It has been a very busy year and It has been a while since my last post.Trying to keep you guys up to date whenever I find the time for it.
Yeah... and I must say that the Facebook is at the moment perhaps the most quicker way to get all informations about my activities and the projects
that I'm doing and I'm involved in.So do me a huge favor and click the "like" button on my "Mandango" Facebook page and
get all informations, watch the videos, latest pics and leave your feedback and comments.Im allway happy to hear from you guys.
Dear Friends, I'm really proud to present you my brand new Single and Video release "JASMIN"
I'm particularly proud of that Song and the Video and it's probably the most personal song I ever wrote.
The Shooting Location of the Video was Top of Europe "Jungfraujoch" 3454 meters (11332 ft) above sea level!!
I had to fight against -18°C in the morning and -10,5°C during the day and of course lack of oxygen but it was one
of the most beautiful days and the moments in my life!! I'm thankful for every second I spent on that beautiful mountain!!
Song was recorded in Switzerland. The whole pre production was done by great musicians and very nice guys
Gabriel Imthurn (piano), David Stauffacher (editing and percussion), Carlos Mena (basse), Massimo Buonanno (drums) and myself.
The Additional Production and Mix was done in London by another great friend, amazing and inspiring sound engineer and producer Adrian Hall.
I don't know if you still remember Adrian who was the producer of my „Miss Lonely Heart" as well.
yeah..its allways great pleasure to work with those guys..
Now a few words about the video production.
Like always a great collaboration between: Mixemotions and Muehlemann Films.
My great friend and my first choice in question of Music Video Production, Michael Muehlemann.
Michael is the Executive producer & Director of my brand new video "JASMIN".
Thank you so very much old Friend! As already said, it was a hard work but also a lot of fun and I enjoyed every second of it....
I hope you have as much fun watching it as we did making it!
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Im very happy to present you my new Single & Video Clip "Leyla" this
time with amazig featuring, Lariba!
We had a fantastic time working together and I hope you have as much
fun watching it as we did making it!!
Thank you very much for sparing your precious time!
Know that I haven't posted alot these days because I have so much going on. simply can't find enough time to write it all down.
I hope you all are doing well! I can’t wait for spring to come. I had enough of this grey and cold winter months, looking for the sunshine
and I guess I'm not the only one..
What's new in my little world? Well,there's a lot of music work going on at the moment but there is one thing that makes me truly happy.
just working on my new single track and this time with a very cool featuring! "Lariba" one of my favorite urban latin music band.
David Stauffacher, the former and the producer of the Lariba is great friend of mine. Our way of thinking about music is quite similar.
We had a phone conversation few days ago, I told him that I currently working on my new project, and came up with this idea of recording a song together.
David loved the idea and after I sent him the demo of the song he immediately called me back and he said, great stuff bro! let's do it!
Few days later we met in studio and had ouer first recording session.....well, that how the story began and the rest will follow soon....
Okay, people, I wish you a great time and thank you so much for still being with me and visiting my webside.
Last two months I spend on touring trough radio and tv stations promotng my last single and video " Miss Lonely Heart"
Had a great time and met lots of interesting people. Now I'm back, very happy to be home again but also very happy to
start working on my new projects that I would like to release this year.There's a lot of stuff going on in this year and
I hope to be able to get all things together and to do the best I can do.
Once again thank you so very much for all your e mails, Im always happy to hear from you!
Some of you guys asked me about my Tattoos, Im truly crazy about tattoos and just can get enough.
The guy who is responsible for my tattoo addiction is a lovely person, creativ, inspire and amazing artist
my great friend Igor D Angelo the owner and founder of "Star Tattoo" in beautiful swiss town Luzern.
well there's nothing left to say, just check out www.startattoo.ch and you'll see what I mean.
yeah....that's it for this time I gues,
I'll try to keep you guys updated and once again thak you for keeping an eye on my Webside.
Looking back at beginning of the year, the time has passed as if it was a dream. Christmas is coming and the 2010 is slowly rolling out.
It was a great year, I have to say that life has been good to me and I truly feel blessed and thankful for my health, for my strength to
live, being able to share love and being privileged to work hard towards my dreams.
Lots of great things happen this year and one of the most important was surely a realisation of my new
single and video release " MISS LONELY HEART"
I received so many feedbacks from you that truly surprised me!!
I decided to give away a new track as a free download because I would not allow it that anybody make profit out of it
for doing nothing! I dont give a damn about bloody 5 cents per song. I wanted YOU to have it for free and enjoyed listening to it
cause for me the only thing that counts in this world and the only reason for doing all this is my love for music and YOU!!
