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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!

17 | July 2006

JCM is working with
Mickael Carreira as Musical Director / Guitarist... more info soon!

Tour dates updated

14 | June 2006



JCM is featured on acoustic guitars on the new DVD & CD from Live gig in 2005 with Miguel & André "Ao Vivo no Coliseu do Porto"
Video (teaser)

03 | June 2006

New Tribute project coming soon with a Jazz flavour this time.
JCM will be playing songs from legendary artists such as Pat Metheny, George Benson, Allan Holdsworth, Al Di Meola, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.

Guestbook added.

03 | April 2006

New photos from the Pedro Miguéis CD launch gig @ Buddha Bar Lisbon.

23 | March 2006


Yamaha Guitars
Workshops in May...
details soon!

25 | Febuary 2006

JCM will be touring with Pedro Miguéis this year as Musical Director / Guitarist.
Check Tour Dates

19 | Febuary 2006

New Chatroom created for fans and JCM himself to meet fans and friends to talk about music.
The Forum was hacked by some foolish people and was deleted for the time being.

30 | January 2006

Ambiguous Allan is a song that grew in the studio (Ambitus Studio)
just a few moments before the actual recording,
so it is live stuff based on improvisation... hope you enjoy it!

Visound is promoting another workshop in Coimbra this time at Musica.com store on the 7th of March (afternoon). This time it will be a double treat with JCM and Fred "The Shred". Click here for more details

JCM did some session recordings in 2004 for a friend called Luís Marques and he is launching the album soon. More info on Luís at his website www.luismarques.net
You can also here the songs that JCM recorded here.

29 | December 2005

Graphic update v.3.0
Happy New Year!

20 | November 2005

A teaser from the upcoming album has been launched on the site. It's a clip from a song called "New Horizon" and is still in the working process of becoming a full song. JCM has been composing a lot and is recording almost everyday. Stay tuned for more clips during the next weeks.

07 | November 2005

NEW video of JCM in a musicstore called Turnkey Music Technology in Johannesburg, South Africa. Van Halen licks and Extreme riffs on a Peavey 5150 amp and an Italia Maranello... check it out!

01 | November 2005

JCM has returned from South Africa after doing a tour of over 40 music stores and travelling about 10000km in the procedure. He then appeared at Musicália 2005 in Fil, Parque das Nações - Lisbon, to support Visound (M-Audio endorser), Yamaha (Silent Guitar endorser) and Castanheira Sómusica/FXStore (Mesa Boogie, PRS 513, Planet Waves cables and Dean Markley strings).

On the photos, you can see him atract a crowd around Visound's booth... trying out an Italia Semi-Tone witn a Carl Martin amp and pedals.
(photos by César Carapinha)

27 | August 2005

JCM will be playing a series of clinics/workshops in South Africa (Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, and many more cities) during September & October. Exact locations/music stores to be announced soon.

03 | August 2005

NOM4DAS are back for a concert in Serra da Vila, Torres Vedras on the 6th of August 2005.
They willl be playing at night in the outdoor festivities... so it's free... map here.

13 | July 2005

JCM in the press

11 | July 2005

The RCA gig was a blast and fun. Here are the photos.


04 | June 2005

Photo Gallery updated.

31 | May 2005

JCM & Visound (www.visound.com) will be on a Workshop tour in Portugal with Italia Guitars and M-Audio's Black Box.
Stay tuned for more details. Dates confirmed here.




Nomadas press release
(Portuguese version)

29 | May 2005

Radio interview with JCM on www.portalbandeira.com

Direct download here
(in portuguese)

13 | May 2005

New song added to Media Library... go here.

12 | May 2005

"Kiss Kiss" has finally ended and there are some more photos here.

06 | May 2005

Miguel & André are celebrating their career with a grand concert in Coliseu do Porto. The concert will be recorded and filmed for their next live DVD.

More gigs with Luis Portugal added to TOUR DATES and more coming soon.

02 | May 2005

JCM will play on the 28th of May near Vila Real with friends Lília Matos, Mané Crestejo and Rui Drumond. The project is called "Nomadas" and the set will be completely acoustic.

