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From Brazil with love →

@ Ground Zero

 

Have you, dear friend, ever noticed how different places scattered across the face of the globe seem almost to exist in different universes? As if they were permeated throughout with something akin to 19th century luminiferous aether, unique, determined by that place's history? It's like a trick of the mind's light (I suppose), but standing on beach or escarpment in Salvador and looking out across the Baía de Todos os Santos to the great Recôncavo, and mindful of what happened there, one must be led to the inevitable conclusion that one is in a place unique to history, and to the present*.

 

 

"Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor / The time has come for these bronzed people to show their value..."Música: Assis Valente of Santo Amaro, Bahia. Vídeo: Betão Aguiar.

 

*More enslaved human beings entered the Bay of All Saints and the Recôncavo than any other final port-of-call throughout all of mankind's history.

 

These people and their descendants created some of the most uplifting music ever made, the foundation of Brazil's national art. We wanted their music to be accessible to the world (it's not even accessible here in Brazil) so we created a platform by which everybody's creativity is mutually accessible, including theirs.

 

El Aleph

 

The network was built in an obscure record shop (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar found it) in a shimmering Brazilian port city...

 

...inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' (short story) El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone.

 

It "works" by virtue of the "small-world" phenomenon...the same responsible for the fact that most of us 7 billion or so beings are within 6 or fewer degrees of each other.

 

It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):

 

www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world

 

With David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio: www.npr.org/2013/07/16/202634814/roots-of-samba-exploring-historic-pelourinho-in-salvador-brazil

 

All is more connected than we know.

 

Per the "spirit" above, our logo is a cortador de cana, a cane-cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.

 

If You Can't Stand the Heat

 

Image above is from the base of the cross in front of the church of São Francisco do Paraguaçu in the Bahian Recôncavo

 

Sprawled across broad equatorial latitudes, stoked and steamed and sensual in the widest sense of the word, limned in cadenced song, Brazil is a conundrum wrapped in a smile inside an irony...

 

It is not a European nation. It is not a North American nation. It is not an East Asian nation. It straddles — jungle and desert and dense urban centers — both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn. Brazil absorbed over ten times the number of enslaved Africans taken to the United States of America, and is a repository of African deities (and their music) now largely forgotten in their lands of origin. It was a refuge (of sorts) for Sephardim fleeing an Inquisition which followed them across the Atlantic (that unofficial symbol of Brazil's national music — the pandeiro — was almost certainly brought to Brazil by these people). Across the parched savannas of the interior of Brazil's culturally fecund nordeste/northeast, where wizard Hermeto Pascoal was born in Lagoa da Canoa (Lagoon of the Canoe) and raised in Olho d'Águia (Eye of the Eagle), much of Brazil's aboriginal population was absorbed into a caboclo/quilombola culture punctuated by the Star of David. Three cultures — from three continents — running for their lives, their confluence forming an unprecedented fourth. Pandeirista on the roof. Nowhere else but here.

 

Oligarchy, plutocracy, dictatorships and massive corruption — elements of these are still strongly entrenched — have defined, delineated, and limited Brazil.

 

But strictured & bound as it has been and is, Brazil has buzz...not the shallow buzz of a fashionable moment...but the deep buzz of a population which in spite of — or perhaps because of — the tough slog through life they've been allotted by humanity's dregs-in-fine-linen, have chosen not to simply pull themselves along but to lift their voices in song and their bodies in dance...to eat well and converse well and much and to wring the joy out of the day-to-day happenings and small pleasures of life which are so often set aside or ignored in the European, North American, and East Asian nations.

 

For this Brazil has a genius perhaps unparalleled in all other countries and societies, a genius which thrives alongside peeling paint and holes in the streets and roads, under bad organization by the powers-that-be, both civil and governmental, under a constant rain of societal indignities...

 

Which is all to say that if you don't know Brazil and you're expecting any semblance of order, progress and light, you will certainly find the light! And the buzz of a people who for generations have responded to privation at many different levels by somehow rising above it all.

 

"Onde tem miséria, tem música!"* - Raymundo Sodré

 

And it's not just music. And it's not just Brazil.

 

Welcome to the kitchen!

 

* "Where there is misery, there is music!" Remarked during a conversation arcing from Bahia to Haiti and Cuba to New Orleans and the south side of Chicago and Harlem to the villages of Ireland and the gypsy camps and shtetls of Eastern Europe...

 

Harlem to Bahia to the Planet



Why a "Matrix"?

