Ming aka 明哥 aka Tío Minggo has toured and recorded as a bassist, vocalist, trombonist and trumpeter in Asia, the Americas, and Europe of various genres including jazz, metal, ska, reggae, funk, neo-soul, indie-rock, prog, and Balkan fanfare. Ming is also an audio engineer, gig/tour/event coordinator, artist fixer, web developer, and educator. Previous to moving to Hong Kong in 2017, he was based in the Carolinas USA, Shanghai China, and Guatemala City. Ming has no idea why he is writing all of this in third person.
contact via IG: @el.chinogringo
All Projects
| Year | Project | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | "I Really Wanna" | JUNK! | Performer (guitar) |
| 2025 | Emo Valentine's Day | Hong Kong Emo Tribute Band | Performer (bass, vocals), Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Opening for JPBS | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2025 | Dapple Patterns album / vinyl | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2025 | in-studio live recording | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2025 | performance at the HK Sevens | The Red Stripes | Performer (trombone) |
| 2025 | HK Ska and Reggae Festival | The Red Stripes | Performer (trombone) |
| 2025 | opened for Neuroot | King Death, Fight Club | Performer (bass) |
| 2024 | PigRat joint: Round Eye in Hong Kong | Round Eye, Kvyle, John Travoltron | Performer (bass), Executive Producer |
| 2024 | PigRat joint: Purple Party | King Death, Concealers, ARKM | Performer (bass), Executive Producer |
| 2024 | PigRat presents: The Glorious Return of JUNK! | Kelsey Please, Junk, King Death | Performer (bass), Organizer, promoter |
| 2024 | PigRat presents: 420 Fest | Say Mosquito, King Death, Concealers | Performer (bass), Organizer, promoter |
| 2024 | PigRat presents: A Very PigRat Christmas | Dude Law, The Lockouts, King Death, A Vivid Machine | Performer (bass), Organizer, promoter |
| 2024 | PigRat presents: Halloween 2024 | Blink-182, Sublime, Gin Lizzy, SilkSonic | Performer (bass in Sublime), Organizer, promoter |
| 2024 | King Demo | King Death | Performer (bass) |
| 2024 | Hi Mom EP | King Death | Performer (bass) |
| 2024 | "Ballad of the Death King" Music Video | King Death | Performer (bass) |
| 2024 | "Couldn't be Happier" Music Video | King Death | Performer (bass) |
| 2024 | "Master of Puppies" | John Travoltron | Performer (bass), Writer, Producer |
| 2024 | Tour with Bremen Entertainment Inc. | Bremen Entertainment Inc, Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2024 | SanSing CUHK Student Show | David Boring, MouseFX, Scat, JVSY, Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2023 | Pigrat Presents: 5th Annual Hong Kong Halloween Tribute Show | Death From Above 1979, Pearl Jam, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arctic Monkeys | Performer (DFT 1979 bass, vocals), Promoter, Organizer, Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival (Hong Kong) | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2023 | "The Drift" Music Video and single | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2023 | "Red" Music Video | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2023 | "Red" Single | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2023 | Various shows in HK | John Travoltron, Streets of Rage, Jazove Mixtape, Virgin Vacation | Performer (bass, trombone), Organizer, promoter |
| 2023 | PigRat presents: "The Noise Revival Orchestra" Hong Kong Tour | The Noise Revival Orchestra | Organizer, promoter, Executive Producer, Performer (trombone, cajon, vocals) |
| 2023 | JUNK! Flap Afterparty at Aftermath | JUNK! | Performer (guitar) |
| 2023 | HyperSonic Fest | Jazove Mixtape | Performer (trombone, trumpet) |
| 2023 | Jazove Mixtape - Sole Divinity (The 3rd Anniversary Livestream) | Jazove Mixtape | Performer (trombone, trumpet) |
| 2023 | First King Death show | King Death | Performer (bass) |
| 2023 | "Reptile Dysfunction" Single | John Travoltron | Performer (bass), engineering/prodution |
| 2023 | "Avian Influencer" Single | John Travoltron | Performer (bass), engineering/prodution |
| 2022 | Raw Dog | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2022 | PigRat Presents: 4th Annual Hong Kong Halloween Tribute Show | Primus, Metallica, Viagra Boys, Third Eye Blind, At The Drive In | Organizer, promoter, Performer (Primus bass, vocals; ATDI vocals), Exec Prod |
| 2022 | "Death is a Job" Music Video and single | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2022 | "Waste Well" Music Video and single | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2022 | HKAPA Sunset Concert 2022 | Virgin Vacation | Performer (trombone) |
| 2022 | Various shows in HK and NZ | John Travoltron, Streets of Rage, Jazove Mixtape, Virgin Vacation | Performer (bass), Organizer, promoter |
| 2022 | "Interlude" | wellsaid | Performer (trombone) |
| 2022 | "Threadbare" | wellsaid | Performer (trombone) |
