Re: Open a record store in Bras

Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
15 Feb 97 20:07:38 -0800


ta> The great problem in Brazil are:
ta> Social side: I live in a third world. The goverment don't give
ta> help in education for the population. The contrast is too big and
ta> nobody don't care about us.

are you saying there are no public schools? i'm not quite sure what you're
trying to say w/that last sentence.

ta> About music: the radios and tv shows just want money, the top
ta> musics are something very bad and pop comercial (cheese). There aren't
ta> a space to show to the public new things (good things). Only the
ta> interested people get opportunity to know what's happened in European
ta> scene. I'm the only dj to play Acid Jazz here, and nobody call me to
ta> play in clubs because my sound isn't comercial.

that's not that different than in the u.s. in terms of mindset. what
happened here was that certain groups that us a/j'ers like became popular
w/the non-a/j crowd (brand new heavies, us3). erykah badu, for instance is
being promoted via r&b radio (in l.a. at least).

ta> Now put you in my place. I am a island, here. I always tried
ta> show good things... Incognito, BNH, Izit, JTQ, Raw Stylus, Groove
ta> Collective and others, but this is too hard, I am in a war.
ta> In SP there are a underground scene. Tecno, house and hip hop
ta> have space here, but Drum and Bass, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop no.

if you want to play other people's clubs, you have to throw a bit more
recognizable stuff in your mix. i would say that the closest bags to what
you want to do are going to be house & hiphop. there's a lot of jazzy house

(garage mixes tend to go really well into jazzy stuff--think of some of the
masters @ work house mixes, usually really jazzy stuff) and definitely jazzy

hiphop (tribe, gangstarr/guru). what you do is play stuff they'll know, and

then slip in some stuff they don't, but has a similar vibe--if you can
beatmix, this will be a lot easier to pull off! incognito has a few house
tracks/mixes ("always there", "don't you worry 'bout a thing"--both
covers!),
groove collective has rap tunes ("buddha head", "nerd") and all the 12"s i
saw
for stuff off the 2nd album had house mixes ("i want you/she's so heavy").
so
you can put more of these styles in your mix, or you can start your own
thing!

if you start your own thing, it's going to be harder, but more rewarding
when
it starts to pay off... of course, the other thing is to start out at
someone
else's spot, and then when you get enough of a following for your style
start
your own thing--it all depends on how much you're willing to compromise.

ta> If you had shown your tape I'd like very much. I don't have
ta> informations about Acid Jazz in Brazil and I'm in mailing list for
ta> this. But in Brazil there are good musicians from bossa nova
ta> and jazz, but these don't play in radios. Red + Hot + Rio show this.
ta> If someone have one idea of divulgation Acid Jazz in my
ta> country, please email me.

i think you should get a copy of nickodemus' tape. i haven't heard the
tape,
but i've seen him live in l.a. he spun at jason bentley's club bossanova
--which is notorious for the scenester element (there's debate about how
many
people come for the music)--his mix included things people would know that
aren't part of the a/j scene, in addition to the dope shit that us heads
talk
about. anyway, people dug his vibe even though it was different from what
jason & co. do. also, if you could get some of the bossa & jazz guys to
check out what you're doing, they might be interested in helping you promote
your vibe. imagine if milton nasciamento were to drop in when he heard
about
you spinning... people might check it because milton thought it was cool,
and
then find out they actually like it! i know milton is kind of a big name,
but
if you're gonna dream, dream big!

t-bird

p.s. i'm interested in what new dance music is coming out of brazil
--obviously not the cheese--my sunday nite spot is at a brazilian restaurant

in l.a. a lot of immigrants come thru, and the owner goes to brazil often.

... ...and that's the t-bird opinion (whether you asked or not!)