You recorded three albums; one of them is the New Mainstream LA.
André Santos: They come from the name of the band leader Lars Arens. I wrote this record.
Note that you are very adventurous as a guitarist; there is a certain fusion. You look for these new sounds to add them to your repertoire?
AS: I always try to mix as much as I can in my music, although my training is very jazzy. It is natural that these influences arise when I'm writing, when I'm thinking of a song or other things just hook.
Tell me a little bit of this album.
AS: It has a jazzy nature, was composed for a German trombonist who lives in Portugal for ten years and that was my music teacher, and the in final year I joined a young group of jazz and started to create a repertoire that he composed . It is a complex music. It gives freedom , only while writing your music as you want and had a lot going on , where we all had very described well the role, is a sextet . The themes are energetic, but also very beautiful ballads and beyond that, I recorded a completely different record with Teresa Salgueiro, ex - Madredeus, and went to replace the former guitarist named Andrew Santos. I recorded this album two years ago, we had a number of months and compositing tests, was the first studio album of her, after twenty years of Madredeus, then did a tour March 2012 until March 2013.
So what brought you these experiences , I realized that the first was much more structured in terms of music
AS : Actually the two were pretty structure in the case of Teresa Salgueiro , her case is not pop rock , is more fad and a little bit of everything , most Portuguese and melancholic music . Was more structured, because there was no freedom and my solo is always equal to the record and in concert, there is no room for improvisation. In Lars, although more structure moments when we expose his music, then there moment of total freedom that are the solos, i.e., there is a gap, we express ourselves at that moment, while with Teresa if sprang me do something different never had that freedom.
But the theme Zion is not at all jazzy, once again, completely escapes your musical roots.
AS: Yes, not from my roots, but my training. As I was saying is something natural. I like Brazilian, pop music, like a lot of things and work with many different people. On that day, the day I did the theme Zion which was named after, it was there, I do not know from what influence arose is a genre that I like.
So what inspires you to write?
AS: It's a good question. It is a necessity. I put myself in order to make a record, now only will be out for the beginning of next year, when I have this goal seems a must, sometimes I force myself to write, but maybe this will not be the best time. When things go more naturally is when I'm not even thinking about it too much, just take the guitar and one thing leads to another. My themes are actually composed with some ease. There are few who have to battle. Actually it flows and is more like that.
So what will be guiding thread of your album?
AS: I do not think of that, the way I got, it's a bit obvious is "starting point ". The album will be a mixture of things.
You'll have voice beyond the instrumental?
AS: Yes, for the most part will be instrumental, but Joana participates in two songs. And I have other themes from the jazzy world.
When you intend to release the album?
AS: In December , in the Hot Club , which is usually the place where jazz musicians like to present their work .
