Each month, a different SoundGirl from Brazil will be sharing her experiences with us. This group began in 2012 in São Paulo, as a result of female engineers in Brazil meeting each week to study sound, talk about experiences, and share information. Over time, they began to develop workshops and created a support network on the Facebook group "Mulheres do Áudio", where more than 260 Brazilian SoundGirls from all areas (cinema, broadcast, theater, studio, live sound and students) share jobs, help each other overcome technical problems, and exchange knowledge and information.
You Don’t Need to Know it All
It is established here in Brazil (God knows why), that a good technician or audio engineer is the one who does everything. There´s a veiled expectation that the band´s engineer will unload the truck, set up equipment on stage, line up the PA and monitor systems, play a quick jam as Roadie, will make line ...Standard Brazilian P.A. Mix for DVD Recording
In our past blog, Live Recording of a DVD of Setanejo, my colleague Karen Avila went through the crazy process of Brazilian DVDs. Although she was specifically referring to the ‘sertanejo’ style, most Brazilian artists record a DVD before going on tour. We only get one day of live recording. Also, some new singles are ...Live Recording of a DVD of Sertanejo
In Brazil! Here we do everything differently. In Sertanejo it’s common to record a new DVD instead of a new studio album, including, artists just starting their careers. Don’t ask me why.Speak Up and Record It!
Mariana Bahia has designed the ‘This Alienness and Me’, an immersive installation that explores her sense of self and the feelings of not belonging either to a place or group of people or both.Rock n Roll in Brazil? Sure!
What is important as a SoundGirl here is to keep in mind that we live this whole mix every day and that even if you want to direct and specialize in one style only, you’ll always have the opportunity to mix unusual instruments in the same job. This is what make the daily life of ...Andrea Bocelli at Arena Da Baixada – Curitiba
Sound System for Andrea Bocelli -Arena da Baixada / Curitiba / Brazil: (L’Acoustics) 64 K1, 48 SB28, 64 KARA, 16 V-DOSC, 50 KUDO, 24 12XT, 108 LA-8 amplifiers, plus analog boards Midas XL4 x2 and XL3.The Brazilian Way
Each culture has it’s own stereotype, and Latin Americans in general – specifically Brazilians – are expected to be happy-emotional-hot-friendly people. As it is with any stereotype, (although this is not a totally wrong assumption), it is a generalization, and it is not our deep dark selves – of course. From my “insider” point of ...