The Soul Tonic January 2017 Podcast
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PODCAST SUMMARY WITH LINKS
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00:06 - Welcome
00:12 - info, links & transcripts: www.SoulTonic.org/podcast
00:30 – Intro – Dave Holmes
00:40 - Patrons get early access to the Podcast, THANKS Patrons!
www.Patreon.com/DaveHolmes
www.Patreon.com/AndreaAmorim
01:00 - What is Soul Tonic?
UK Registered Company: www.SoulTonic.org
01:19 - Structure of Future Podcasts
01:34 - Three main areas of Soul Tonic
01:42 - Workshops:
http://www.soultonic.org/workshops.html
01:52 - Beatbox workshop
Audio clip from the Beatbox workshop. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig274zWs0SY
Micbsounds YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/micbsounds
02:45 - The next workshop Ableton live
What is Ableton live?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsJwxJj0tXo
02:54 - Register for a workshop
Learn@SoulTonic.org
03:03 - Events, Samba Percussion, European Tour
http://www.soultonic.org/events.html
Here are some of the things I have been up to in recent years:
http://daveholmes.weebly.com/shows.html
03:26 - Live Brazilian Bossa Nova Act:
http://www.soultonic.org/borntobossa.html
03:38 - Record Label
http://www.soultonic.org/recordlabel.html
03:42 - BornToBossa.com
Get the 2 free Bossa Nova demo albums ‘Born To Bossa’ http://www.soultonic.org/borntobossa.html
Born To Bossa Gallery: http://daveholmes.weebly.com/born-to-bossa-bossa-nova-albums.html
Japanese review: http://we-are-the-music-makers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/6-bossa-nova-pieces-from-bandcamp.html
Jamaica Interview - Link to BNova interview: http://bnovamusic.com/interview-dave-holmes/
Peru Live Radio Interview. Link to facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/398406723637258/photos/a.398428986968365.1073741828.398406723637258/729443653866895/?type=3&theater
Netherlands – Interview and performance on Brazilian Blend live from The Netherlands
https://www.facebook.com/brazilian.blend/posts/1490744811208659
04:09 - Dave Holmes 'My latest track'
Dave’s patrons will receive a secret link for the current track preview.
BONUS LINK! - Recording of the drum kits parts on my track. Ronaldo Firmino on Drums in MdB Audio in Portugal:
https://www.facebook.com/dave.holmes.profile/posts/1696558787256716
04:24 - Andrea Amorim European 2016 Tour - UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal
Some of the gig venues we played on the tour:
The Belgian Café, Eastbourne, UK
https://www.facebook.com/The-Belgian-Cafe-245751388786627
Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, UK
http://www.campbestival.net/photos
https://www.facebook.com/andreaamorimcantora/videos/1015595708559840/
WijnBar EST, Brugge, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/wijnbar.est
AuxChandelles
https://www.facebook.com/AuxChandelles/
Caffe Latte, Liege, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caffe-Latte/407327119337758
Belgaleiro, Leuven, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/Belgaleiro
https://www.facebook.com/Belgaleiro/posts/1058641084189589
L'Archiduc, Brussels, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/archiduc/
Brazilan Blend, ORTS Radio, Oosterhout, The Netherlands
PHOTOS: https://www.facebook.com/brazilian.blend/posts/1754909248125546?match=ZGF2ZSBob2xtZXM%3D
VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/brazilian.blend/posts/1754678508148620?match=ZGF2ZSBob2xtZXM%3D
Westeras Terrace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
https://www.facebook.com/westergasterras
A'dam & Co., Amsterdam Look out Tower, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
https://www.adamlookout.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ADAM-Co/1721135691437012
MdbAudio, Aviero, Portugal
www.mdbaudio.com https://www.facebook.com/mdbaudio2
Copa's Bar, Mira, Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/Copas-Bar-152044448223569/
The Quebramar Beach Club, Praia da Costa Nova, Aveiro, Portugal
www.quebramarbeachclub.com , https://www.facebook.com/QMBeachClu
Estudio22, Braga Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/Estudio22cafebargaleria
Photos: http://bragabynight.com/fotos/item/andrea-amoim-feat-dave-holmes-ao-vivo-sex-12-ago16-estudio-22
Piolho Bar, Piolho - Praia da Tocha, Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/PiolhoBar
04:57 - Facebook and YouTube Link to half of the Mdb Audio Rehearsal in Portugal.
Almost 2000 views on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/andreaamorimcantora/videos/1003021906483887/
You Tube version: https://youtu.be/xVMeOdETK-A
05:08 - Interviews About the tour - from Brasil and BNova-Jamaica.
Brazil - http://www.saullopaes.com/andrea-amorim-faz-turne-pela-europa/
Jamaica - http://bnovamusic.com/210220161/
Brazil - https://www.facebook.com/joaosousa.dealmeida/posts/10154734152840898
Tour blessing from Roberto Menescal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfh15U8jhs0
Pre 2016 tour online press pack - (this link may not be online for long) http://www.soultonic.org/aa-epk01.html
Andrea's 2016 EuropeanTour Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/andreaamorimcantora/media_set?set=a.1009550555831022.1073741913.100003282622259&type=3
05:15 - Tour Line Up
Andrea Amorim, Dave Holmes, Fabricio Azevedo, Kita Steuer, Ronaldo Firmino, Maurício Távara
05:50 - Andrea Amorim video intro (In Portuguese)
[Andrea plays extract on guitar of Roberto Menescal’s Bossa Nova classic 'O Barquinho'.
