Since the weekend I've been to Parada de Lucas a few times... I had a meeting with the staff about the workshop plan, which begins for real next Saturday. The idea is to run the Introductory workshop for the next few weeks in order to establish a core group of 10 passionate and committed kids to train to run the station whilst also enthusing as many faveladors as possible to get involved. There'll be a 4 hour workshop every Saturday and 2 hour workshops on Monday-Thursday, with one group coming Mon & Wed, the other group Tues & Thurs. The groups rotate each week. I've also been there lugging equipment and getting foam up on the walls!
This week I've also been in the studio with the DnB crew. Met this lovely lovely couple - Shobhan and Smash - from San Fran who are staying in our house in Santa Teresa. Shobhan sings AMAZINGLY and Smash is pretty darn good on vocals and guitar too... We got chatting and arranged for her to lay down some vocals and get a DnB remix (she's an old skool DnB head - started the scene in San Fran) from the boys here. So we trudged off to studio for a session and the legendary DJ Fabio Machado is currently remixing it. Watch this space for the next LK!!!! (Yeah and I want my cut guys!). After the studio sess we had a BBQ at our place and it got musically messy! Shobhan & Smash on the guitar, Mario Z on the DnB freestyle tip and some of the other residents playing Samba - mostly improv, all live, all mind blowing! Sweet.