tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059473590311859972024-02-19T00:09:50.530-08:00KIKO LOUREIRO BLOG - ENGLISHKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-75639118904239182272013-04-27T20:45:00.001-07:002013-04-27T20:45:23.254-07:00THE GUITAR LAND<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">California, synonymous of sun
and sea, glamour and wealth, the ladies of Beverly Hills to the Latins from
Costa Mesa, the house of movies, art and music. There is no doubt that here is
the guitar land.<br />
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months due to some work proposals, but also with my heart open to whatever come.
Already on my flight without any doubt that this is the land of guitar, I found
in the departure area, the master of the masters of Country guitar: Albert Lee.
I studied just a little of that style in my life, through his video classes and
methods. The Country fans know who I'm talking about. I just noticed I was in
your presence when I heard the call to the airline: "Mr. Lee". Then I
saw that gentleman with gray hair and two (!?) Nokia phones in hand (the old
ones that do not break and the battery lasts more than a day), doing his
check-in. Awesome! I realized that I was going to the right place...</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2pt;"> </span></div>
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down the road in this life, to travel to staying for some time in another place
has always a different meaning. My identity as a musician and artist and my
relationship with music is set in motion. A new environment always brings
alternative, expectations, dreams and, of course, doubt and intimidation. It
puts to the test my relationship with the music and everything that was done
previously. Check your limit - what you can change or not. There is no
predetermined or image and expectations that others have. It is the talent and your
position as a professional, and nothing else that will be the base for your success,
forgetting my own limitations and expanding the image I have of myself. It is
the free energy of the beginning and almost as freedom of the nickname, that has
much been used by Japanese painters of past centuries, Fernando Pessoa and
journalists at the time of Military rule.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2pt;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Whatever it is the new
environment - a country, a college, a city – it will put to the test,
reevaluate your relationship with art, your strengths and weaknesses. After
all, we can’t live our lives playing the same games otherwise it becomes
amorphous and bland. It's funny and exciting at the same time, to have as neighbors
some of my teenage idols and discover that we are all in the same boat – to go
out for a chat or meet someone at the gas station.</span></div>
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Tomorrow I’ll go for a recording in the land of Burbank studios, next to
Hollywood, for a track in a project with Billy Sheehan and Derek Sherinian
(ex-Dream Theater), registered by the legend of production Tom Fletcher (Bon
Jovi, Toto, among others).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-73327650519759943832013-01-12T11:12:00.000-08:002013-01-12T11:12:07.713-08:00Diana Krall & The Importance Of Branding
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everyone likes thinking about art in technical terms. For many
artists, 'branding', 'marketing' and 'advertising' are corporate
words that have no place in the creative sphere. But the music
industry is changing, and without a proper understanding of these
concepts, artists can get left behind. In fact, the success of every
single business in the world - whether it's a corporate giant like
Coca-Cola or an unknown rock band gigging the club circuit - depends
enormously on developing an understanding of the importance of brand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Branding
has been playing on my mind ever since I came across the cover of
jazz singer Diana Krall's new album in a high-end department store
recently. I hadn't heard the music, and I knew little about the
record, but I got this unshakeable feeling when I saw the album
cover. The advert was clearly just one element of a larger marketing
campaign but, studying it closely, I couldn't help but feel that the
branding wasn't right for the artist. She was being presented as a
pop star, it seemed to me, and her true spirit - that of a serious
jazz singer - appeared to have been lost somewhere along the way.</span></div>
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I'm far from an expert on this subject (and I'm probably simplifying
the issue) but, as my grandmother used to say, "Advertising is
the core of a business". And it's truer now than it ever has
been. When you start out as an artist you have to remember that, on
top being your own brand, you need to have some kind of strategy for
<i>building</i> that brand, for nurturing and developing the ways in
which fans see you, feel you and connect with you. It's this magical
process - the intangible way in which people develop a connection
with an artist - that leads to fan loyalty, and ultimately to record
sales. The image you project is a delicate combination of who <i>you
</i>think you are and who <i>others</i> think you are, and this can
be very difficult to get right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Once
you do get it right, however, you can feed it into everything - your
image, your logo, your attitude, your way of speaking, writing and
performing, and much more besides. It'll also inform the way you
present yourself on the web, and as a result strengthens the
relationship you build with your audience. Essentially, branding is
the way in which you convey who you are to your fans. It's as simple
as that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Now
and again, a well-branded artist builds the momentum to achieve a
market crossover, conquering different genres and attracting new
followers. This is wonderful when it happens organically, but if the
artist themselves isn't satisfied with the success they've achieved,
their true spirit can get lost and this can upset their original
fanbase. Ultimately we'll have to wait and see if Diana turns up at
the Grammys again in her (in my opinion) somewhat unconvincing pop
guise - or whether we're more likely to see her prancing around the
stage like Beyoncé in a sold-out stadium. Only time will tell…!</span></div>
Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-30808355122458583362012-11-12T08:57:00.003-08:002012-11-12T08:57:58.292-08:00Sounds Of Innocence - Release<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1 Awakening Prelude<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Here it is <i>Sounds of
Innocence</i>, my fourth solo album. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sounds of Innocence is my
inner voice, whispering constantly, sounds and melodies, textures and
harmonies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Life shouldn't feel
like a limited state of being, but rather be an open
horizon to explore and in which to experiment. Innocence is a place where
one can surrender with tranquility. A place where everything is possible
and nobody is superior over another. Composing is for me this natural
state in which to let out all emotions, strengths and weaknesses. Learning that the more we master our skills the more
we realize how deep and wide we can go. A constant intermittence between innocence and experience is brought to the
surface of our awareness. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Innocence is one of the most
important substances to cherish in our hearts and
lives. Innocence means expecting good things to happen or expecting the
best from people. Innocence keeps one open to the world without the need of
having to protect or hide oneself. Negative things may happen everywhere
and anytime but innocence is still a choice one can make every day. Losing
innocence results in cynicism, not trusting people, not trusting in life
and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">in the end not trusting
yourself. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Keeping
innocence fuels the feeling of being alive and enables
evolving as a human being. Innocence is the essence and foundation for
creativity and freedom. It allows openness to the simplest of ideas
and access to one's innermost feelings and continuous flow of musical images.