TRANSLATION
"Hi everyone, I'm Andrea Amorim, a singer / songwriter for 18 years, from here from Garanhuns, Pernambuco, North East of Brasil, and I am an Artist on Dave Holmes's Soul Tonic label.
Last year we did a European Tour and now we are planning our tour for July 2017.
So, now you are going to see (hear) a clip of a show we did in Portugal at Quebramar Beachclub. Everything (there on tour) was really incredible! I hope you like it. Kisses, and my enormous gratitude!"
Vocals - Andrea Amorim (Brasil)
Guitar and Backing Vocals - Dave Holmes (UK)
Percussion - Fabricio Azevedo (Brasil /UK ) & Ronaldo Firmino (Brasil/ Portugal)
06:50 – [Song]: 'Vagamente' - Performed live on the Andrea Amorim Tour at Quebramar Beach Club, Portugal.
YouTube Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn7fUb_40rk
Original version: Wanda Sá (Roberto Menescal):
http://www.allmusic.com/album/vagamente-mw0000767781)
09:41 - Andrea's Talent and Career.
A versatile singer:
A link to Andrea singing Bossa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZwMs8EOpAk
A link to Andrea singing Rock: FIG Winter Festival: Brasil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXQ4Eu6EMnY
A link to Andrea singing Classical/Opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Ckk3v91O8
TV shows:
Programa do Jô (popular national talk show in Brasil) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n6VPSyDyos
Globo (Major Brasilian TV channel):
http://g1.globo.com/pe/caruaru-regiao/abtv-1edicao/videos/v/cantora-andrea-amorim-fala-sobre-a-carreira-no-coisas-da-terra/5184605/
Som Brasil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFTvIKgQSI
Todo Seu TV show with Roberto Menescal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOl_XpeDRE
RBTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPFyrC6E0js
Christmas Shows Garanhuns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYA--1VUSQ
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1094506527335424.1073741917.100003282622259&type=3
Local Radio: https://www.facebook.com/oveio.jerimias/posts/1759123341032291
.....and many more available on YouTube
10:15 - [MUSIC] The opening Track of her album Doce Divã, Felicidade em Pleno Escuro
(track name translation: Happiness in Full Darkness) words and music Andrea Amorim.
Extra info! Doce Divã means (sweet divan) and is a play on the Portuguese word for ‘Divan Sofa’ and the word ‘Diva’)
Lyrics (from https://www.cifraclub.com.br/andrea-amorim/felicidade-em-pleno-escuro/letra/):
(mm:ss)
00:06 - Welcome
00:12 - info, links & transcripts: www.SoulTonic.org/podcast
00:30 – Intro – Dave Holmes
00:40 - Patrons get early access to the Podcast, THANKS Patrons!
www.Patreon.com/DaveHolmes
www.Patreon.com/AndreaAmorim
01:00 - What is Soul Tonic?
UK Registered Company: www.SoulTonic.org
01:19 - Structure of Future Podcasts
01:34 - Three main areas of Soul Tonic
01:42 - Workshops:
http://www.soultonic.org/workshops.html
01:52 - Beatbox workshop
Audio clip from the Beatbox workshop. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig274zWs0SY
Micbsounds YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/micbsounds
02:45 - The next workshop Ableton live
What is Ableton live?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsJwxJj0tXo
02:54 - Register for a workshop
Learn@SoulTonic.org
03:03 - Events, Samba Percussion, European Tour
http://www.soultonic.org/events.html
Here are some of the things I have been up to in recent years:
http://daveholmes.weebly.com/shows.html
03:26 - Live Brazilian Bossa Nova Act:
http://www.soultonic.org/borntobossa.html
03:38 - Record Label
http://www.soultonic.org/recordlabel.html
03:42 - BornToBossa.com
Get the 2 free Bossa Nova demo albums ‘Born To Bossa’ http://www.soultonic.org/borntobossa.html
Born To Bossa Gallery: http://daveholmes.weebly.com/born-to-bossa-bossa-nova-albums.html
Japanese review: http://we-are-the-music-makers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/6-bossa-nova-pieces-from-bandcamp.html
Jamaica Interview - Link to BNova interview: http://bnovamusic.com/interview-dave-holmes/
Peru Live Radio Interview. Link to facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/398406723637258/photos/a.398428986968365.1073741828.398406723637258/729443653866895/?type=3&theater
Netherlands – Interview and performance on Brazilian Blend live from The Netherlands
https://www.facebook.com/brazilian.blend/posts/1490744811208659
04:09 - Dave Holmes 'My latest track'
Dave’s patrons will receive a secret link for the current track preview.