| 2022 | "Disappeared" | DeerMX | Performer (trombone) |
| 2022 | PigRat presents: Back to Not Normal | Noise Control, Club Fiasco, John Travoltron, Rokkasen | Performer (bass, vocals), Promoter, Organizer, Executive Producer |
| 2022 | PigRat presents: A show | Streets of Rage, Ozmium, The Priceless Boat | Performer (bass, vocals), Promoter, Organizer, Executive Producer |
| 2021 | We Hate Puns | John Travoltron | Writer, Performer (bass), Producer |
| 2021 | various concerts Hong Kong | John Travoltron, Streets of Rage, Jazove Mixtape, Virgin Vacation, wellsaid | Performer (trombone, trumpet, bass) |
| 2021 | "Call It Off" Music Video | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2021 | "Dead Arm" | mellowdrama | Performer (trombone) |
| 2021 | PigRat and Sunset Studio presents: We Need This Weekend (Music Festival) | various artists | Co-organizer, promoter, Performer (bass), Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Pigrat Presents: 3rd Annual Hong Kong Halloween Tribute Show | System of a Down, Touming Magazine, My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo | Organizer, promoter, Performer (SOAD bass, vocals), Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Quarantine Sessions Video Series | John Travoltron | Writer, Performer (bass), Producer, Video Producer |
| 2020 | Spill Blood Lyric Video | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | Spill Blood Live Performance Video | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass), Video Producer |
| 2020 | Spill Blood Single | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | Sinking Ships Lyric Video | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | Bath Salts Live Performance Video | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass), Video Producer |
| 2020 | Streets of Rage (album) | Streets of Rage | Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | Sound of Ox's Tongue | M.E.A.T.S. | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | "All Hail" from the GotHam? Split EP with Bastardon | M.E.A.T.S. | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | "Panticrist" | Bastardon | Guest performer (vocals) |
| 2020 | Tribute to Tool Live Show (HK) | Hong Kong Tribute to Tool | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2020 | "Bella Ciao" Live Performance Video | La Fanfarria del Capitán | Guest performer (trombone) |
| 2020 | Guren x Death to Giants: 27.6.2013 | Death to Giants | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2020 | "Viral" | Bastardon | Guest performer (trombone) |
| 2020 | "Mean" | Tang Siu Hao | Guest performer (trombone) |
| 2020 | Various concerts in Hong Kong | Streets of Rage, M.E.A.T.S | Performer (trombone, vocals, bass) Promoter |
| 2020 | First Streets of Rage concert (Aftermath Bar Hong Kong) | Streets of Rage | Promoter, Performer (bass) |
| 2020 | 2nd Annual Hong Kong Halloween Tribute Show | Tool and friends | Organizer, promoter, Performer (Tool bass, vocals), Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Raw Cuts (live) | M.E.A.T.S. | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2019 | "Mileage May Vary" | Wellsaid | Guest performer (trombone) |
| 2019 | Various concerts in Hong Kong | M.E.A.T.S., Wellsaid | Performer (trombone, vocals, bass) Promoter |
| 2019 | 1st Annual Hong Kong Halloween Tribute Show | Tool, Black Sabbath, Hole, Ramones | Organizer, promoter, Performer (Tool bass, vocals), Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Demo | M.E.A.T.S. | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2018 | Various concerts in Hong Kong | M.E.A.T.S. | Performer (trombone, vocals, bass) Promoter |
| 2018 | Opening for The Professionals (Hong Kong) | David Boring | Guest/Fill-in performer (bass) |
| 2018 | Freespace Jazz Fest (Hong Kong) | Sensi Lion | Performer (trombone) |
| 2018 | Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival (Hong Kong) | Sensi Lion | Performer (trombone) |
| 2018 | First M.E.A.T.S. concert (Lamma Grill Hong Kong) | M.E.A.T.S. | Performer (bass) |
| 2017 | MC Algebra One Math Educational Rap Videos | MC Algebra One | Writer, Producer, Video Producer, Performer (vocals, DAW) |
| 2016 | Solo Acoustic Concert in Guatemala City Guatemala | Nichols | Performer (guitar, vocals, percussion) |
| 2016 | Pagan Holograms | Fun Guys From Space | Writer, Producer, Performer (DAW) |
| 2015 | Demo | Ciudad Laseres | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2015 | Family Mart Anthem (WASH Compilation Vol. 4 Track) | Death to Giants | Writer, Producer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2015 | Experiments in Veganisms | Fun Guys From Space | Writer, Producer |
| 2015 | Ataque de la Planeta Jungla | Fun Guys From Space | Writer, Producer, Performer (DAW) |
| 2014 | The Machinery of Other Skeletons - "Boss Fight" (RMB Remix) | Ren Min Beats | Producer |
