September 2016
Still we have not heard which night (next month) we will be performing at Beco das Garrafas, Rio de Janeiro.
I'm due to fly to Washington for a big legal conference. I am expecting to meet some Brazilian lawyers there, and I want to promote our show to them.
I never imagined that we would be left wondering for as long as this.
I email our agent, Mara, and ask her to follow up with the venue. She replies that she has done this, and still has no answer from them.
While I'm in Washington, I receive an email from Mara. She says our show has been confirmed for Thursday 27 October.
Thursday? I wanted Friday or Saturday. But, it has taken so much effort to get this far, I will accept Thursday without complaint. It's just a bit of a shame, because people from Sao Paolo are unlikely to come to a show in Rio in the middle of the week. But when I tell my Brazilian friends of the date, some of them they say that they will try to attend.
When I message Enéias, he confirms that it will be on the Thursday. Because apparently, he says, on the Friday night Marcos Valle will be playing at the same venue.
Marcos Valle! The famous Brazilian composer of Summer Samba (Samba de Verão) - prolific in the 1960's - 1970's, and still active in the music scene.
I've been "bumped" by Marcos Valle. I guess I can live with that.
Maybe we can get tickets for his show? How great would that be?
Arriving home from Washington, I need to arrange the musicians' flights to and from Rio. I email Mara to find out their requirements, and also invite her to come to Rio with us, as the Producer of our show. She sends me details of the flights they require. I translate her email for the travel agent. I double-check the bookings, and ask Mara to do the same. She declares that the arrangements are all perfect.
Enéias announces the Rio show on Facebook, and also begins to promote the fact of my visit, posting videos of some of our songs. He is composing new songs and wants us to record a CD. He posts snippets of these new songs on Facebook. These songs are entirely new to me - I will have to learn them while I'm in Brazil.
Nearly everything is ready. I'll soon be going back to Brazil.
Still we have not heard which night (next month) we will be performing at Beco das Garrafas, Rio de Janeiro.
I'm due to fly to Washington for a big legal conference. I am expecting to meet some Brazilian lawyers there, and I want to promote our show to them.
I never imagined that we would be left wondering for as long as this.
I email our agent, Mara, and ask her to follow up with the venue. She replies that she has done this, and still has no answer from them.
While I'm in Washington, I receive an email from Mara. She says our show has been confirmed for Thursday 27 October.
Thursday? I wanted Friday or Saturday. But, it has taken so much effort to get this far, I will accept Thursday without complaint. It's just a bit of a shame, because people from Sao Paolo are unlikely to come to a show in Rio in the middle of the week. But when I tell my Brazilian friends of the date, some of them they say that they will try to attend.
When I message Enéias, he confirms that it will be on the Thursday. Because apparently, he says, on the Friday night Marcos Valle will be playing at the same venue.
Marcos Valle! The famous Brazilian composer of Summer Samba (Samba de Verão) - prolific in the 1960's - 1970's, and still active in the music scene.
I've been "bumped" by Marcos Valle. I guess I can live with that.
Maybe we can get tickets for his show? How great would that be?
Arriving home from Washington, I need to arrange the musicians' flights to and from Rio. I email Mara to find out their requirements, and also invite her to come to Rio with us, as the Producer of our show. She sends me details of the flights they require. I translate her email for the travel agent. I double-check the bookings, and ask Mara to do the same. She declares that the arrangements are all perfect.
Enéias announces the Rio show on Facebook, and also begins to promote the fact of my visit, posting videos of some of our songs. He is composing new songs and wants us to record a CD. He posts snippets of these new songs on Facebook. These songs are entirely new to me - I will have to learn them while I'm in Brazil.
Nearly everything is ready. I'll soon be going back to Brazil.
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