News & Events

John Pratt

Mario & John (Firefly/John Pratt Band) are currently in the studio in Los Angeles & Las Vegas recording their album Uncharted Waters, sound clips will be available soon. The album’s release date has been brought forward and will be announced as soon as possible.

Uncharted Waters will be now released before Shadows & Light.

Mario Parga & John Pratt - ‘Uncharted Waters’

John Pratt

More good news for fans of Mario’s guitar playing and music; he’s collaborating on a new studio album with Los Angeles rock singer John Pratt (Firefly/John Pratt Band). The album will be titled ‘Uncharted Waters’ named after one of the songs. Recording will commence later this year, with Mario writing the music and playing guitars and keyboards, and John taking care of the vocals and lyrics. The album will be recorded at both Mario’s studio in Las Vegas, NV and John’s studio in Los Angeles, CA.

Mario said of John: “I’m very excited to be working with John on this album. As well as possessing one of the best voices I’ve ever heard, he’s an extremely musical guy and can play several instruments. Although John’s probably best known for his performances as a frontman on the L.A. rock scene back in the 80’s and 90’s , he also composes music for motion picture soundtrack and has an impressive résumé featuring many top Hollywood movie and TV studios.”

The album is scheduled to follow the release of the new album from Mario Parga & Lee Small, more details of both albums will follow soon.

Mario & AKG Microphones

Mario is proud to announce a new endorsement with Austrian microphone giants AKG.

Mario said: “I’ve used AKG mics for many years to record my guitars, and they form part of the backbone of my MidnightCafe Studios. For perfect, natural reproduction there’s nothing quite like an AKG, which is why just about every studio in the world stocks them. I’m very proud to be officially part of the AKG family, and I look forward to many years of collaboration with this great company.”

FREE Cell Phone Stuff!

Mario’s fans can now download FREE cell phone wallpapers, ringtones and videos from his new Zedge webpage. This free material is compatible with almost every cell phone; more will added over the next few weeks so check back often!

New Black Widow Album

Despite several internet based press and news bulletins, Mario is not scheduled to play on the new Black Widow album ‘Sleeping With Demons’.

Mario & Vegas Guitars part company

The new Mario Parga ‘signature’ guitar by Vegas Guitars is no longer available due to the amicable parting of Mario and the Las Vegas based guitar company in April.

Mario explained: “The prototype guitar I’d been playing developed some unexpected technical issues. In it’s then design, the guitar wasn’t stable and developed some tuning issues. As Vegas Guitars are a small independent guitar manufacturer, it would have been too much of an undertaking for them to start work on another prototype. I would like to point out that this news should in no way reflect on any of the other Vegas Guitars models.”

 Lee Small - ‘Annie’ (Through The Eyes of Robert Lees, 2008)

Fans of Mario’s guitar playing and music will be pleased to know that as well as his new solo album Shadows & Light, the new Savage Paradise album and a new ‘un-plugged’ album, this year Mario is also collaborating with British singer Lee Small (Shy/Phenomena/Lee Small) on a special studio album that has yet to be titled. Mario will write the music for the project and play the guitars and keyboards whilst Lee will provide his voice, lyrics and vocal melodies.

Mario said of Lee: “Lee possesses an amazing voice full of soul, emotion, passion and range, and on top of this he’s a super-nice guy. We’ve been aware of each other’s music for a while, and the opportunity to work together on a joint project has now arisen. I’m looking forward to working with Lee and hearing his voice in collaboration with my music.”

For all press enquiries please contact Shawna at music@midnightcafestudios.com