The free recording of Amor de Perdição I listened to a while ago seems not to exist any more, but I had a dig around and there’s a podcast called Livros Para Ouvir, available in a few places, including on Spotify. It’s no longer active, but there are a few whole books there, all old classics (and, presumably therefore public domain?)
Active listening exercise for this interview with Raquel Martins, the support act at the Carolina Deslandes gig we went to a few weeks back. She seems to be getting quite a lot of interest at the moment, which is great since she’s obviously a very talented player. The word malha in the title can have a few different meanings from mail (like chain mail, not postage) to knitting to the act of hammering something out, but can also mean a musical track. Granda isn’t standard portuguese, but you hear “ganda” meaning great, and I think this is the same kind of thing. I guess if it were English it would be called “Great Riffs” or something, even if Deepl thinks it means “chunky knitwear”.
I find it really hard to follow her accent, the speed at which she talks and frequent jumps that don’t result in complete sentences, plus I think there are musical terms in there that I don’t understand since she’s discussing music with another musician, and some of the words – Jazz, voicings, management etc – are in English. Basically, I missed a *lot* but I think. I’ll go back and listen a couple more times because I need to tune my ears into this kind of conversation. OK, it’s a bit later now and I just listened again with better headphones. I am still flummoxed by the word salad of english and portuguese, but I picked up some more things I’d missed and chucked those into what I’d already jotted down. I also…. I might just be imagining it but between 13:10 and 13:20 it sounds like she says “coisas mesmo abertas” and then corrects herself to “mesmas abertas”. That… that’s not right is it…? I mean, she’s a native speaker so she must know, but… surely… Christ, I feel like I am losing braincells here.
Anyway, bottom line, I really enjoyed the interview and hearing her noodle around with her guitar but if there are any recordings like this on the exam I am fuckity fucked.
Em Porto – incrível! Na academia guitarra convidado por Miguel de Neves (?)
Primeira coisa que aprendeste?
clássico que toda a gente aprende (mas não sei o que é a música que toca)
Geração gap
Porque decidiste tocar?
Piano, guitar toda rota, sempre quis pegar na guitarra
Na escola – começou com clássica , elétrica apos 3 anos
Quando levaste isto mais a sério?
Tudo natural, não tinha outros planos acabei quando acabei 12o… decidiu? para Londres? Durante a pandemia
Primeiras coisas como artista?
Ainda em Portugal, quando teve um sentimento forte. Muitas coisas que não era musicas. Numa banda na escola, adorava. Giro.
Como mudaste em Londres?
Super multi cultural. Máquinas? Jams – subiu para palco. Ficou interessada na técnica. Interesse em jazz, quando focou em som comecei a agarrar (?) a guitarra novamente
Coisas tuas – evolução – coisa que escreveste e achaste “cheguei”?
Em Londres, fusão de géneros. misturados
Toca exemplos de harmonia com influência brasileira
Mesma corda… demonstra como estilos mudam a corda
Outros guitarristas influenciadores?
George Benson ‘ adorava, Spanky Alford (a tocar) Harmonias mais tradicionais, voicings mais… brasileiro?
Qual é o peso dos efeitos no teu estilo?
Recentes, quer criar novas texturas. Adoro as texturas, começou em Londres – concertos, muitas pessoas na banda… Freeez, uma cena importante (ela demonstra). Usa delay, timeline gosta porque tem imensas texturas. Muito tranquilo… Um pedal que se pode explorar. Não é assim tão complicado.
Convites para tocar com Outros artistas?
(ri-se mas não sei bem porquê) repetir? Não
Comecei na faculdade, ha muitas guitarristas
Várias nomes, oportunidades de viajar nos EUA e ter experiência no palco e conhecer pessoas do management e aprender mas é stressante balançar tudo e muito cansativo. Já fizeste muito trabalho na estrada…
Porque sou muito velho? É isso?
Interessada em misturar coisas tradicionais e modernas … Experimentar – uma flauta com efeitos, Muito recente.
Gostei d’O Mangusto, mas o livro mais recente da mesma autora é uma desilusão. Não havia nada que me agarrou. As personagens não me interessaram, não havia um enredo, nem diálogo divertido e é tão mal desenhado que muitas vezes eu nem sequer sabia quem estava a falar.
Se este livro tivesse algo que pode ser chamado “um enredo” seria sobre um grupo de mulheres que combinam ir ao ginásio diariamente, mas na verdade, isso acontece pousas vezes, e a protagonista (se for possível dizer “este livro tem uma protagonista”) é chata. Não faz jus a nada, está a namorar com um homem casado, não tem sentido de humor nem qualidades notáveis. Não me lembro do nome dela, e quero lá saber.
Levou-me imenso tempo a ler.
E o que fica por fazer na terceira?
This weekend
W/E 27-10-2024
W/E 03-11-2024
W/E 10-11-2024
Non-thorough run through of the paper exercise books I have, looking for grammar exercises that look like they might be beneficial.
Brazilian Portuguese is the easiest kind!
Alguns exemplos do cadernos de exercícios surpreenderam-me. Vamos dar uma espreitadela…
Oh shit, I meant to write all this on Portuguese. Meh, never mind, it made me think about the expressions so with a bit of luck il remember them now.
*… Is what it means in some contexts anyway, and I’m sure it’s what it meant in the example I did, although I am informed that it can also means “knock someone back” ie, gently turn down their romantic advances!
Following on from the last post – this picture I took at the Museu do Fado contains Fazer falta, and it’s prohibited so I am drawn to translate it…. Pre-AO spelling though so ironically it’s just as illegal now as it was then 🙂
The fierce, unjust heap
Is blind or doesn't see well
Randomly leaving in the world
People who won't be missed
My parents, my grandparents
Death has taken everyone from me
I was left alone, suffering
In the world, always crying
What an outcast I am
Oh death, why don't you come for me
To stop by heart
In this sad life
That was never cheerful for me
And only has illusion
Everything is over for me
Without having anyone in the world
Weighting for the hour that sounds
Don't leave the world at random
That nobody will miss
It’s interesting isn’t it? First of all, that first word, parga, is quite unusual. It’s a heap of stored hay and grain stored away from the weather (silage?). I wonder if it had some other meaning on the 1930s. Alternatively, it might even be a typo, because praga (plague) would make a lot of sense.
I’m also interested in the slight shift in wording between the last two lines of the first verse and the last two of the last. I wonder what difference it makes. I feel like there’s a shift in emphasis there but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
Fazer falta is one of those expressions I seldom use so I had a go a couple of days ago, inspired by this scene in the film I am repeat-watching (fourth time now!), but I got it bass-ackwards.
Fazer falta a alguém = be missed by the person (this is what’s happening in the movie)
Fazer falta de = cause someone to be absent (this is what I ended up writing after I tried to reframe the sentence but it’s not exactly helpful)
Sentir a falta de alguém = feel someone’s absence (what I corrected it to and tbh it’s less grammatically challenging than what I was trying to do so I will probably stick with it in future!)
Happy first day of GMT. Here’s all that sun you missed. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
Marking off what I’ve done from the plan I made.
This weekend
W/E 27-10-2024
W/E 03-11-2024
W/E 10-11-2024
Non-thorough run through of the paper exercise books I have, looking for grammar exercises that look like they might be beneficial.
Luso 