First Recording Session
March 28, 2004

Last night was a landmark for me. I recorded a track on Casuarina's first CD. It was recorded at the Biscoito Fino Studio in Rio by one of Rio's top engineers. I played pandeiro de nylon (plastic head pandeiro) and reco-reco. I guess it went really well because both the engineer and the guys said it was cool after the first take. But just to get a bit looser I asked to have a second pass. This recording may have been the first of any gringo pandeiro player in Brasil. I can't confirm that, but it's just a guess.

Scott recording
Scott recording 2
Casurarina listening to a playback
Scott and João (this is one of Lenine's sons)

Quote from João I received a few weeks after the session (I had given him mp3s of my CDs as a guitarist from way back when):

"By the way, I’m now listening to you playing the guitar… wow! How can it happen? Such a great guitar player turns into the first gringo tambourine player that recorded in an authentic brazilian samba album… this world really turns!
Kepp contact!
Abs,
João"

Posted by Scott at 10:45 AM