K. C. Porter - Early Life

Early Life

The path to his current success began at an early age for Porter, who was born in Southern California and resides there now, with his wife, Aimee, daughter Emma, and two adopted sons, Carlos and Wenjie.

He first experienced a passion for Latin music and polyrhythms when his family moved from Woodland Hills, California to Guatemala, when he was just seven years old. His father, musician/arranger Bob Porter, became a member of the Baha'i Faith in 1968 and in 1970 relocated the family of five to Central America, where music and Latin rhythms permeated their new world. In the ten years that he spent there, he came of age. Porter learned Spanish, musical arrangement, and piano. Became well-versed in both traditional and popular Latin music, as well as hits from the States, and developed a creative and multi-cultural sensibility that would change the course of his life. Porter returned to California to study music in college, and quickly landed a job as staff arranger at Hollywood's esteemed A&M Records. While there, he had the opportunity to record artists such as: Lani Hall, Luis Angel, and María Conchita Alonso. Porter started to produce as well, and soon demonstrated a unique style and uncanny ability to transform Latin pop music into an accessible sound that American audiences embraced wholeheartedly, a skill that helped break Luis Miguel, Daniela Romo, Emmanuel, Ana Gabriel, and Barrio Boyzz on three continents.