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jose carlos matos
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José Carlos Matos; guitarplayer.
José Carlos Matos was born on the 29th of June 1973, Johannesburg, South Africa. His father was a musician [drummer] and as you can imagine, this had a profound effect on his life. He grew up listening to Santana, George Benson, Queen and Earth Wind & Fire and frequently assisted his father´s gigs. JCM had piano lessons at the age of 8 and that gave him some basis in music theory.
The family decided on leaving South Africa due to the crisis that was headed towards the country during the mid '80s. They arrived in Portugal on the 4th of Febuary 1984 and have been residing there ever since. As a teenager he played keyboards at home with his father and the joy of jamming was taking over him very quickly. He then discovered a band called Europe that blew him away, and after that he was already air playing electric guitar on a tennis racket.
After that he started listening to Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and eventually stumbled onto a band that changed his life forever... the band was Van Halen.
He just flipped out with Eddie's guitar playing and wanted to be just like him, so he went to a Musical Instruments' shop in the summer of 1990 to search for an electric guitar and found an Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" replica [Vester] and bought it. He spent about 2 years literally locked in his room practising and jamming to Van Halen records. During this time he discovered Joe Satriani, Nuno Bettencourt and Steve Vai. He considered these musical giants as his virtual teachers and set out to learn the best he could off "Surfing with the Alien", "Flying in a Blue Dream", "Pornograffitti" and "Passion and Warfare". He spent hours and hours playing with the albums from begining to end, perfecting his interpretation of the songs and was living the dream he set out to do, so he basically taught himself how to play guitar from records, music books and listening carefully to all types of music, learning the sense of phrasing, improvisation, dynamics and music theory ...
José Carlos Matos was born on the 29th of June 1973, Johannesburg, South Africa. His father was a musician [drummer] and as you can imagine, this had a profound effect on his life. He grew up listening to Santana, George Benson, Queen and Earth Wind & Fire and frequently assisted his father´s gigs. JCM had piano lessons at the age of 8 and that gave him some basis in music theory.
The family decided on leaving South Africa due to the crisis that was headed towards the country during the mid '80s. They arrived in Portugal on the 4th of Febuary 1984 and have been residing there ever since. As a teenager he played keyboards at home with his father and the joy of jamming was taking over him very quickly. He then discovered a band called Europe that blew him away, and after that he was already air playing electric guitar on a tennis racket.
After that he started listening to Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and eventually stumbled onto a band that changed his life forever... the band was Van Halen.
He just flipped out with Eddie's guitar playing and wanted to be just like him, so he went to a Musical Instruments' shop in the summer of 1990 to search for an electric guitar and found an Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" replica [Vester] and bought it. He spent about 2 years literally locked in his room practising and jamming to Van Halen records. During this time he discovered Joe Satriani, Nuno Bettencourt and Steve Vai. He considered these musical giants as his virtual teachers and set out to learn the best he could off "Surfing with the Alien", "Flying in a Blue Dream", "Pornograffitti" and "Passion and Warfare". He spent hours and hours playing with the albums from begining to end, perfecting his interpretation of the songs and was living the dream he set out to do, so he basically taught himself how to play guitar from records, music books and listening carefully to all types of music, learning the sense of phrasing, improvisation, dynamics and music theory ...
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"When you look up Afterglow in the dictionary, it is defined as 'the glow or light that remains once the sun is gone'. You're used to this bright, shiny beautiful glow but the moment the sun disappears, all of a sudden you have to readjust everything. It's a very transitional moment. A lot of these songs are about transition...the turning over of the rock, what's underneath, the murky, shadowy uncertainty where everything looks very different."
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Noteworthy Facts:
- Sarah has sold over 22 million records worldwide since her recording career began with her debut release, Touch, in 1988.
- She is a 3 time Grammy Award winner:
Grammy Award 1999 "I Will Remember You" - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award 1998 "Last Dance" - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award 1998 "Building a Mystery" - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- The Sarah-founded Lilith Fair tour brought together 2 million people over its 3 year history and raised more than $7 million for charities.
- She has been profiled by media the world over including cover stories for Rolling Stone, Time and Entertainment Weekly.
- She was awarded the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award in 1998 for advancing the careers of women in music.
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Sarah McLachlan - Vocals, Guitars, Piano
Pierre Marchand - Keyboards, Bass, Guitars, Percussion
Ashwin Sood- Drums, Percussion, Loops, Keyboards, Keyboard Bass
Jerry Marotta - Drums, Percussion
Sean Ashby- Guitars
Bill Dillon - Guitars
Ethan Johns - Guitars
Yves Desrosiers - Guitars
Michel Pepin - Guitars
Michael Chaves - Guitars
Jim Creeggan - Upright Bass
Daryl Johnson - Bass
Tony Levin - Bass
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Birth, death, tragedy and joy; the six years since the release of Sarah McLachlan's last studio album Surfacing have been both defining and redefining, not just in the world's recent history but also in Sarah's own life.
As a result, Afterglow is a record of many layers. At first glance, the warmth of production, the purity of her voice and the beautiful harmonies all serve as a reminder of the reasons that McLachlan has gained worldwide acclaim for her talents. As the disc unfolds, however, it becomes clear that this record is a merging of two elements: the wonderfully familiar and the new.
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Some of Sarah's favored moments seem destined to be beloved by fans as well. "'Answer' is one of my favorites", she admits, smiling broadly. "It's a total 'two o'clock in the morning, whispered in your ears' headphone track. That's always been my thing, feeling the very essence of a song. I have to be able to break it down and still feel its strength acoustically on piano or guitar. If the essence is strong, you can do whatever you want with it, it'll still be good. "
Noteworthy Facts:
- Sarah has sold over 22 million records worldwide since her recording career began with her debut release, Touch, in 1988.
- She is a 3 time Grammy Award winner:
Grammy Award 1999 "I Will Remember You" - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award 1998 "Last Dance" - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award 1998 "Building a Mystery" - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- The Sarah-founded Lilith Fair tour brought together 2 million people over its 3 year history and raised more than $7 million for charities.
- She has been profiled by media the world over including cover stories for Rolling Stone, Time and Entertainment Weekly.
- She was awarded the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award in 1998 for advancing the careers of women in music.
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Sarah McLachlan - Vocals, Guitars, Piano
Pierre Marchand - Keyboards, Bass, Guitars, Percussion
Ashwin Sood- Drums, Percussion, Loops, Keyboards, Keyboard Bass
Jerry Marotta - Drums, Percussion
Sean Ashby- Guitars
Bill Dillon - Guitars
Ethan Johns - Guitars
Yves Desrosiers - Guitars
Michel Pepin - Guitars
Michael Chaves - Guitars
Jim Creeggan - Upright Bass
Daryl Johnson - Bass
Tony Levin - Bass
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