In just one month I hade more than 10 000 downloads without any advertising!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
The Year 2011?
My schedule for the next year is already now almost full.
There are some projects that are still in the pipeline for 2011 but I have received many inquiries from several different
Labels and Artists inkl. European Tour, Asian Tour and playing some shows in Japan..
Besides that, I've got one most important project on my plate and that is my new album, promo tour and the next
single and video release that I already working on.
Of course like always Im gonna keep you guys up to date....
I'm really proud of my team, really proud of you all and THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !!! for the hundreds of e mails
with all your questions, cool Ideas, critics, all your support and belive!
I feel honored and privilegd to be a part of your Interests.
I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year .... lots of love, joy and happiness.
Hello my Friends,
I proudly present you my brand new oficial vidoe " Miss Lonely Heart"
Great collaboration between: Mixemotions, Muehlemann Films & erfuellbar.com
Executive producer & Director: Michael Muehlemann, Color Correction & Creative Director: Marcel Schubert
Storyboard and Art direction Mixemotions.Great Location, Great Crew of Creativ, Motivated and very very
Professional People...I thank you ALL so very much!!! It was a hard work but also a lot of fun and I enjoyed every second of it....
I hope you guys enjoy the Vidoe as much as I did.
Now I would like to present you someone very special to me. She is someone that I hold in high regard
for her Extraordinary Art and her great Personality.For all of you who have seen my new video " Miss Lonely Heart"
yes, that's her, that beautiful women in video is Michal!
Michal is amazing dancer, choreographer, actress and performer, great professional,beautiful and inspiring women!
Michal Berger W. Poladian
Prof.Dancer, Choreografer, Dancepadagoge and Actress Swiss, American-Armenian
Michal Berger W. Poladian s home base is her own Dancecenter „Tanzpalast Aarau“,
from where she creates new productions and projects in collaboration with dancers,
performers, musicians ,actors and filmmakers.
She has danced and performed in various swiss dance companies and productions like
“à la recherche du bonheur“, Tanzart Olten, Female Spektakel, Basel, etc.
She was the founder of the Dance Company Amazonya with Kuska Cacers,
"Les Amazones“ and “Silueta de fogo“ with Omar Conceicao.
She performed as a Soloperformer at the Gipsy Festival Baden, continuing the work
with the Presov Gipsy Ensmble, performing in Europe.
Her main focus clearly lays on creating her own productions and developing extraordinary projects.
Her last Danctheater piece with Film„ Fucking the New- a surreal dancetheater“ about
human`s restless hunger for saddisfaction was premiered by PRO ARGOVA ARTIST 07/ 08.
She has choreografed big productions like the Misical UNDERGROUND , Riding the Winds,
Verstrickt und abgetanzt with over 100 participants.
Her love and passion for ethnic danceforms , music and film constantly lead her into new art and danceforms.
Besides performing and choreografing she teaches dance with a great sense of creativity, passion and humor.
She `s trained, in modern, contemporary, Dancetheater, Hip Hop, Oriental, Bollywood , and other danceforms.
Her last childrens dance and art projekt“ dancing images“ was premiered by Funkenkflug AG.
Hope all of you had a great summer and a good time. Unfortunately the weather was not always that good
and August has been pretty rainy ... but still I hope you had an easy and relaxing time.
I just came back home from London and I’m proud to say, I have a new single release "Miss Lonely Heart"
The Single and the Video Clip is planned for release somvere about end of September....
Had some really cool and amazing musician working with me on this project.
Great guys, excellent and inspiring musicians...
"Dishan Abrahams" The Bass Player of Sugababes, Christophe Willem and the "First Call" sessions player.
"Geoff Holroyde" The Drummer of Chrissie Hynde ( Pretenders ), Big Linda, also "First Call" sessions player.
"Gabriel Imthurn" String Quartet Arranger, amazing musician, gifted pianist and my dear friend.
Last bat not least...amazing and inspiring Mr. Adrian Hall..
The man who works wit the biggest names in music industry like Robbie Williams, Alicia Keys, Shakira,
The Black Eyed Peas, Tom Jones, Sugababes, Britney Spears.. just to mention a few..
Adrian has produced, recorded and mixed my new single „Miss Lonely Heart"
It's a great fun to work with that guy. We speak the same musically language and we
understand each other from the first moment on. Really, really great collaboration and the teamwork...
To say something about production, I played believe or not 7 different Guitars on this song..!!
Was a great fun recording all different kind of guitars and trying to find the best proper sound for different parts.