From this derives the ability to play, compose, improvise constantly
discovering the music inside me. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All the reflective moments
during the past year of my life are somehow represented in the ten songs from </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sounds
of Innocence</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. These compositions depict my experiences in perfect
form. They combine my past to what I am now - remembering the
innocent times of a distant past but simultaneously being humble enough to keep
innocence as an important value at present. It keeps me learning,
exploring, developing and sharing. I love what I do, and this involves a
unique feeling that music is something that unites us universally. Music
doesn't belong to me nor anyone. The more I create, the more innocent
and free I feel to present and share my music.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please enjoy my sounds. </span><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />1 Awakening Prelude</span></u></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Classical guitar is my main
companion when writing songs and for this reason it is very natural to have the
Awakening Prelude as an opening track. It represents my everyday life. A
peaceful intro to start the day off with the classical guitar. The melody, introduced
in this Prelude, anticipates what will happen in the following song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">During the period of the
composition of Sounds of Innocence, I have been living in Finland. The
landscape, the nature, the scenery of the capital city has been something
completely new for me. A feature that really struck me in Helsinki are the gray
stone buildings, walls and churches. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I pursue the perfect
combination of heavy guitars with a syncopated melody which expresses my
identity as a Brazilian artist. It is present in all of my compositions and
this song is no different. My passion for harmony, chords and complex
progression</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">derives from listening to
Brazilian music and It led me to jazz and the fusion which is also presented
here. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Gray Stone Gateway
welcomes the listener to the album with an intricate opening phrase. This song
is a very direct, heavy tune where the main melody is totally based on the
latin clave. The clave counterpoints with the heavy riff ,fast guitar phrasing
and the fusion progression in the interlude. It is the dichotomy of the
simple and complex, experience and innocence.</span></div>
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3 Conflicted<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">With the electric guitar in
my hands, everything I play will have a touch of the 80's bands and guitar
heroes. These were very significant in building my identity as a
guitar player. Evidently I am proud to let this flow fluid and natural. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The atmospheric intro
creates an expectation to what is to happen. The attitude and energy is
enormously intense in this song, delivered by the fast picking riffs and
drumming as well as odd bars and broken grooves. The conflict and the
contradictory is musically represented with the interlude's calm, clean
guitar passage preparing for the collision of heavy sounds and odd time
signatures to follow.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A peaceful, contemplative
and reflective song to play. Simple harmonies, innocent melodies and
spaces. While composing and playing this song I am transposed to another
dimension, experiencing the free fall, the “no gravity” feeling. It
is the ultimate flow experience of losing awareness of space and time and
simultaneously having this sense of being a part of something great and
universal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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translates into the peasant, the country man, a name used in Cuba to
describe the native people of the Caribbean. Since my album Universo
Inverso, I have increasingly been experimenting with the Cuban music. Cuba has
many historical musical similarities with Brazil but the outcome has been
surprisingly different. In El Guajiro I let myself go totally latin
without the heavy metal boundaries oppressing me. The percussion, claves and congas
have a very important role in the arrangement of the song, which is uncommon in
heavy tunes. Music is normally referred to as a representation of tension
and release by the harmony and melody. Rhythmic patterns can serve this duty as
well. Syncopations can create the momentum of anticipation and tension as
well as release. During the entire song the main focus is the groove
and the superimposed rhythmic patterns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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introspective song, where the major key melodies and constant
pulse absorb me into an indescribable sense of a heart full of life.
With a bluesy touch and naïve melodies, this song has me looking at the
bright side of life. Composing this song I found myself easily following the
three given rules of a good writing process. Spontaneity, the greatest
abbreviation of the passage from an idea to its written form; fluidity,
uninterrupted writing; and, being open, unprejudiced, maintaining a
quality of writing that does not know where it is going. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The key turns to minor in
the interlude, and together with the Brazilian samba called Partido Alto,
brings along a melancholic moment. The final culmination in the end of the
solo marks the transition back to happiness and enlightened feeling. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I believe this song is quite
different from all the other songs I have written on my albums. I was never a
big fan of grunge rock, but was always amazed by the interesting yet
unpretentious harmonies. The intro as well as the chorus follow the concept of
being loose, bluesy, organic and rough. To balance this, the rest of the song
is very hectic and precise. I visualize it as the digital against analog, or
the eletronic counterbalances rock <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mãe D'Água means in
portuguese the Mother of Water and it symbolizes the Amazon river mermaid.
The natives call her Iara. And according to the
legend, she sings an irresistible melody that draws the men into the river and
make them blind if they look at her. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The melody of this song has
been beautifully disturbing my mind for days and explains the choice of the
song title. Despite the fact that the legend of Iara comes from Amazon,
the musical elements in the song are mixed. The berimbau, a very
characteristic instrument from Brazil, starts the tune. The guitar
repeats the notes and the same “toque” , an original African groove
called the Ijexá. All the percussion including the constant mantra-like
berimbau patterns create the atmosphere of the song until
the song reaches the main melody. I kept my playing very minimal,
not exceeding too many notes - even with many parts of the song having no
guitar solos. These spaces create the sonic landscape. Picture the Amazon river
with the mermaid Iara and on the other side the Brazilian berimbau and
Afro-roots.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This song was the first song
composed for the album. It was written during my initial moments in
Finland as I realized I was on the other side of the world. Not only the
horizon was upside down, but everything around me was so new. The melody of the
song is very positive and headstrong, looking forward to a beautiful future. At
the same time, over the major key melody, the bass and drums create a complex
rhythmic pattern depicting a certain instability and uncertainty somewhere deep
inside. By the time the chorus comes along, everything is back to steady and
completely positive. I believe melodically this is the most uplifting song in
the album. The melancholic mid section, à la Piazolla, reflects the
melancholic side in the heart of every latin person (and Finn).<br /><br /><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">10 A Perfect Rhyme</span></u></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The album was completed, all
demos ready but I knew it would be very important to write a song that would
represent the birth of my child and the realization of a family life. I
sat next to the piano with this thought in mind and the song flowed out in its
whole entity. I kept the song exactly how it was initially created even though
it could have made a nice intro for a heavy song or an idea for a beautiful
singing ballad. However, this would have meant changing the original purpose of
the song. A Perfect Rhyme - the guitar and piano are complimented with a nice
orchestral arrangement to close the journey of the album. It's complete in
itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Every album is the
result of hard work and commitment and is therefore a huge achievement.
