Anel Paz


Jose Manuel "Anel" Paz is an Argentinian guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and recording and mix engineer.

Has been member of Los Violadores, and :es:Los Políticos|Los Politicos.
Currently, he is the bandleader of El General Paz & La Triple Frontera.

Is graduated 'With Honors" at Musicians Institute, where he was a student of Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Paul Gilbert, Joe Diorio, among others Maestros.
He has been awarded with prizes such as Lápiz de Oro, Lápiz de Platino, a Disco de Oro, Premios Jerry Goldenberg a la Excelencia en las Comunicaciones, among others awards.


Was appointed international endorser by Ibanez guitars, nomination for the first time granted to an Argentine artist. Anel is shown in 2005 Ibanez's catalogue, alongside Maestros such as George Benson, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Pat Metheny, Joe Satriani, John Scofield, and Steve Vai.
Producer of:
, :es:Banda de Turistas|Banda de Turistas, Deja Vu, , El General Paz & La Triple Frontera, , , :es:Los Políticos|Los Políticos, Los Violadores, :es:Marcelo Ezquiaga|Marcelo Ezquiaga, , , , , , , , among others. Has participates in further musical productions, including Enrique Pinti, and Nacha Guevara.
Recording, Mix, and/or Mastering Engineer of:
, Alejandro Lerner, :es:Banda de Turistas|Banda de Turistas, Cacho Tirao, |Árbol - Attaque 77 - Bahiano - - :es:Bulldog |Bulldog - Carajo - :es:César "Banana" Pueyrredón|César Banana Pueyrredón - - Coti Sorokin - :es:Deborah de Corral|Déborah De Corral - - El Bordo - - :es:Estelares|Estelares - :es:Horcas|Horcas - - :es:La Mississippi|La Mississippi - Leo García - Los Nocheros - - :es:Mancha de Rolando|Mancha de Rolando - :es:Massacre|Massacre - Miguel Zavaleta Suéter - - - Pablo López - - :es:Ráfaga |Ráfaga - Rodrigo de la Serna y El Yotivenco - - :es:La Joven Guardia, Celeste Carballo, Charly García, , El General Paz & La Triple Frontera, :es:Jairo |Jairo, Joaquín Sabina, , :es:La Tabaré|La Tabaré, Liliana Herrero, , Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Pericos, :es:Los Políticos|Los Políticos, Ratones Paranoicos, Los Tipitos, Los Violadores, Luciano Pereyra, :es:Marcelo Ezquiaga|Marcelo Ezquiaga, Memphis La Blusera, ,, , , Sandro, , ,, :es:Turf |Turf, Villanos, among other artists. Several of these albums were certified with Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum sales.

Beginnings

Anel Paz was born in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Son of José Manuel Paz and Norma Isabel Bernardez, is the eldest of four brothers.
Since his childhood, he was fascinated by music and musical instruments. His parents supported his vocation, and when he was six years old was sent to study music and flute to .
His family moved to the neighborhood of :es:Flores |Flores and at this time of playing soccer in the streets, encouraged by their parents, he listened classical music, jazz, tango, folk, rock, Brazilian music, artists as Franz Liszt, Elvis Presley, José Larralde, Paco de Lucia, Eduardo Falu, Sergio Mendez, Frank Sinatra.
At 13 years old, now living in Caballito, he is attracted by the sound and soul of the electric guitar. He discovered artists who influenced him deeply: Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Rush, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Jeff Beck, Queen, and African-American blues.
When he was 15 he received as a Christmas gift his first electric guitar, and from that moment he founded several garage bands and plays with them in shows, school and neighborhood festivals. Some of these garage bands were: Los Espasmódicos, Dr. Rock, Océano, Cognac.
He began his music studies at the , and took harmony, composition, classical guitar, electric guitar, with several teachers, including Luis Alberto Venosa, Juan Carlos Cirigliano, María Isabel Siewers, :es:Sebastián Piana|Sebastián Piana, and Claudio Camisassa.
In these years classical music, jazz, fusion and hard rock attracted him: Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, Debussy, Albéniz, Leo Brouwer, Randy Rhoads, Serú Giran, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Mozart, George Benson, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, John Coltrane, Yes, Charlie Parker, Prince, John Scofield, Miles Davis were his influences.
Years later, the Conservatory rewards him, choosing Anel to play in a Master Class offered by the great Eduardo Falu.
After this event, he gets support from his parents to study at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, USA.
At the Guitar Institute of Technology, Musician Institute, he studied with Norman Brown, Joe Diorio, Frank Gambale, Paul Gilbert, Scott Henderson, Carl Shroeder, Peter Sprague, among others.
He attended seminars with Albert Lee, Al Di Meola, Carl Verheyen, Jennifer Batten, Joe Pass, Robben Ford, Tommy Tedesco, Steve Trovato, and others.
In 1988 he graduated "With Honors" at the Musicians Institute.

