[Fmpro] Brazil and Music

[Ted Peterson]

See if you can hook up with Phil Glass and/or Steven Reich. BAM in  
Brooklyn has a lot of events and you can get involved with the people  
there. NY has a film commission which gives money to lots of film  
makers so a lot of music is needed. The only other state with as much  
composer support is Montana.  About teleporting: I spent some time  
with the so-called "jet set." These are the rich who travel around  
the world going to music, art and theater events. I couldn't keep up  
with  them and found most of what they did completely boring. It's  
just party after party; fun but easy to get sucked into where you get  
nothing done. Pretty soon I figured out I was the latest "toy" for  
them. I would never be part because I didn't have a $5M per year  
trust and also wanted to create works. Every year there are festivals  
they go to. One is in Brazil and is the largest jazz festival in the  
world. A lot are Bull Fight groupies and that whole scene is really  
alien to Americans.  But getting representation at festivals is  
important. Actually what people want now is the Fringe. Even in  
Edinburgh the fringe is where exciting new things are happening.  
Also, fringe parts of festivals are finally getting funded decently  
so they can bring in five or six good chamber groups and still have  
some money for travel and expenses of other groups.

Ted

On Mar 9, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Marinho Nobre wrote:

> Yeah Ted... Brasil is full of amazing tallent. It has
> loads of new music, a world craddle for Jazz, Bossa
> Nova and some incredible creatives. People are
> more open minded when it comes to classical and
> modern and finding a hang out with a bunch or writers,