| 2014 | Sick and Elastic (Live Video) | Death to Giants | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2014 | Tour of Germany | Death to Giants | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2014 | Snakes | Death to Ponies | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2014 | Mangez | Death to Ponies | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2014 | We Are Shanghai, Vol. 3 | various artists | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Family Mart Anthem Music Video | Death to Giants | Writer, Producer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2014 | Family Mart Anthem / This Pyre's For You | Death to Giants | Writer, Producer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2014 | Various concerts in Shanghai | Death to Giants, Death to Ponies, Ren Min Beats | Promoter, Performer |
| 2013 | Goodbye Shanghai Article | Nichols | Guest Writer |
| 2013 | Goodbye Shanghai Music Festival | various artists | Executive Producer, Promoter, Performer (bass, vocals, trombone) |
| 2013 | China Tour (Beijing, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu) | Death to Giants | Tour Manager, Executive Producer, Promoter, Performer (bass, vocals, trombone) |
| 2013 | China Tour (Beijing, Wuhan, Zhengzhou) | Death to Ponies | Tour Manager, Executive Producer, Promoter, Performer (bass, vocals, trombone) |
| 2013 | Various concerts in Shanghai | Rainbow Danger Club, Death to Giants, Death to Ponies, Death to iAmalam, Death to Cinema | Promoter, Performer |
| 2013 | Jaret Leto (Live) | Death to Giants | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | Uggghhh!!! Music Video | Death to Giants | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | Remixed, Remastered, Retarded | Ren Min Beats | Writer, Producer, Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Nerd Violence | Ren Min Beats | Writer, Producer, Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Tribute to Tool Live Show (Shanghai) | Shanghai Tribute to Tool | Performer (bass) |
| 2013 | Swine Water | Death to Ponies | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | Swine Water (on Metal Postcard Records) | Death to Ponies | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | We Are Shanghai, Vol. 2 | various artists | Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Blood Pours Out (free edition) | Death to Giants | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | Blood Pours Out (premium edition) | Death to Giants | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | Souvenirs | Rainbow Danger Club | Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Performer (bass, vocals, trombone, banjo) |
| 2013 | Death to Beijing (Death to Giants, Death to Cinema, Death to Ponies, and Acid Pony Club) | Death to Giants, Death to Ponies, Death to Cinema | Performer (bass, vocals), Promoter, tour manager |
| 2013 | DaBaoGe #20 "Enduring Love" (live performance short film) | Rainbow Danger Club | writer, Performer (ukelele, vocals) |
| 2013 | Opened for Japandroids | Death to Giants | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2013 | Guitar Tech for Gang of Four | Nichols | guitar tech |
| 2013 | Ironic T-Shirt (exclusive single) | Rainbow Danger Club | Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Performer (bass, vocals, trombone) |
| 2012 | Argentinian band La Fanfarria del Capitan (Capitan Tifus) China Tour | Fanfarria del Capitán | Tour Manager, promoter |
| 2012 | Austin-TX band The Noise Revival Orchestra China Tour | The Noise Revival Orchestra | Tour Manager, promoter, performer (trombone) |
| 2012 | Various concerts in Shanghai | Rainbow Danger Club, Death to Giants | Promoter, Performer |
| 2012 | Strawberry Music Festival (Shanghai) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2012 | Tour of the United States (Austin, San Antonio, Boston, Brooklyn, Manhattan Philadelphia, Richmond, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Columbia, Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls) | Rainbow Danger Club | Tour Manager, Promoter, Executive Producer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2012 | Live in Austin (Broadcast on KVRX) | Rainbow Danger Club | writer, Performer (bass, vocals, banjo, cardboard box) |
| 2012 | Anyone Can Learn to Count in Chinese Music Video | Death to Giants | writer, Performer (bass, vocals), Video Producer |
| 2012 | Tribute to System of a Down Live Show (Shanghai) | Shanghai Tribute to System of Down | Performer (bass) |
| 2012 | "Grab Your Cap" | The Song Dynasty | Guest performer (trombone) |
| 2012 | We are Shanghai, Vol. 1 | various artists | Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Anyone Can Learn to Count in Chinese (single) | Death to Giants | writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2012 | "Excessive Touching" (Remix/Mashup from Friend or Foe's remix album "What Have You Done With My Claw?") | Ren Min Beats | Producer |