However, this album was one with more than usual significance and importance to
me. Sounds of Innocence represents
Kiko nowadays, all my musical sides, wishes and desires. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks
a lot, always.<br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-12020079159724624382011-11-10T00:44:00.000-08:002011-11-10T00:46:00.965-08:00Kiko Loureiro in Manila by Francis Brew Reyes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dtCBfK64Ax6dKieAv9mK-iWcwuGaWyaUuzedT8mDo0e-c3xbvcjRuAIwQti8dWwsyLvMuKT58JVmk44ajPinmWezekdu9eS5YwRETWB7MjnxcdxgcLSMMyQl4yiaYT6zCpU0TEEw2E4/s1600/tumblr_luaog2JWII1qa74lb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673285374997416466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dtCBfK64Ax6dKieAv9mK-iWcwuGaWyaUuzedT8mDo0e-c3xbvcjRuAIwQti8dWwsyLvMuKT58JVmk44ajPinmWezekdu9eS5YwRETWB7MjnxcdxgcLSMMyQl4yiaYT6zCpU0TEEw2E4/s400/tumblr_luaog2JWII1qa74lb.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">Kiko Loureiro of Angra recently did a guitar workshop for Laney amps and JB Music Philippines. To say that people were blown away is an understatement… while he is known for being a metal guitar hero, this is a guy who can, and did, play many styles of music during the two hour showcase. Sweeped arpeggios, two-handed playing, precision-picking, hybrid picking… you name it, he nails it. high speed metal runs? sure! then… he launches into long complex jazz lines, Joe Pass-style solo chordal guitar… and there is a percussiveness to his playing that reveals his Brazilian heritage. even when he plays legato, every note just pops out. to be frank, i got sick of shred guitar years ago… and then this guy comes along and proves that you can shred and be tasteful… and really musical. He makes everything look easy. his playing sure lit a fire that will be good for my own playing :) </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />Scary guitarist… and i was to join him and the JB Music peeps for dinner. I was anxious. He looked tired after the workshop (he also came from Indonesia, Taiwan, and Singapore) and might not be in the best of moods, although he was always congenial. he did seem nice enough while answering questions during the workshop but what if he snaps?<br />On the way to dinner, he asked socio-cultural questions; he noticed that most of us have Spanish surnames. He is genuinely curious about cultural stuff and Niña and I briefed him on Philippine history… and how unfortunate that what he was looking for (indigenous music) was difficult to find at that hour. “I guess it’s the same anywhere in the world, ” he lamented, “You have to go to a ‘tourist place’ to experience it. Not in the major cities…” He wasn’t much interested in hitting the bars or anything of that nature… he wanted to experience local culture. (We ended up watching a midget oil wrestling match in P. Burgos after dinner albeit reluctantly… ;p) </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />We had dinner at Casa Armas in Podium and there was little talk about guitar or music. The topics revolved around geography and it’s effect on the human psyche. i pointed this out and he said, “Ahh, talking about guitar…so boring!” He smiled and said, “It’s more interesting talking about other things… what’s the population in the Philippines? is it 94 million?” We talked about the symbolism of the 7 billionth baby… Niña asked him about a city in Finland (he is based there) and he elaborated on living in Europe compared to Brazil. when he did talk about music, he mentioned meeting Allan Holdsworth and explained, “My wife, she doesn’t know much the music of Allan, so i had her listen to his stuff. And she said ‘His harmonies are European.’ You know, like ECM? but he is based in California, you know it’s a different environment…and Allan said that Joe Zawinul, you know, from Weather Report? (i nod) said the same thing.” After dinner, Mr Joel Fernando of JB Music took us to Martini’s for a couple drinks, watching Joniver Robles. Niña and Loureiro talked about photography between songs. </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />Kris and MJ from JB Music promised him a tour in Intramuros before heading for the airport; they also promised to get him a souvenir… the man in a barrel with a spring-mounted penis. He respectfully declined and said, “No, no, it’s okay… we also have that in Brazil.” Fortunately within Intramuros, there is a Mindanao-styled house and a bahay kubo: proper examples of Philippine culture and architecture. (i made some dick jokes during the workshop; and between that and the man-in-the-barrel, that was culturally redeeming LOL) Between stops, he noticed something. “I like the uniforms of the guards” he said, referring to the Intramuros guards. Smiling, he continued “You know, Brazil was also briefly under the Spanish, and these uniforms… it’s strange to know i am in a very different part of the world but i see something familiar. similarities…” </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />The kalesa driver, Boyet (with his horse Rambo), was our tour guide; he pointed out the DOLE office. the door was ajar, and we saw a guy taking a nap on a monobloc. Loureiro commented, “Department of Labor… that guy is sleeping! that is not good.” We all laughed. We also rode a jeepney that took us near Lagusnilad and got another one back to Intramuros. He got a real kick out of that, happy to have experienced something truly Filipino :) We were about to enter Fort Santiago, but, conscious of the time and hungry, we opted to have a late lunch. Nevertheless, he asked about the significance of the place, and i briefly told him about Jose Rizal. We had lunch at the Aristocrat near Malate Church; a waiter named Joel recognized me, and after getting our orders, asked me if perchance i knew any Malmsteen licks. He didn’t know Kiko or Angra, so i explained who the guitar legend who just ordered grilled squid from him is. we gave him an autographed Kiko Loureiro cd which i’m sure, by now, he’s enjoying immensely. And hopefully, he’s now checking out more than Malmsteen licks… :) </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />On the way to the airport, we finally talked about music. i mentioned that i love Pat Metheny and he said, “In Brazil in the seventies, there was a movement, a club…i forget the name… but it had Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, all these guys, and they influenced Pat. If you like Pat, you’ll hear better where he’s coming from.” (i wiki’d it and he’s referring to Clube Da Esquina) i mentioned how i have a photo with Metheny that, unfortunately, was out-of-focus. he then said excitedly, “Oh, but Photoshop now has this thing where you can recover the focus!” </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />We drop him off at NAIA 2 and he pulls out his passport. I inquired about his ticket and he said, “Oh i didn’t print it out. we’re trying to save paper, the environment, and we get our tickets on email and what do we do? we print it out. on paper.” </div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />i suppose i was expecting this metal guitar hero to have the predictable rockstar behavior, looking for the predictable rockstar indulgences. Instead, we met an genuinely intelligent, open-minded and conscientious dude… who just happens to be a fantastic musician :) </div>Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-17384292782072959162010-02-19T13:24:00.001-08:002010-02-19T13:32:14.616-08:00ROCK HOUSE RELEASES CREATIVE FUSION<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdleyQuFxCpa3xvDhi3ibC0uz_wqVKKmRcHCXnjf-KzZcRPhWNOgCQttZMOzm7jtvr2q_0hwQ3NKkcRO6-OBYhK56G27w62qA6CI0pF789GcurGaT8mvqz266Vj6ZbZmhB1uDP-3nIBH8/s1600-h/Rock+House+Creative+Fusion+DVD+Image.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdleyQuFxCpa3xvDhi3ibC0uz_wqVKKmRcHCXnjf-KzZcRPhWNOgCQttZMOzm7jtvr2q_0hwQ3NKkcRO6-OBYhK56G27w62qA6CI0pF789GcurGaT8mvqz266Vj6ZbZmhB1uDP-3nIBH8/s320/Rock+House+Creative+Fusion+DVD+Image.