Moreover, he started to play the guitar when he was around 10 years old. Later on, attended the University of Santo Domingo with courses of Philosophy and History and realized his passion for music resulting to transfer into the Music Conservatory of Santo Domingo. During that time, he received a scholarship to Berklee College Of Music in Boston. He decided to complete his studies and learned composition and musical arrangement and graduated in 1982 along with …show more content…
During his retirement, Evangelical Christianity became Guerra’s interest and released an album “Para Ti.” Not only that but in 2005 he obtained two Billboard awards for “Best Gospel-Pop” and “Tropical-Merengue.” BMI's (Broadcast Music, Inc), 1995 Guerra's songwriting received 14 BMI Latin Awards. Guerra’s tour set the record for the highest-grossing tour when opening for the Rolling Stones in Puerto Rico in 2006. The hits involved “La Llave de mi corazón” (both song/album), “Que me des tu cariño”, and won 20 awards. For instance, the Latin Grammy Awards with 5 awards, for all the nominated categories: Best Tropical Song, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Merengue