BONUS LINK! - Recording of the drum kits parts on my track. Ronaldo Firmino on Drums in MdB Audio in Portugal:
https://www.facebook.com/dave.holmes.profile/posts/1696558787256716
04:24 - Andrea Amorim European 2016 Tour - UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal
Some of the gig venues we played on the tour:
The Belgian Café, Eastbourne, UK
https://www.facebook.com/The-Belgian-Cafe-245751388786627
Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, UK
http://www.campbestival.net/photos
https://www.facebook.com/andreaamorimcantora/videos/1015595708559840/
WijnBar EST, Brugge, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/wijnbar.est
AuxChandelles
https://www.facebook.com/AuxChandelles/
Caffe Latte, Liege, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caffe-Latte/407327119337758
Belgaleiro, Leuven, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/Belgaleiro
https://www.facebook.com/Belgaleiro/posts/1058641084189589
L'Archiduc, Brussels, Belgium
https://www.facebook.com/archiduc/
Brazilan Blend, ORTS Radio, Oosterhout, The Netherlands
PHOTOS: https://www.facebook.com/brazilian.blend/posts/1754909248125546?match=ZGF2ZSBob2xtZXM%3D
VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/brazilian.blend/posts/1754678508148620?match=ZGF2ZSBob2xtZXM%3D
Westeras Terrace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
https://www.facebook.com/westergasterras
A'dam & Co., Amsterdam Look out Tower, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
https://www.adamlookout.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ADAM-Co/1721135691437012
MdbAudio, Aviero, Portugal
www.mdbaudio.com https://www.facebook.com/mdbaudio2
Copa's Bar, Mira, Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/Copas-Bar-152044448223569/
The Quebramar Beach Club, Praia da Costa Nova, Aveiro, Portugal
www.quebramarbeachclub.com , https://www.facebook.com/QMBeachClu
Estudio22, Braga Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/Estudio22cafebargaleria
Photos: http://bragabynight.com/fotos/item/andrea-amoim-feat-dave-holmes-ao-vivo-sex-12-ago16-estudio-22
Piolho Bar, Piolho - Praia da Tocha, Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/PiolhoBar
04:57 - Facebook and YouTube Link to half of the Mdb Audio Rehearsal in Portugal.
Almost 2000 views on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/andreaamorimcantora/videos/1003021906483887/
You Tube version: https://youtu.be/xVMeOdETK-A
05:08 - Interviews About the tour - from Brasil and BNova-Jamaica.
Brazil - http://www.saullopaes.com/andrea-amorim-faz-turne-pela-europa/
Jamaica - http://bnovamusic.com/210220161/
Brazil - https://www.facebook.com/joaosousa.dealmeida/posts/10154734152840898
Tour blessing from Roberto Menescal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfh15U8jhs0
Pre 2016 tour online press pack - (this link may not be online for long) http://www.soultonic.org/aa-epk01.html
Andrea's 2016 EuropeanTour Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/andreaamorimcantora/media_set?set=a.1009550555831022.1073741913.100003282622259&type=3
05:15 - Tour Line Up
Andrea Amorim, Dave Holmes, Fabricio Azevedo, Kita Steuer, Ronaldo Firmino, Maurício Távara
05:50 - Andrea Amorim video intro (In Portuguese)
[Andrea plays extract on guitar of Roberto Menescal’s Bossa Nova classic 'O Barquinho'.
TRANSLATION
"Hi everyone, I'm Andrea Amorim, a singer / songwriter for 18 years, from here from Garanhuns, Pernambuco, North East of Brasil, and I am an Artist on Dave Holmes's Soul Tonic label.
Last year we did a European Tour and now we are planning our tour for July 2017.
So, now you are going to see (hear) a clip of a show we did in Portugal at Quebramar Beachclub. Everything (there on tour) was really incredible! I hope you like it. Kisses, and my enormous gratitude!"
Vocals - Andrea Amorim (Brasil)
Guitar and Backing Vocals - Dave Holmes (UK)
Percussion - Fabricio Azevedo (Brasil /UK ) & Ronaldo Firmino (Brasil/ Portugal)
06:50 – [Song]: 'Vagamente' - Performed live on the Andrea Amorim Tour at Quebramar Beach Club, Portugal.
YouTube Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn7fUb_40rk
Original version: Wanda Sá (Roberto Menescal):
http://www.allmusic.com/album/vagamente-mw0000767781)
09:41 - Andrea's Talent and Career.
A versatile singer:
A link to Andrea singing Bossa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZwMs8EOpAk
A link to Andrea singing Rock: FIG Winter Festival: Brasil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXQ4Eu6EMnY
A link to Andrea singing Classical/Opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Ckk3v91O8
TV shows:
Programa do Jô (popular national talk show in Brasil) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n6VPSyDyos
Globo (Major Brasilian TV channel):
http://g1.globo.com/pe/caruaru-regiao/abtv-1edicao/videos/v/cantora-andrea-amorim-fala-sobre-a-carreira-no-coisas-da-terra/5184605/
Som Brasil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFTvIKgQSI
Todo Seu TV show with Roberto Menescal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOl_XpeDRE
RBTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPFyrC6E0js
Christmas Shows Garanhuns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYA--1VUSQ
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1094506527335424.1073741917.100003282622259&type=3
Local Radio: https://www.facebook.com/oveio.jerimias/posts/1759123341032291
.....and many more available on YouTube
10:15 - [MUSIC] The opening Track of her album Doce Divã, Felicidade em Pleno Escuro
(track name translation: Happiness in Full Darkness) words and music Andrea Amorim.
Extra info! Doce Divã means (sweet divan) and is a play on the Portuguese word for ‘Divan Sofa’ and the word ‘Diva’)
Lyrics (from https://www.cifraclub.com.br/andrea-amorim/felicidade-em-pleno-escuro/letra/):
|
Quantas vezes no silêncio
Te pedi pra ficar Mas pro orgulho incessante Resolvi me mostrar É que meus olhos foram fortalecidos Pela dor que eu causei E eu carrego essa mágoa O porquê nem sei |
Quantas vindas e revidas
Aos poucos abandonei Foram lutas, livros, lenços Que no caminho deixei É que meus dedos foram Calejados pelas peles que eu toquei E eu me arrasto Mas levanto e chego ao céu |
Eu me culpo por proclamar
Felicidade em pleno escuro Mas eu me curo ao derramar Lágrimas de sangue Que me maculam Nas frestas do teu mundo |
14:33 - Andrea past collaborations
Marcos Valle, Oswaldo Montenegro, Cris Delano, Lenine, Wanda Sá, BeBossa, Os Cariocas and more.