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440069982906809266" /></a><br /><br />ROCK HOUSE RELEASES CREATIVE FUSION, BEYOND PENTATONICS & POWER CHORDS<br />2 DVD SET FEATURES BRAZILIAN GUITAR VIRTUOSO KIKO LOURIERO of ANGRA<br /><br /><br />(West Haven, CT., January 29, 2010) – Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today the release of a new 2-set instructional DVD Creative Fusion, Beyond Pentatonics & Power Chord featuring Brazilian guitar virtuoso Kiko Loureiro. Kiko is the driving force behind the band Angra who has sold millions of CDs and toured the world several times over. Kiko is often voted by magazines and fans as one of the most talented guitar players worldwide. Young Guitar Magazine quotes “His guitar playing is top notch and can be compared to the masters like Vai, Satch and Petrucci. Kiko is a versatile guitar player with a deep knowledge of Rock 'n' Roll, Heavy Metal and Jazz which you can hear in his solos, riffs and melodies.”<br /><br />In this new 2 DVD set, Kiko helps students open up their musical universe by showing how to apply fusion techniques to Rock playing. Kiko shows students a method for using arpeggios to craft amazing leads and melodies. He starts with major and minor arpeggios and triad voicings and builds them into progressions. Then expands on this concept with major arpeggio extensions adding the 7th and 9th and shows how to complete the mission by delivering full dominant and diminished arpeggios in single and cross string technique. Kiko explains and demonstrates how these all relate as tools for creating a unique musical style. Students learn modal arpeggios and how to apply them over full band backing tracks so they can start creating their own masterpieces! <br /><br />Creative Fusion, Beyond Pentatonics & Power Chord is a 2-DVD set with more than 2 hours of lessons with Kiko and extras like behind the scenes photo, a personal interview, iPod ready video, performances and bonus lessons. This Rock House DVD is available around the world for $24.99. The DVD also comes with a FREE lesson booklet and membership to Rock House’s lesson support site at www.RockHouseMethod.com. This feature, exclusive to Rock House and its partners, offers students supplementary support for the lessons featured on the DVD. Once registered, students can interact with the community, utilize the additional learning tools and access the special features.<br /><br />Rock House products are exclusive distributed by Hal Leonard Corp. To carry this and other Rock House products in your music store, please contact your Hal Leonard Representative at 1-800-524-4425.<br /><br />###<br />Rock House has developed an accelerated yet easy-to-use system of learning that utilizes the functionality of DVD and Print, integrated with the accessibility of the Internet. Aspiring musicians who have a product produced by Rock House receive free membership to www.rockhousemethod.com for 24-7 lesson support. Students use this fully interactive lesson site along with their product to enhance learning, expand their knowledge, link with instructors, and connect with a community of people around the world who are learning to play music using The Rock House Method®.<br /><br />For more information contact: <br />Joe Palombo John Jacobs<br />Rock House Hal Leonard Corp.<br />914-686-1903 1-800-524-4425<br />jp@rockhousemethod.com jjacobs@halleonard.comKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-77531537316889762522009-10-22T06:04:00.000-07:002009-10-22T06:05:22.030-07:00LEt theHey guys,<br /><br /><br /><br />This Tuesday October 27, I will be featured in the Dutch 'Let there be Rock'<br />Radio show (www.letthereberock.nl ). I will present some of my favorite songs of all time, and I've chosen some real cool tracks. It would be great if you could listen to the show via the internet stream:<br />http://w4.boschtion.nl/index.php?pageid=21 .<br /><br /> <br /><br />The 2-hour show starts at 9PM CET (Amsterdam time) on Tuesday October 27. In other time zones start time is:<br /><br />- London 8PM<br /><br />- New York 3PM<br /><br />- Los Angeles Noon<br /><br />- Rio de Janeiro 5PM<br /><br />- Moscow 11PM<br /><br />- Tokyo 5AM (Wednesday October 28)<br /><br />- Sydney (7AM (Wednesday October 28)<br /><br />I will present my favorite top 3 songs of my own playing in the first hour of the show, and my top 3 favorite songs of all time in the 2nd hour of the show.Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-1424026861204771752009-04-30T08:08:00.001-07:002009-04-30T08:21:23.966-07:00FULLBLAST<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHqV9J5sePyBoi-0eWb1xzY6ac4IpVd9kyXvzUarZ3-7lbtNHDA6UcbT0lu6BhGtv-vNAqoN6T-ivoxmDms_JZQWgTkA4aDxd19pYujyd0czTzC0CGHD_K1ecW9aVY8qGbSiQbLQreSc/s1600-h/12x36_capa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHqV9J5sePyBoi-0eWb1xzY6ac4IpVd9kyXvzUarZ3-7lbtNHDA6UcbT0lu6BhGtv-vNAqoN6T-ivoxmDms_JZQWgTkA4aDxd19pYujyd0czTzC0CGHD_K1ecW9aVY8qGbSiQbLQreSc/s320/12x36_capa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330504391923345922" /></a><br />My new album is out! FULLBLAST<br /><br />New website as well<br /><br />www.kikoloureiro.com.br.<br /><br />There you will find all information about the album and recordings.<br /><br />To order from anywhere:<br /><br />http://www.diehard.com.br/lojaweb/detalhes.asp?codprod=20758&codtipo=1<br /><br />or write to info@kikoloureiro.com.br<br /><br /> Cheers!Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-50071405393590289612009-04-16T17:32:00.000-07:002009-04-16T17:46:22.570-07:00NEURAL CODE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bYDwDQhsXOLf1v5Uay3sA7NhUId01CvQgJKPe-NZ2bPXiZ1Mc7hVd3P2tDi0OYfsKTRnoQDXzrDy3D242aOu93ibTyicLFdCCdkvD0dMj_PcITblU_17FIIgFk2U67hx3QgMVt7nbIo/s1600-h/IMG_0780.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bYDwDQhsXOLf1v5Uay3sA7NhUId01CvQgJKPe-NZ2bPXiZ1Mc7hVd3P2tDi0OYfsKTRnoQDXzrDy3D242aOu93ibTyicLFdCCdkvD0dMj_PcITblU_17FIIgFk2U67hx3QgMVt7nbIo/s320/IMG_0780.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325453713263471826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiSgK6lR1UGce8_fSnOnjLL2BI40erDVcwRQRC9TG4GIvpYk1oNyieCzp-wdgpufUm3Gpgn-GBKJTfEwKLaBVnPcrVGyv2y5hCTO9VmH0iLbPzDtR3iGj7IKJ2VVAUehGlnrxV0z7dW4/s1600-h/capa+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiSgK6lR1UGce8_fSnOnjLL2BI40erDVcwRQRC9TG4GIvpYk1oNyieCzp-wdgpufUm3Gpgn-GBKJTfEwKLaBVnPcrVGyv2y5hCTO9VmH0iLbPzDtR3iGj7IKJ2VVAUehGlnrxV0z7dW4/s320/capa+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325453707717518194" /></a><br />Here is Neural Code debut album. Featuring Cuca Teixeira, Thiago do Espírito and me Santo <br />www.myspace.com/neuralcode<br /><br />To purchase on the internet:<br /><br />www.musicalgrellmann.com.br/<br /><br />www.freenote.com.br <br /> <br />I’ll post more news soon about my new solo Album which was released in Japan and will be released next month in South America and Europe: FULLBLAST.<br /><br />KLKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-91393411579458319632009-04-15T05:54:00.000-07:002009-04-15T05:56:50.912-07:00YOUNG GUITAR 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-HLmswRecc8iZd62mgofoV8mOZgtJw5DvYg_Gzk0kTgChJxZ1iERqf6s2fWwyTyU95iJjggCW4Ou9wCnzr8065yA8y9VR1dBxaEFnuzudXZKXeFJ82m4ZUGE7gCPTiWwooJ_CGjK7To/s1600-h/2088370904.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-HLmswRecc8iZd62mgofoV8mOZgtJw5DvYg_Gzk0kTgChJxZ1iERqf6s2fWwyTyU95iJjggCW4Ou9wCnzr8065yA8y9VR1dBxaEFnuzudXZKXeFJ82m4ZUGE7gCPTiWwooJ_CGjK7To/s320/2088370904.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324901312974994866" /></a><br />I'm happy to share with you guys the new issue from Young guitar Mag.<br /><br />YOUNG GUITAR MAGAZINE JAPAN MAY 2009<br /><br />CHEERS!!Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-88285144208467354702009-02-20T09:28:00.000-08:002009-02-20T09:34:00.172-08:00NAMM 2009 Pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTItSQfgSHzzoVAmdzz1jgomWtTWv1fYFSUlVK7CGejniWjkhiRWsph1coBUp0UtIm641vRdKpmWHD34Ywb8PafRXbtUh8YCxFoUqjMnvwv_qaBGdwZu3AZwPVhWQ2XBbSY0rgNREySI/s1600-h/fotonaam1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTItSQfgSHzzoVAmdzz1jgomWtTWv1fYFSUlVK7CGejniWjkhiRWsph1coBUp0UtIm641vRdKpmWHD34Ywb8PafRXbtUh8YCxFoUqjMnvwv_qaBGdwZu3AZwPVhWQ2XBbSY0rgNREySI/s320/fotonaam1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304933912240115410" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Rafael/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h3 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:3; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">This month edition of Guitar Player is going to feature an issue of details<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Of this event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">After I’ll post it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">You can find different ones on my myspace page...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">
