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Chill, groovy, bluesy, jazzy music for your listening pleasure.
IG: rafaferreira321

Bio: I'm a portuguese self taught guitar player with a passion for good music. I like all genres of music but the ones I find myself enjoying the most are tracks that have a bluesy, jazzy sound to it.
Growing up at from about age 6-10 I listened to a lot of grunge, nu metal and other genres but mostly nirvana, korn, limp bizkit, pearl jam, stone temple pilots, radiohead, the offspring and system of a down. From 10 to about 16 I listened to a lot of hip-hop and reggae music, mostly portuguese hip-hop bob marley and gentleman. 
It was only at 16 that I finally first picked up a guitar. I fell in love with it from the start, and as soon as I learned the first chords I knew I wanted to be a player. The moment for me that I said I want to do this was after looking up "Blues" on youtube and listening to a bb king solo. I was so amazed at what he could do with the guitar and the whole style he created that it completly blew my mind!
After I started playing guitar I started expanding my music taste to all diferent genres ranging from my guitar favorites like: jimi hendrix, b.b. king, led zeppelin, pink floyd, john mayer and dire straits to jazz/blues/rnb greatest: Frank sinatra, stevie wonder, miles davis, chet baker to totally different genres like Tool, The doors, sbtrkt, alt-j, tame impala, the xx, Manel Cruz, Linda martini, etc etc.

So this here is my little project, I trully love making tracks and posting them online for you guys to enjoy :)

Let's get royally funked up. 
Upcoming gigs: 
Murder Mystery Bogota November 1, 2024
Vuurtje Spring 2025
More coming soon...

Appeared at: 
Vuurtje @ToekomstMuziek 2024
Ignition 🔥 January 2024
Brel 
ADNIGHT at Media.Monks - 13 October '23
Roboat Heart - 6 & 7 October '23
Sounds at the Schietbaan - September '23
Launch of the bierbike - Marineterrein August '23
At the @RoyalMailTour van unofficial camp Where The Sheep Sleep 23,
Burning Man '22, Lola Luid 22, PA PA GO '20 & '21, KiwiBurn, Ignition NZ, OtherlanZ, Pete The Monkey, La Carlotta Food Truck, Coastal Carnival.

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