14:52 - Bossa de Alma Nova with Roberto Menescal
Roberto Menescal – Bossa Nova pioneer / legend and Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
http://www.robertomenescal.com.br/wpress/?p=2955
https://www.amazon.com/Roberto-Menescal-Andrea-Amorim-Digipack/dp/B00E3HE0OI
15:19 The significance of Bossa Nova and Roberto Menescal within Brazil and Globally.
Brazil is a country of (almost) 1/4 Billion citizens and the airport of its most famous City is named after Bossa Nova composer and Musician Tom Jobim (Antonio Carlos Jobim) !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro%E2%80%93Gale%C3%A3o_International_Airport
My own Facebook/Instagram of the official plaque at the airport from November 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1830460583866535&set=a.1456363471276250.1073741831.100007078322873
15:32 Roberto Menescal friendship with Tom Jobim and other Bossa Nova composers
Photo of Roberto Menescal with Tom Jobim (and Marcos Valle and Slyvia Telles)
https://songbook1.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sylvia-telles-tom-jobim-roberto-menescal-and-marcos-valle-at-rca-victor-studios-c-1964.jpg
Am example of a now famous meeting point where Menescal and his peers used to meet up.
2856 Avenida Atlântica. Nara Leao’s parents’ house
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1829919657253961&set=a.1456363471276250.1073741831.100007078322873&type=3&theater
15:51 Bossa in Japan and Mainland Europe
16:00 Roberto Menescal
http://www.robertomenescal.com.br
16:21 Meeting with Menescal
Photo from our meeting:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1829371950642065&set=a.1456363471276250.1073741831.100007078322873&type=3&theater
16:27 Front page of Brazilian Guitar Player magazine:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SOOWcYgc_Rk/maxresdefault.jpg
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOOWcYgc_Rk
16:37 New Collaborations with Andrea and new Album
Andrea’s New Album: 'Futuro Embrulhando pra Presente' coming out in 2017
Due around April, it will feature collaborations with Roberto Menescal and Dave Holmes.
Album production by Marcos Cabral
17:23 New tour for Andrea - July 2017: UK, France, Spain and Portugal.
First date of the tour will be at a Private Party at Bill Bokey's new place over in Moncet, France. He is the creator of the Willstock Jam Festival.
17:55 Wilstock Jam Festival (video link)
'The making of' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjtRMZamhA
Willstock Jam Festival Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj3YHUhcSJOGabf56z-ItBQ
18:37 - 'Castle Made of Sound'
www.CastleMadeOfSound.com (Retro Amp restoration and customisations)
18:52 - [Music] Willstock Jam Festival - 'Love and Music':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOD2go9BYY4
23:09 Closing comments
Patreon reminder. To support us as a Patron, please head to:
patreon.com/DaveHolmes and patreon.com/AndreaAmorim
Early access to future Soul Tonic podcasts is included in the rewards for all Patrons!
Podcast Info: www.SoulTonic.org/Podcast
Look after your soul !
=Dave Holmes
Marcos Valle, Oswaldo Montenegro, Cris Delano, Lenine, Wanda Sá, BeBossa, Os Cariocas and more.
14:52 - Bossa de Alma Nova with Roberto Menescal
Roberto Menescal – Bossa Nova pioneer / legend and Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
http://www.robertomenescal.com.br/wpress/?p=2955
https://www.amazon.com/Roberto-Menescal-Andrea-Amorim-Digipack/dp/B00E3HE0OI
15:19 The significance of Bossa Nova and Roberto Menescal within Brazil and Globally.
Brazil is a country of (almost) 1/4 Billion citizens and the airport of its most famous City is named after Bossa Nova composer and Musician Tom Jobim (Antonio Carlos Jobim) !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro%E2%80%93Gale%C3%A3o_International_Airport
My own Facebook/Instagram of the official plaque at the airport from November 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1830460583866535&set=a.1456363471276250.1073741831.100007078322873
15:32 Roberto Menescal friendship with Tom Jobim and other Bossa Nova composers
Photo of Roberto Menescal with Tom Jobim (and Marcos Valle and Slyvia Telles)
https://songbook1.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sylvia-telles-tom-jobim-roberto-menescal-and-marcos-valle-at-rca-victor-studios-c-1964.jpg
Am example of a now famous meeting point where Menescal and his peers used to meet up.
2856 Avenida Atlântica. Nara Leao’s parents’ house
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1829919657253961&set=a.1456363471276250.1073741831.100007078322873&type=3&theater
15:51 Bossa in Japan and Mainland Europe
16:00 Roberto Menescal
http://www.robertomenescal.com.br
16:21 Meeting with Menescal
Photo from our meeting:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1829371950642065&set=a.1456363471276250.1073741831.100007078322873&type=3&theater
16:27 Front page of Brazilian Guitar Player magazine:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SOOWcYgc_Rk/maxresdefault.jpg
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOOWcYgc_Rk
16:37 New Collaborations with Andrea and new Album
Andrea’s New Album: 'Futuro Embrulhando pra Presente' coming out in 2017
Due around April, it will feature collaborations with Roberto Menescal and Dave Holmes.