I had a Fender Jazzmaster originally from 1962, of course my red Fender Strat, Blade Telecaster, very nice Gibson gold top,
Yamaha SA503 TVL with Bigsby,Taylor Acoustic Guitars and my lemonbirst Gibson Nasch..
Amps that has been used are the Vox AC30 and "THD UniValve " with Adrian Hall custom built speakers....
Truly amazing sounding amps, direct sound and a lots of bite.
As I said, It was a great fun to work with the musician of such caliber!! Mr. Hall made for all of us a very nice atmosphere to work,
was really amazing time and hard work as well but for me to be honest I don’t see it as work, I see it as a dreams come true.
I hope you going to like the new song, at the moment we are working on the script for a video clip of " Miss Lonely Heart " and I hope
everything's gonna be alright and the release will be as planed somvere about end of September...
Thank you all so very much for still being with me and sparing your precious time visiting my site.
I have to say that im very very buisi at the moment, there are some additional projects going on,
was actually not a plan of a summer tour dates but yeah, what a hack.....
I'm a person who never master up to say 'NO' yeah, a Nice Guy :-) just ask the girls in my neighborhood
and they gonna confirm you that.. hahhhahahahahaahha......
well, it doesn't matter, anyhow .... I'm still running and still have a lot of fun.
I have met a lot of interesting people in thease days, few days a go I have meet no one else but
Mr.Jon Lord, unbelievably strong personality and such a nice guy. Can you Imagine that man sold 200 hundred million records!!
and still on the ground and still such passion and such possession for music! Amazing!!
Beside a lot of other projects around I'm working on my new Single " Miss lonely heart" and Im proud to say that I got a few
very interesting and great people involved in this project, one of them is Mr.Gabriel Imthurn (www.imthurn.net)
Truly great musican a gifted pianist, writer and arranger with large
knowledge of music and wonderful human being!
Gabriel wrote the String Quartet arrangement for " Miss lonely heart"
and ist sound amazing!! I was completely blown away!
The Single is planned for release sometime in September 2010.
Ok Friends, I wish you all a wonderful Summer, lots of Sunshine, Love, Happiness and Health!!
Thank YOU so much for your Precious Time!!
It's been a while since I wrote my latest news.Time has passed as if it was a dream.
I hope you all are doing well! I spend last two months of my life in the studio recording and rehearsing
several current projects.
It's a pleasure to work with KIRSTY again, we rehearsing for her live shows and she is just excellent!!
Truly amazing person and a fantastic Artist with incredible power and energie. I want enjoy every moment
performing with her because they are unique and I'm having a great time and the experience is more than amazing!
For all of you who would like to see Kirsty rockin live on stage pleas check kirsty-music.com
On my numberless journeys I met some very interesting people and learned some really important
lessons that are still helping me in guiding my life. As you may have noticed every now and then
I write a few words about some of my inpressions.
This time I would like to write about someone who realy impressed me not only as a musician but also as
the kindest person I ever met.
Mr.Danny Hertach ( www.dannyhertach.ch )
Danny is not just amazing Bass player, Danny is fascinating personality, he's the one who
gives me the straight and the wings to fly.
He seems to understand what is music really about. We have very similar imagination and the feeling
while playing music together.
It's truly a pleasure to share music with you my Friend, I hope We'll Stick Together, it would be a hudge
honor to have you as an integral part of Mandango projects and shows.
Ok Folks thank you so much for still being with me and visiting my webside.
I' ll try to keep you updated whenever I'm able to.
Wish you all a great time with your families and friends!
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of all ages....
I feel great and just got back from Holland, My dutch brother Ron invited me down to the recording studio to
get a taste of his new solo album and to catch up with him. Yeah brother, we know each other and work together for more than 15 years
you're still my best friend, my mentor, my teacher and greatest person in the world!!
I am very very happy things are goin my way business wise, Im completely booked out, It is going so well I am blown away.
The summer will be cool, Im gonna play a lots of gigs and some very cool open airs withe several guest acts as well.
Especially Croatian gigs make me so excited, because is kind of a Home Run and yeah, South of France & Italy will also kick ass
and last but not least Holland of course!! my second home with my dutch friends and greatest musicians of the world!!!
Besides really lot of external projects, studio and live sessions, some arranging and producing, I working on my new record.
I wrot a bunch of songs and gonna pick the best stuff. I have some great new tunes and the band is killing.
I am relaxed knowing I will have more material than I need and I really starting to feel the flow of new music and inspriation cause you never know
till you get into it what is gonna happen but I think people will dig it.
