“I would love to join a big band or play with a major artist while I establish myself as a solo star,”
Larissa Liveir says
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►LARISSA LIVEIR MAKES no bones about it: The 21-year-old Brazilian shredder wants to be a role model for other female guitarists. “There’s a lot more females who love rock music and playing the guitar than people think,” she says. “If I can help to inspire them to get out there and make music and join bands, I’ll feel as though I’ve had some real impact.”
Judging from Livier’s recent success on social media, it’s clear that people are paying attention. Between her Instagram, YouTube and TikTok accounts, she boasts close to five million followers who tune in for her weekly guitar-playing videos in which she performs note-perfect renditions of classics by Pink Floyd, Guns N’ Roses and Van Halen, among others.
“People ask me, ‘Your videos are so popular. What was your plan?’” she says. “I tell them, ‘There wasn’t a plan at all.’ I was studying engineering at school, but I had to come home during the pandemic. There wasn’t anything to do, so I started making videos of me playing songs I love. Before I knew it, they took off.”
“If I can help to inspire [women] to get out there and make music and join bands, I’ll feel as though I’ve had some real impact”