SoundClick artist: Mikejazz - Instrumental Guitar, Line6 PocketPOD, Fender Stratocaster and Ibanez J-Custom RG8470, Instrumental

I am a portuguese self taught guitar player living in Angola (Africa) and wishing to exchange ideas, and play with other musicians around the world
I record guitar solos and improvisations over backing tracks made by some great friend musicians, others by me.
I play often at the jamzone of the LesPaul Forum (www.lespaulforum.com) and the with my Soundclick Friends.
Hope you enjoy and your feedback is welcome.

Why this name?

no band... just me

Do you play live?

I like to play live, but these last years i play mainly at home.
I wish i could put up a Blues / Funk band in Luanda, as there are mostly afro music.

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

The internet allows listeners to reach and exchange all music recorded
until now with a few mouse clicks. Musicians got also wide world audience. It is also changing the way music is stored and distributed, freeing it from emprisioned media (CD, DVD, etc), broadening musical interchange and giving the possibility to expand our music culture.

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

If i could achieve enough creativity and technique i would like one day to produce a record ...i would feel happy if anytime i could sign with a minor label, hehe !

Your influences?

David Gilmour, Robben Ford, Joe Satriani, Jimmy Page, Neal Schon, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Gary Moore, Andy Timmons, Steve Vai, Richie Blackmore, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Acoustic Alchemy, Wes Montgomery, Norman Brown

Favorite spot?

Chobe National Park, Botswana / Pungo-a-Ndongo, Angola / Barcelona, Spain /

Equipment used:

Fender Stratocaster Deluxe American Ash
Ibanez J-Custom RG8470BX
Steinberger GM
De Armond X-155 Jazz Box
Manuel Raimundo classical

Fender Twin Reverb and Marshall JCM900 amps
Yamaha FX900 and Line6 Pocket POD processor

PC with all the software needed to mix and record multitrack audio and midi

Anything else...?