The new Video Clip is also in negotiations, Im in contact with some really great and amazig Direstors and Producers so it gonna be pretty exciting.
I've received lots of e-mails with your questions, comments, and thoughts, asking me lots of private stuff. Some of the questions are pretty funny
I almost Cried My Eyes Out of laughing by reading some of your e-mails!
YOU Guys are THE BEST !!! Thank you so much for your e-mails your help and advice, your questions, your support and everything!!!!!!
Here are the Answers to most often asked Question.
'I'm not Married.
Im not Divorced and I have no Children
Born on October 21, 1972
Signs of the Zodiac, Libra
l am travelling a lot but still based and live in the Switzerland
What kind of music do I listen to?
Well, my heart is beating for Rock`n Roll, new and old time.
I am a huge fan of Sting, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie and many many more...
but I'm also a Huge Fan of Hip Hop and RnB, just to mention a few names like,
Timberland
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Justin Timberlake
Mary J. Blige Queen of R&B and Soul Music
Beyonce
Rihanna ( a great guy and hell of a guitar player Nuno Bettencourt is currently Rihannas main guitarist, Congratulation!! )
Nelly Furtado
I like a lot James Morrison, unbelievable great male singer!!
NO, I don't like Lady Gaga !!!!!
But I must admit that the lyrics of her songs are poetry pure, intellectual and academic high level, M mum mum mah...Mum mum mum mah ;-)
How do I start my day?
I start work at 10 o'clock in the morning so I usually get up early, at 5:30-6am and practice guitar for at least 2 hours, one and a half hour break
for my routine of running and swimming, breakfast and then I am ready to cut my stuff.
Most of the time I get home late at night about 22:00 -23pm, No wonder my ears are ringing :-) hahhaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, that's about me and my work for a moment... I hope I could help a bit and I feel lucky and privileged to be a part of your Interests!!
Hey Folks!
My guitar heroes are coming over here for a Concert this sommer!
ZZ Top and Jeff Beck gonna play on 10 July 2010 at Moon and Stars, Piazza Grande in Locarno!!
I recommend you if you are fan, don't miss it its one of the last chance i guess.
Yes Sir!! ! Im gonna be there and Im happy as a man can be :-)
Thank you so much for dropping over and checking me out!
Wish you all a great time by doing what ever you enjoy to do. As long it is human and not against a low of course :-)
I just wanted to give you a quick update! There is so much going on lately, I simply can't find enough free minutes to write it all down.
Kirsty and I are extremely busy traveling and promoting Kirsty's album! We've crossed Switzerland upside down in the past few weeks.
I have to tell you that I'm not even feeling tired or exhausted because I'm having a great time and the experience is more than amazing!
I'm truly blessed to be able to work with Kirsty, the atmosphere is very relaxed and we're having a blast. It's very interesting to see her work as
an artist, she is indeed a very talented singer and songwriter! I hope that she will have a huge success with this album, she truly deserved it and the
material is exceptionally good!
In order to see a little part of the work we are doing lately, I thought I'd show you some of the performances.
Time has passed as if it was a dream. Christmas is coming and the Year 2009 is slowly rolling out. It was a good year,
extremely busy but then again also very interesting and exciting, with all my ups and downs.
Of course I've had my own share of ups and downs, good and bad things that happen in everyone life's.
I personally think of them as a learning process.
Rises and falls are to be expected in life, that doesn't make the falling parts any easier but every time I hit the ground,
good Lord gives me the power to stand up on my feet again . It is the mixture of these ups and downs that make me the person that I am.
Yes, I have to say that life has been good to me and I truly feel blessed and thankful for my health, for my strength to
live, being able to share love and being privileged to work hard towards my dreams.
While talking about being truly blessed and privileged, here is a little story about a wonderful and unique female singer
"Kirsty"
Only a few days ago I've received a phone call from Universal Music Switzerland. They were looking for a guitar
player who will join the Universal Music singing artist "Kirsty"on her Unplugged Promotion Tour. So I made an
appointment with the Universal promotion management. I have to say they are really, really nice people! and it seems
to me like they're one big family or something similar to that. As I already mentioned: really amazing and astonishing people.
After hearing just a few bars of Kirsty's brand new single „Don't Say“ I thought:" wow, that's cool man, sounds amazing!!!"
We met each other at Playground Recording Studios, spent some time rehearsing and then we hit the road!
