Kleber K. Shima

Kleber K. Shima has been a guitar teacher since 1991, owner of the Kleber K. Shima Music Institute (IMKS), located in São Paulo, capital. He holds a bachelor's degree in music from FAMOSP and the extinct ULM. He studied with Fernando Corrêa (Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica), Rui Saleme (D'Alma Group) and Luiz Carlos Tessarin (Acoustic Guitar). He was collaborator of the magazines: - Cover Guitar (2000 to 2001) making transcriptions; - Guitar Class (2002 to 2005) writing cover stories (Cem por Cento) and the column "Vivendo de Guitarra"; - Cover Guitar (from 2005 to 2010) writing the column "New Languages" and making transcriptions; - Guitar Load (2012) signing the column "Tribunal do Juri" (Equipment test); - Site Guitar Experience signing the sections "Tuning the Timbre" and "Test Drive"; - Site of the Musician (Video Lessons). It was cover of cover magazine Guitar in January of 2010 Toca with singer of Jazz / Blues Misty, with Trio Certo Diablos and with Band Hot Rocks. He played in the band Almanak from 1999 to 2010. He is the creator of the project "Tribute to Heroes of Guitar", which has already had the participation of Edu Ardanuy, Rafael Bittencourt, Michel Leme, Marcos De Ros, Marcio Alvez, Alex Fornari, Mello Jr., Denison Fernandes, Heraldo Paarman, Tiago de Moura, André Martins, Edú Letti, Hard Alex and André Evaristo (Torture Squad). The event has already been presented in houses like auditorium of EM & T and Café Piu Piu in São Paulo. In 2006 he recorded an instrumental CD called "Anamorphose" which was very well received by the specialized critic, with the reviews published in several magazines. In 2010 he performed at Virada Cultural for more than 50,000 people with the American band Imbyra, sharing the stage with Sepultura, Pitty, Titãs, Krisium and other artists. In 2011 he played at NAMM, in Los Angeles, at the Egnater Amplification stand, representing the Music Maker Custom Guitars brand, along with Rafael Bittencourt, Djalma Lima, André Martins and Edu Ardanuy. In 2013 he developed a Signature pedal of the brand Tom Tone, model K2S, developed a signature guitar of the brand Music Maker, model K2S and a pedalboard of the brand Creation FD model K2S. He has done several workshops representing brands that are endorse. In September he made 21 presentations at Expo Music, the largest music fair in Latin America, releasing his CD Aurea ". He performed with Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), made several recordings as a studio musician, recorded with Alexandre Aposan (G3 Workshop drummer), produced the CD and the CD release concert of the singer Fernando Ordones and participated in the CD of the guitarist and producer Fernando Martins.