Reaching the last stage of this international expedition of promotion, exchange and training, I confess that an air of "mission accomplished" is already beginning to form in the beautiful Manchester, a city in the United Kingdom that I had not yet seen and the location of the 30th edition of Womex...
And at these moments, it is inevitable to turn to authors from Brazil, for a quick reflection, before starting our participation, which after consequent previous work, for the first time in 19 years [with interruptions], provides me with an agenda with no time available for scheduling new agendas.
The verse that symbolizes the reality constructed and in the experience phase goes like this...
"We're alone and none of us, Knows exactly where we're going to end up, But we don't need to know where we're going, We just need to go.."
Manchester, October 24, 2024
That's about it... And because of this trajectory, which in my opinion, we owe to our independent, collective, collaborative and horizontal spirit mixed with planning, strategy, method, persistence and a lot of respect for others, we arrived here for the 3rd year as a guest of the communication arm of the biggest music fair that I have participated in since 2005.
I always highlight this invitation, as this achievement is the result of personal desire, professional need and institutional choice and has always been viable through obsession; constant, due to the expansion, abundance and richness that the raw material music has provided me since 1985, there from the small stage of the Bom Demais bar, owned by my dear Cristina Roberto...
Without much time and with so many possibilities that await me, I would like to take this opportunity to give special thanks to the noble Gaurav Narula, a friend I made and whom I thank for allowing me to be an international correspondent on world music as a result of the incredible partnership that we at GRV, PPM and soon FMI [again], we consolidated in another special edition together with the dear Marcio Mazzeron and the entire team...
For me, who organizes an awards ceremony, I know the importance of recognition, but the reception that this event receives for my contribution and performance, to end with music, deserves another verse of the same song "We don't want to have what we don't have, We just want to live"
Where were these verses taken from:
Answer: Infinite Highway
Long live the authors.
Thank you to the GRV artists who place their hopes and dreams in us and to our friends, partners and collaborators.
Long live the exchange projects that allow us to be here..
I am grateful for so much and I promise to give back as much as possible.
Musically
Gustavo Vasconcellos
article posted by:Gustavo Ribeiro de Vasconcellos, GRV Música Media & Entretenimento