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Miguel Catalao

Portugal
August 26, 2003
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Miguel Catalão is a Wind and Keyboard performer as long as a Singer and composer. He is currently working with other musicians to release it's first solo work in Portugal.
Band/artist history
Miguel Catalão gets its first touch with music through a little wind "melodica" at the age of 4. At 7 years he controlles the instrument with hability. A year later enters to a music school learnig tuba and music reading. At ten he gives up the tuba and starts playing the recorder in the beginning of his secondary studies. At this time he also enters a piano school where he learns piano, organ and musical theory. He stays in this school till the age of 16 when he has to give up the music school due to familly problems. Though he keeps playing the recorder and piano at home. At 18 he graduates from high school and enters the Engineering College ISEL where he starts playing the recorder in the college student traditional group (College Tuna). Then he meets José Barros, who invites him to play as professional for his traditional portuguese music group, Navegante. He also starts at this time playing the TinWisthle and bagpipe... At this time he enters the music conservatorium D. Dinis (Loures - Portugal), where he starts playing the Flute and ends the basic course of piano. He has to give up his studies (music and College) due to economical issues, and starts working in IT. Despite this difficulties he keeps playing in Navegante and making some music of his own... Four years ago he restarted college and he is planning to restart also the piano and recorder studies at the conservatory. Meanwhile, after leaving Navegante there is the time to start his solo project.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Yes, all around Portugal...
Your musical influences
Sting, portuguese rock, and a little bit of jazz... Also some portuguese folk...
What equipment do you use?
Miking: Shure 10 a Shure SM57 *2 Shure Beta 57 * 2 AKG 419 * 1 Studio Projects B1 Studio Project C3 Oktava Mk012 Matched Pair cardioid Recording: DAW n-track: Focusrite Saffire pro 26 I/O Intel Core2 Q6600 4GB Ram 320 GB HDD Records up to 26 chn 24 bit 44/48 kHz simultaneously (18 @ 96 KHz, 10 @192 KHz) Uad Project Pack 2 * 500 GB External HDD for backups and live recordings. Laptop for live gigs, and recording: Asus z92Vc Pentium Mobile 1.7 gHz 1 GB Ram HDD 80 gB Ata 100 DVD Writer Firewire included and other gadjetry... Software and VST's: Steinberg Studio Case (Cubase SE + Steinberg VSTinstruments Pack) Steinberg Cubase Essentials 4 Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2 Steinberg Wavelab Essentials 6 Reason 4 Recycle 2.1 Miroslav Orchestra Gold Refill Sonic Reality Gold Refill Mixing and Pré-amps: Fostex old mixer Maudio Octane Monitoring: Behringer Truth 2031 Instruments Keyboard MAUDIO Keystation 88 pro (piano keys and surface controller) Recorders Alto, Sobrano, Sopranino Hohner e Moeck Several General Tinwhistle Spanich Gaelic Bagpipe Zamans Hohner melodica Others: Guillemot Maxi Studio Isis (8 ch 16/48) + midi out & 1 midi in 36 mb ram (Damaged) Pictures taken with: Camedia C1 - Zoom Canon eos 300d
Anything else?
Hey, give me your feedback about the songs at the band's message board! -I promess i'll reply to all posts!!!
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Comments
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Wow, another good one.
I think this is your best.
What a outstanding instrumental track. A captivating melody with a distinctive arrangement and smooth magical feel...enjoyed very much...Peace
i saw your comment on the forum about laptop set ups in tweakheads but strangely i can't registered because every email i use i banned. that's weird because it was my first time to look at the site. anyway, can you tell the key elements to be noted if i use a laptop for simple production. nice music by the way!
Very nice songs and very good mixes...you have such a good quality to your songs... I seen you on some a studio-central forum on preamps and thought I would have a listen...and very nice... -Tom
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