Atila Neves
Just a one-man band here, a Brazilian with a Scottish/English/American accent living in Switzerland. Weird, huh? It gets even weirder when you learn I have a PhD in Particle Physics... hey, Brian May has one now too!
The trumpet solo in Lazy and 2 trumpet tracks in Lost in Time were recorded by Peter from www.trumpetracks.com. The whistling in Will I? was recorded by Raul Nicolau. My mum has a spoken cameo in Lazy.
All the other instruments and vocals were played/sung by me.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Not much to tell - I used to be in a punk rock band called Noisy Vision in Lisbon, Portugal in the 90s, that ended, I started writing my own songs... and voilà.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Only one gig so far this year, but more to come in bars/pubs in Geneva.
Your musical influences
Green Day, No Doubt, Guns n Roses, Metallica, The Offspring, Sublime, Bon Jovi ... then really poppy stuff like Abba, Madonna and The Corrs. Go figure.
What equipment do you use?
A Fender Strat (but I want a Les Paul), a Samick electric guitar, a Yamaha bass guitar, a Yahama CPX700 acoustic guitar, a tin whistle, a melodica, an O2 MIDI controller, a Rode NT1A mic, a computer and lots of software.
