Better known as "Titi", 35-year-old Miguel Angel Ortiz is a Colombian M.Sc engineer and drummer with over 20 years of experience in music performing, more than 48k followers on his Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/titidrums), more than 48k followers on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@ttdrums) and more than 40k suscribers and 8 Million views on YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/titiortiz).
With a self-taught musical background, he managed to be part of the city’s music scene from an early age by participating in “Rock a Parque”, the largest free festival of rock in Latin America, being only 14 years old.
His early beginnings playing metal and hardcore music developed a special "punch" and defined a strong style that characterizes his interpretation. However, throughout his career this drummer has successfully demonstrated its versatility and dynamism by working with some of the most recognized artists of the region as Maluma (Sony Music), Madina Lake (Roadrunner Records), Cali y el Dandee (Universal Music), Gusi (Sony Music), Esteman (Universal Music), Debi Nova (Los Angeles, USA), Rick Thorne (Los Angeles, USA), El Sin Sentido, Diva Gash, Sebastian Yepes, Elsa y Elmar, among others.
With recognitions as Best Performer of Rock al Parque in 2006, a Subterranica Award as best drummer in 2010, this Colombian drummer has positioned itself as one of the leading interpreters of the country. For this reasons Titi was invited on 2015 as a performer on the Pegate al Parche drum clinic, next to Derek Roddy, Dom Famularo, Eric Moore, James Murphy, so as the most recognized Colombian drummers. Additionally Titi is one of the promoters behind the "Bateristas de Colombia" (https://www.facebook.com/bateristasdecolombia) initiative, created with the sole intention of making visible the work of Colombian drummers.
Titi is currently the touring drummer for Colombian multi-platinum artist Maluma. With over 60 million followers on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/maluma), this 28-year-old artist has become the latinamerican artist with most followers on Instagram and a music phenomena with huge impact in the media around the world.
At just twenty-six years old, Juan Luis Londoño, better known by his stage name, ‘Maluma’, (composed of the first letters of the names of his mother, father and sister), has become one of the Artists with the greatest impact on urban music and the youth idol of Latin music globally. Winner of the Latin Grammy 2018 to the Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (by F.A.M.E.) Maluma is one of the most popular singers with active fans on social networks and the leader among Latino male singers with over 49 million followers on Instagram. This figure adds to more than 23 million fans on Facebook, 6 million on Twitter, and 22 million subscribers on their YouTube channel.
In 2017, he presented 105 concerts in Latin America, the United States, Europe and Israel, selling more than 1 million tickets on his MALUMA WORLD TOUR 2017 and becoming the Latin artist who sold the most concert tickets in 2017. In 2018 and 2019, he broke a record with full totals in all his concerts in the United States and Europe with his FAME World Tour and 11:11 World Tour filling Madison Square Garden (New York), American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forum (Los Angeles) among others.
In 2019, he sold out tickets at the largest stadium in Israel, the Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv with more than 60,000 spectators; He made history at the 18th Annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record as the protagonist of the concert in front of 200,000 people; and first appeared in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia before 25,000 people.
Since signing with Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released three albums that have debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Latin Albums list: Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018) and 11:11 (2019). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously obtain # 1 and # 2 on Billboard’s “Latin Airplay” list (“Sin Contrato” and “Chantaje”) and only the sixth to achieve it. To date, Maluma has fourteen # 1 hits on Billboard’s Latin Airplay list.
Endorsers
- Tama Drums (https://www.tama.com/eu/artists/detail/1316.html)
- Regal Tip (http://www.regaltip.com/artist-roster/miguel-angel-ortiz)
- Paiste Cymbals (http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=bio&endorserid=6069)
- RTOM Corporation / Moongel (http://rtom.com/artists-media/)
- Big Fat Snare Drum
- Snareweight
- Cympad
- Porter & Davies (https://www.porteranddavies.co.uk/artist/miguel-angel-ortiz-titi)
- La Manta Accesorios
Music Experience
Recording and/or live drummer with:
Madina Lake, Debi Nova, Diva Gash, Rick Thorne, Sebastián Yepes, Gusi y Beto, Cali y el Dandee, El Sin Sentido, Esteman, Elsa y Elmar, Consulado Popular, Globos de Aire, Pablo Arévalo, Seis Peatones, Natalia Bedoya, Little Bitter Cubes, Sarah D, Ian, Cazador, El Sagrado, Tierradentro, Injury, Heartless, Steps, OAG, Adagio, among others.
Discography
• No Promises Made – Injury (2004)
• Closer to Hell – Injury (2006)
• Divino Dolor – El Sagrado (2008)
• Si Pudieramos Comer Oro – El Sin Sentido (2009)
• 2 .Lov. – Divagash (2009)
• No Digas Nada (Balada Single) – Cali y el Dandee (2012)
• Pobre Corazon (Single) - Esteman (2013)
• El Pasado (Single) – Esteman (2015)
• Seis Peatones - Polvo (2016)
Featured Concerts (attendance of more than 20.000 people)
- Rock al Parque (2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
- Festival de Marne 2009 (Paris, France)
- Shock Awards 2009 (Colombian National TV broadcast)
- SXSW 2011 (Austin, Texas)
- Evento 40 (2012)
- Nuestra Tierra (2012)
- Festival Estéreo Picnic (2014)
- Concierto Megaland (2015)
- Tigo Music Fest, Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia (2015)
- Suena Caracas (2015)
- SMILE Festival Mar del Plata (2015)
- Carnavales de Guaranda (2016)
- Brahva Summer Fest Puerto Quetzal (2016)
- Festival Cultural Zacatecas (2016)
- MTV Miaw Awards (2016)
- Festival Viña del Mar (2017)
- Festival Villamix (2017)
- MTV Miaw Awards (2017)
- MTV Music Awards (2018)
Awards and Recognition
- Best Metal Artist Shock Awards 2005 (Injury)
- Best Rock al Parque Artist 2005 (Injury)
- Best Rock al Parque Performer 2006
- Best New Rock Artist Shock Awards 2009 (El Sin Sentido)
- Best Drummer Subterranica Awards 2010
Seminars and Clinics
- Rock Drumming Clinic (Radioacktiva y El Redoblante 2007)
- Pégate al Parche Drum Clinic (2015) next to Derek Roddy, Dom Famularo, Eric Moore, James Murphy, so as the most recognized Colombian drummers
- Hybrid Drumming Concepts (Sony Music Latin America 2020)