Groove-Rock Engine
Through two consecutive nights the groove-rock engine we like to call the MZTRIO ran at full throttle as we pumped it full of our own adrenaline. Playing at the Delta Blues Bar and the 10th Amparo Winter Festival, both in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the crowd’s reaction was incredible, and a lot of fans took home [...]
The Live Studio Sessions
In August 2009, the MZTRIO found what I can best describe as ‘balance’. The band I had envisioned as a pulsating and creative musical engine, capable of bringing new life to my songs with a healthy dose of groove and the right feel, had finally taken on the ideal line-up. The results obtained through my [...]
MZ in Guitar Player Magazine
I was recently interviewed by Guitar Player Brasil‘s Guilherme Zanini, to whom I spoke about my gear, influences, records and plans. The US-version of Guitar Player has been around since the 1960′s, and finally got a Brazilian edition in 1996. Reading about myself in a magazine in which I used to get the lowdown on [...]
Season’s greetings from MZ
After an insane 2009, complete with numerous concerts, recordings and huge changes, we now prepare for an even more exciting year in 2010. All of the projects to come as well as those that we concluded in 2009 were possible thanks to all of you who come to our website, watch us on YouTube, listen [...]
Not on ‘vacation’…
We’ve been working harder than ever over the last couple of months. We shot a DVD, finished our album, welcomed a new band member and are only now leaving the eye of this storm. Good news is, all the transformation was for the better… I’ll soon post more on everything that, but I’ll still leave [...]
MZ on TV
This is a feature about me on EPTV, a local Globo channel. Good opportunity to practice Portuguese!
