Ok: I am a musician. I like to think of myself as a composer mostly, but I am happy to be useful on many projects, sometimes playing instruments, sometimes just pushing buttons and producing records, sometimes teaching things, always learning.

I was born in Brasilia, the new capital of Brazil, where I grew up. Now I live in New York City. My professional career started with the band Tonton Macoute, then I went on to work as a record producer in Rio de Janeiro, where I lived for a while and made many friends. There I had a chance to work and play with some of the best musicians in the country, I learned a lot from each of them.

I moved to Philadelphia, where I polished my recording skills before I had my own production studio in New York. In all these places I was really lucky to work with some wonderful artists. During this time I’ve been also writing soundtracks for contemporary dance, film, TV, theater and circus.

I have also released four solo albums of Brazilian popular music and an opera: Tamanduá (The Anteater). Recently I’ve been writing mostly chamber music.

These days you can find me performing with the Malagueta Trio. Come by and say hi.

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Studio Photographs by Dan deCarvalho.

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also check:

• Joao MacDowell on Youtube.
• João MacDowell on Myspace.
• João do Sertão on Tumblr.
• João do Sertão on Blogspot.