MCM.17 = Eduardo Pereira
www.HiMpromotions.com
modified from original image by Jaylyn Photo
aside from the editor: bodies, as gorgeous as they come, are not just physical specimens...they are breathing, living, feeling, doing organisms that bounce energy with each other throughout their entire lifeform. in an effort to know more about the breathing, living, feeling and doing part, we want to bring you interviews from the amazing bodies that end up on the moon with us... we are so excited to partner with the men from HiM and we bring you our very first MCM interview with the delicious Eduardo Pereira...he will always go down as our first #rockgod on the moon!
A little more Mr. Pereira wants you to know about himself...
"Simply put, I'm a rock drummer who moonlights as a model. Bangin' away on the skins, sweating away the previous night's bad decisions, and barely having enough money to eat while on the road is what kept me lean. The promotional photo shoot for the record that followed was what made people go 'Oh hey you have abs... You should try this'."
MOON: BIGGEST MODELING ACCOMPLISHMENT...
EP: To be quite honest, working with HiM (www.HiMpromotions.com; @HiMpromotions) is my biggest accomplishment thus far. In the short time that I've been apart of it I have done photo shoots, two live performances, and two live television media appearances. That's just in June alone. Its opened doors for me I never thought possible and showed me things about myself I never knew. For example prior to this anything dance related was very much out of my comfort zone, and that tends to strike people as odd being that I'm a drummer. Our dance choreographer Ryan is a magician; what he's done with me so far is blowing my mind and getting me amped for what I can learn next. Its the same feeling I got when I first starting drumming. Its like "Oh ok... I think I get this.. I just need to practice the hell out of it."
MOON: THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHER YOU WORKED WITH...
EP: Before joining HiM and shooting with Drasko Bogdanovic (HiM's resident photographer; @drasko.bogdanovic) the last photographer I worked with was Alex Maxim (@max_retouching), a BRILLIANT photographer out of Toronto. The thing I love about Alex is he always comes prepared with new ideas he wants to try. Every shoot is a completely different experience and he puts a lot of thought beforehand on what he wants to capture. Since he's so structured and calculating it makes it easy for me, I just gotta add abs. And being a guitar player the dude always has awesome tunes playing in the background, which is nice.
MOON: FAVORITE SHOOT LOCATION TO DATE...
EP: When I did my first professional band photo shoot, we found this old half burnt down, half torn down house in the middle of a field somewhere just off a highway in northern Ontario. It was the coolest "set" ever. It was slanted walls, no ceilings, half windows remaining, just some of the creepiest imaginary you could imagine mixed in with this beautiful cloudless sunny summer day. It was surreal.
MOON: FAVORITE TIME OF DAY TO SHOOT...
EP: Anything sunny with natural light. I'm not big on night time photo sessions.
MOON: PERSONAL STYLE DESCRIPTION...
EP: I'm pretty safe in general when it comes to my style. I'm not bold with what I wear, tho I admire those who are. If I had to say I'd pick something like "Athletic Preppy Rocker".
Sounds lame even in writing. Eech!!!
MOON: THE LAST WORKOUT YOU DID...
EP: Shoulders. I love working my shoulders because being a slender guy I will do just about any exercise to widen up. I've been doing a lot of presses and lateral raises lately. And of course my Arnold Presses. Because of Arnold says it, I do it. (*does Arnold Schwarzenegger's Arggghhghg*)
MOON: FAVORITE TATTOO...
EP: OK, hear me out on this one. Bare with me. I don't like tattoos.... ON ME. Hear me out; I admire people who can believe in or be so sure about something enough to permanently ink it on themselves. I'm just not that guy. Being a guy from a hard rock/metal background that's just disgraceful, but it's true.
MOON: THE LAST SONG YOU HEARD...
EP: "All I Know" by Karnivool, an awesome band out of Australia. They have an incredible syncopated style that while complex, is so rewarding when you finally "get" a song and feel what they're trying to do. If you like Tool, definitely check them out.
About HiM Promotions
HiM Promotions is a talent, entertainment and promotions company operating in Toronto, Canada. Our services include a model roster for events and photo shoots, as well as live entertainment for events and exclusive HiM performances. We recruit talented and skilled performers and models in order to create the ultimate, unforgettable “ladies’ night” experience that every woman craves and deserves.