Relative sites:
Mané Crestejo
Rui Drumond
Lília & Mané

22 | March 2005

Musical "Kiss Kiss" on the road.
Check Tour Dates...

10 | March 2005

Photo Gallery updated with Mafra's Workshop.

05 | March 2005

*Today at 22:00*
Opening of "7ª Arte Bar"
in Famões, Lisbon with an acoustic show by JCM, Rui Drumond and Mané Crestejo

17 | Febuary 2005

Tour dates for the musical "Kiss Kiss - On the Road" have been added... Viseu + Porto are confirmed.

12 | Febuary 2005

JCM will be working with
Luís Portugal (ex-Jáfumega vocalist) on his next solo album. The collaboration will include compostions from JCM also... They will kick off on a warm-up gig at the Casino in Figueira da Foz (Portugal) on the 1rst of March... stay tuned for updates!

Don't forget to catch the JAM|Workshop series with Luis Moreno & JCM at FXStore again (5th March) and at Mafra Auditorium for Musicland (6th March).

23 | January 2005

The musical goes on the road in March, April and May!

* Oporto - Portugal
* Viseu - Portugal
* Castelo Branco - Portugal
* Vila Real - Portugal
* Madeira - Portugal

Exact locations and dates soon.

06 | January 2005

2 new JAM|Workshops added (5 & 6 March 2005)

01 | January 2005

*The site was off-line for a week due to lot's of media downloads, exceeding the server's bandwidth limit. We apologize for any inconvenience.*

26 | December 2004

TOOLS updated

24 | December 2004
*Merry Xmas*

"JAM | Workshop"
Video "Drop-D Rock"

20 | December 2004

"JAM | Workshop"
Photo Gallery added

16 | December 2004

"JAM | Workshop"
view the lesson about modes

06| November 2004

> FXStore (Lisbon) presents:
JCM & Luís Moreno
"JAM | Workshop"
18th of December 2004
at 16:30

14| October 2004

> 2nd phase for "Kiss Kiss" will take place in Tivoli Theatre - Lisbon (Portugal) and starts on the 16th of November and ends on the 27th Febuary 2005
Check Tour dates...

15| July 2004

> JCM is performing on a musical called "Kiss Kiss" during the summer in the Algarve
(Fábrica do Inglês, Silves).
Watch a videoclip from the show and interviews...
(note: Portuguese)

Actors:
Fernando Mendes
Fernando Ferrão
Sónia Brazão
Mina Andala
Luís Caboco

Singers:
Luís Portugal
Mané Crestejo
Rui Drumond
Inês Santos
Lília Matos
Carlos Ançã
Célia Lawson*

Musical Director:
Rui Filipe

Musicians:
Sertório - Drums
Marino Freitas - Electric Bass
Guto Lucena - Saxophones / Flute
Elmano - Saxophones / Flute*
Miguel Gonçalves - Trumpet
Carlos Gonçalves - Trombone*
Rui Gonçalves - Trombone
Paulo Sérgio - Keyboards
António Figueiredo - Violin
JCM - Electric & Acoustic Guitars


> Ambitus Studio is a new project from owner Mário Carreira and partner JCM to produce bands. JCM's next album will be recorded there this year.

> JCM meets Al Di Meola at CCB, Lisbon
(Go to MUSIC > Photos I)



> Official forum is now available!

> JCM performing at Hard Club on the 12th of December...
:: 2 new videos ::

> 6 New Videos online from the Musicália 2003 YAMAHA's Super-Band Jam Session

> Site v.2 is online
(9th November 2003)

> JCM is preparing his new album and is offering 23 Guitar Video lessons online for beginner and intermediate levels.
more details...





> Blitz Pro is a new supplement of the famous portuguese music newspaper -- BLITZ [see site].
JCM collaborates on this project alongside Gonçalo Pereira and Luís Moreno.

He was featured on the first edition with an article that exemplifies that first impression one has with his 1st Instrument.

You can have a look at that article here. [Portuguese version -- A translation to English will be available soon!]

> JCM is featured on Guitarristas Volume 2.
more details...

Song: Let me tell you a secret > Listen to the song