Vincent Veloso is an Asian Filipino-American martial artist (Kodokan judo, Tekken-ryu jujutsu, Nihon Goshin Aikido), trained salsa ballroom dancer & actor, model, multi-award winning: writer/producer/director, businessman & 17 instrument performing musician. Originally from New Jersey, he was interested in music and acting at a young age, eventually attending NYU jazz studies program. He has studied music with Ted Nash, Ralph Lalama, Vincent Herring, Steve Coleman, Jerome Callet, Kenny Werner and George Garzone. He studied acting with Ronald Rand, actorsinc and Wendy Mckenzie.
Since 1995, he has been working with many of the established Latin Alternative/rock en espanol crowd, as well as many highly respected jazz musicians, swing and funk acts. He has worked and/or appeared w/ King Chango, Ozomatli, Los Pericos, Los Amigos Invisibles, Pacha Massive, Control Machete, Javier Garcia, Yerba Buena, Sidestepper, Sean Lennon, Jaron Lanier, Badawi, Frank Foster, "Alkebulan" Rodriguez, Jazz Sawyer, Kaleta, DJ Logic, DJ Spooky, DJ Olive, DJ Kenny Summit, DJ Cleveland, DJ Tony Touch, M'lumbo, Dave Stryker, George Garzone, Joe Shepley, Donald Byrd, Bryan Lynch, Bobby Sanabria, Arturo O'farrill, Sunny Jain, Victor Barrientos, Dennis Davis, Tootes & the Maytails, Nick Palumbo & the Flipped fedoras, Dean Shot & the blues Revue, Si Se, Atercielados, Avatar, Brenda K Starr, & many others.
Performance highlights include headlining the 2002 Montreal Jazz Festival with the Venezuelan group King Chango and many world tours with King Chango and Pacha Massive.
Vincent was a professor at the Academy of music of Ramapo College from 1999 to 2006 where he taught winds and music theory, & is the current brass instructor, drill writer/instructor and Co-director for the Crimson Kings Drum, Fife & Bugle Corps.
Vince is also featured on a number of music and commercial recordings & films as a musician, music composer, and screenwriter.
After appearing in several short films in the late 90's, Vincent began a more serious acting career in 2009 after his friend, singer/actress Margarita Martirosyan asked him if could play bass and accompany her on a commercial audition where he was also introduced to an agent. Vincent has since made several TV and film appearances, and has directed films like Watson (2015) and shows including the SAG new media series Changelings (2013) which he wrote, executive produced and directed which was accepted into Marche Du Film Festival de Cannes. Changeling season 1 featured Jacob Berger (Instagram comedian, Wonderwheel) and Karlee Perez (Lucha Underground, WWE) and won a multitude of awards and accolades.
Changelings season 2 episode "Aswang" features Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things 2, Orange is the New Black, Insecure), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, Justice League Animated) and Playboy Playmate Stormi Maya (Playing with Dolls, Cattle). It won best sci-fi FX supernatural series and best actor(Catherine Curtin) at the 2017 U.A.S.E supported by HBO/Cinemax. Episode "Forlorn Lauren: Features Lauren Francesca (Barely Political, social media personality with 1.9 million followers on facebook), Jeffrey Gurian (comedian & best selling author) and Scott Churchson (America's Got Talent). It was selected as semi-finalist for the 2017 Caribbean Film & Market Fest. The series is now available through Amazon Prime.