Album Notes

Carlos Lichman is a guitarist from Porto Alegre, Brazil, since 1996. He’s played in many rock, progressive and heavy metal bands in nightclubs all around Rio Grande do Sul state.

He recorded “Wake up the Dragons” album with Neverland (Heavy Metal). This album was praised by many Brazilian magazines. However, one year later, Neverland’s members stopped playing together.

Playing with many musicians from his city, Carlos began to arrange the songs for his first solo demo in December 2002.

This demo CD is called “Planet Rock” and it has 2 songs. The first one is “Planet Rock”- a speed metal song, with many variations of key. The second song is “Embroiled in Squabbles!!”- a hard rock song, that sounds like Mr.Big with captivating guitar riffs and blues links.

This demo has the intention of contacting labels, magazines, and radio stations for support for the recording of Carlos Lichman’s Debut-CD. The Compact Disk has obtaining great compliments in the musical word.

2003

June - Carlos Lichman was prominent artist on Engloba Music web site, beside great names of Brazilian music, as Marcos De Ros (Brazilian Guitarist) and Aquiles Prister (Angra’s drummer)

July- “Planet Rock” demo CD can be bought in the CD Baby web site (www.cdbaby.com/cd/lichman)

November- “Planet Rock” song was used as background music in “Overdrive Metal Program” the oldest metal show in Belgium.

December- “Planet Rock” song was chosen one of the best Brazilian songs on Dynamite web site (Brazilian rock site) and “Planet Rock” had a good audience in Fret Net Program (Australian radio rock program)

2004

January- Carlos Lichman is supported by BRIT LOCK company, it builds locks for guitars and basses.

After the release of the “Planet Rock” demo CD, Carlos has been arranging new songs for his first album and he is producing his first instructional guitar video.

Carlos teaches guitar lessons, workshops, does gigs, write columns for the Guitar-Heroes web site (France), The Shred Zone (USA), Guitar Lessons Pro (USA), Rod Goelz (USA), Insane Guitar (USA) and Guitar Rock (Canada).