<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">From left to right on the third picture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" face="trebuchet ms" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Tim King-Soil
<br />Ritchie Kotzen
<br />JD Servio ( BLack Label Society)
<br />Me : )
<br />Victor Wooten
<br />Eddie Jackson-Queensryche
<br />Mike Stone ex-Queensryche<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hugs</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-size:85%;"> <o:p></o:p></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">KL</span></p> Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-68725125347801275872009-02-15T10:01:00.000-08:002009-02-15T10:02:12.695-08:00NAMM VIDEO 2009<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Rafael/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h2 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:2; font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} h3 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:3; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" lang="EN-US">I hope you guys have the same fun I had at NAMM watching<o:p></o:p></span> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:78%;">This video.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:78%;">A resume from what we lived during these 4 days of music tradeshow.
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<br />Hugs</span></p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">KIKO</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-85645455445932635532009-02-11T16:11:00.000-08:002009-02-11T16:20:03.125-08:00Guitar Player’s Column<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr5aTGWHUa2mhwpLa8YoBpuN1gJpuvfOt7ehkoPlP9_7OX1EWmH8GpnA2R86Xv2vEBBqs-pgCeU6q8Zy_0A3f9zwr-CH-kTtSMdlh21Ld2Bg4pLfMPH5nugi4xooqE-2UTzi96QPDSUs/s1600-h/choro1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr5aTGWHUa2mhwpLa8YoBpuN1gJpuvfOt7ehkoPlP9_7OX1EWmH8GpnA2R86Xv2vEBBqs-pgCeU6q8Zy_0A3f9zwr-CH-kTtSMdlh21Ld2Bg4pLfMPH5nugi4xooqE-2UTzi96QPDSUs/s320/choro1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301698330272436530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzri2hO7rWb7xliilYP8jLod0BjMArspiprH7fI7bCmzZM1KbRMm-jJngtL_EQafhR8xzUQQ8ziPchJIPGid3X8gmFA9q9U1XKe3ixuX5dIUyyUAnO_0oSCAcdtPGAiEa7MWGchAOL40o/s1600-h/choro2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzri2hO7rWb7xliilYP8jLod0BjMArspiprH7fI7bCmzZM1KbRMm-jJngtL_EQafhR8xzUQQ8ziPchJIPGid3X8gmFA9q9U1XKe3ixuX5dIUyyUAnO_0oSCAcdtPGAiEa7MWGchAOL40o/s320/choro2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301698328197185618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PWANK-R-wTfcmVCuT-Fa-fijrZNyC6DS5rVe9BQGUFORwH6h8exOF_Z9acQ2Mt6yC-l-Zyw-8YdQrNKWP1ZRMddIr1vIBOmF81l0Mq7szLdhd54DKZt0DdooWvQod5VHn7N-Mvapwbc/s1600-h/choro3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PWANK-R-wTfcmVCuT-Fa-fijrZNyC6DS5rVe9BQGUFORwH6h8exOF_Z9acQ2Mt6yC-l-Zyw-8YdQrNKWP1ZRMddIr1vIBOmF81l0Mq7szLdhd54DKZt0DdooWvQod5VHn7N-Mvapwbc/s320/choro3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301698330351713634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Set yourself on fire!<br />The musical improvement has always been a constant challenge. Whe music turns out to be your professional career, the routine shows up as a big enemy of a musician’s qualities: the passion for the art. Ant not only that, the routine “hurts’ the eternal search for knowledge; the tecnical development, the daily researches among others.<br />The trip hous, interviews, meeting with lots of compromises not related exactly to the instrument – besides the decision which can make us get a job for the payment and not the instrument – take us away from the real essence of music and it’s learning process.<br />For those who are not professional players, this intellectual marasmus can also happen.<br />Playing repeatedly the same exercises and songs without opening your eyes to other “musical worlds” can stop our evolution.I can’t feel the same energy I had to study music during my adolescence , because life changes and our duty gets us with no mercy.Those free afternoons which we had to play disappear after you’re a grown up.<br />The solution for people which share the same problem I do is: Put yourself on the fire, in other words, Put yourself in trouble. Create situations which at first you’re going to not make it or you don’t have expeience. Those moments which you say to yourself:<br />“What am I doing here? Why didn’t I stay home?”<br />After all, how can you want to have some experience without facing it and getting yourself “screwed”? Playing jams, playing with new people for the first time, getting on the stage and playing something unexpected, playing and making mistakes, mistakes and playing it right, to evolve. Creating situation which you’re not comfortable to make yourself get ready for next experiences.<br />This whole story is to picture what happened to me in last december.<br />Known for playing rock and heavy metal, I was invited to play in a “choro” festival which featured some “chorões” (players which play choro) from the old times, which keep the flame of Jacob do Bandolim, Valdir Azevedo, Cartola, Pixinguinha and other composers up. The Festival “Choro sem parar” (Something like Choro with no break) in São Carlos, São Paulo on a public square.<br />I have always mentioned the quality of choro on the guitar – Jacob do Bandolim was a virtuoso player and his songs are pretty hard to get in the guitar format. To be invited by a genere festival was a big surprise for me. Playing Choros sometimes at home to study a little is much different than play an one hour live concert among musicians from this style. 100% Fire!<br /><br />Of course I didn’t pass the invitation and I spent someday just learning and memorize the choro themes I was going to peform. It was a great encouragement for me to focus on my studies and find new styles and phrasing.<br />Each one of these moments along your career stands for an unique experience and “builds” our different influence helping us to create our own playing style.<br />I take the opportunity to encourage people to study choro. Do you wanna go through chromatism? Study Mané’s Ginga. Arpeggios? Desvairada. Do you want stamina and several combinations of picking? O Vôo da Mosca. And then it góes... besides the technical challenge, the songs are historical, beautiful and brilliant. Great Hug!<br /><br />Caption:<br />Me, the drummer Cuca Teixeira and the bass player Thiago Espírito Santo in the Chorando sem para Festival, São Carlos (SP).<br /></span>Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-6514978949538249312009-02-05T04:05:00.000-08:002009-02-05T04:07:47.625-08:00Wimbash Party<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Rafael/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h3 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:3; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="" lang="EN-US">Doug Wimbish promotes a party and invites<span style=""> </span>musicians from different places to a jam. I was there this year. I wasn’t ready, something like: get on the stage and good luck. <o:p></o:p>
<br /></span></span> <p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The drummer is Will Calhoum also from Living Colour.