Well, in all my years as a musician while I was studying, making it and being seriously into music, I've met a lot of
really great artist singers and all kinds of musicians. I have to say that Kirsty is one of those female singers who are
blessed with a beautiful voice that has incredible feeling, emotion and passion. But Kirsty is not just a singer, she is a
complete artist, the songs that she sings are being written by herself. Kirsty has even written songs for other artists like All Saints.
Like „Black Coffee”, An All Saints major single release. It became their fifth and most recent #1 single in the UK.
I have a huge respect for artists who walk into a radio station, stand in front of the microphone and perform live and unplugged!!
And that was exactly what Kirsty did!! And she did it day after day, the whole week long! RESPECT!!
Hey folks, check out Kirsty's brand new single „Don't Say” , you're gonna love it!!
Dear Kirsty, Thank you so much for giving me your trust! It's been an honor working with you.
I truly feel blessed and privileged to be a small puzzle in your music journey.
I wish you an amazing future and great success in your music career, I just can't wait to listen to your debut album.
Good luck to you and all the best!
Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls. Children of all ages,
On my numberless journeys I met some very interesting people and learned some really important
lessons that are still helping me in guiding my life. As you may have noticed every now and then
I write a few words about some of my inpressions.
Few days ago Mr.Rocco Umbescheidt one of the firs founder of Govinda Development Aid Association
invited me to a book vernissage "Die Kinder von Shangri La"
Rocco explained me what is Govinda about, a group of people who helping people In Nepal
they are building schools, halping people in need and doing a lots of really good thing up there.
It'd be great if you could perform your instrumental song "Can't finde my way back home" he said and so I went to the
Basel to a book vernissage "Die Kinder von Shangri La"
Now, let me introduce to you Mr. Rocco Umbescheidt and Govinda Development Aid Association
”If we do not help each other,
who would help us then?”
Looking back it seems unreal. In 1997, six young people in Germany had a dream of supporting a small
orphan project in Nepal. Beside the initial limitation on 15 children and 3 employees nothing was fixed in those days.
All just started, driven by the idea, that our world can be changed through our action.
Nobody could ever imagine that one day, in cooperation with Shangri-La and diversified means of support more
than 5000 people in 8 projects would benefit.
In a moment like this, looking back at 11 years of cooperative development aid we are made aware that
this all started with a small but encouraged initial step. And all the people who are contributing to our
projects are a living example that dreams can become true if we help each other.
By realizing important developmental interrelations and background we had no other choice than to act
and to help others in a sustainable way. And to act means not only the realization of 8 projects for more
then 5000 people right now, to act means also to work with our European and Nepalese members and
staff for a more conscious understanding of a globalized world, where the steps of each ones counts and
creates the picture of this world every day new.
After 11 years we can say that we developed the projects from a charitable to sustainable structures and
that we met hundred, if not thousand of people who joined us and became a important part of Govinda
and Shangrila. Self determination, independence, partizipation, networking and sustainable solutions
became leading concepts and ideas on this Journey, still founded on the basic motivation of the first
years: injustice which is still present allover the world and needs to be solved.
Locking back, I can see that a idea, idealistic dreams and feelings can be lived and transformed into
reality and that impossible things can become true.
Before this year ends where this brochure will be published, 36 Million of people (one third of them
children) will have died on hunger and starvation, everyone of them like us equipped with a identity, a right
to live and equality, with feelings and hope. Nothing else then the coincidence where they have been born
divides us and our relatives from this fortune. Lets us use this gift to help each other in Nepal , Germany
and in a global community as well.
”There is enough room for everybody on this planet. We just have to share it.”
– Rocco Umbescheidt – Chairperson of Govinda Development Aid Association –
I hope life is treating you well and everything Is good.
Yeah.... unfortunately the Summer is gone. It was relaxing and nice time for me, nothing to worry about just sunshine and lot of fun.
Summer is the time of the year where I reduce all my business activity to the minimum, except Im on the tour of course.
The life is just one and I will enjoy it as long as I can and I feel happy about every day on the earth.I truly do.
I had a lot of good friends over here, we went for fishing, swimming, mountain climbing and of course barbecue! all kinds of Barbecue :-)
My best friend and one of my favorite guitar players and my teacher as well Ron van Beijnen from holland was also here,
we spend a few days together visiting some beautiful places over here in Switzerland and at the end of the day barbecue of course :-)
Yep! I had a great summer and I am deeply grateful and thankful for every single day .
Now a little story about someone who really surprised me, a story about how the world became very small place.
First of all thank you so much for all your emails, I feel lucky and privileged to still be a part of your Interests!
and I promise you I will always write you back.Sometimes it's gonna take a few days becouse im on the road and bussy
but I will always write you back.