 

I was explaining the ideas behind this nascent network to (João) Teoria (trumpet player above) over cervejas at Xique Xique (a bar named for a town in Bahia) in the Salvador neighborhood of Barris...

 

Like this (but in Portuguese): "It's kind of like Facebook if it didn't spy on you, but reversed... more about who you don't know than who you do know. And who doesn't know you but would be glad if they did. It's kind of like old Myspace Music but instead of having "friends" it has a list on your page of people you recommend. Not just musicians but writers, painters, filmmakers, dancers, chefs... anybody in the creative economy. It has a list of people who recommend you, or through whom you are recommended. It deals with arts which aren't recommendable by algorithm but need human intelligence behind recommendations. And the people who are recommended can recommend, creating a network of recommendations wherein by the small world phenomenon most people in the creative economy are within several steps of everybody else in the creative economy, no matter where they are in the world..."

 

And João said (in Portuguese): "A matrix where you can move from one artist to another..."

 

A matrix! That was it! The ORIGINAL meaning of matrix is "source", from "mater", Latin for "mother". So the term would help congeal the concept in the minds of people the network was being introduced to, while giving us a motto: "We're a real mother for ya!" (you know, Johnny "Guitar" Watson?)

 

The original idea was that musicians would recommend musicians, the network thus formed being "small world" (commonly called "six degrees of separation"). In the real world, the number of degrees of separation in such a network can vary, but while a given network might have billions of nodes (people, for example), the average number of steps between any two nodes will usually be minuscule.

 

Thus somebody unaware of the magnificent music of Bahia, Brazil will be able to conceivably move from almost any musician in this matrix to Bahia in just a few steps...

 

By the same logic that might move one from Bahia or anywhere else to any musician anywhere.

 

And there's no reason to limit this system to musicians. To the contrary, while there are algorithms written to recommend music (which, although they are limited, can be useful), there are no algorithms capable of recommending journalism, novels & short stories, painting, dance, film, chefery...

 

...a vast chasm that this network — or as Teoria put it, "matrix" — is capable of filling.

 

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  • Name: Kiko Loureiro
  • City/Place: Helsinki
  • Country: Finland
  • Hometown: Rio de Janeiro

Life & Work

  • Bio: Kiko Loureiro was born in Rio de Janeiro, and was raised in São Paulo, the largest city in South America. His love for music came naturally.

    From an early age, he was a curious listener, spending hours in the school library consuming the vast musical collection that was available.

    At age 11, he began studying classical guitar. Only a few years later, after entering the world of progressive rock, heavy metal, jazz, and fusion, he would discover his true vocation. Kiko was fascinated by music icons Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Paco de Lucía, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Astor Piazzolla, Hermeto Pascoal, and bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, and Van Halen. Such influences added to endless hours of training and dedication, giving him the drive to embark on a journey that would make him a versatile musician with a unique style.

    At the age of 21, Kiko released his first studio album with Angra, Angels Cry (1993). Recorded in Germany and released worldwide, the album surpassed the 100,000 copies sold mark and was certified gold in Japan. Since then, Angra has released another seven studio albums, three CDs, two live DVDs, and six Eps, receiving another gold record for the release of Rebirth (2001). Angra toured the world, becoming one of the leading bands in Brazil of all time.

    In 2004, Kiko started his solo career with the instrumental album No Gravity. Except for drums, Kiko recorded all instruments.

    Two years later, his second album Universo Inverso, was recorded in just three days and featured some of the best jazz musicians in Latin America. In the same year, Kiko was voted the best guitarist in the world in the Japanese magazine Burrn!, one of the most popular journals in the music scene.

    In 2009, Kiko presented a new release; his third solo album called Fullblast, which features a strong dose of heavy and progressive metal in its tracks, being described by critics as "an amazing instrumental journey for Joe Satriani and Carlos Santana's fans ." In the same year, Kiko also announced his fusion project, Neural Code, where he explores rock and jazz, and showcases unique Brazilian rhythms.

    Sounds Of Innocence, his fourth studio album, was released in 2012 and once again combined prog-metal, jazz, blues, and Brazilian rhythms, becoming highly acclaimed by critics and fans.

    In 2013, Kiko released his first solo DVD. The White Balance was recorded at the elegant Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo, presented in three phases and representing the musician's favorite styles: rock/metal, an acoustic set, and Brazilian fusion.

    In addition to music, Kiko has also been dedicated to teaching and studying the music business, music marketing, and career development, giving lectures to musicians and corporations in different parts of Brazil, and conducting in-person and online courses on these topics.