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<br />Kisses</span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-84812616377688024342009-02-02T21:27:00.000-08:002009-02-02T22:00:40.577-08:00WIMBASH 2009NAMM 2009<br /><br />Wimbash Party at Hilton<br /><br />Doug Wimbish, Will Calhoun, John Mc Carthy<br /><br />I'm on stage after 8:10 min.<br /><br />No rehearsals, nothing prepared... Go on stage and play.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcNtba6d1CU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcNtba6d1CU</a><br /><br /><br />Cheers!Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-14637997291518424122009-01-30T18:34:00.000-08:002009-01-30T18:39:12.566-08:00New Instructional videos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h1ygxo-94aQhjCAaLBYDCOhR5WvCu7ALxhvZkxrnys9J7eaypu7XlTJhoa8J_WNod_TGMPXqXBBoiyebf3tQTSlOsRgBKPgK4uc01hBLfDS9O9UrlpomYSJfcv4S-3Dx7Px33r0eH_A/s1600-h/formiga2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h1ygxo-94aQhjCAaLBYDCOhR5WvCu7ALxhvZkxrnys9J7eaypu7XlTJhoa8J_WNod_TGMPXqXBBoiyebf3tQTSlOsRgBKPgK4uc01hBLfDS9O9UrlpomYSJfcv4S-3Dx7Px33r0eH_A/s320/formiga2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297281463245416930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13w6f_NE6_egIJAO8uqXWOrWcQfvChH1jwCjdDh8VhsT34C2zBM3M8VzFrFgYdLYM_7RDC1NILq9svnJkjg6b1K7cj79LA2sfT8JZ9TYwzAB8kDKGQx-gmy0THQ5zytRQ5yC5q7H65oU/s1600-h/formiga1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13w6f_NE6_egIJAO8uqXWOrWcQfvChH1jwCjdDh8VhsT34C2zBM3M8VzFrFgYdLYM_7RDC1NILq9svnJkjg6b1K7cj79LA2sfT8JZ9TYwzAB8kDKGQx-gmy0THQ5zytRQ5yC5q7H65oU/s320/formiga1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297281453067175826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />While you guys are hanging out over there, wearing some shorts on the beach, here I am working on the new instructional videos.<br /><br />I miss you all...Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-68108662871844456382009-01-25T17:54:00.000-08:002009-01-25T17:55:21.012-08:00Here in CaliforniaEverything stays the same.... one more NAMM music trade show.<br />The biggest encounter of musicians and worldwide instrument manufacturers.<br />It’s easy to meet Gene Simon or Steve Morse on the aisles, or maybe who knows to meet<br />Steve Vai leaving the bathroom...<br />I have lots of pictures and nice things to tell. First, I will post it on the next Guitar Player and after more details over here.<br />Besides NAAM I dropped by at MI (www.mi.edu) to lecture an open couseling, I did a promotional picture session with Chris Impelitteri (who doesn’t know the fastest scales of the world?) for an young guitar cover and I jammed with Living Colour....<br />Tomorrow I will fly to NY to record some instructional video for an american company. Teaching rock to americans is almost ironic, but it’s ok.<br />Of course I have been in a hurry and after I will post pictures and tell details.<br />I miss you all.<br />KikoKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-70733918106376397252009-01-04T19:24:00.001-08:002009-01-04T19:24:54.350-08:00Guitar Player PostI am just packing to travel to Obama’s land, so I am gonna leave here one of the posts which have been released by Guitar Player magazine. This is na old one and talks about Tarja’s tour. You can find the previous posts looking at the whole page. Happy 2009!<br /><br /><br />TOURING WITH TARJA TURUNEN<br /> <br />I will keep telling about being on tour with Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish), aside Mike Terrana (Drums), Doug Wimbish (Bass), Maria Ilmoniemi (keyboards) and Max Lilja (Cello). After the getting process which I mentioned last month, the time had come to prove<br />That everything was 100% and I would fit the group without any kind of problems.<br />We usually play at the home using playbacks or along with the original recording. This is pretty important, but this relaxed situation of playing seated on chair and focused is not like<br />Reality.When you play with other musicians, surprises may show up.<br /><br /><br />When you play along with a recording, your mistake will not stop the whole process. But when it comes to reality, a huge mistake can make all the other people involved to get lost.<br />A good way of practicing is playing alone, with no playback (metronome is a good choice!), picturing the other instruments. Try to memorize the rhythms and solos. If possible, play on your get with the effect pedals you are going to use the whol concert. Only by doing this, you ‘ll be really ready. Remember: When it comes about a concert, technical problems, audience distraction, other musicians mistakes and other stuff can get your attention and ruin your pefomance, in case you are not ready.<br /><br /><br />We had some rehearsals in Monterrey, México, for two days and we did out first concert there. After it was “well-rehearsalled” , the main focus is to keep the focus exclusively on the song. As usual, the first concert was better than the second one. Since in the first concert everything turned out to be fine, the big confidence disturbed on the second one. Getting focused in what you are playing is pretty importante, until when you find the point which you take part in it and it sounds natural.<br /><br /><br />After Monterrey, we travelled to Cidade do México and Guadalajara. We have already gotten along with the airport’s coffee salesmen due to the quantity of time we went there during the whole thing.<br /><br /><br /><br />By the way, for those who study guitar to become a professional musical shall be ready to wait at airport and to travel a lot. Musician’s life is, basicly, to wait and to get transported. Since concerts take two hours, the proportion compared to the “stand by” time is pretty big. To travel to Mexico, I left home at 05:00 A.M. and I got in the hotel after midnight – including taxi, van, check-in lines, passport, flight, immigration lines, van, hotel and etc... all that mess to peform just for two hours.<br /> <br />Not mentioning what can happen during the trips!When we were travelling from México to colômbia, after one hour o flight, one of the air plane’s turbine stopped working. Besides getting scared, we were obligated to get back to México and say another “hello” to our friends from the airport coffee.We stayed one more day at that country to take the same flight during the dawn. Nevertheless, after some bizarre sounds and some lights on and down in a weird way, more of the half passenger quit taking that plane. We decided to face the challenge and we went to Colombia, after all, we had a booked concert.<br /><br /><br />We had also a Nice trip from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte, in a dawn flight. We did seat close to a couple with 5 twins. That’s it: FIVE! Detail: all of them were crying during the four hours of flight! Unbelivable!Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-84315112243565568782008-12-31T20:27:00.000-08:002008-12-31T20:29:01.583-08:00Happy 2009I would like to wish all the viewers of this blog a happy 2009!!<br /><br />Wait for 2009, it seems to be a great year to come!<br />Two Cds already recorded without mentioning the three different instructional lessons I will record in the USA in january.<br />Angra is making the last decisions to get back together in April.<br />Therefore, there are lots of thing for the next year.