A few weeks back I received a email, somebody ask me a question "How or where do we buy your CD's? "
The email address from the sender was not included in the email sent, so i could not write back, but fortunately the sender left his signature.
By googling the name and that took just a few seconds because his name was on the top of the first google page, I was completely suprised!!
I thought it was a joke, someone is trying to be funny. But somehow, I couldn't quite think about it, just couldn't let it be so I decided to email him.
I asked him if he was the one who send me the email and to my surprise he wrote back.
Dear Mandango,
You did in fact get the correct Ed.......
Yes I know, all of you are wondering now who is the man I talking about??
yesterday afternoon I asked him, hey Ed, would you mind if I mention you complete name in my Blog?
And the answer was,
"If you feel it will help by all means write whatever you like about me as long as it is nice".
Dear Ed, Thank you for having placed your trust in me!
I decide not to mention you complete name because I dont want to use you name
for advertising and my public relations, to me the most important thing is that you like my music
and that we keep in touch without any business purpose.
Thank you so very much for your invitation. It is my pleasure and I'm longing to see you this dezember in Los Angeles!!
The first and most Important Ed is a very nice and interesting person.
Great Artist, and among many other things acclaimed Motion Picture and Televison Production Designer for many many years.
Some of the shows this Emmy nominee has been associated with include:
The Tonight Show, General Hospital, Bill Cosby, Cheers, Taxi, Night Court, Emerli and The John Larroquette Show.
Ok, I guess that's more than enough.
Dear Friends, I dont make any difference between the people, never did and never will and anyone who personally knows me will confirm you my words.
But I also must say that It is not trivial and It doesn't happen everyday to me that someone like Ed who is working all his life with Hollywood scene and
all kind of different amazing artist ask me "How or where do we buy your CD's? " You know what I mean?! and I bet you will feel the same if would happen to you.
Yes, the world became very small place.
Yeah Folks, Thank you so much for dropping over and checking me out,
I wish you all a great time by doing what ever you enjoy to do. As long it is human and not against a low of course :-)
It's been a while since I wrote my latest news.
I hope you all are doing well!
I spend last few months of my life out of the studio.
Toured the west coast and southwest for about 4 weeks in the spring, and then
headed out on a 7 week tour of the middle Europe made a lot of good friends in the process.
Now I'm back and going to take few weeks of for the summer holidays.
I was extremely fortunate to see one of my biggest guitar influences my guitar hero Ry Cooder.
It was amazing performance at the Kongresshaus in Zürich with Nick Lowe and on the drums his son Joachim Cooder.
Beginning to the end one of the greatest concerts of my life!
Even the support act, Juliette Commagere (not an easy job specially when you opening for Ry Cooder) was great.
She has an amazing voice, on the drums was her husband Joachim Cooder.
I must confess, have never heard about her before, so I thought
what a great opportunity to be on the tour with such a legend like Ry Cooder!!
Who fascinates me the most was a very talented and exceptionally gifted guitar player
Eamon Ryland (www.eamonryland.com ) unbelievable great tone and amazing way of playing.
I met him after the show and actually I didn't want to bother him and bore with
always the same questions about the tour and being on the road and stuff like that.
I just wanted to congratulate on a successful event and was on the way home.
Eamon was so friendly he offered me a cigarette and we were talking for a while.
A truly great person and the amazing guitar player and musician.
Hey Eamon thank you so much man it has been a pleasure to meet you.
Wishing you all the best in your musical journey and hope to see you someday.
Life is good, hectic, but I like it that way.
I have allot of things in early stages of planning
Got some great players lined up and will let ya know when I am conformed.
As I said, I'm back in the saddle. I'm writing and playing all week. Got some great stuff
already for the new record. I am gonna write a bunch of songs and pick the best 10.
I ain't trying to write "top 40" as radio won't play anything new from me,
Yeah..., the new record will have a harder edge but I love the grooves and harmonies,
something lacking in a lot of rock n roll these days, whatever "rock n roll" means anymore.
but Im still at the beginning of the journey and I'm curious where the ride gonna lead me.
About the sound, well there is a large selection of great custom Amps that I like
And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you The True Artist
Mister Jeff Albeck guitar builder from Agoura Hills California
Check Out this beautiful Custom Relic Strat he made. It sounds like a dream and it looks
damn cool! Another amazing creation from Jaxs Garage!!
Thank you so much Jeff for making such a beautiful Guitar and giving me new
Inspiration, challenge and spirit through the great sound of this amazing
Instrument. a mega success! Back
Hey folks,
Just finished a great two months of touring and promoting my new CD Release " Stranger."
