As I have mentioned, when we were in Rio de Janeiro last year we found the perfect venue for our show.
We went to the club on a Saturday night. I spoke with the proprietor, who said all the right things - yes, he would put us on the program, yes that will be great. He confirmed this when I phoned him from Australia after returning home.
Now, I'm not receiving any responses to the many emails I've sent. It seems that "yes" really means "no".
I want to lock in the date for our show.
I want to book our flights to Brazil - with the Olympic Games being held there this year, there is likely to be heavy demand.
But I can't do anything until we have a venue.
It seems we need to look for another place to perform. This is very difficult to do from Australia. I prepare a showreel video from the footage of our show in Jaraguá, and send it to another venue that we saw in Rio. There is no response.
We have two main options:
1. Find a venue that will put us on the program, and rely on their advertising to draw an audience, or
2. Hire a venue, and take the responsibility for our own promotion.
Option #1 would be a much easier way to organise a show in a foreign country.
Surely there must be artist agents or promoters in Rio, who could help us to get a gig?
I contact some of the people I know in Brazil, to see if they know someone who can help me with my project. But none of the leads take me anywhere. I send a lot of emails out into the ether, and still nothing.
I even apply to be featured on a reality TV show that promises to help the selected few achieve their goals. So far, no response.
It was a few years ago that I first heard the phrase "Ask the Universe". Initially I was very sceptical of this idea - it's too ridiculous to suggest that the universe is listening. But now I realise it just means "Ask everyone you know, and at some point there will be a breakthrough". My universe consists of everyone I know, everyone they know, etc.
So I am going to keep asking. Eventually I will find the right people to help me.
I am very determined to make this concert happen.
Having come this far, I am not going to stop short of the finish line.
We went to the club on a Saturday night. I spoke with the proprietor, who said all the right things - yes, he would put us on the program, yes that will be great. He confirmed this when I phoned him from Australia after returning home.
Now, I'm not receiving any responses to the many emails I've sent. It seems that "yes" really means "no".
I want to lock in the date for our show.
I want to book our flights to Brazil - with the Olympic Games being held there this year, there is likely to be heavy demand.
But I can't do anything until we have a venue.
It seems we need to look for another place to perform. This is very difficult to do from Australia. I prepare a showreel video from the footage of our show in Jaraguá, and send it to another venue that we saw in Rio. There is no response.
We have two main options:
1. Find a venue that will put us on the program, and rely on their advertising to draw an audience, or
2. Hire a venue, and take the responsibility for our own promotion.
Option #1 would be a much easier way to organise a show in a foreign country.
Surely there must be artist agents or promoters in Rio, who could help us to get a gig?
I contact some of the people I know in Brazil, to see if they know someone who can help me with my project. But none of the leads take me anywhere. I send a lot of emails out into the ether, and still nothing.
I even apply to be featured on a reality TV show that promises to help the selected few achieve their goals. So far, no response.
It was a few years ago that I first heard the phrase "Ask the Universe". Initially I was very sceptical of this idea - it's too ridiculous to suggest that the universe is listening. But now I realise it just means "Ask everyone you know, and at some point there will be a breakthrough". My universe consists of everyone I know, everyone they know, etc.
So I am going to keep asking. Eventually I will find the right people to help me.
I am very determined to make this concert happen.
Having come this far, I am not going to stop short of the finish line.
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