<br />I hope everyone is full of projects and wishes, because that’s what cheer us up and make life richer.<br />Kisses and hugs,<br />KLKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-31838294463218444212008-12-23T15:00:00.000-08:002008-12-23T15:02:05.968-08:00Ronnie Von’s showDecember 23th – 09:00 P.M. at Gazeta TV/ Todo seu program, I will be interviewed a side DJ Hum by Ronnie Von<br /><br />I hope you enjoy! You can’t miss that!<br /><br />kisses and hugs<br /><br />KikoKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-26656050782689203772008-12-15T15:43:00.002-08:002008-12-15T15:45:40.412-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P9MyM99R9RZmWvWF8r-m3iYXicPjn_wWzAdHzFIA1wP37e9VT5B9ycQsR3yBOJkMjIgkBrq-NWxq7lNxCQMmWcC1AHruezrh6Ru0owON50GiAJPiPmlDVWp7kgPFvNS01g-8shJutEA/s1600-h/choro.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P9MyM99R9RZmWvWF8r-m3iYXicPjn_wWzAdHzFIA1wP37e9VT5B9ycQsR3yBOJkMjIgkBrq-NWxq7lNxCQMmWcC1AHruezrh6Ru0owON50GiAJPiPmlDVWp7kgPFvNS01g-8shJutEA/s320/choro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280167182141066546" /></a><br /><br />12 hours of choro with no break!<br /><br />In São Carlos (brazilian city) next sunday , December 21 th.<br /> <br />For me is going to be a big challenge to be among these great brazilian music instrumentists paying a tribute to the biggest choro idol, Jacon do Bandolim.<br /><br />http://www.fai.ufscar.br/contribuintedacultura/<br /><br />Attend to the event if you’re able to!<br /><br />KLKiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-18024235267189401342008-12-15T15:43:00.001-08:002008-12-15T15:43:49.610-08:00Touring stories III<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Rafael/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h2 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:2; font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} h3 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:3; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.post-footer-linepost-footer-line-1, li.post-footer-linepost-footer-line-1, div.post-footer-linepost-footer-line-1 {mso-style-name:"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.post-authorvcard {mso-style-name:"post-author vcard";} span.fn {mso-style-name:fn;} span.post-comment-link {mso-style-name:post-comment-link;} span.item-action {mso-style-name:item-action;} span.email-post-icon {mso-style-name:email-post-icon;} span.item-controlblog-adminpid-1910891571 {mso-style-name:"item-control blog-admin pid-1910891571";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">This one was also released on Guitar Player...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">Skating on kerosene? To maintain yourself in equilibrium while at the same time to play perfectly the notes and the audience to see<span style=""> </span>the band in the stage rocking at the most.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">Back in Fireworks’s time, which cover is a fire spitter, we had the Idea of hiring some<span style=""> </span>juggler for the openning show.
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<br /> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">Imagine the biggest venue in Paris – Lê Zenith, 7000 people, the famous finn group as opening band and Bruce Dickinson – singer for Iron Maiden – at our dressing room ready to be featured on our show.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">In the middle of all this part, the great Idea of the fire spitter to get everyone in the mood before we get on the stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">We forgot that together with the fire , the kerosene would also be spitten and would cover thoe whole scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The stage turned out to be a soap, a ring of ice skating.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-US">As well as the volleyball games, we also had our<span style=""> </span>floor cleaners, which during the first songs cleaned all our stupidity glued to our feet. </span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-22891790511912446772008-12-09T17:46:00.000-08:002008-12-10T15:34:36.573-08:00Touring stories II <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Rafael/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h3 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:3; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Belo Horizonte (City in Brazil) , pop music festival, huge stadium, pretty famous artists,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Radio anniversary , a crowded audience (over 30 thousands people).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Perfect opportunity for a heavy metal band like Angra to expose its songs and get new fans and fans from different styles<o:p></o:p> Evertyhing was ok until our roadie got drunk with the cans of beer<span style=""> </span>in the dressing-room. Alcohol abuse should be prohibited<span style=""> </span>in stages and shows and not only on the road. The one who we are talking about, got so out of control which turned out to be expelled by the security due to his revealer breath and stump walking. The pass “All areas” was his alibi to keep him around. Everything was ready to our concert. The rest of the roadie team worked <o:p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></o:p><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >A lot and got everything prepared for us to get in the best conditions for the so well expected concert. We just had to wait Jota Quest and Pitty to finish their concerts and go for it. Everyone got despaired when the mentioned roadie, already with the prominent eyes and not having control of his own hands, start to disconnect all the cables of our equipment. In the best of his intentions to help us to finish his obligations.</span><o:p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Who could complain?<span style=""> </span>He was out of things and went to the corner of the stage where the Titãs’ equipment was organized and polished. He pointed, aimed and threw out all the<span style=""> </span>content </span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >from the cans </span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >already digested by the kidneys ... Late at night in the silence, empty stadium, amplifiers turned off, he was found on the rows of seats. He should be dreaming of<span style=""> </span>a new job....</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-12823499345134606862008-12-05T13:22:00.000-08:002008-12-06T05:57:17.241-08:00Touring stories<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">“Relembrar é viver” (Something like to remember is living) says the proverb.<br /><br /><br />A frequently asked question is: “What’s the difference between the brazilian audience and the audience from other countries?”. A foreseeable answer would be that brazilian audience is much more excited and “warm” among a lot of other whistling adectives. When I answer that requestion I always remember of an Angra’s concerts in Manaus (Amazônia) in 99. At the gymnasium of the luxurious Hotel Tropical, by the side of Amazonas river, we were in the first time at the Mavutsinim’s land, indian’s grandfather.