Now am gonna stay at home for the next few weeks doing some writing and planning
and of cours Im gonna take some days off.
I have some really cool new Tracks and alot more to do. Still working on the structure for
the new Tour and some clinics next year.
We are gonna add some old tunes to the set list, hopefully some stuff we have never
done and at the moment it looks like that
we're gonna start the Tour in Holland somewhere in spring, the dates will follow.
I have been invited to interview by some TV and Radio stations in Dezember this year
and in January next year and Im very happy and grateful about that
but there is one thing which again made things very special and thats a interviwe at local
TV Station in my Hometown Slavonski Brod in Croatia.
This is what they call a home-run and it's shakes me already nervous but Im happy to
visit my hometown again, meet some olde friends and of course some
girls form the good old days :-)
I bought myself a beautiful Gibson Firebird Guitar, hei guys! unbelivibel great fat tone
and it sounds hot, damn hot!!!!!!!!
Simply plugged into Fender '59 Bassman Amp and .....Oh Boy,
I'm telling you, .... almost blown my house away!!
You guys should check out my Official MySpace site!!
I'm looking for friends all over the World and You're All Invited to join my Friends Space !!!!!!
I hope you guys are happy, healthy and grooving.
Thank YOU so much for your Precious Time!!
In this blog I would like to write about few people, people behind the curtains
Zoran Bagaric Mixemotions Art Director and Official Webmaster of MANDANGO.EU
sometimes I get that feeling he can read my mind!
allways searching for new solutions, trying to expand and looking for the new ways of communicatio.
his courage and Incredible big talent is helping me along the way!!
Layla Frei Singer, Vocal arrangements transpositions and the Vocal Coach
In all this time since I know and work with her, I swear I never heard her singing out of tune!!
and that makes me really angry especially when we recording cause she gives me the feeling
Im the only one making mistakes :-)
Maja Burus Translating and Reinterpretation
without her check and contro, prior written permission, No Publishing!
Maja gives us her blessing for everything we publish.
I feel very privileged to work with someone like Maja who have incredibly high levels of professionalism
and such a huge range of qualifications. ...
I like her very much and I’m so glad to have her by my side!!
Thank you so much for supporting me. Without you, it would have been impossible for me to do all this.
You all have given so unselfishly of your time & talent to help me. I don't know what I would have done without you! ... Your kindnesses will never be forgotten.
I thank God for music and the gift of song and thank Him for those of you that have encouraged and supported me in this music adventure. Back
Comment from music reviwer Oliver Schweizer to the Mandango's brand new Album "STRANGER"
MANDANGO "Stranger"
"Stranger", Mandango's brand new album is ruled by the guitar.
And when Mandango in "Wedding Ring" screams 'Let me play my guitar', he really means it.
Mandango eats, drinks and breathes his guitar.
That's why we don't miss the singing parts in the three instrumentals.
Mandango prefers to let his guitar do the speaking and it really roars, whispers and begs us from every pore of the loudspeaker.
'Stranger' was recorded in Powerplay —studio in collaboration with numerous international musicians
and it convinces primarily through songs, not guitar solos.
On "Stranger" Mandango lets everything out. It is his most personal and most honest album so far.
The characteristic of this album is the immense passion which
he uses to caress his six strings as well as his vocal cords is constant whether it is a straight blues rock song ("Wedding Ring"),
an energetic dance number ("The jungle"), sorrowful, almost floating instrumentals ("Can't find my way back home")
or hurting and very intense ballads ("Winding Road").
Passionate arrangements and the use of Hammond organs, the piano and of course a plethora of warm and earthy vintage
guitar sounds for which Mandango had to dig into his darkest and most dusty part of the basement, but which
make this album a listening pleasure that's addictive...
Oliver Schweizer
MANDANGO "Stranger"
Auf "Stranger", dem brandaktuellen Album von MANDANGO, regiert die Gitarre!
Und wenn MANDANGO auf "Wedding Ring" ,Let me play my guitar schreit’ dann meint er es ernst.
MANDANGO isst, trinkt und atmet seine Gitarre.
Genau deshalb vermissen wir in den drei Instrumental Nummern auch keinen Gesang.
Viel lieber lässt MANDANGO seine Gitarre sprechen, und die brüllt, flüstert und fleht uns aus jeder Lautsprecher-Pore an.
Aufgenommen im Powerplay-Studio unter der Mitwirkung zahlreicher internationaler Musiker
überzeugt "Stranger" primär durch Songs, nicht durch Gitarrensolos.