Back to Argentina

Back in Argentina in 1989 he created, with Ricardo Saul, his own music production company: "Raya Diseño de Música y Sonido”. In these years he received several national and international awards, including four times Lápiz de Oro.
He contributes to create the I.T.M.C., founded by his friend and classmate of G.I.T., Diego Temprano, Anel was instructor and Director of Studies of the Institute.
In the following years, he participated in albums as a guitarist, producer, and arranger, including Enrique Pinti, and Nacha Guevara among other artists.

Los Violadores

In 1995 he was summoned by Robert "Polaco" Zelazek to become part of Los Violadores, punk band pioneer of the genre in Latin America, in replace of guitar player :es:Stuka |Gustavo "Stuka" Fossa.
With Los Violadores, he recorded and co-produced the album ":es:Otra patada en los huevos|Otra Patada en los Huevos", and he formed part of the historic return's shows of the band at Cemento, in December 1995.
In the following years, they performed shows, music videos, and tours.
In 1997 he recorded a guitar solo version of Hymn to San Martín for electric guitar and orchestra, which was widely broadcast by Mario Pergolini in Radio :es:Rock & Pop |Rock & Pop

SuperGaucho

In 1998 he created, with Fernando Buriasco, SuperGaucho Records, his own indie label company and recording studios, where several artists recorded albums, including Cacho Tirao.
He produced, composes and records "Conversacional", ’s first album, and participated in videos and shows as guitar player and music director.
He is recording engineer in the Los Fabulosos Cadillacs's albums "Hola" and "Chau".

Los Políticos

In 1999 he formed his own band, :es:Los Políticos|Los Políticos, he recorded an eponymous album and participated in videos and shows of the band.

Ibanez Guitars

He was appointed international endorser by Ibanez guitars, nomination for the first time granted to an Argentine guitarist. Anel appears at 2005 Ibanez's catalogue alongside artists such as George Benson, Joe Satriani, John Scofield, Marty Friedman, Pat Metheny, Paul Gilbert, and Steve Vai.
In those years he conducted seminars and workshops about improvisation and production, including the Ibanez Guitar Explosion 2003 with Marty Friedman.

Supercharango

In 2003, with Fernando Buriasco, Gianni Dusio and Nicolas Diaz, he created Supercharango, music production company, where he produced and recorded albums for various artists including , "Generacion Pulgar" of , and "Autoayuda" of .
He participated in the music production for films as "Luisa," ":es:El Dedo |El Dedo", ":es:El último Elvis|El Ultimo Elvis".
In 2007, 2009 and 2011 is awarded Mejor Productora de Música with a Premio Jerry Goldenberg a la Excelencia en la Comunicaciones.
Also, received eleven Lápiz de Oro, five Lápiz de Platino, a Gold Record, and a Gold FIAP, among other awards.
In these years he worked as a recording engineer on several albums, including: :es:La Tabaré|La Tabaré "18 Años", Ratones Paranoicos "Enigma", Joaquin Sabina ":es:Nos sobran los motivos|Nos Sobran los Motivos", Sandro "Para Mamá, Sandro "Para Mamá Vol. 2”, Sandro "Recién Ayer", Sandro "Amor Gitano", Sandro "Secretamente Palabras de Amor", :es:Turf |Turf "Para Mi, Para Vos Reversiones".

El General Paz & La Triple Frontera (GP3F)

In 2007 Anel founded his new band El General Paz & La Triple Frontera, a multicultural group integrated of musicians from several countries, where they fuse rock, funk, jazz, Latin American song and folklore, creating an original and contemporary style.
Since then, GP3F has been performing shows at many venues in several countries.
Currently, the band is recording their 3rd studio album.
GP3F has toured various scenarios, including:
- Opening act for Gilberto Gil at Teatro Gran Rex 2008
- Pepsi Music 2008
- CM Vivo at :es:Canal CM|Canal de la Música 2009
- Pepsi Music 2009
- :es:Festival Itinerante de World Music|Primer Festival Itinerante de World Music 2010
- Opening act of Dominic Miller 2011
- Pepsi Music 2011
- Quilmes Rock 2013
- Rock BA 2015
- South by Southwest SXSW 2015
- Bulldog Café 2015-2016-2017
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- Festival Brahva de San Marcos 2016
- Festival Internacional Cervantino 2016
- Feria Internacional del Libro 2016
- Personal Fest Verano 2017
- Vive Latino 2017
- TV Brasil -
- 2017
- Personal Fest 2017
- 2019

Full Pampa

In 2013 Anel created his own production studio, , dedicated to artistic production and recording.
In Full Pampa he has worked with several artists, including: :es:Banda de Turistas|Banda de Turistas, , the cycle , El General Paz & La Triple Frontera, :es:Enrique Pinti|Enrique Pinti, , :es:Liliana Herrero|Liliana Herrero, , Marcelo Ezquiaga, , , , among other artists.
In 2016 he is jury of the contest "".
In 2017 Anel is designated endorser by Tagima guitars.

Discography