Team So’lano

FRANCIS YANGA (aka F#)

CEO/Producer/Songwriter/
Francis was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. At the age of 5 he moved to Aruba with his parents and
siblings where he spent a large part of his early life. As the son of a professional musician father, Francis grew up entrenched in the music industry. It didn’t take him long to discover his own talents and passion for the business.

A multi-talented musician, Francis plays, piano, drums and the bass guitar. Heavily influenced by the music of the Caribbean culture, he is also classically trained and moves seamlessly from genre to genre.

Besides his musical pursuits, Francis is also an accomplished businessman, owning his own multi-media company. While enjoying the success of his entrepreneurship career, he has launched himself into the world of music production. Graduating from the Music Industry Arts program in London Ontario, Francis has had the opportunity to study under the leadership of Juno Award Winners such as Jeff Wolpert, Kevin Doyle, Dan Brodbeck. Also Recording Engineer Joe Vaughn, Music Business professor and Artist Manager Terry McManus.

Francis is also the owner of So’lano Music Group where he develops and mentors fellow songwriters, producers, and artists.


Dahlia Fernandes

Songwriter/Artist/
Influenced by a range or artists, Dahlia’s unique style has the depth of Toni Braxton and Alicia Keys to the Jazz elements of Norah Jones to the folk-pop flavour of Jewel.

She was only 7 years old when she braved her first solo singing “From a Distance” by Bette Midler in front of hundreds of people and knew that music was exactly where she always wanted to be. Dahlia wrote her first song when she was ten years old but was never trained to play a musical instrument.

“When I turned 20, my sister bought herself a Steinway and what initiated as me fooling around on the piano turned into me teaching myself to play.” She found herself composing a new song every week and finally being able to write the music to all the songs she had composed over the years.