As we depart for Brazil, there is something really bugging me.
We will be in Rio for two days, and in that time I need to find a venue for our show next year.
How am I going to find one? Over the past few weeks, I've made inquiries through my various contacts in Brazil. I've been looking for someone to show me around, to suggest various venues and arrange for me to view them and speak to management. I'm willing to pay someone to help me.
But no leads have been forthcoming.
I've tried the Internet. You can hire a private tour guide in Rio. One of them sounded perfect, having "contacts amongst the artistic scene". I messaged her, explaining exactly what I need. Her response arrived quickly - "I recommend you book the six-hour tour".
Yes. I suppose you would recommend that. And I don't think I would be seeing inside any performance venues on your tour.
Then, on a Thursday night at La Boheme, I started chatting with the percussionist from the Brazilian music group. I told him about the dead-end I've found myself in. Fabian told me about an Australian guy who runs a venue in Rio. I do a bit of Googling, and found a bar called TribOz, Australia-Brazil Cultural Centre. It is run by an Australian jazz musician called Mike Ryan. I emailed Mike through the web site. He responded, asking me to send some links, so he could "see my work".
Suddenly I felt worried. What if Mike thinks I'm not good enough?
But what our videos show is an Australia-Brazil collaboration, which is exactly what his venue is about. So I sent him some videos from our show in Adelaide.
It would be so much easier to communicate and contract with an Australian person. Much as I like a challenge, I would really like this bit to be made easy. If we could tie up a deal with TribOz, my husband and I could relax and enjoy our stay in Rio.
This venue seats up to 70 people. It is slightly larger than La Boheme. I had envisaged something a little bigger, perhaps 100 seats. But, if La Boheme is right for me in Adelaide, I probably don't need anything bigger in Rio, where no one knows me.
I am hoping that TribOz will be perfect.
Because I don't have any other options at this stage.
And, disturbingly, I haven't yet been able to set a time to visit and view the venue. Mike hasn't responded to my several emails asking when it would be convenient for him to meet with us. He has just gone quiet.
Perhaps he didn't like the videos?
Fingers crossed that I've found the right place for our show, and that I will have the chance to see it.
We will be in Rio for two days, and in that time I need to find a venue for our show next year.
How am I going to find one? Over the past few weeks, I've made inquiries through my various contacts in Brazil. I've been looking for someone to show me around, to suggest various venues and arrange for me to view them and speak to management. I'm willing to pay someone to help me.
But no leads have been forthcoming.
I've tried the Internet. You can hire a private tour guide in Rio. One of them sounded perfect, having "contacts amongst the artistic scene". I messaged her, explaining exactly what I need. Her response arrived quickly - "I recommend you book the six-hour tour".
Yes. I suppose you would recommend that. And I don't think I would be seeing inside any performance venues on your tour.
Then, on a Thursday night at La Boheme, I started chatting with the percussionist from the Brazilian music group. I told him about the dead-end I've found myself in. Fabian told me about an Australian guy who runs a venue in Rio. I do a bit of Googling, and found a bar called TribOz, Australia-Brazil Cultural Centre. It is run by an Australian jazz musician called Mike Ryan. I emailed Mike through the web site. He responded, asking me to send some links, so he could "see my work".
Suddenly I felt worried. What if Mike thinks I'm not good enough?
But what our videos show is an Australia-Brazil collaboration, which is exactly what his venue is about. So I sent him some videos from our show in Adelaide.
It would be so much easier to communicate and contract with an Australian person. Much as I like a challenge, I would really like this bit to be made easy. If we could tie up a deal with TribOz, my husband and I could relax and enjoy our stay in Rio.
This venue seats up to 70 people. It is slightly larger than La Boheme. I had envisaged something a little bigger, perhaps 100 seats. But, if La Boheme is right for me in Adelaide, I probably don't need anything bigger in Rio, where no one knows me.
I am hoping that TribOz will be perfect.
Because I don't have any other options at this stage.
And, disturbingly, I haven't yet been able to set a time to visit and view the venue. Mike hasn't responded to my several emails asking when it would be convenient for him to meet with us. He has just gone quiet.
Perhaps he didn't like the videos?
Fingers crossed that I've found the right place for our show, and that I will have the chance to see it.
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