| 2012 | Into The Cellar EP | Rainbow Danger Club | Producer, writer, Performer (bass, vocals), Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Just Another Band from Shanghai | Death to Giants | writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2012 | Death to Giants presents Death to Cinema (featuring DJ B.O.) Old What Bar - Beijing, CN | Death to Giants | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2012 | JUE Festival: Shanghai Ascending (concert in Beijing with Friend or Foe, Rainbow Danger Club) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2011 | First Death to Giants Show (BDs - Shanghai) | Death to Giants | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2011 | Various concerts in Shanghai | Rainbow Danger Club, Death to Giants, Battle Cattle | promoter, Performer |
| 2011 | Shanghai: The Gathering (concert in Wuhan) | Rainbow Danger Club | Tour Manager, promoter, Performer (bass, vocals), executive producer |
| 2011 | Black Rabbit Festival (Beijing) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2011 | Black Rabbit Festival (Shanghai) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2011 | Modern Sky Strawberry Music Festival (Zhenjiang) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2011 | My Claw is Never Limp | Friend or Foe | Producer, guest performer (vocals) |
| 2011 | Where Maps End | Rainbow Danger Club | Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2011 | Shanghai (live) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass) |
| 2010 | Various concerts in Shanghai | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2010 | The New Atlantis EP | Rainbow Danger Club | Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2009 | Various concerts in Shanghai | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2009 | First Rainbow Danger Club Show (Harley's Bar, Shanghai) | Rainbow Danger Club | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2008 | various concerts in Columbia, SC, USA | This Machine is Me | Performer (guitar) |
| 2007 | Demo | This Machine is Me | Producer, Writer, Performer (guitar) |
| 2007 | various concerts in Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA | This Machine is Me | Performer (guitar) |
| 2006 | various concerts in Columbia, Lexington, SC, USA | Point O Eight | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2005 | Tickets to the Gunshow (posthumous release) | Point O Eight | Writer, Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2005 | various concerts in Columbia, Lexington, SC, USA | Point O Eight, Prier | Performer (bass, vocals) |
| 2005 | Various performances with the Marching, Wind, and Jazz Ensembles | UofSC Bands | Performer (trombone, euphonium, tuba) |
| 2004 | Original Score for the short film "The Last Paperboy" | Nichols | Writer, Producer, Performer (DAW) |
| 2004 | Original Music for the short film "Guerilla Opera" | Nichols | Writer, Co-producer, Performer (DAW) |
| 2004 | Original Music for the short film "Guerilla Opera" (part 2) | Nichols | Writer, Co-producer, Performer (DAW) |
| 2004 | Maximize the Crickets | Yesterlung | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2004 | Demo Album (posthumous release) | Prier | Writer, Producer, Performer (bass) |
| 2004 | various concerts in Columbia, SC, USA | Yesterlung, Prier, Penumbrae, Point O Eight | Performer (bass) |
| 2004 | Various performances with the Marching, Wind, and Jazz Ensembles | UofSC Bands | Performer (trombone, euphonium, tuba) |
| 2003 | released 3 Penumbrae ÆP | Penumbrae | Writer, Performer (bass) |
| 2003 | various concerts in Columbia, Greenville, SC, USA | Penumbrae, Yesterlung | Performer (bass) |
| 2003 | Various performances with the Marching, Wind, and Jazz Ensembles | UofSC Bands | Performer (trombone, euphonium, tuba) |
| 2002 | began playing bass - Blossom Parking Garage Jams | Penumbrae | Performer (bass) |
| 2002 | Various performances with the Marching, Wind, and Jazz Ensembles | UofSC Bands | Performer (trombone, euphonium, tuba) |
| 2001 | Various performances with the Marching, Wind, and Jazz Ensembles | UofSC Bands | Performer (trombone, euphonium, tuba) |
| 2001 | various concerts in Rock Hill, SC, USA | SMD (with Jason Poore and Jay Sanford) | Performer (vocals, trombone, guitar) |
| 2001 | South Carolina All-State High School Jazz Band (dir. Dan Moore) | South Carolina All-State Jazz Band | Performer (trombone, tuba) |
| 2000 | South Carolina All-State High School Jazz Band (dir. Chris Vadala) | South Carolina All-State Jazz Band | Performer (trombone) |
| 2000 | South Carolina Governor's School of the Arts Jazz Band (dir. Clifford Leaman) | SCGSAH Jazz Band | Performer (trombone, tuba) |
| 2000 | South Carolina Governor's School of the Arts Brass Ensemble (dir. Robert Pruzin) | SCGSAH Brass Ensemble | Performer (euphonium) |
| 1997 | formative years: high school band, drop D guitars, metal, ska, frank zappa, ludacris | barely | Performer (trombone, euphonium, tuba, guitar, bass, casio) |