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Watch Mateus Asato shred while John Petrucci lays down the funk
By Matt Owen published
The neo-soul titan teamed up with the Dream Theater virtuoso for the jam during Trooch's 2021 Guitar Universe 3.0 camp

Joe Satriani recruits Peter Frampton, Steve Lukather, Mateus Asato, Cory Wong, Nili Brosh and more for G4 V6.0 Experience 2023
By Matt Owen published
Steve Morse, Alex Skolnick, Eric Gales, Andy James, and John 5 are also among the chosen players for four days of workshops, mentor sessions, exclusive live performances and other six-string activities

Mateus Asato says Ariana Grande makes “the best instrumental tracks for guitar players”
By Matt Owen published
Asato proved his point by absolutely unleashing on his fretboard over the top of Grande’s 2016 track, Bad Decisions

Watch Mateus Asato reimagine ABBA’s Dancing Queen as an angelic fingerstyle workout
By Matt Owen published
The neo-soul wizard works wonders once again, treating the cult classic to ethereal vibrato, spell-binding embellishments and dreamy fingerpicking passages

Mateus Asato shares blissful instrumental reimagining of Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants To Rule The World
By Matt Owen published
Harmonic chimes, silky double-stop slides and a surgical combination of three separate musical lines head up Asato's latest fingerstyle workout

Capture Mateus Asato's rhythm and lead techniques with this in-depth lesson
By Simon Barnard published
Lyrical, emotive, with lithe phrasing and a neo-soul sensibility, there is much to learn from Asato’s command of technique and feel

Watch Mateus Asato transform The Beatles’ In My Life into a dreamy fingerstyle workout
By Matt Owen published
The neo-soul specialist took up his Mayones electric guitar and Asato-fied the classic track in stunning fashion

Watch Mateus Asato treat Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah to sublime slides and lush licks in new instrumental cover
By Matt Owen published
Today’s standout neo-soul guitarist also showcased a new song – The Cure – and offered an update following his social media departure last year
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Marty Friedman enlists Mateus Asato for a soaring instrumental cover of Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over
By Sam Roche published
The performance was recorded at Friedman's April show in Osaka for his Tokyo Jukebox Tour 2021

Renforshort: "I get surges of creativity at 3 in the morning – I'll be up in bed, trying different tunings and seeing if I come up with anything cool"
By Cheri Amour published
Following the release of sophomore EP, Off Saint Dominique, we speak to the prodigious 19-year-old about teenage angst, alternate tunings and working with Mateus Asato
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