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Ana Paula's son
Music Producer/Artist/Engineer/Music Exec
Studio owner @thelxsound

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Popping up for my bi-yearly post to say that I've compiled my credits from @spotify and I had no idea I had surpassed the 2 million mark a few songs ago. Close to 5 million streams combining all platforms.

These are all independent artists, most of them just starting out - so many of these artists had zero streams before coming to work with me, and in the process I've made carreers and built artists from the ground up.

If you took the time to support me or any of the projects I've had a hand on, thank you. When you choose to give me your time VS any other song you could be listening to, it truly means a lot to me.

I've been more quiet than usual this past year but music hasn't stopped for a second. That's the only things that's been constant for the past year.

New music otw. See you soon. by @soundskillz

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2 years ago

EN: I'd like to thank everyone for their support and love on our entry for the Czech @eurovision. Double love if you actually took the time and voted. Pam and I met last summer through the wonderful @mr.kriss and "Easy to Believe" was actually the first song we made together. To me, this was coming full circle, as I always said that one day, I'd try my luck since my father also competed for Portugal in the 80s. I have absolutely no idea how the voting will go, but I'd like to thank @czecheurovision for the opportunity and @pam.rabbit for trusting me.

PT: Quero agradecer a todos pelo incrível apoio e amor que a minha entrada com a @pam.rabbit recebeu, especialmente se se deram ao trabalho de votar. Eu e a Pamela conhecemo-nos no último Verão (enquanto ela cá estava a ser back vocalist para o Mikolas, através do incrível @mr.kriss, e a "Easy To Believe" foi na verdade a primeira música que fizemos juntos. Para mim, isto é um fecho de um ciclo, já que eu sempre disse que um dia concorreria de alguma forma, tal como o meu pai fez nos anos 80. Para já, não faço a mínima ideia de como vão ser os resultados, mas gostava de agradecer à Eurovisão Checa e à Pamela por confiarem em mim.

Obrigado. by @soundskillz

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8 years ago

Feb dump

1-5 3rd time back at @mudemuseu (highly recommended), with @janethtavaresphoto (I can't believe we've been friends for 20 years)
6 the weather finally cleared. First beautiful sunrise in ages
7-8 Silva Porto looks more magical than ever. A hidden gem in Lisboa
9 I sent it to her, she told me I should post it
10 Usual gym thirst trap by @soundskillz

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7 months ago

They told me I could either be Athletic or Real, but I showed Madrid how to be both.

- Escaped the country for my Mom's birthday. Might start doing so every year.

Summer Archives vol. II by @soundskillz

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a month ago

Summer Archives Vol I by @soundskillz

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2 months ago

Growth between this confort and discomfort by @soundskillz

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4 months ago

One thing about me is that I'm always gonna be late to post. My son could've been born and I'll post about his birth when he's leaving for college. That being said we changing in 2026 because I made a vision board this year so here's a December & January dump. by @soundskillz

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8 months ago

London dump

Big shout out to my guy Siah for putting on an amazing self produced show while tapping into big talent like @glorynade and the the homie @jordeaux._ so I could see what he's been building out in London.

1 last day and I had no pics whatsoever, still on American accent but started to say 'still' a lot more
2 Siah is still stepping on toes with effortless drip
3 Siah called a squirrel AND HE CAME OVER YO WHAT IN THE DISNEY PRINCESS
4 en route
5 'You Let Me Know' prod. me
6 'check again'
7 they done gave this man his flowers
8 views
9 whetherspoons was the HQ and Siah called everyone cause apparently 5 pounds for breakfast is a steal
10 not even in london but if I don't sneak this in I'll never post my gym thirst traps by @soundskillz

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a year ago

'SLEEPWALKERS' Music Video for @thefuckinglibra (and me),
OUT NOW (link in my bio)

Direction, Photography, Editing, Color by myself
Production and art direction by @thefuckinglibra and myself
Special thanks to @fermari.music and @mad_neko2635

Serving as the main single for Libra's EP 'Sleepwalker', we wanted to compliment the song with melancholic, homely visuals that felt natural and not overly produced.

As before, we continue to build on our previous visual language that is built on photography first and complimented with very simple, tension-building and tension-breaking editing. This time, Rinchoa acted as our backdrop, as the place where Libra was raised.

#blackmagic #musicvideo #director #blackmagicdesign #r&b #newmusic #explore #thefuckinglibra taken in Rinchoa, Lisboa, Portugal by @soundskillz

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5 years ago

When I was 4, my Mom got severely ill and the chances of her surviving were very slim. One day she came into my room and put up a piece of paper with what would I can only basically describe as her commandments for life. We were by ourselves and I think she wanted something that could guide my life in the event that she wouldn't make it.

My mum battled her disease for 6 or 7 years, and at points where her condition was worse and she would be hospitalized, I would take it down with me and read it a lot. Eventually, she got better and I kept it up in my room until my late teens. I put it away and I found it a couple of years back and was ecstatic.

This single page deeply impacted my life and my values. I don't know exactly how long it took my Mom to come up with it or how much thought she put into it, but It always impressed me how she was able to condense so much windom into a single page, especially since she was younger than I am right now.

Today would be her 66th birthday. She passed a few months ago and I'm still not sure how to cope with the grief. I lost the person that meant the most to me a few months ago in a way that doesn't sit right with me and I feel like I lost myself in the process. I feel like I let her down, I feel like I couldn't save her, I feel like I'm not even respecting her final wishes to 'be okay'. So I went back to the values she instilled in me all those years ago and hope they can somehow guide me through this process

I'm extremely private about my life on social media but I'm sharing this in hopes that these values can also help you align or realign yourself with what's important. This is part of my Mom's legacy, and I'm sharing it with you in order to perpetuate the life of the most wonderful woman I could have asked for as my mother.

In loving memory of Ana Paula.
Happy birthday Mom. by @soundskillz

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3 years ago

Mum,

It's been two months since you left. Two whole months without seeing you, talking to you, making plans with you. I don't know if the pain, the rage, the feeling of injustice has gotten smaller or bigger. I dream with you a lot - always something about how I couldn't save you.

The house is still as you left it. I still can't find the strength to go through your things, and when I muster the courage to do a bit of organizing, that usually sends me into a depressing state accompanied by two hours of crying. How could I throw these things that remind me of you away? Having everything as it is makes me feel like you're gonna come home sometime soon, just as you wanted. Also, thank you for keeping so much. I sometimes go through the postcards I gifted you or the drawings and notes I made for you. You kept them all.

Two months have passed, and my first reaction when my phone battery is low is still 'I can't run out, my mum might need to call me'. I still look at the clock when I'm at the studio thinking 'I gotta go home so that my mum is not alone all night'. I still think of you first when I need advice or when there's something I wanna share with someone.

A couple days before passing you told me 'I don't want anything, I just want you to be OK.'. I lied and I told you I'd be okay, but I'm not. How could I? I feel absolutely lost. So empty. So joyless. Most days, life feels meaningless. I'm just living a day at a time and I hate that. What's the point to all of this? What's the point of progressing with a life you cannot be a part of? What's the point of going hard in my career if you can't be proud of me?

I should feel happy that I got all these years with you. I should be grateful that we were able to skirt around so many health challenges. I should be proud of turning the hospital up on his head for you to have all the chances you needed. But deep down, I'm not. My head plays conversations we had recently where you told me things like 'I don't want to go anywhere' and my stomach sinks.

All I can do now is wish that others enjoy the time they have with their loved ones as much as we did.

I will always love you,
Your son,

João. by @soundskillz

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