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Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Wave
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Every Time You Touch Me
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Genre: Bossa Nova / Country / Experimental
Location BR
Profile Views: 24859
Last Login: 5/17/2013
Member Since 2/23/2008
Website adairtorres.com
Record Label NSF Records
Type of Label Indie
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..Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!.............. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ .. .. ...... .. Adair Torres, Ney Marques, Claudio Baeta & Claudio Rocha .. 80 Per Cent SWEET DREAMS SHIFT BAND .. .. .. .. ...... .. ...... .. .."I'll Find you...Don't Worry" .. .. .. .. .. ADAIR TORRES: SKETCHES BY "DAN YOUNG" .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ...... .......... .. .. Adair Torres is currently one of the most requested musician and sideman for the recording of Pedal Steel Guitar in Brazil. Adair began his musical career early, at the age of 7, when he learned to play the “cavaquinho”, a kind of ukulele which he received as a gift from his father. Observing an older cousin play the guitar, he asked his father to buy a guitar for him. In no time at all he learned to play with his cousin some of the standard compositions of the period. From that time on, much like every person who learns to play an instrument, he was expected to play at family gatherings and sometimes accompanying a sertaneja duo that appeared at the invitation of his father. Adair soon came to the attention of a Japanese friend of the family who had a band that played music in the style of the Ventures and The Shadows, which awakened his interest in playing the electric guitar for The Nisei Five. At twelve, it became difficult to escape the attention of the social services employees whose job it was to insure that minors we not being exploited or whose presence was not allowed in Pubs and Nightclubs where alcoholic beverages were sold. Despite there never being any difficulty, he was allowed to continue to play with the band because the leader of the band undoubtedly made some arrangement with the authorities that allowed him to play in those types of establishments. Of course, it was inevitable that Adair moved on to other musical styles and bands. As part of the Woodstock generation, the music of the times was the sounds of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and the styles expanded and as is often said, migrated to heavier and more complicated forms. He began to listen to bands like Yes, Genesis and Elp but the experience was less than rewarding because he was unable to acquire the necessary equipment to enable him to play the styles and reproduce the effects. It was then that he first heard the sound of the Pedal Steel... Around 1973 he decided to work in in the computer sciences field. He entered school and exchanged music for the profession of Systems Analyst. When he finally reached the conclusion that this was not the kind of work that he wanted to do he quickly returned to the music field, and having listened to a lot of Country Music material from Nashville provided by - (one of his best friends) - Lélio Augusto (Jimmy Allen) – (a marketing director in his spare time, and, an excellent musician and interpreter of musical standards) – who gave him, almost as a gift, a 5-string banjo. He became so obsessed with the Bluegrass musical style and his newest instrument, the banjo, that he mastered it in no time at all because the tuning was the same as the cavaquinho, his very first instrument. He studied 6 hours a day during six months and in 1980 he abandoned his job as a Systems Analyst and returned to music to stay. Together with Lélio Augusto (Jimmy Allen), he formed the first Bluegrass band in Brazil in 1982 and recorded his first instrumental record (Produced by Jorge Gambier (http://www.myspace.com/jorgegambier)..back in the days of vinyl) that utilized the traditional Nashville Bluegrass formations: Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar and Upright Bass. The band was named Santa Fé Country Band. One of the hallmark moments of the Santa Fé Country Band was a concert at the Teatro Municipal de São Paulo. Another was performing on the national network television show playing the traditional Brazilian country classic Asa Branca with a nationally famous Brazilian artist called Sivuca. The haunting style of the pedal steel that he first heard in the 70s never left his head and after many years he learned that he first listened to the master Buddy Emmons playing Pedal Steel Guitar on that day. In the beginning of the 80s, there was a lot of research on the Pedal Steel, information that involved discovering just what was that unique sound and who were the great musicians. Through the help of a friend named “Hanna”, who was moving to Germany and lent him the money to buy his first pedal steel. The instrument was a German model made by ABM. After almost a years wait she returned to Brazil on a visit, bringing him the instrument. Around the same period Adair joined the team at Country Produções, a recording studio in São Paulo which recorded Brazilian Sertanejo and American country music. During this period he expanded his knowledge of country music forms, listening to new artists and musicians, acquiring