Album production by Marcos Cabral
17:23 New tour for Andrea - July 2017: UK, France, Spain and Portugal.
First date of the tour will be at a Private Party at Bill Bokey's new place over in Moncet, France. He is the creator of the Willstock Jam Festival.
17:55 Wilstock Jam Festival (video link)
'The making of' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjtRMZamhA
Willstock Jam Festival Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj3YHUhcSJOGabf56z-ItBQ
18:37 - 'Castle Made of Sound'
www.CastleMadeOfSound.com (Retro Amp restoration and customisations)
18:52 - [Music] Willstock Jam Festival - 'Love and Music':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOD2go9BYY4
23:09 Closing comments
Patreon reminder. To support us as a Patron, please head to:
patreon.com/DaveHolmes and patreon.com/AndreaAmorim
Early access to future Soul Tonic podcasts is included in the rewards for all Patrons!
Podcast Info: www.SoulTonic.org/Podcast
Look after your soul !
=Dave Holmes
FULL TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to the first ever Soul Tonic Podcast. It's January. 20 17.
More info, links and transcripts can be found on the soul tonic podcast page
SoulTonic.org/podcast
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My name is Dave Holmes, I'm the Managing Director of Soul Tonic
I also perform, teach and record music, and more recently involved in BRAZILIAN genres.
Some of you will have got here via 'PATREON', where as a monthly supporter, to any Soul Tonic artist, you get early access to these podcasts as part of your support towards our music.
So, thanks so much to all the Patrons listening here and if you are not currently a Patron, and you are interested in becoming one, please head to the podcast section of the soultonic website for all the links.
So this is the first podcast ..and you may be asking, WHAT IS SOUL TONIC?
Well, it's a company that I formed last year, in order to work more professionaly within the areas of Arts, Culture and Entertainment.
Basically it's a platform where I can engage in most things I enjoy in a professional way.
So in the future podcasts, we'll have a short news section at the start regarding company news....and then music by Soul Tonic artists, of which I am one, and then we'll have other great music from my network of talented friends, along with some interviews and anecdotes.
========================================================================================================
So, Soul Tonic is currently split into 3 main categories : Workshops, Events and Record Label.
With the ..
workshops,
the idea is to give people a chance to learn something new, or take existing skills to a higher level. We offer quality sessions, of anything artistic or cultural.
The first session we carried out was a Beatbox Workshop back in September 2016, with UK Beatbox Championships contender micbsounds, and that went down as a REAL success! So we are planning to run more of those this year.
To give you an idea of what goes down, here's a short clip of the beatbox workshop:
[Beatbox clip]
[micb can be heard explaining the standard beatboxing notation]
"so when it speeds up it's...." "....that's my 'bf' bf bf bf I am doing more of a 'bf' than a 'df'"
So, the next workshop we have planned is to do with music software - Teaching people how to get off the ground with a popular and powerful program, called Ableton live.
if you would like to learn more about Beatboxing or Music Technology, please register your interest via learn@soultonic.org
and now to ....
Events
So, the main events work that I do, is as an event producer for the Brazilian Samba percussion community. With the Rio olympics last year, demand was very high very for Brazilian shows, and actually they are always popular at local fetes and festivals here in the UK.
I have also been involved in a European Tour for a Brazilian artist, and I will talk a bit more about that in a moment,
plus related to that, one of the things my company now offers for events is a classic, authentic Brazilian BOSSA NOVA act, which is formed of myself as a solo artist, or a larger band format with guest performers.
and Finally....
The Record label
The label side of things has really come about since a couple of years ago, when I part-crowdfunded a demo of some classic Brazilian Bossa Nova tunes, which I called - 'Born To Bossa'.
I eventually made a second album. and BOTH of these got picked up by radio and websites, around the world; from UK to Japan, to Jamaica to Peru... and if you want to hear or download these two demos, for free, head BornToBossa.com
More recently I have been working on a track of mine which has been in production in UK, Portugal, and Brazil and it's gonna be my first single, of hopefully many.
If you're one of my Patrons, I will post a link to the current draft of that track, so you can get an idea for the music I am making.
========================================================================================================
So back to that tour I spoke of - One of the Bossa artists I sent my demo to, is Andrea Amorim, and she is quite a well known singer/songwriter from the North East of Brasil. she asked me if I wanted to produce and perform on her European Tour... I accepted. and we had a fantastic 2016 tour from 27th July to the 15th of August, travelling from UK to Belgium , to The Netherlands and then back to the UK. We then flew out to Portugal and spent a week playing there with support from MdBAudio Studios.
And there is a link to the Youtube video of a Facebook live stream during the first half of our Portugal rehearsal which has had almost 2000 views, and I'll put a link the original which is on Andrea's Facebook profiles.
There's also some interviews we did about the tour in English and Portuguese and some tour photos which I'll link too as well.
========================================================================================================
So we had a fun gig at Camp Bestival Festival which is at Lulworth Castle, in the UK, and we were joined by a couple of Brazilian guys from the London scene: Fabricio Azevedo on Drums, and Kita Steuer on Bass.
At L'Archiduc, which within Jazz circles is a very well known venue in Brussels, we were joined by Fabricio again on drums
and for Portugal he was there too on drumkit and percussion, plus we also had local resident, Brazilian Ronaldo Firmino, on extra percussion.
