Cesar Zanin… Read Full Bio ↴Magic Crayon was formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1999.
Cesar Zanin and Marco Costa started playing in the basement of Cesar's place, with guitar, bass and drum machine. Soon after, via an announcement in the Popkiss e-mail group, bassist Gilberto Custodio Jr comes in to the basement's jams.
Inside Alternative bar (in Sao Paulo) Cesar asked drummer Fabio Barbosa to join the band, and after choosing the name Magic Crayon, the four went to studio.
With Marco singing and Cesar playing the guitar and singing the backing vocals they used the first sessions in the studio to compose about 10 songs.
Shows in Sao Paulo, Goiania, Brasilia, and they decided to record what woud become their self-titled ep.
Everything (except the drums) was recorded in the Cesar's living room with a portastudio and a PC, by then as a trio because of the departure of Marco.
Slag label helped to distribute the EP and IndiePages (north-american indiepop directory) offered a space in its own domain for the official Magic Crayon website www.indiepages.com/magiccrayon.
The band was asked to do shows in the south of Brazil (Porto Alegre and Curitiba), but Fabio could not travel with the band. Then Ricardo Seboso came in to substitute him.
They recorded an acoustic live version for Love Doesn't Happen That Way at Unisinos FM, when they were interviewed there the day before the Porto Alegre show.
Back in São Paulo they played more shows with Ricardo on the drums and recorded the Gaye's Let's Get It On version during a rehearsal, which was later used for the Valentine's day tribute album by 123 indiezinhos recs.
Megssa Fernandes (invited to be the main vocalist by Cesar and Gilberto minutes before the Porto Alegre gig) and guitarrist Paulo Vera (invited by Megssa, later) joined the band, Fabio Barbosa re-joined and they started to rehearse.
Quickly they composed many songs and attempted to record most, in the same way they did before: drums in a proper studio and the rest in Cesar's living room.
They released a 5 track cdr-ep under the name "Whatever You Say Is A Lie (So Fucking Romantic)".
Then many more gigs, a video-clip for Air Guitar Man, interviews, reviews and participation on CD/cassete compilations by foreign labels (from Italy, England and Japan).
By this point the members were highly envolved with other projects (both in music as in life), and as a result the band split up (but never formally), in 2004.
Cesar went to live in Italy in 2004 and lived there until 2008, when he moved to the UK; he has an individual musical project called Walden/Zanin, and formed 3 bands in Brighton and Hove: Barins, In Cases and Hallo Driver. Fabio played the drums in several bands like Gasolines, Transistors and Modulares. Paulo played the guitar in P.O.S.T.. Megssa sings and plays in The Luos and lives in Scotland. Gilberto had a fanzine called Esquizofrenia and now runs a record shop in Sao Paulo called Locomotiva. Ricardo runs a studio and plays in Os Espectros. Marco lives in Canada.
Magic Crayon was invited to do a show in the USA in the summer of 2009, so Cesar Zanin tried to reform the group. Zanin's Magic Crayon is the electronica/indiepop-oriented one man project formed in Brighton and Hove, UK, in order to present Magic Crayon's songs in a different format for a 14 show tour in the USA and Canada.
Cesar (Walden/Zanin) sung and played instruments as ukulele, electric guitar and keyboard/programming (computer). Larry Barin of Sursis, Cesar's son (real name Lauro Zanin), joined in for the American tour, playing ukulele.
In July 2010 Zanin's Magic Crayon went on tour again, this time in Europe: http://woodland.blogspot.com/2010/05/woodland-european-tour-2010.html
Magic Crayon was reformed in 2011, when Cesar Zanin has moved back to Sao Paulo, after having lived for almost a decade in Europe and then backpacking for almost a year in 9 countries of the Americas. The line-up featured original members Fabio Barbosa and Gilberto Custodio Jr.
Mariana Cetra, ex-member of Fotograma, joined the band playing accordeon, melodica and singing.
They played some shows in Sao Paulo and recorded new material (unrealeased so far).
In 2013 Magic Crayon opened all the four shows of Beach Fossils Brazilian tour.
Carlos Costa came in to replace Gilberto Custodio Jr playing the bass.
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Magic Crayon Lyrics
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I don't want to get one more revenge
I just want to help myself to get out
I need a dance, i need a drink
I need distance of all my dreams
I don't want you to watch me getting down
Fake love is falling on your knees
Asking you to kiss your lips
While you still can not believe
The lyrics to Magic Crayon's song Start seem to address a desire for a fresh start and a willingness to leave the past behind. The singer expresses a reluctance to seek revenge and a desire to focus on helping themselves move on from past hurts. They seem to view dancing, drinking and creating distance from their dreams as a way to move forward. There is a sense of not wanting to be seen struggling and putting on a brave face while dealing with the challenges of moving on.
The chorus of the song introduces the idea that true love does not exist and that fake love causes one to fall on their knees and beg for affection. This highlights the pain that comes with a relationship that is built on falsehood and deception. The singer seems to be acknowledging their own experience with love and relationships, and is urging listeners not to fall for the same trap.
Overall, the song Start by Magic Crayon explores themes of starting over, finding strength to let go of the past, and acknowledging the pain and disappointment that comes with deceptive love. The lyrics are filled with raw emotion and provide a universal message that anyone who has experienced heartbreak can relate to.
Line by Line Meaning
I guess this is another start, again
Starting over is something that has happened to me before
I don't want to get one more revenge
I don't want to seek revenge once again
I just want to help myself to get out
All I want is to help myself get out of this situation
I need a dance, i need a drink
I need something to distract me from my problems
I need distance of all my dreams
I need to distance myself from my hopes and aspirations
I don't want you to watch me getting down
I don't want you to see me struggling
True love doesn't exist
Love that is genuine doesn't actually exist
Fake love is falling on your knees
The love that is fake is the one that makes you feel subservient
Asking you to kiss your lips
It is asking you to do something you may not believe in
While you still can not believe
You will not be able to believe this kind of situation that you are in
Contributed by Arianna J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.