mario-c.

Mario is now sponsored by Lee jeans Co.

The music in the player are samples of my work done for other artists as a producer / arranger / remixer and music I've done for TV and scoring, I thought it would be better to include more than just one style so I can give a better idea of what I can do, go to the music tab if you'd like to read more details.

I'm a guitar player / producer / arranger / remixer / programmer based in Mexico City.

I started out as a guitar player with small local bands but I quickly built a decent reputation thanks to my friends who kept recommending me for gigs, that word of mouth led me to land a gig as a sideman guitar player with various local pop stars (more notably with multi platinum Mexican artist Cristian Castro) and embarked into a voragine of endless touring, I then moved on to recording with as many people as I could doing sessions with many local producers, now I produce music in my home studio and have done lots of arranging for different people, lots of jingles and even some film scoring ...

My music has been featured on TV, films and short films, radio, professional recordings, Independent record productions and the odd soundtrack, as a freelance guitar player I've done numerous sessions for all of Mexico's City top jingle studios and top producers.

key gear used :

• Waldorf synths ! µq and µwave Xt's
  
• Access Virus c
• Korg Z1
• Clavia Nord modular
• lots of Yamaha gear : A5000 & A4000 samplers, Yamaha FS1R super formant FM synth, Yamaha EX5R, yammy AN1X
• Roland JV1080 and MC-505 ...
• Guitars by Parker (fly deluxe) Ibanez (only japanese models) some Yamahas too, (pacificas, the latest RGX and APX acoustics)
• ENGL 570 super tube preamp
  
• fx by Lexicon MPX-G2(2x) + MPX-1, TC Electronic G-force and some boss gear
• the usual midi pedal boards FC200 and Lexi MPX-R1
• Marshall and Fender amps (the BIG loud "rip your head off" ones)
• I record my stuff using motu (HD192's and DP 5) gear.
• Mac computers with lots of software and plugs
  
• outboard gear, monitors, and a room full of other stuff
  

I also have a pop / rock / electronica band here on trig : AUDIONAUTAS !

and a fun band I put together with local studio musicians and friends who were sick of studio work and needed to play live all the rock songs we grew up with, since most of the studio work we do is in a pop vein we play hard rock songs for the larger part of our set :

THE HITMEN

we do have lots of fun, check it out !

Some artists Mario has recently worked with (recorder with, produced, arranged, mixed or remixed and live toring) :

• Cristian Castro ( Mexican pop superstar) I did extensive touring with this huge artist Cristian's official site

• Chacho Gaytán (of Sentidos Opuestos) I did various sessions as a guitar player for him.

• Ana Victoria (acoustic, pop) co-produced, arranged, programmed and remixed 5 tracks for this LA based singer last CD : Ana Victoria's main site and Ana Victoria's myspace

• Los Yerberos (one of Mexico's most influential reggae bands) mixed 2 tracks from their last CD including one single : Los Yerberos

• Benet (pop rock) produced, arranged, recorded and mixed his new CD, hell, I even played some lead & rhythm guitars and programmed keyboards : Benet @ trig and Benet @ myspace

• Antidoping (a very important reggae band from Mexico City) did some synth sound design for them (layered some etheric pads too) for their latest studio CD : Antidoping

• Fede Dilorenzo (funk, rock) mixed a bunch of already recorded songs for this Argentinian singer : Fede Dilo

• Issa Elle (electronica) recording sessions for this talented French singer : Issa Elle @ trig
Issa-Elle @ myspace

• Nacho Rettally (jingles, electronica) I've done numerous sessions as a guitar player for this hot jingle producer  Nacho's myspace

Other artists I toured with include : Tatiana, Flavio César, Alex Salomón, Kairo, Mercurio and many others I forgot