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Yonsen Maia
...is Brasilian guitar virtuoso...
Yonsen Maia is a Brazilian artist who uses the fusion between
Hard-Rock guitar techniques and Afro-Brazilian rhythms: Samba, Marcha-Frevo,
Igexá, Baião and others. He studied classical guitar for seven
years and today, he is a great producer and composer. He has written arrangements
for Orchestra, New Pop and Rock Bands and Soundtracks for publicities.
Yonsen has been praised by the Brazilian Press and Great artists:
the Brazilian Magazines Guitar Player said: "Yonsen's songs are perfect
and mature compositions / arrangements within Prog atmosphere and heavy sonority"
and Cover Guitarra said: "These songs are a good example how to absorb
influences from the idols without copying their work. Malmsteen should take
care because there's a Brazilian guy to face him".
The Newspaper "Folha de Londrina" from Curitiba
called him "The New Joe Satriani". Great Artists like Arthur Maia,
Armandinho, Trio Elétrico Dodô & Osmar, Carlinhos Brown, Edu
Ardanui (Dr. Sin) praise the Yonsen's career. Those artists recorded diferent
songs at the Album "Across the Universe" that is release in April.
Recently, Yonsen did a great show before the Master of the
instrumental music in the world, Hermeto Pascoal, on Salvador's Instrumental
Festival in Brazil.
Actually, Yonsen has done the Musical Direction of the play
"A Coisa" (The Thing) in Brazil, touring and releasing his second
CD "At Home". It has been produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by
him. That album was done in his YM Studio in Salvador-Bahia in Brazil. Yonsen
has joined the cast of endorsers of "Dharma Guitars", "ZOOM"
and "Laney".
If you want to know more about Yonsen, visit his provisory
web site: www.tramavirtual.com.br/yonsen_maia
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Close your eyes, hear the songs... it will give you the
creeps.
Contacts:
www.tramavirtual.com.br/yonsen_maia
yonsen9maia@yahoo.com / yonsen.maia@gmail.com
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