columbia Records Mexico as a Producer-Artistic Director. After two years, working for the label, having produced several successful projects, encouraged by his Boss, he decided to move to New York, where he founded a successful future. Jorge’s relationship with New York City was “love at first sight.” Since 1974 to the present has been his home, except for eight years, between 1989 and 1998, were he had to take some time off to attend to family matters, back in Uruguay.
New York City, has been a great deal in Jorge’s life. It brought him the opportunity to develop himself into a better musician, a writer, and a better person, giving him the recognition and success in the English Language market, that to these days had helped him to complete many of his dreams, including writing Newspaper articles, books, and making movies. He is very grateful to New York City and its people.
In New York, he had the fortune to have produced five hit records for the American Market and some others in the hit parade top 40’s: WALKING DOWNTOWN, featuring Black Ivory, IF YOU WANT ME, by Ecstasy, Passion & Pain. FEEL GOOD, PARTY TIME, by J.R. Funk & the love machine. ROCK YOUR WORLD, by Weeks & Co. and I DON’T WANNA LOSE IT, featuring Wayne Cooper, late former CAMEO lead singer.
In 1998, returning to his beloved City of New York, destiny took him thru various ways until he went back to his heart and soul: the music. In 2005, with best friend Sue Samuels, a dancer, choreographer and multi-talented NYC icon, they approached something new. They began to write a Broadway-bound Musical Play, (THE DREAM FACTORY).
By 2008, they finished the writing and composing the music and lyrics. Some Broadway producers, read the script and listened to the play’s music and immediately showed interest in producing the show. They offered to assign an expert budget director and Executive Producer, thinking on a production budget of 5 million dollars and the request to do it fast since they needed to replace their fading Broadway play: SPRING AWAKENING, after seven years on stage.
Unfortunately, 14 days later, the Real Estate Market Crash surfaced. Jorge and Sue received a notice saying that due to the World’s economic situation, the project had been postponed indefinitely (All the investors were people affected by the Wall Street collapse). The market crash shattered their dreams.
Dented by this disappointing fact, Jorge began a life reorganization, which besides the Musical Play setback, that lead Jorge to his personal life collapse, ended in a bankruptcy and three consecutive brain strokes.
Changes in the entertainment market took him to other new ways, were taking advantage of the Electronic Music escalation, he began to produce Music Videos, Film production and, combining his music creativity, the writing and the new visual aspect of it.
He released his first Music-Video production on Youtube, by April of 2012.
Being that the Music business is in frank decadence, the music production has fallen to an unrecognizable mediocrity. A few productions in today’s market have a decent quality and the rappers, managed by obscure characters who own most record labels or managed to merge with unscrupulous big Media Corporations CEO's, have monopolized the pop music market, it became irrelevant to keep producing music for the American Market as a way of living.
Instead, the book industry has begun to pick-up, and Jorge now dedicates his time to the book writing. a long time postponed activity, that he reserved for later on his life. He has written a Musical Film Script, with 23 original songs, titled: DREAM FACTORY, selected by the 2015 Beverly Hills Film Festival, as the best Musical.
Then, he wrote a political/religious book: SAVING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, and a Fiction Novel: DEATH IS ONLY AN ILLUSION. All published on Amazon Books.
