Leo Brower, Mark Turner, Allan Holdsworth, McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane, Astor Piazzolla, Michael Hedges, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Prasanna, Charlie Banacos, Wayne Krantz, Mick Goodrick, Dave Holland, John McLaughlin, Frank Gambale, J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky, Chico Buarque, Guinga, Garoto, Brett Garsed, Eric Johnson, John Stowell, Dream Theater, Shawn Lane, Chris Potter, life, nature, all my students.
"Gustavo Assis-Brasil is an accomplished guitarist with a remarkably fluid linear concept and a distinctive, ultra-sophisticated harmonic sense, who also exhibits a fully developed voice as a composer."
BILL MILKOWSKI
Bill Milkowski is a regular contributor to Jazz Times magazine. He is also the author of “JACO: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius” (Backbeat Books)
"With Hybrid Picking For Guitar, Gustavo Assis-Brasil has created a hugely valuable resource, in terms of expanding both one's technique and vocabulary. Also, the studies at the end of the book are beautiful pieces in their own right. I highly recommend it."
"Hybrid picking is the most expressive form of electric guitar playing there is. Gustavo's book takes the mystery out of it and lays out a complete and simple method to gain control of the right hand fingers and the pick simultaneously. I highly recommend it!"
CARL VERHEYEN, virtuoso guitarist
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"I think this is the ultimate book for jazz guitarists learning to utilize hybrid picking. Gustavo has included everything anyone would need to master the technique."
STEVE TROVATO, guitar educator
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"Recognized for his unique stylings and innovative approaches, Gustavo Assis-Brasil shares with guitarists his many intricate insights for a complete method of combining pick and fingers for hybrid picking. His book will educate and entertain."
LEE PROSSER, JazzReview.com
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"Gustavo Assis-Brasil has made a great contribution to guitarists by writing this excellent book because it lays out a methodical approach to mastering the technique and gives inspiring examples of it's application in real music. I strongly recommend it to any student of the guitar."
STEVEN KIRBY, jazz guitarist
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"Assis-Brasil's writing and playing are exceptional! His sound, phrasing and harmonic sense are impeccable!"
JUST JAZZ GUITAR Magazine, Jeff Barone
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(...) Gustavo Assis-Brasil has a unique way of demystifying hybrid picking (...) he introduces musical examples that would have seemed impossible to play before starting to work with the book. (...) Hybrid Picking For Guitar is engaging, informative and great fun to use. (...) After only a short amount of time working with Hybrid Picking For Guitar one gains the desire to keep practicing and develop this incredibly useful technique. The study periods will be well rewarded, because learning hybrid picking inspires creativity and offers new opportunities for discovery and self-expression.
ALL ABOUT JAZZ.COM, Ben McDonnell
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The book is extremely refreshing and it opens new creative windows for the guitarists. From the "Hybrid Picking" technique standpoint, Gustavo Assis-Brasil develops advanced musical concepts in lines that include polyrhythms, monophonic counterpoint, spiral lines (converging and diverging), twelve tone rows, irregular groupings of notes and rhythms and, above all, nice tunes and the playing and musicality of a master."
JULIO "CHUMBINHO" HERRLEIN, Brazilian guitarist
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I am very impressed! The compositions are very deep and the technical tips for playing with pick and fingers are very practical and creative. The book is a much-needed text on the topic. It is exhaustive without being pedantic. Congratulations! It's excellent!
SCOTT McGILL, (McGill/Manring/Stevens)
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“Hybrid Picking” is not only an excellent book that covers literally everything you want to know about hybrid picking but also a great source of inspiration. I wrote a tune using example number 2!
I wish I’d had this book 20 years ago!
ALEX MACHACEK
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Based in Boston, USA, Gustavo Assis-Brasil began playing the guitar at the age of 13. He attended the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, to get his bachelor in classical guitar in 1995. During those years, he worked as a studio musician, private teacher and played with some important bands and projects (Nocet, Bichofolha duo w/Guilherme Barros). In 1995 he was featured in Guitar Player Magazine - USA (Spotlight session).