knowledge of country mandolin and the Dobro, adding to the list of instruments that he has since become an expert. One of the important milestones of this period was the production of the long play record of Banda de Rodagem which was basically bluegrass and country songs done in Portuguese, with most of the songs designed to attract the musical tastes of Brazilian truck-drivers. The work was one of the first in which Adair not only played steel but did most of the arrangements and produced the recording. This was the beginning of another facet of his musical career that provided the necessary background for his work as a studio musician today. During that time, working as a recording studio administrator, it was not difficult to find time to study and learn the instrument, sometimes studying six or seven hours a day. After two years he began to think, “Why not continue the work began by Poly,- (A famous Brazilian Studio Musician), - started on the Hawaiian guitar and used sometimes in Brazilian country music (musica sertaneja), replacing it with the Pedal Steel...?” At Quadrophenia Studio together with another long time friend John Thrall, - (today an author) - and, having as clients, musicians and great arrangers like: Martinez, Pinocchio, Oscar, Marinho do Acordeom, Jânio Santone, Mirandinha, Adeildo Lopes, Karan and many others, it was not difficult to arrange recordings and why not include a Pedal Steel Guitar in the arrangements? Everyone, without exception accepted the idea, and today, it can be said that the Pedal Steel Guitar has become popularized and has become part of many musical arrangements. Adair has become the artist most requested by famous Brazilian musicians to record as a banjo and pedal steel sideman on their recording. Of course in a biography like this one cannot but cite the first recording using this instrument: Juliano Cezar performing the song Cowboy do Asfalto, arrangements by maestro Michael, and recorded at the studio Mosh located in the São Paulo . Adair used the German ABM Pedal Steel for 11 years. Today he uses an Emmons Black SD10 3x7 Lashley LeGrande II and one Derby Rosewood D10 8x7. The rest is and will be part of the story of Adair Torres ..... .. .. I witnessed this whole story and " oh boy! that man sure play! super duper ! " .. Dan Young. .... .... You've been marked on my visitor map! Click to zoom in... .. .... Get your own map at ..hit2map.com.... .. .................................................................................................................................................. ...... .. Go To Eden Moody's MySpace , listen to and comment the song "Hero In Me"... .. Thanks. (Adair Torres) .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ...... .......... .. .. .. .. .. ...... .... "There are only two kinds of music: good music and bad music...I prefer good music". Duke Ellington .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Stop the player above and listen to this:.... The Cactus Cuties singing The National Anthem.... I'M ASTONISHED,..... THESE GIRLS COULD BE ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS.....(Adair Torres) .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ ........................ ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ........Myspace Layouts.... / ....Myspace Backgrounds.... / ....Background Image Uploader......
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.. .. ........ "ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION" .. .. .. WAVE.. .. THE PLACES AND THE PLAYERS: .. .. * DRUMS AND BASS:.. Recorded At:.. Estudio Baeta.. www.estudiobaeta.com.br .. * PIANO , ..* ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND.. * STRINGS.. Recorded At:.. Flautin 55.. * STEEL GUITAR.. Recorded At:.. NSF Actor Studio.. .. * MIXED BY: .. Claudio Abuchaim .. * MASTERED BY: .. Claudio Abuchaim .. AT FLAUTIM 55 .. .. .. ...... .. ...... .. .. "THE SWEET DREAMS ..*** SHIFT BAND" *** .. .. * CLAUDIO BAETA : .. Drums .. * CLAUDIO ROCHA :.. Bass.. * JOSE ANTONIO :.. Keyboards.. * ELIAS ALMEIDA :.. Eletric Guitars &.. Nylon Acoustic.. * NEY MARQUES :.. Nylon Acoustic &.. Mandolin.. * ADAIR TORRES :.. Pedal Steel Guitar &.. Dobro .. .. DIGITAL RECORDING GEAR:.. Protools HD, Protools TDM and Protools LE.... MIC & PREAMPS.. Avalon 737 Pre/Comp/Eq.... 1 Tlaudio dual valve Pre/Comp.... 1 Vintech/neve X73I Pre/Eq .... 2 Focusrite ISA 428 Pre.... 1 SSL/Audio Junkie 8X EQ502 Eq.. .. 1 Universal Audio 2-1176 Comp.... 2 Urei LA-4 .... .. .. OUTBOARD GEAR: .. ..DERBY D10 - 8X7 - ROSEWOOD.. ..EMMONS SD-10 LASHLEY LEGRAND BLACK .. 3 Floor Pedals, 7 Knee Levers. .... MARTIN D35 1972. ..DOBRO 1972. .. VEGA FIVE STRINGS BANJO 1975. .... EQUIP:.. .. Peavey Nashville 400, .. Super Sustain 7A Match Box, ..Super Bro Match Box, .. Hilton ME262B Infrared Volume Pedal, .. Boss DD2 Digital Delay, ..Boss RV2 Digital Reverber. .... RACK:.. ..Digitech 2101 ..Studio Tube PreAmp and Processor, ..Rocktron Chameleon Pre-Amp and Effects, ..Evans Pre-Amp. .... ACCESSORIES: .. ..Pac-A-Seat, ..Peterson Tuner, ..Emmons Bar, ..BJS Bar and Shubb-Pearse Dobro Bar, ..National Gold Finger Picks, ..Bugablue Thumb Picks, ..Boss TU-12 Tuner, ..SIT Steel Mill Strings. .... Work in studio with most popular Brasilian artists, playing all styles, such as:.. .. Country Music, ..Country Rock,..Brazilian Bluegrass,..Rock and Roll,..Pop,.. Bossa Nova,..Sertanejo,.. etc....
