Carlos Castro
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Some Sort Of Portuguese Progressive
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Some Sort Of Demos... is the name of Portuguese guitarist Carlos Castro's four song instrumental progressive demo CD-R, a one-man band creation released under the project name Volvox. Castro likes to inject odd-time signatures, Oriental melodies and many mood changes into his pieces, as the opening two tracks "Out Of This World" and "Living In A Lie" serve to demonstrate. His focus seems to be creating interesting compositions along the lines of a group such as Pink Floyd, where the music is guitar oriented, but not dominated by extended, furiously played guitar solos. It's an approach Castro can continue to develop as he writes and records more material - after only four songs it's still to early for him to shake his influences.
Carlos started his musical studies in 1992 at the age of 9, in a local philharmonic He started playing trumpet a year later, and received his first guitar in 1994. Carlos enrolled at the Lisbon Conservatory in 1995 to study trumpet and music theory. He is scheduled to graduate soon, and hopes to go on to University to proceed with his musical studies. Carlos received his first guitar lessons in 1998 after acquiring his first electric guitar. He has played live with several cover bands. Carlos lists musical influences such as Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Pain Of Salvation, Spock's Beard, Symphony X and King's X.
Currently, Castro is a guitar and music theory teacher, and he is involved with a pop/rock band called Vaga Ideia.
Contact Information
Carlos Miguel Silva de Castro
Rua Das Violetas, Lote C-2, 2 Dto.
2870-296 Montijo
Portugal
E-mail:
Carlos Castro
Web site:
www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Volvox/
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Bruno Teodori
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Neo-Classical Metal Demos From Italy
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Italian guitarist Bruno Teodori submitted his three song neo-classical demo, entitled simply Demo 2002. Recorded with a vocalist and full band, the three songs are quite similar to the music found on a number of Yngwie J. Malmsteen's recordings. Teodori is a highly skilled guitarist who has mastered every Malmsteen lick and trick - you have the high speed, double picked, low-to-high runs, the pedal licks, the sweeping - in short, you'd have trouble determining that you were actually listening to a different guitarist (he even looks like Malmsteen). The compositions are also arranged in the 'Rising Force' style, with similar chord progressions, keyboard arrangements and vocal stylings. The music is perfectly executed; the only problem is there isn't an original element to be found.
Bruno started playing guitar at the age of 16 (13 years ago). He started out playing music from Bon Jovi, Europe and Deep Purple, even though he was listening to classical music. Bruno joined a few cover bands, but was frustrated by his inability to introduce his original music to the audience. He recorded his first neo-classical demo in 2000, called "Evil Temptation", which consisted of five instrumental tracks and two vocal numbers. That led to his new demo, which was recorded in a professional recording studio, with a full band.
Teodori's future plans included finding a record deal and to get as many contacts in the music industry as possible. He will continue to compose his own music and send it to record companies with the hopes of stimulating interest in his work.
Contact Information
Bruno Teodori
Via Degli Archi 27
57126 Livorno
Italy
E-mail:
Bruno Teodori
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