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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - São Paulo and - Campinas
and in Bateras Beat. I’m touring with my workshops around - Brazil. I’m
always - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RICARDO > Marcus was out fan, even before we met. He
liked Angra, and followed the career of the former Angra members, who went to
Shaman.
- - - RICARDO > This video is a compilation of the making
offs, of back stages and of tours that we’ve made on the season. I think that
our video maker on the season, would have started an edition to show us, and
not to have lost the job, after the line-up changes, decided to add this
compilation on youtube. - - - - - - - - - - - Holy Land”, from
Angra. The Immortal theme was a way to show that Shaman would not end just
because the most leaves the band. I wanted - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RICARDO > Yes, some things we do the way we know, and
for me, that was the way that I’ve found to do the things. No appeal from fans.
At the time of choice, had to come from me this option.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - RICARDO > The Fabrizio’s Keyboards and orchestral arrangements
added a lot on this CD. He conduced a little orchestra of strings made by
musicians of the ‘Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo’ [OSESP],that have
moved everybody that was present on the moment of the CD register. Of course,
we have everything recorded in video and we went to use it on a future DVD - - - - RICARDO > As I said, we are going to a Latin-American
tour in October. - - - Europe
playing our CD Immortal with the Goçmen Symphony Orchestra of Turkey
[http://www.gocso.com ]. Will be amazing concerts that we Will record in DVD
and release in 2010. Many dates in - Brazil, you can see in the band’s
official website http://www.shamanimmortal.com/ - www.shamanimmortal.com
TSB
> How was playing in Anime Friends, an event of japanese entertainment?
RICARDO > Was very rox, I am a great fan of anime and
sci fi, and these are my greatest influences! I saw this Japanese culture became giant here in
Brazil in only 5 or 6 years. The public of more than 35 thousand people received
Shaman in a splendid way, better than the waited, and that can be seen on the
new Shaman LIVE DVD, recorded at anime friends,that haves the release expected
already this year. While that enjoy the teaser that we added for you on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX7cMMbvsbI - www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX7cMMbvsbI
TSB
> In Immortal, you drums taken is more well make.. Freedom’s taken, for
example, remembers a lot the takens that you have composed at Holy
Land album, from Angra. How these ideas did arise?
RICARDO > Yes, that’s true. In Shaman’s new record I
returned to my roots on the drums, creating like the old ones, In Angra Season.
They are a lot of surprises, and I pretend to revolutionize again with this new
album. For me it has to become a reference for drummers, just like 'Holy Land' [Angra] was. I worked a lot for this. In Fact
I Mix not only brazilian rythms, But Afro rythms, latin rythms, Arabian
rythms,etc. Thers a lot of these things on this CD, but don’t wait to hear any
‘baiãozinho’ or ‘timbalada’. I always work without repeating, or repeat what is
being done by others, what is very hard these days. The harmonies also are
always Metal, nothing with accordion harmonies, with ‘baião’ behind. Forgive me
that it’s not what I don’t like it, but now what we do is Heavy Metal, not an
experimental sound, neither new age. For that the bases are always on Heavy and
dense harmonies, but with attitude.
TSB
> How is the receptivity of the new álbum?
RICARDO > It’s been sensational, we play with the soul.
There no way to not noticed that being in a show o Shaman. Just enter in the
link and see our performance in Anime Friends in July, 2008. It was
something that was not happening long ago, it’s being a
renovation on the senso of known by the viewers them selves that the show is
different, that some emotion is passed now that was
not passed before
TSB
> And in the exterior, how is the receptivity?
RICARDO > Pretty good too! only good reviews in the
great magazines. We are in the first place of Cashbox, that is a web billboard.
The receptivity is so good, that is rendering us this tour with orchestra in
2009.
TSB
> When you, the vocalist André Matos e and the bassist Luis Mariutti left
Angra and founded Shaman, I’ve noticed a certain implications between the fans
of both bands. In ‘orkut’ there is a community named: 'Angra - O Original', of
fans that don’t approve the formation of the group, with Edu, Aquiles and
Felipe. Between the bands, there was a tense climate in the season?
RICARDO > They say that had, but personally never had anything to me. I always forget soon any quarrel because I don’t think that I
have many times to lose with this. Many time these communities in ‘orku’t are
made by fake users of the own musicians, their girlfriends and friends, that
have nothing to do all the day and keep cultivating the hate for success
outside.
TSB
> Could you make a review? for bands where you played, Korzus, Angra and
Shaman? What have changed during all these years?
RICARDO > All of them have been very important for me.
With Korzus I've learned to play with pressure and to make real shows. With Angra i’ve learned more about music than
anywhere. In
Shaman I could express myself composing and now, with the new guys, we assumed
everything, production, recording, business finally, I became a complete artist.
Many people think that we stay at home hoping the phone rings, but it’s not
that way. We always have to run
for things.
TSB
> Talking about Angra, that’s my curiosity. When you joined the band, the
first Cd, Angels Cry, was already recorded by Rhapsody’s drummer, Alex Holzwarth
and by Thomas Nack, former Gamma Ray, that recorded only one track. How was your
adjustment during the shows. You have created something yours on the basis of
these drum’s records, or reproduced just like the CD?
RICARDO > I tried to
play as close as possible, something are very
personals, from drummer to drummer, but the idea was to be equal.
TSB
> And how’ve been the workshops?
RICARDO > At the first haf I
went to Ribeirão Preto/SP, Aracaju/SE, Fortaleza/CE, Leme/SP, Campinas/SP,
Porto Alegre/RS, Caxias/RS, Guarapuava/PR, Curitiba/PR.
I’m programing to go back to northeast this year.
TSB
> Talking about the future. What’s your personal plans and Shaman’s plans? Any CD, DVD on sight ?
RICARDO
> A DVD on sight – Shaman live at Animefriends, that Will count with a
making off of most part of the tour [at least 27 shows ] and of the recording
of the Immortal CD. A new studio álbum is scheduled for next year. We are waiting to be touring in
all places of the world! I am working in other bands productions, as a producer,
Like Ravenland, Satisfire and others.
TSB
> Ricardo, thank you very much for this interview. Could you leave a scrap
for all the readers of the TOSEMBANDA.COM?!
RICARDO > A great hug for everybody on this site dedicated
to who is with difficulties on the search of the ideal band and sound! The deal
is never stop to play!
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Thanks to all our fans for the support!
Tiziana Hurd, Shaman's manager
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SolMusic Management Inc.
Shaman's agent
Canada