<br />Try to picture that leaving São Paulo’s stages to play in Manaus is almost the same situation of a classical violinist playing at a “trio elétrico” (Typical car in brazil usually used in Carnival). Fans are incredible.The energy exchange between the band and the audience was so intense in this concert that the stage turned out to be a springboard , at the “sauna-gymnasium”, the promoter was the one jumping further and escaping from the security. The securities were in a huge number, wearing scintillant yellow t-shirts, got together in front of the center of the stage in order to avoid the acrobatic show. Due to the end of the “game”, the audience got sad and couldn’t control themselves and spite a lot on the easy yellow targerts, calling them to the fight. The band now as just the soundtrack of the show, looked at the happening, playing strongers and feeding from this savagery. For our surprise , we also saw the low railing ,which in theory stands for avoiding the audience to get closer to the stage , flying at the bottom over impassible heads conviced that this was a real show.</span>Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-63346249302919847692008-11-30T17:55:00.000-08:002008-11-30T17:59:04.038-08:00Irmandade do Blues<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMsBgz-spThuEtQ0Hgv0Rfg0jzAfXXk5FonEMpL0NhSMIe-w6ihPsnoTc4oqE7VamNKnD7oBtaJm-zNGAVl9PYMsZ_6wRMsJr1qJuJyyAOsdRqzLSerJVv9aVBuIQgQmFHM6saJ2J2d4/s1600-h/blues1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMsBgz-spThuEtQ0Hgv0Rfg0jzAfXXk5FonEMpL0NhSMIe-w6ihPsnoTc4oqE7VamNKnD7oBtaJm-zNGAVl9PYMsZ_6wRMsJr1qJuJyyAOsdRqzLSerJVv9aVBuIQgQmFHM6saJ2J2d4/s320/blues1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274635067562864162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdZ06hoRzJxiWyo9U57Q3CG4wj_lYxiz1x0Y-jcrYxa9Vq-fX1fT_D_QkLFkDaIaODct_WAVxrwysVwttg_rLSt39HxIipNcgEkL5CB-SQs51KrEDk4DxR-2iP2c-vUr3vDLfFCbWfNg/s1600-h/blues2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdZ06hoRzJxiWyo9U57Q3CG4wj_lYxiz1x0Y-jcrYxa9Vq-fX1fT_D_QkLFkDaIaODct_WAVxrwysVwttg_rLSt39HxIipNcgEkL5CB-SQs51KrEDk4DxR-2iP2c-vUr3vDLfFCbWfNg/s320/blues2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274635061709365218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dnpmE4fGbyOERBZXk5P71gSvFxd2izr3FgHi78jZn292Oes2YwS6XKG90yFuXnFWw_nU_6r3LVOBu_xBcD43CIGLg2LvveJrsA1FoKaD99dzZ0YhW0uQYons6Y0i8STrWSfwTqjy3_8/s1600-h/blues3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dnpmE4fGbyOERBZXk5P71gSvFxd2izr3FgHi78jZn292Oes2YwS6XKG90yFuXnFWw_nU_6r3LVOBu_xBcD43CIGLg2LvveJrsA1FoKaD99dzZ0YhW0uQYons6Y0i8STrWSfwTqjy3_8/s320/blues3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274635058777334018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Last Saturday I had the pleasure of performing with my friends from the group “Irmandade do Blues” Edu Gomes, Silvio Alemão, Vasco and Ulisses. (Something like Blues Brootherhood)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">http://www.irmandadedoblues.com.br/</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Jazz and Blues festival at Rio Janeiro’s Sesc in Barra Mansa.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Some pictures for those who couldn’t attend to the event.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hugs</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Kiko</span><br /></span>Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905947359031185997.post-22784194722339703092008-11-28T16:17:00.000-08:002008-11-28T16:23:10.492-08:00Guitar Player – First Post<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 9"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Rafael/CONFIG%7E1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h3 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:3; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >As I promised I am going to post all the texts which were published on Guitar Player magazine , here comes the first one published on August:
<br /></span><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Getting ready for the south america tour <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">I was invited to join the band of Tarja Turunen (Ex – Nightwish) , aside musicians like<span style=""> </span>Mike Terrana (drums; Yngwie Malmsteen, Rage), Doug Wimbish (bass; Living Colour, Jeff Beck, Madonna, Rolling Stones), Maria Ilmoniemi (Keyboards) and Max Lilja (cello; Apocalyptica). The tour during august and september released cities such as Mexico, Colombia, Brasil, Chile and Argentina<span style=""> </span>ending up with 14 shows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">As every single tour, the hard work starts pretty much before the trip itself. I got in<span style=""> </span>the band in the middle of the worldwide tour and<span style=""> </span>the band had already played and rehearsaled several times. I had just one rehearsal before the first concert and it was a big responsibility. Therefore, my getting process had to be minute, precise and solitary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">First of all, comes the musical part: get to know all the songs deep down. It takes to play the whole concerts, on the set list sequence, without<span style=""> </span>making mistakes – playing everything in the minimum details, after all, rock bands don’t accept scores on the stage! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">One tip: In case you go through a similar situation, the great thing is , first of all just to listen to the songs. Burn a CD with the themes in the sequence of the concerts and listen to this as it was your favourtie album, inside the house, in the car , Ipod... Picture yourself playing the harmonies, the pickings and the song structures. Sing the melodic parts of the solos. Thus, when you play it on the guitar, it would be much easier, 70% of the process done.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>After, without leaving the musical part behing, it’s time to check the equipments. A good professional has to have a gear in perfect conditions under the musical style. After all, during a tour, everything can happen. You will be going through a sequence of concerts and you will be in other country, away from home, from your luthier and your confidence store. It’s good to have everything check out, and by preference with spare gear. For example, any kind of guitar used, take a spare one. Take some spare tunning keys, keys, bridges and new and good cables, besides spare parts! You have to take enough strings to change each two concerts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">In the particular case of this tour, the songs took a guitar tuned in A 440 and other one a whole step down, a seven strings and a nylon strings acoustic guitar. I travelled with six guitars and an acoustic guitar, all of them had been checked up and adjusted for all these different tunning. Since the songs feature more riffs than solos, I decided to use D’addario .011 on the A 440 tuned guitar and .012 on the whole step down tunned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">It seems complicated, but this precaucations are fundamental to feel relaxed on the stage and to avoid problems during the concert.
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<br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And don’t forget about the matters of getting tickets , dates , visas , documents and etc!</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> Kiko Loureirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258243146924476256noreply@blogger.com0