8 April 2008

Kiko trio in Europe






One more time back from Europe. Fifteen days on the old word appreciating its cultural and heathen riches ... These kind of trips are always a huge learning process, I have no doubts about it.

Lesson one: A scoundrel is a scoundrel everywhere, it doesn’t matter the color or race , or if he/she has blue blood circulation from the first world or anemic with hemorrhagic breakbone fever from the third world... A scoundrel is a scoundrel and an idiot is an idiot, period.
Lesson two: I include myself in the second case mentioned above.

Immediately in the arrival , the big news which my connection flight had been cancelled due to the bad weather of the Channel Islands ( did anyone from Gol or TAM talked to Birtish airways?). Since I couldn’t cancel the guitar clinic in the London guitar institute they got me in another flight, which took me to other airport (Who cares?...). Since taxi drivers are the same in any hemisphere on earth as well as the scoundrles, the milord asked 300 reais for the ride and did that Paul Mc Cartney’s mouth smile... What can I do? At least I got there by the time.

After I went to Frankfurt to meet Felipe and so many brazilians who took part in the biggest music trade show as I told you before in the previous post.
Together with Mike Terrana and Felipe, We went to Milan by train. We were there so calm and speaking, talking in the restaurant waggon when an old mand asked where were we going to. While looking to the ticket the german prophesies that in five minutes the rain is going to tear a part and the reastaurant waggon would go to Viena and our wagoon with our equipment and suitcases would go to Milan. Detail: we were like 8 waggon away...we ran like crazy but we maed it. Detail 2: Mike forgot his jacket on the restaurant in this confusion, and this way he prooved to be able to do the whole way three times in five minutes. Nothing like a goal in life. We are always able to go beyond. This train trip still had its interesting moments. We got reviewed by the police in 3 situations... I believe our Brazilian visa and Mike’s Mohican worked as a good stimulus to the cups who want to show their job.

In the first day of Italy we went out for a rehearsal. Everything was happening in the best way until I find out that someone got in my Hotel room and stole my suitcase, with computer and other stuff... Doing the B.O. in italian in the first day of concert was prettily unforgettable.

As I told you before a Scoundrel is a Scoundrel be it in the german complex or in a hotel in Milan.

Excluding this didactic trip part off (Lesson one and 2 pretty much learned) the concerts were so cool.
Check out on youtube:


Great picutres in Maud.Taken by a french photographer.http://dimmaud.free.fr/Concerts/18-03-08%20Kiko%20Loureiro%20Trio%20%20Milan/
Interview in Marseille. I know french is a little weird...please, do not laugh about the way of the mouth...

Hugs!

15 March 2008

Hey everyone! One more post from outside Brazil...


Hey everyone! One more post from outside Brazil...


I came back from the USA and I didn’t even have enough time to get habituated to the nauseous polution from SP since I had to the England to do a “masterclass” at ICMP.



Now I am in other music trade show, Frankfurt Messe. I think I am becoming a merchant... I still have for this year São Paulo and Shangai!
Picture something 5 times bigger than Expomusic in São Paulo.
I am here to the releasing and promotion of Zoom G1K to the European dealers.
Actually I think it is really fun these encounters with instrument manufacturers, musicians, friends and fans. Still more there are people from all the countries you can imagine.
I can’t wait to go to Milan (after tomorrow!!!) together with Felipe Andreoli and Mike Terrana to concerts in italian lands.

Sorry , I didn’t take pictures of the fair... after all everything looks the same and I couldn’t find the toilet booth... L
I am also writting to invite everyone in Sao Paulo to give prestige to the book of Silvia Góes. Who is into music is going to find the book very different, innovator and mainly informant .For those who are a musicians, I think it is essential to know this perspective of our relation with music and sounds.

I am a fan of Silvia ! Friend, teacher and great listener! There’s no one like you...
I am going to be there to buy mine.
Hugs and Kisses!

23 February 2008

Hey everyone... a little more about NAMM.

At D’addario’s booth some people asked me to talk about something different to be use on the American website.

Besides other testimonies which I talked about the quality of the strings, tips for beginners, my history with this company and etc…
I thought it would be cool do talk about something totally Brazilian… then nothing better than a recipe!Of course it is not a recipe of “feijão-de-corda”, because I have no idea at all how to do that, but I really do how to do an authentic “caipirinha”.

Check it out

18 February 2008

Confraternization moment NAMM 2008


One more picture to share with you guys. Cofraternization moment on the booth
Of ZOOM-NAMM. You can see in the picture people from Black Label Society, Anthrax, Lamb of God and the personnel who work for ZOOM-USA. I am right in the middle of it, also doing the kind sign to the photographer.

Hugs

KIKO

11 February 2008

Result – Christmas giveaway


To view in real size click on the picture.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in our Christmas giveaway.
We received such good drawings which showed us talent and creativity.
Keep always taking part in our giveaways! You guys are the kind of people who form our community, thus you motivate us to come up with new giveaways. It doesn’t matter if it is a concert ticket, a Cd or even a electric guitar!

I would like to thank mainly Tagima which supported the whole initiative.

And the winner is:
Name: Marcel Bartholo
City: São Paulo/ SP
E mail: Marcelcbart@yahoo.com.br

* Brazil Only