In 1999 he got a full scholarship to get his Master Degree In Jazz at Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory. His main teachers were Mick Goodrick (Gary Burton Quartet, Pat Metheny), Wayne Krantz (Leni Stern, Steely Dan, Michael Brecker), Hal Crook (duo w/Joe Diorio), Ed Tomassi, Dave Fiucsynski (Screaming Headless Torsos), Rick Peckham, Larry Baione, and currently Charlie Banacos and the South Indian 'guru' Prasanna. Gustavo also had master-classes/lessons with Pat Metheny, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, Dave Liebman and John Scofield. From 2001 until 2006, Gustavo played/toured the renowned group the Dig Trio (www.digtrio.com). He is also the director of the Jazz and Contemporary Music Department of the Cambridge School of Weston and teaches at Berklee College of Music's Guitar Sessions. Also as a teacher, Gustavo taught clinics at GIT, Guitar Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, CA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA; UFRGS, Brazil; Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; University of Passo Fundo, Brazil.
In 2005, Gustavo released the book Hybrid Picking for Guitar. This book is the first method entirely dedicated to the art of combining pick and fingers to play the guitar. The book is in its 3rd edition and it has been receiving praise worldwide.
Gustavo performed/recorded with: John Stowell, Steve Trovato, Frank Potenza, Richard Smith, Sandro Albert, Hiromi, Tony Grey (John Mclaughlin), Prasanna, Greg Hopkins, Brett Wilmott, Tim Pascoal (Richard Bona, Bob Mintzer), Garo Saraydarian, Tony Gaboury, Matthew Nicholl, Tim Ries (Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Steve Wonder), Nelson Faria, Jose Pienasola (Elis Regina, Romero Lubambo, Leny Andrade), Marina Elali, Michael Farquharson, Hiroaki Honshuku, Winnie Dahlgren, Dough Johnson, Natalie Dietrich, Fernando Huergo, among others.
Hey Gustavo Assis-Brasil! : ) “Watch your thoughts, for they become words; watch your words, for they become actions; watch your actions, for they become habits; watch your habits, for they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny." ~ Mahatma Ghandi”
Olá Grande Mestre! Tenho muito orgulho de dizer que estudei guitarra orientado por ti, nobre amigo, e tenho muito orgulho das influências que deixaste no meu modo de tocar! Como tu deves saber, o nome "Gustavo Assis-Brasil" é quase místico dentre o meio musical santamariense, e é por isso que me sinto tão honrado em lançar um trabalho de música instrumental aqui na cidade, tendo em vista que estes caminhos foram pecorridos primeiramente por ti e pelo Guilherme! Ficaria honrado se ouvisses e opinasses sobre meu trabalho! Críticas e sugestões são muito bem vindas! No mais, deixe-me a par das novidades e quando vieres para cá, espero te presentear com uma cópia do meu CD! Grande abraço, nobre amigo!
Thank you for the kind words and the live clips you have up are great-really fantastic writing and playing. I'd love to play and/or record sometime. Right now, we live in Brighton/Hove U.K. where I'm running a BA program at Brighton Institute of Modern Music but we'll make it happen sooner or later I'm sure. I love Boston.
I would love the DVD and perhaps we can swap material as I have a few discs I could send. The newest one I did is out but I can do a burn and there's another one as well plus some iTunes material with Percy Jones that works.
Please let me know and again, you're really doing something very special Gustavo--keep doing it and write back when you can.
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Fala Mestre,estou aqui em São Paulo trabalhando muito com música na guitar player,Souza Lima,etc...,agredeço a vc por todo conhecimento adquirido,desejo muito sucesso em sua carreira,és um exemplo para mim.Abraço e convido você a vir a São Paulo o que precisar estou a disposição.
