José Carlos Matos' Official Site

23 | September 2009

"I am proud to announce a new partnership with Dean Markley to endorse his strings, you can check out more info here. The summer tour was great and we are almost wrapping the last few shows left, thank you to all that appeared at the shows, took pictures, had a word with and all that said so many great things about us.

In the meanwhile, I'll be working on an album with Sérgio and preparing next year's tours."

See you all soon!

All the best,
Jose

22 | April 2009

JCM has been busy preparing tours and shows with Nelson Ritchie, Rui Bandeira and recently Sérgio & Animais. The shows in Paris and Luxemburg with Nelson were great and this weekend Sérgio & Animais kick off their shows with a pre-tour preparation at a couple of clubs in the Lisbon area. Check the Tour Dates for more info... you can't miss out on one of the best rock bands in Portugal.

17 | December 2008

Xmas Special with the band Pop'art at Templários Bar with special guest JCM and others.

01 | October 2008

New photos from Nelson Ritchie's new videoclip

24 | September 2008

New photos from the Yamaha Road Tour 2008 are available here.

Photos by Ricardo Benevides

JCM is working with Nelson Ritchie as Musical Director /Lead Guitarist for his upcoming 2009 Tour. We'll be playing in Canada, USA, France, Luxemburg, Switzerland and Portugal.

Today is his CD launch and we'll be on SIC's "Contacto" TV program.

02 | July 2008

Some new pictures from Rui Bandeira's Tour in the Photos section.

New Videos from the Yamaha Road Tour are being updated to the gallery.

New interview with JCM on the magazine "Produção Audio & Música" from the Yamaha Road Tour.
Download the 5 pages in PDF format.

A small video from Lismusica showcasing JCM improvising on a Pacifica 112V is also available in the VIDEOS section or you can see it directly on YouTube.

Yamaha & JCM kickstart the Road Tour on May 8th and will be in all the major stores in Portugal to demo new guitars.

2008 Tour dates updated with shows for Rui Bandeira's Tour.
JCM will be performing as lead guitarist on this year's tour.
He is also working on original rock projects and will be working with Pedro Miguéis again... so stay tuned!
New site will be ready soon.

22 | December 2007

JCM prepares 2008 with exciting new projects and will get back on track with his solo project, ending a year and a half collaboration with Mickael Carreira as his Musical Director/Lead Guitarist.

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all!

12 | October 2007

JOSÉ CARLOS MATOS
YAMAHA DEMO & WORKSHOP
17 OCTOBER | 22:30h
HOT FIVE - JAZZ CLUB
Largo Actor Dias, 51
4430 Porto
Organization: ROCKMUSIC
Tel. 222 058 519

19 | September 2007

JCM will be at this year's Musicalia doing some demos for Yamaha Guitars in the Yamaha Demo booth during all 4 days of the show and will also be at Castanheira's supporting Mesa Boogie... keep in touch for more details soon.

04 | July 2007

"Mickael's Tour has been a great success and a full house yesterday at the emblematic Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon falls testimony to that. The show was fantastic and we thank all the people and fans that came out to see us.

The show was recorded and filmed bt TVI... so expect to see it later this year on TV.

Hugs and kisses to all,
JCM"

07 | April 2007

Updates: Tour dates and Videos

04 | March 2007

Yamaha Workshop Photos online... here

28 | Febuary 2007

Yamaha Guitars Workshop
3rd of March | 15:00
Russomúsica

Address:
Rua Marquês de Pombal,
nº97 - Lj. Esq.
2735-316 Cacém
Tel. 219 181 518

More details at Yamaha

23 | Febuary 2007

Updated Tour dates and photos from Mickael's tour.

18 | January 2007

JCM kicks off a brand new year as a proud and delighted father of new born son called Leonardo.

Mickael's 2007 Tour starts in Paris - France on the 21st of January.

Mesa Boogie Road King II has been added to JCM's arsenal of amps and will be used exclusively for his upcoming CD this year... stay tuned.

17 | December 2006

JCM is using a new make of pickups made in Brazil called Malagoli for some of his custom guitars. The pickups have an amazing tone and bite and compete with big brands like Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio.

He is using a variety of custom alnico 5 pickups... from humbuckers to single-coils and recommends you have a look and try them out yourself.

The pickups are available in Europe thru Rui Luís Import-Export
www.malagolieurope.com

Happy Holidays!

27 | October 2006

Yamaha Guitars Workshop @ Musifex on the 25th of November at 3:30pm.

JCM will demo some of the most recent guitars in the Yamaha range.

www.musifex.pt
www.yamaha.pt

13 | September 2006

Guitar Showcases on the 21st of October @ Centro da Juventude - Caldas da Rainha with JCM, Gonçalo Pereira, Miguel Camilo and Alexandre Caetano.

04 | September 2006

Photo gallery updated

31 | August 2006

Mickael Tour:
The band list is final and you can check it here.
September also marks the
beginning of the rehearsals & preparation for the tour... so keep in touch for more info/pictures and media.

iPod updates:
We will soon be preparing the current JCM video gallery so it can be available as Podcasts on iTunes.
New multimedia material arriving soon.

30 | July 2006

JCM met Scott Henderson @ Mafra's Jazz Festival on the 29th of July 2006, lending some of his own equipment for the gig because Scott's was
held up in Frankfurt due to misleaded flight connections... turned out to be quite a day!