Auf "Stranger" lässt MANDANGO alles raus. Es ist seine persönlichstes, sein ehrlichstes Album.
Ob Straighter Bluesrocker ("Wedding Ring"), folkig-knurrende Tanzummer ("The jungle")
wehmütige, fast schwebende Instrumentals ("Can't find my way back")
oder schmerzvoll intensive Balladen ("Winding Road"), der rote Faden, der das Album zusammenhält,
bleibt immer die ungeheure Leidenschaft, mit der MANDANGO seine sechssaitigen Schätzchen wie auch seine Stimmbänder bearbeitet.
Liebevolle Arrangements und der Einsatz von Hammondorgel, Piano und natürlich einer Unzahl an warmen, erdigen Vintage-Gitarrensounds,
für die MANDANGO seinen Keller bis in die hinterste Ecke entstaubt hat, machen das Album zu einem Hörgenuss, der süchtig macht...
With this record, I think, anything goes. I was a lot more open and without making any compromise
without dealing with corporate middle-men while making sure his fans get exactly what they want
and not be screwed out of their money.
Without a major label pressured, or make a record simply for a record company or for mass
consumption.
I've been longing and waiting to make this kind of record for years and years...........
but I guess, the time was not right until now…..
and I got something to say cause It's fucking terrible and heartbreaking what is happening in the world
we're living in, so much that it makes me feel just too fucking sad.
Racism and the hate, Killing and wars in the name of Lord and religions.
Yes, I know that you guys may say that I'm preaching Same Old Story, but this is exactly what I mean.
History will teach us nothing! Sad but fucking true!!
But we are all soul brothers and sisters and the music is universal religion.
Search for love is the search for God. Unconditional love.
This Album is dedicated in loving memory of Jeff Healey one of those people that I really adore,
always did and always will.
Rest in Peace Man................ Back
The Production of my New Album is Finish !!
I'm so glad about it. It's been a long year of working but also a cool time that Im never gonna forget!
Here is a small Video Clip "The Complete Video" some of recording & mixing moments
so you can see me suffering,sweating and jumping all over the place :-)
The new album is coming soon and it will be also available for download on the iTunes Stores
all over the world.
Yeah Folks!!!
Firstly I would like to THANK YOU ALL for your support and the believe!!!!
Thank YOU so much for still staying with me and visiting my web page!
I feel lucky and privileged to be a part of your Interests.
It's been a while since I wrote my latest news.
In between we recorded a lot of songs. But after 2 months writing and recording
I choosed only five of them that I'm gonna put on my new Record.
I also decided that I'm gonna have not more than 8 songs on the whole cd
cause I'm not a fucking Popstar that must have 15 songs on a record!
It has been found difficult and extremely hard to find the right people with the right grove and feeling to record with.
A lot of recording sessions turned out really hard and I was disapointed how many
people that call themself profesional are not able to really control their instruments.
For that reason I had to play more than 85% of the material by myself.
That took me so much time and energy that I decided to take a little break until I'm gonna
start with the second part of the recording session.
Although I have to say that I'm really satisfied and happy with my recorded material.
It sounds exactly like I expected.
There's a lot of guitar playing, bottleneck and slide guitar combined with
cool old school guitar amps and sounds from the 60's and 70's.
I hope you gonna like it too.
Ok Folks thank you so much for still being with me and visiting my webside.
You gonna hear from me soon. I' ll try to keep you updated whenever I'm able to.
First order of business is pre-production for about a week, where all the songs written for the record will be looked at from all angles to make sure that they are all done and finalized with the right tempos and parts,before they lay down the foundation of the tracks with drums.
Some of the bass lines I decided to play by myself and for the rest I'll try to get different bass and the drum players as possible,to keep the energy and different influence of playing, grooving and going on.
For the guitar sound I made a large selection and end up with the opposite result by using Messa Boogie Lone Star Special 2X12 ,the VOX AC30 CC2X Blue Bulldog and the VOX AC50CP2 Amps.Just great full range and FAT Soud!!!
The songs that I wrote and we gonna record on this album are guitar based, some guitar Istrumentals and some vocal stuff as well.
The emails I have gotten last few months have been quite with the same questions over & over!! We miss you'r guitar! Why dont you play more guitar ???
So, for all those people who ask for more guitar sound, You gonna hear me play the guitar more than ever.
I'll try to keep you guys updated and I Thank you all for your Support and the Bunch of emails with all your questions and cool ideas. I feel privilegd to be a part of your Interests.
Once again thak you for keeping an eye on my Webside.
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