{"id":315,"date":"2019-12-01T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mazerius.com\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2020-02-07T15:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:10:52","slug":"mazerius-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mazerius.com\/index.php\/listen\/mazerius-and-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazerius and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have not always been playing music alone. So, if you are brave enough to listen to collaborations I had, you&#8217;re in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>1992-1996 SHYNESS LEAD GUITARIST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Shyness.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" width=\"643\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Shyness.jpg 398w, https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Shyness-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption>Shyness at the studio, listening to the &#8220;Calling in the Dark&#8221; LP master. Happy faces! <em> (Mazerius is the second from the right)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It all started there, when I was a student. Some guys were looking for a guitarist and there I was. Well, I only knew two chords at the time but I learnt quickly!<br>We started playing U2, The Cure, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins and many other covers and then our singer overcame his shyness and we started playing his songs.<br>Several gigs and one LP before we said goodbye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Calling in the Dark (LP)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"503\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/01-Upside-Down.mp3'>Upside Down<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-In-Your-Arms.mp3'>In Your Arms<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03-Thank-You-Good-Bye.mp3'>Thank You &amp; Good Bye<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04-Puppet.mp3'>Puppet<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/05-The-Last-Kiss.mp3'>The Last Kiss<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/06-Calling-In-The-Dark.mp3'>Calling In The Dark<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/07-Crash-Icares-Dream.mp3'>Crash [Icare's Dream]<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/08-Winter-Days.mp3'>Winter Days<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/09-The-Kid.mp3'>The Kid<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mazerius.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01-Upside-Down.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Upside Down\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Upside Down\\\" from Calling In The Dark by Shyness. 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Genre: Pop.\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Shyness\",\"album\":\"Calling In The Dark\",\"genre\":\"Pop\",\"year\":\"1996\",\"length_formatted\":\"3:38\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mazerius.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/09-The-Kid-mp3-image.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":225},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mazerius.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/09-The-Kid-mp3-image-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p>Oh yeah, I liked the delay at the time! The Edge, you were something to me when I was this kid. You still are. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"355\" height=\"635\" src=\"http:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1stConcert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1stConcert.jpg 355w, https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1stConcert-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption>My first gig!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>1995-1996 BOUDUCONGS BASSIST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two guitar players already in this band, no one at the bass. That&#8217;s why!<br>We only played covers (from Nirvana to ZZ Top, with a Rage Against the Machine in the middle).<br>Man, we had fun! but no recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bouducongs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" width=\"640\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bouducongs.jpg 405w, https:\/\/mazerius.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bouducongs-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The Bouducongs&#8217; first, only and last gig in 1996. Our singer had the exact voice of Kurt Cobain, not the same life though&#8230; <br>(Mazerius is second from the left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have not always been playing music alone. So, if you are brave enough to listen to collaborations I had, you&#8217;re in the right place. 1992-1996 SHYNESS LEAD GUITARIST It all started there, when I was a student. Some guys were looking for a guitarist and there I was. 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