We were also joined on a couple of gigs there by a local Portuguese flautist, called Maurício Távora .
So here's a clip of Andrea, talking a little (in Portuguese) about the tours and about her being signed to the label and introducing a clip from the tour last year where we played at Quebramar Beach Club in Portugal.
========================================================================================================
[Video of Andrea Amorim]
"..O Barquinho vai, a tardinha cai..o Barquinho vai , a tardinha cai" [O Barquinho - Roberto Menscal]
Olá gente sou Andrea Amorim, sou cantora e compositora há de 18 anos. Só daqui de Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil, e estou artísta de Soul Tonic de Dave Holmes. No ano passado nos fizemos um turne pela Europa e agora já estamos planejando a nossa turne pra julho 2017. Entao agora , voces vao assistir
um trechtinho da nosso presentacao lá em Portugal foi tudo muito incrivel lá no Quebramar Beach Club , e espero muito que voces gostam. Beijos e gratidao!"
[video: 'Vagamente' live at Quebramar Beach Club]
========================================================================================================
So, Andrea is a very versatile singer, who really just wants to sing, and she can effortlessly sing in ALL musical styles, whether that's Bossa nova, Rock or Opera...
She's performed on Brasil's biggest TV show, Programa de Jô and appeared on other local TV and radio shows, she's performed in Europe, USA and Japan and more recently was the official voice of her home city where her christmas album was played over the tannoy system in the streets of the main centre and she performed shows, as part of their seasonal festivities.
So to get a feel for her voice, let's listen to the opening track, from her last album Doce Divã, this is called Felicidade Em Pleno Escuro (which translates as Happiness in full darkness)
[Track: 'Felicidade Em Pleno Escuro']
========================================================================================================
So the reason I contacted Andrea initially was that she has performed and recorded with some big names in brasil such as Marcos Valle, Oswaldo Montenegro, Cris Delanno, Lenine, Wanda Sá, Bebossa, and Os Cariocas to name a few and couple of years before I got in touch with, she also released a Bossa Nova Album called 'Bossa de Alma Nova' (which means Bossa of the New Soul) and that was with a Latin Grammy , lifetime acheivement Award Winner, and Bossa Nova music pioneer, Roberto Menescal.
So that album is really a delight to listen to and if you want to go online to buy or stream it, I'll put the links on the podcast page.
Now if you think of Brazil, (it) has a population of almost 1/4 Billion people and the airport of its most famous city, in Rio de Janeiro, is named after Bossa Nova's master composer Tom Jobim. Now Tom Jobim was one of Menescal's old music buddies. all the greats would meet up in each other's appartments and create this whole genre which shook everything up in the 50s and 60s - and although perhaps not cutting edge anymore, Bossa Nova is a sofisticated genre and musical tradition that commands a lot of respect within Brazil, and also outside Brazil where it has a great folowing especially in Japan and Mainland europe and heavily influences new artists such as myself.
So Menescal is a very important figure in Brazilian Music - and he also used to be the head of A&R at Polygram in Brasil for many years. He's a super-productive, energetic guy - and he started composing and performing when he was just a teenager and he'll be 80 this year. He's still going for it, and he's non-stop recording and touring. and back in November last year, I got to have lunch with him in Rio, and it was a dream to meet one of my Bossa nova Heros, and coincedently he was even on the front page of the Brazilian version of guitar (guitar player) magazine at the time! Which goes to show he is still current and on top of the game.
So, he is still working with Andrea, and they have some new album material together, a track of which will form part of Andrea's new album, Futuro Embrulhado pra Presente, (which means Future wrapped as a present), and I am proud to say that this album will be released on Soul Tonic, along with some other albums from her back catalogue and all future releases.
The new album will also include one old composition of mine called Faded Dreams, which she is adding Portuguese lyrics to, and will have arrangements and and production by her talented producer, Marcos Cabral. It's a big thing for me to be on the same album as both Andrea and Menescal and with Marcos's production, it's gonna sound beautiful. and it's due for completion in April. I'm really feeling like this is a very positive step forward!
========================================================================================================
So, this year we have another tour for Andrea that we are planning. That should take us to the UK, France, Spain and Portugal.
and we have one date confirmed already which will be at Montcet in France. A very good friend of mine I studied music with way back in 1993 is an amazing guitarist, and when he's not spending his time restoring and improving old retro amplifiers, he runs professional level events. His name is Guillaume in French, or Will, as others know him as Bill Bokey as he now likes to be called, and he ran a festival called the Willstock Jam Festival for about 7 years or so from his farm in the Beaujolais region. As luck would have it, he has a party planned right at the start of our tour, on his new farm in Montcet. So we're planning that to be the opening gig of our tour.
So to give you an idea of the kind of vibe it is going to be, the last track I'm gonna play for you is from his Willstock Jam Festival, from I think back in 2011, and this is a song he wrote and produced.
and it's really worth checking the video of this track, either on our Video version of the podcast or on the Willstock Jam Festival YouTube channel.
there's also a behind the scenes 'the making of' version which I'll also link to.
And if you ever need a retro amp restored, HE is the man to go to. take a look at CastleMadeOfSound on Facebook and also castlemadeofsound.com, again links on the podcast page.
So here's the track 'Love and Music' from his Willstock Jam Festival
[Willstock Jam festival - 'Love and Music' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjtRMZamhA ]
========================================================================================================
So I hope you enjoyed the first Soul Tonic podcast. The future ones will include more music from other artists and I hope to get a live-recorded video version going at some point too.