Influences
..Buddy Emmons,..Tom Brumley,..Lloyd Green,..Steve Palousek,.. Jeff Newman,..Jerry Byrd,..Curly Chalker,..Buck Reid,..Bobby Garret,.. John Hughey,..Terry Bethel,.. Jay Dee, ..Paul Franklin, ..And so On....
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..Adair Torres .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. DVDs: .. .. Leonardo: DVD (2009).. Leonardo: DVD (2006) Acústico, ..Pedro e Thiago, ..Grupo Wer, ..Di Paulo e Paulino,.. Hospital do Câncer de Barretos: (16 Artists),.. Sandy e Jr: As Quatro Estações, ..Juliano Cezar, ..Gilberto e Gilmar, ..Guto e Nando, ..Bruno e Ray, ..Gil e Erick, ..Marco Brasil: Vários Artistas. ..Vanilda Bordieri,..Elias Silva,..Evangelicos, etc....etc... .... ARTISTS, ..DUOS & GROUPS............. JAMELÃO (1913-2008) – 90 Anos De Samba, .. (My Honor to record for Jamelão).. Jan Lewis - "One Shot At Time".... Dany Knap - "The Cowboy.... Eden Moody - "Hero In Me",..Gene Fireball - Various.., ..KLB- CD 2008,.. Leonardo - All CDs and (2008) "Coração Bandido"... .. Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano: .. CDs (1995/6/7/8/9,2000/01/02/03)(2008),(2009).. Grupo da Cor do Prazer - "Me Liga" , Marlon e Maicon - Tema do Programa "Quer Namorar Comigo..?", Eduardo Costa - CD (2008) - Cow Pie, Leandro e Leonardo, Zezé Di Camargo e Luciano, Chitãozinho e Xororó, Tributo a Leandro (Vários), Rio Negro e Solimões, Chrystian & Ralf, Jayne, João Paulo e Daniel, Daniel (Solo), Gian e Giovanni, Rick e Rener, Alexandre Pires, Mylla Mihalovich , Liah, Neuma Moraes, Guto e Nando, Dado Dolabella, Rodrigo Haddad, Edson e Hudson, Eduardo Araújo, Mônica Araújo, Sandy e JR, Milionário e José Rico, Clayton e Camargo, Gino e Geno, Theodoro e Sampaio, Guilherme e Santiago, Bruno e Marrone, João Pedro e Cristiano, Atahyde e Alexandre, Gilberto e Gilmar, Joel Marques, Carlos Randal e Joel Marques, Diego e Danimar, Di Paulo e Paulino, Felipe e Falcão, Tivas, Cezar Augusto, Pedro e Thiago, Zé Henrique e Gabriel, Nil Bernardes, As Galvão, Bete Guzo, Mara Maravilha, Tânia Mara, Sula Miranda, As Marcianas, César e Paulinho, Rosa e Rosinha, Irídio e Irineu, Alan e Aladin, Mauricio e Mauri, Mauricio Mattar, Mauricio Miya, Tiãozinho e Alessandro, Juliano César, Eric e Léo, Mococa e Paraíso, , João Mulato e Pardinho, Pedro Bento e Zé da Estrada, Marcelo Viola, Nalva Aguiar, As Mineirinhas, Luiz Cláudio e Giuliano, Mato Grosso e Matias, Mato Grosso (solo), Marciano, Chico Rei e Paraná, Tonico e Tinoco, Zico e Zeca, Adalberto e Adriano, Giliardi, Jaffar Sater, Rodrigo Sater, Carlinhos Borbagato, Peão Carreiro. .. .. COUNTRY ROCK BANDS: ....American Wild West, Banda West Rocky, Banda Barra Da Saia, Banda Big Train, Banda Chaparral, Banda Paraná Country, Banda Steel, Banda Pahaliah, Banda Blacksmith , Banda Vento Forte, Banda São Paulo Country, Banda Tennessee. ..Bandas De Rock: A Turma Da Pompéia, Reggae....etc.... ....AS INVITED MUSICIAN ON INSTRUMENTAL CDs: .. Caixote,Forró Jazz,.. Guto Guidon, ..Jânio,.. Boleros, ..Sambas,...etc....etc... .... COMERCIALS: .. (JINGLES):.... Together with:....... Rogério Duprat, ..Tomas Roth (Lua Music), ..Teco Fuchs (Lua Music),.. Ruriah Duprat,.. Zé Rodrix,.. Dudu Maroti..... And so On. .. .. .. .. ...... ..

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    Fale comigo pelo 11-96891296 ou pelo email: adairtorres@adairtorres.com.br
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