Guitarist of Brazilian popular and instrumental music for more than two decades, accompanying several singers and groups of "samba", "choro", "forró" and other Brazilian styles, I also compose, make arrangements and record in these and others genres like funk, latin, blues and jazz.
Besides playing live, I love producing in the studio and I have recorded and mixed many tracks of Brazilian music, voice/guitar pieces, fanfares, child music and soundtracks for films and web series.
I play eletric guitar, six and seven acoustic guitar, bass, cavaco, mandolin, variety of percussion instruments and midi brass and strings sequencing . I also have a huge network of wind musicians, pianists, drummers and percussionists.
I harmonize, arrange and produce your composition or compose and record for your audiovisual project. Always looking for balance and contemplating what the client wants.
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13 Reviews - 3 Repeat Clients
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check_circleVerifiedA real pleasure to work with Chico! Very professional and attentive. I highly recommend and I hope to work with him again soon. Thanks!
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I was very nice working with Chico, very professional!
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Fantastic job !!! Chico was quick and did a job as I needed.
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Another great job delivered by Chico!
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Great to work with Chico, the track is beautiful and it was very fast.
check_circleVerifiedWorking with Chico was great. He was very enthusiastic about trying to get the right sound and he gave multiple options. I would recommend working with him.
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Olá, Chico. Obrigado pelo material de excelente qualidade. Até breve!
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Another great job! Beautiful wind arrangement!
Mais um ótimo trabalho! Belo arranjo de sopros!
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Chico has delivered an exquisite job. Many thanks!
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Adoramos o trabalho feito com o Chico. Tudo feito com clareza e objetividade e o arranjo ficou muito bonito!
We love the work done with Chico. Everything with clarity and objectivity and the arrangement was very beautiful!
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Chico, ficou excelente. Muito obrigado pelo material de qualidade e por toda atenção durante o processo. Abraço!
Chico, it was excellent. Thank you very much for the quality material and for all the attention during the process. All the best! 
Tamega played a 7 strings Brazilian guitar style track for a job of mine. He played great contributing with great ideas nice sound and pretty quick. I am so happy with his track!!
Chico Tamega is an excellent guitar player well versed on samba and Brazilian music in general, with a very authentic and fluid language. Master player with the traditional Brazilian 7 strings nylon guitar, have great harmonic knowledge good reading and orchestration skills. Very easy to work with always providing good ideas for whatever project.
I highly recommend!
Interview with Chico Tamega
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The projects I have enjoyed the most are those of my own songs. Some soundtracks I did also made me very happy.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Arrangements for fanfare in which I am the conductor and producing some authorial singles of instrumental music.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Two partners who work in their own studios but who are not on the SoundBetter platform. We do projects together commonly.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: The two universes are important and can go together. I have no preconception on this subject.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Do the best I can.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Composing, arranging, recording, mixing ... the whole construction process is very pleasant.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: "How long does it take?"
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I don't know
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: No recipes... depends on demand
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: go for it!
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: A guitar, a trumpet, good mic and preamp and a recorder
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: In the first half of my musical career, I essentially played acoustic and eletric guitar in various types of work. I have always recorded some things at home. About ten years ago, I started investing in equipment and knowledge and producing in the studio more often
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Observant, empathic and focused
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I receive the client's demand and feeling what they need. I think about the options to satisfy the demand, I suggest something when convenient. Sending preview for the client to evaluate and at the end sending in the requested audio formats.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Interfaces Universal Audio and Focusrite. Pre amps Universal Audio and Grace Design. Mics Shure, Akg, Golden Project Audio, CAD. Monitors Yamaha. Many acoustic and eletric guitars, as well as cavaquinho and mandolin and many percussion instruments.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Many... Hamilton de Holanda, Raphael Rabello, John Scofield, Ben Harper, Bjork, Candeia, Leo Amuedo, Jacob Collier, Snarky Puppy, Hermeto Pascoal, Elis Regina, Fela Kuti, Gilberto Gil, Herbie Hancock, Living Colour, Moacir Santos, Nina Simone, Quincy Jones, Rick Rubin, Alan Parsons, Phil Spector, Andy Wallace.... dozens...
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recordings of stringed and percussion instruments, audio editing in general, mixing, arrangements for fanfares, recording of voiceovers, various midis sequencing and soundtracks.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Hear if the track sounds good in mono.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Variety of Brazilian music such as: Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro, Baião among others, World music in general, Latin, jazz, funk and blues.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I believe that it is the diversity of musical tastes that I cultivated during my life as a listener and musician that brings me a good diversity of tools.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I try to capture the essence of music, what it asks for, what its accent is and when there is space, try something new or even exotic.
I was the 7 string guitar and co-producer in this production
- Acoustic GuitarAverage price - $100 per song
- Electric GuitarAverage price - $100 per song
- Songwriter - MusicContact for pricing
- PercussionAverage price - $100 per song
- Film ComposerContact for pricing
- Full instrumental productionContact for pricing
- String ArrangerContact for pricing
Each project, different needs and desires. We agree on prices and terms according to the nature of the production. Three (3) revisions free of charge.
- UA Apollo Preamp
- UA LA-610Tube Preamp
- Grace DesignM-101 Preamp
- UA Plugins. Mics: SM-57
- AKG C-214
- Sennheiser MD421
- GAP MK III
- AKG P170 pair
- RODE NTG-2
- CAD KBM 412. Instruments: Gibson
- Fender Gtr
- Hand Made Acoustic Gtr and percussions
- Musical Videos on YtubeDec 29, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7Y5JQaK47HmQyQGKplBlA
Check my you tube channel, where I published several music videos where I made arrangements, recorded, mixed and edited videos with different musician friends, each one of their homes due to the pandemic. Many diferentes styles of music!