If you would like to become a regular supporter of my music, or Andrea's, please head to patreon.com forward-slash DaveHolmes (for me), and forward-slash AndreaAmorim (for Andrea),
ANY patrons of Soul Tonic artists will get regular early access to these monthly podcasts and there are other offers there too, which will be regularly updated and improved
Once again, more info, links and transcripts can be found on the soul tonic podcast page: SoulTonic.org/podcast
I'll be back in February's Podcast. Until then ...Look after your soul!
========================================================================================================
Welcome to the first ever Soul Tonic Podcast. It's January. 20 17.
More info, links and transcripts can be found on the soul tonic podcast page
SoulTonic.org/podcast
========================================================================================================
My name is Dave Holmes, I'm the Managing Director of Soul Tonic
I also perform, teach and record music, and more recently involved in BRAZILIAN genres.
Some of you will have got here via 'PATREON', where as a monthly supporter, to any Soul Tonic artist, you get early access to these podcasts as part of your support towards our music.
So, thanks so much to all the Patrons listening here and if you are not currently a Patron, and you are interested in becoming one, please head to the podcast section of the soultonic website for all the links.
So this is the first podcast ..and you may be asking, WHAT IS SOUL TONIC?
Well, it's a company that I formed last year, in order to work more professionaly within the areas of Arts, Culture and Entertainment.
Basically it's a platform where I can engage in most things I enjoy in a professional way.
So in the future podcasts, we'll have a short news section at the start regarding company news....and then music by Soul Tonic artists, of which I am one, and then we'll have other great music from my network of talented friends, along with some interviews and anecdotes.
========================================================================================================
So, Soul Tonic is currently split into 3 main categories : Workshops, Events and Record Label.
With the ..
workshops,
the idea is to give people a chance to learn something new, or take existing skills to a higher level. We offer quality sessions, of anything artistic or cultural.
The first session we carried out was a Beatbox Workshop back in September 2016, with UK Beatbox Championships contender micbsounds, and that went down as a REAL success! So we are planning to run more of those this year.
To give you an idea of what goes down, here's a short clip of the beatbox workshop:
[Beatbox clip]
[micb can be heard explaining the standard beatboxing notation]
"so when it speeds up it's...." "....that's my 'bf' bf bf bf I am doing more of a 'bf' than a 'df'"
So, the next workshop we have planned is to do with music software - Teaching people how to get off the ground with a popular and powerful program, called Ableton live.
if you would like to learn more about Beatboxing or Music Technology, please register your interest via learn@soultonic.org
and now to ....
Events
So, the main events work that I do, is as an event producer for the Brazilian Samba percussion community. With the Rio olympics last year, demand was very high very for Brazilian shows, and actually they are always popular at local fetes and festivals here in the UK.
I have also been involved in a European Tour for a Brazilian artist, and I will talk a bit more about that in a moment,
plus related to that, one of the things my company now offers for events is a classic, authentic Brazilian BOSSA NOVA act, which is formed of myself as a solo artist, or a larger band format with guest performers.
and Finally....
The Record label
The label side of things has really come about since a couple of years ago, when I part-crowdfunded a demo of some classic Brazilian Bossa Nova tunes, which I called - 'Born To Bossa'.
I eventually made a second album. and BOTH of these got picked up by radio and websites, around the world; from UK to Japan, to Jamaica to Peru... and if you want to hear or download these two demos, for free, head BornToBossa.com
More recently I have been working on a track of mine which has been in production in UK, Portugal, and Brazil and it's gonna be my first single, of hopefully many.
If you're one of my Patrons, I will post a link to the current draft of that track, so you can get an idea for the music I am making.
========================================================================================================
So back to that tour I spoke of - One of the Bossa artists I sent my demo to, is Andrea Amorim, and she is quite a well known singer/songwriter from the North East of Brasil. she asked me if I wanted to produce and perform on her European Tour... I accepted. and we had a fantastic 2016 tour from 27th July to the 15th of August, travelling from UK to Belgium , to The Netherlands and then back to the UK. We then flew out to Portugal and spent a week playing there with support from MdBAudio Studios.
And there is a link to the Youtube video of a Facebook live stream during the first half of our Portugal rehearsal which has had almost 2000 views, and I'll put a link the original which is on Andrea's Facebook profiles.
There's also some interviews we did about the tour in English and Portuguese and some tour photos which I'll link too as well.
========================================================================================================
So we had a fun gig at Camp Bestival Festival which is at Lulworth Castle, in the UK, and we were joined by a couple of Brazilian guys from the London scene: Fabricio Azevedo on Drums, and Kita Steuer on Bass.
At L'Archiduc, which within Jazz circles is a very well known venue in Brussels, we were joined by Fabricio again on drums
and for Portugal he was there too on drumkit and percussion, plus we also had local resident, Brazilian Ronaldo Firmino, on extra percussion.
We were also joined on a couple of gigs there by a local Portuguese flautist, called Maurício Távora .
So here's a clip of Andrea, talking a little (in Portuguese) about the tours and about her being signed to the label and introducing a clip from the tour last year where we played at Quebramar Beach Club in Portugal.
