Martin Andrade de Mendonça (born 3 June 1976,
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognize ...
) is a Brazilian singer, musician and guitarist. He became known for playing alongside singer
Pitty
Priscilla Novaes Leone (born October 7, 1977), better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian Rock music, rock singer.
She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her care ...
and also in the side project
Agridoce.
Career
Mendonça began playing
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
and started playing
electric guitar
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between the ages of 16 and 17.
He played in the Bahian band Cascadura and with which he moved, in 2003, to the city of São Paulo in order to try to have a career on a national level, but the members' attempts failed, taking the guitarist back to
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognize ...
. In December 2004, Mendonça was invited to play with
Pitty
Priscilla Novaes Leone (born October 7, 1977), better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian Rock music, rock singer.
She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her care ...
and returned to São Paulo in 2005.
Solo career and other projects
In 2010, Mendonça released the album ''Dezenove Vezes Amor'' in partnership with drummer Duda Machado. They play nine songs, including “Passa em Volta”, “Daqui pra Frente” and “Me Perdi”.
After a decade of accompanying
Pitty
Priscilla Novaes Leone (born October 7, 1977), better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian Rock music, rock singer.
She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her care ...
in her band guitarist Mendonça – with whom Pitty also created the Agridoce project – announced the release of his first solo album. The musician, who in 2010 released the album ''Dezenove Vezes Amor'' in partnership with drummer Duda Machado, was finally going to present his own work. The album was called ''Quando Um Não Quer...'' and was only released in digital format.
The work was out on
Deckdisc
Deckdisc is a Brazilian record company that was founded in 1998.
History
The Deckdisc officially began his career as a record label in 1998, with distribution from Universal Music. The first success was the series "O Som do Barzinho", which rea ...
and featured nine tracks, most of which are original. The only exception is "Coisas Boas", the first track on the album to be made available, which was written by Fábio Cascadura and Ricardo Alves. The second single was made available on February 12, 2015, the song "Mesmo", featuring Lira and Pitty.
After the release of the album, Mendonça travelled around Brazil with the show ''Quando Um Não Quer Acústico'' accompanied by Guilherme Almeida. The concert was a reinterpretation of his songs in a more intimate format. The setlist included songs from the new album, songs from ''Dezenove Vezes Amor'', some partnerships and songs that influenced him.
In 2020, Mendonça teamed up with Gui Almeida and Paulo Kishimoto to record the entirely instrumental album ''Martin, Kishi & Gui, Vol. 1''. The work was all recorded remotely, with the musicians producing their parts in their own home studios. Mendonça (guitar), Almeida (bass) and Kishimoto (keyboards) brought their ideas and each recorded three of the nine tracks, making it varied and with a little of each artist's influences and inspirations.
Personal life
Mendonça was born in
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognize ...
and moved to
São Paulo City
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* Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
* Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of ...
in 2005, when he became
Pitty
Priscilla Novaes Leone (born October 7, 1977), better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian Rock music, rock singer.
She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her care ...
's official guitarist.
Mendonça is the father of Tomaz and Valentina as a result of his long-term relationship with Juana Diniz.
Discography
;Solo
*
''Quando Um Não Quer...'' (2015)
;With Martin & Eduardo
* ''Dezenove Vezes Amor'' (2010)
;With
Agridoce
*''Agridoce'' (2011)
*''Agridoce E.P.'' (2012)
;With
Pitty
Priscilla Novaes Leone (born October 7, 1977), better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian Rock music, rock singer.
She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her care ...
* ''
Anacrônico
''Anacrônico'' (; ''Anachronistic'') is the second album by Brazilian rock music, rock singer Pitty.
In 2006 the album was re-released in the DualDisc format version. It has the music video "Anacrônico", the photo gallery of their respective ...
'' (2005)
* ''
Chiaroscuro
In art, chiaroscuro ( , ; ) is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to ach ...
'' (2009)
* ''Setevidas'' (2014)
* ''
Matriz'' (2019)
References
External links
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1976 births
Musicians from Salvador, Bahia
Brazilian male guitarists
Brazilian rock guitarists
Alternative rock guitarists
Living people