Virgilio Fino

Virgilio Fino

Virgilio Fino hosts the jam session every Thursday at Village Underground Lisboa. Musician, songwriter, composer, lyricist, music producer, photographer, web design, SEO marketing, repair computers…

I started computing and playing guitar at the age of 10 and play a variety of musical instruments. I am a songwriter, composer, lyricist & music producer. Paul Rodgers from Free and Queen once came up to me in Covent Garden whilst I was busking and told me I played guitar just like Jimi Hendrix and the legendary Donovan Leitch told me I was a master at the guitar!

My favourite bands are Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Donovan, Santana, Traffic, Fiction Plane, The Storys and the Fingertips.

My grandmother and grandfather were involved with ‘Casa de Portugal’ an organisation representing Portugal in the UK back in the 1970’s and Portuguese artists would stay at their home whilst they recorded albums and visited the UK. From an early age I was surrounded by Portuguese musical talents such as Fernando Tordo, Carlos do Carmo, Tonicha, Simone de Oliveira, Jose Calvário to name a few.

I was described as a music impresario by the London press and I was networking music industry people and musicians for many years. This has enabled me to be backstage with and meet many artists.. including, David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Sting (The Police), The Legendary Donovan Leitch, Kylie Minogue, Right Said Fred, Paul Rodgers (Free & Queen & Paul Rodgers), Boz Burrell (King Crimson), Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave), Ben E. King (The Drifters/Stand By Me), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Janie Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix’s sister), Pete Brown (Cream/White Room/Sunshine of your Love, I feel free), Mick Taylor (John Mayall’s Bluesbreaker/ Rolling Stones), Elton John, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) to name a few.

I have been co-writing with the Portuguese band ‘Fingertips’ and have written various lyrics for them. Some of these compositions are playing on the radio.- The song ‘Simple Words’ has over 500,000 plays on youtube – https://youtu.be/1fsyeauLv7Q?si=srlzbolJiXM-6eCQ. One of the songs was also licenced for Laços de Sangue (lit. Blood Ties) a Portuguese telenovela which broadcast on SIC TV channel.

I am also a keen music photographer and have over 30,000 photos of artists and music related events I have photographed

I speak two languages (English & Portuguese), specializes in mobile technology, the Internet, Search engine optimization, fixing computers, working all night!

My occupations have included Price Waterhouse, The premium rate industry, web design & marketing (SEO), Computer repairs and maintenance.

I run my own Technology Consultancy business and my clients include celebrities, Lords, Sirs, Barons, Corporate Company executives.