========================================================================================================
[Video of Andrea Amorim]
"..O Barquinho vai, a tardinha cai..o Barquinho vai , a tardinha cai" [O Barquinho - Roberto Menscal]
Olá gente sou Andrea Amorim, sou cantora e compositora há de 18 anos. Só daqui de Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil, e estou artísta de Soul Tonic de Dave Holmes. No ano passado nos fizemos um turne pela Europa e agora já estamos planejando a nossa turne pra julho 2017. Entao agora , voces vao assistir
um trechtinho da nosso presentacao lá em Portugal foi tudo muito incrivel lá no Quebramar Beach Club , e espero muito que voces gostam. Beijos e gratidao!"
[video: 'Vagamente' live at Quebramar Beach Club]
========================================================================================================
So, Andrea is a very versatile singer, who really just wants to sing, and she can effortlessly sing in ALL musical styles, whether that's Bossa nova, Rock or Opera...
She's performed on Brasil's biggest TV show, Programa de Jô and appeared on other local TV and radio shows, she's performed in Europe, USA and Japan and more recently was the official voice of her home city where her christmas album was played over the tannoy system in the streets of the main centre and she performed shows, as part of their seasonal festivities.
So to get a feel for her voice, let's listen to the opening track, from her last album Doce Divã, this is called Felicidade Em Pleno Escuro (which translates as Happiness in full darkness)
[Track: 'Felicidade Em Pleno Escuro']
========================================================================================================
So the reason I contacted Andrea initially was that she has performed and recorded with some big names in brasil such as Marcos Valle, Oswaldo Montenegro, Cris Delanno, Lenine, Wanda Sá, Bebossa, and Os Cariocas to name a few and couple of years before I got in touch with, she also released a Bossa Nova Album called 'Bossa de Alma Nova' (which means Bossa of the New Soul) and that was with a Latin Grammy , lifetime acheivement Award Winner, and Bossa Nova music pioneer, Roberto Menescal.
So that album is really a delight to listen to and if you want to go online to buy or stream it, I'll put the links on the podcast page.
Now if you think of Brazil, (it) has a population of almost 1/4 Billion people and the airport of its most famous city, in Rio de Janeiro, is named after Bossa Nova's master composer Tom Jobim. Now Tom Jobim was one of Menescal's old music buddies. all the greats would meet up in each other's appartments and create this whole genre which shook everything up in the 50s and 60s - and although perhaps not cutting edge anymore, Bossa Nova is a sofisticated genre and musical tradition that commands a lot of respect within Brazil, and also outside Brazil where it has a great folowing especially in Japan and Mainland europe and heavily influences new artists such as myself.
So Menescal is a very important figure in Brazilian Music - and he also used to be the head of A&R at Polygram in Brasil for many years. He's a super-productive, energetic guy - and he started composing and performing when he was just a teenager and he'll be 80 this year. He's still going for it, and he's non-stop recording and touring. and back in November last year, I got to have lunch with him in Rio, and it was a dream to meet one of my Bossa nova Heros, and coincedently he was even on the front page of the Brazilian version of guitar (guitar player) magazine at the time! Which goes to show he is still current and on top of the game.
So, he is still working with Andrea, and they have some new album material together, a track of which will form part of Andrea's new album, Futuro Embrulhado pra Presente, (which means Future wrapped as a present), and I am proud to say that this album will be released on Soul Tonic, along with some other albums from her back catalogue and all future releases.
The new album will also include one old composition of mine called Faded Dreams, which she is adding Portuguese lyrics to, and will have arrangements and and production by her talented producer, Marcos Cabral. It's a big thing for me to be on the same album as both Andrea and Menescal and with Marcos's production, it's gonna sound beautiful. and it's due for completion in April. I'm really feeling like this is a very positive step forward!
========================================================================================================
So, this year we have another tour for Andrea that we are planning. That should take us to the UK, France, Spain and Portugal.
and we have one date confirmed already which will be at Montcet in France. A very good friend of mine I studied music with way back in 1993 is an amazing guitarist, and when he's not spending his time restoring and improving old retro amplifiers, he runs professional level events. His name is Guillaume in French, or Will, as others know him as Bill Bokey as he now likes to be called, and he ran a festival called the Willstock Jam Festival for about 7 years or so from his farm in the Beaujolais region. As luck would have it, he has a party planned right at the start of our tour, on his new farm in Montcet. So we're planning that to be the opening gig of our tour.
So to give you an idea of the kind of vibe it is going to be, the last track I'm gonna play for you is from his Willstock Jam Festival, from I think back in 2011, and this is a song he wrote and produced.
and it's really worth checking the video of this track, either on our Video version of the podcast or on the Willstock Jam Festival YouTube channel.
there's also a behind the scenes 'the making of' version which I'll also link to.
And if you ever need a retro amp restored, HE is the man to go to. take a look at CastleMadeOfSound on Facebook and also castlemadeofsound.com, again links on the podcast page.
So here's the track 'Love and Music' from his Willstock Jam Festival
[Willstock Jam festival - 'Love and Music' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjtRMZamhA ]
========================================================================================================
So I hope you enjoyed the first Soul Tonic podcast. The future ones will include more music from other artists and I hope to get a live-recorded video version going at some point too.
If you would like to become a regular supporter of my music, or Andrea's, please head to patreon.com forward-slash DaveHolmes (for me), and forward-slash AndreaAmorim (for Andrea),
ANY patrons of Soul Tonic artists will get regular early access to these monthly podcasts and there are other offers there too, which will be regularly updated and improved
Once again, more info, links and transcripts can be found on the soul tonic podcast page: SoulTonic.org/podcast
I'll be back in February's Podcast. Until then ...Look after your soul!
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