    2015 started off with exciting news for fans; Kiko Loureiro was invited to join Megadeth, one of the biggest bands in thrash metal, and part of the Big Four of the genre along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer. In partnership with Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, and drummer Chris Adler, Kiko recorded the band's fifteenth studio album in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Dystopia was released on January 22, 2016 and led Megadeth to tour the world at full steam.

    Throughout his career, Kiko has been in the top positions in countless polls of best guitarists, and has been on the cover of the most prominent and critically acclaimed guitar-related magazines such as Japan’s Young Guitar and American publications Guitar Player and Guitar World. Yet, it was the beginning of 2017 that would see a pinnacle in his list of accomplishments; Kiko became the first Brazilian rock and heavy metal musician to receive a Grammy. At the awards, which takes place annually and brings together the biggest names in the music industry, Megadeth received the gramophone in the category "Best Metal Performance" of 2016 with their single, Dystopia.

    Ahead of the game, and now with Belgian drummer Dirk Verbeuren, Megadeth was cast in Rock in Rio 2019 (a frequent festival in Brazil; the band came for the first time in the 1991 edition). Unfortunately, Dave Mustaine's cancer treatment caused the band to postpone the 2019 performance, and Megadeth was replaced by German Helloween.

    In the midst of all this, Kiko returned to the studio to record another solo album, Open Source, which was released in 2020. Once again, the musician united his influences in heavy rock with his exuberant technique and Brazilian rhythms in songs like Edm (e-dependent mind), which reexamines the digital addiction that plagues humanity today. The fifth track on the album, Sertão, delivers a classy northeastern touch along with its rhythms. Imminent Threat features the incredibly talented Marty Friedman, guitarist and former member of Megadeth.

    In July 2021, Kiko shared his learning in the field of entrepreneurship with the public by launching the book "Negócios Para Criativos" (Gente Publisher, only in Portuguese), in which he encourages everyone to pursue what they love, giving them the tools they need to make their dreams come true. "Every creative must be passionate about the act of creating, without judgment and without fear of discarding their ideas," he says at the book's presentation.

    Active as never before in the pandemic, Kiko continued teaching and participating in his studio projects while waiting for the day the band could be reunited.

    In regards to the band, with Dave Mustaine healthy and on top of his game once again, Megadeth recorded the successor of Dystopia (scheduled for release in 2021), and is already back on the road. The American tour started in August 2021 and 2022 tour dates have already been announced in Europe, Brazil, and the US.

    After a 30-year career, Kiko Loureiro celebrates his arrival to a highly reputable position as a complete musician and artist who constantly tests his limits and is always open to new and innovative ideas.

Contact Information

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact by Webpage: http://kikoloureiro.com/contact/

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My Instruction

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Imagine the world's creative economy at your fingertips. Imagine 10 doors side-by-side. Beyond each, 10 more, each opening to a "creative" somewhere around the planet. After passing through 8 such doorways you will have followed 1 pathway out of 100 million possible (2 sets of doorways yield 10 x 10 = 100 pathways). This is a simplified version of the metamathematics that makes it possible to reach everybody in the global creative economy in just a few steps It doesn't mean that everybody will be reached by everybody. It does mean that everybody can  be reached by everybody.


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  • 1 Finland
  • 1 Guitar
  • 1 Guitar Instruction
  • 1 Heavy Metal
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  • 1 Jazz Fusion
  • 1 Progressive Metal
  • 1 Rio de Janeiro
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  • Ivo Perelman Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Louis Marks Writer
  • Jeff 'Tain' Watts Composer
  • Fabiana Cozza Samba
  • Donnchadh Gough Bodhrán
  • Joanna Majoko Jazz
  • Leyla McCalla Singer-Songwriter
  • Marco Pereira Guitar
  • Rogê MPB
  • Dave Weckl Los Angeles
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  • Rosa Cedrón Composer
  • David Fiuczynski Jazz
  • Brian Q. Torff Writer
  • Jim Hoke Saxophone
  • Aderbal Duarte Brazil
  • Anthony Hervey Singer
  • Mino Cinélu Drums
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  • Terell Stafford Trumpet
  • Ibrahim Maalouf Trumpet
  • Burhan Öçal Kös
  • Larissa Fulana de Tal Salvador
  • Cristiano Nogueira Brazil Specialist
  • Magary Lord Brazil
  • Regina Carter Classical Music
  • Kevin Hays Composer
  • Mick Goodrick Author
  • Roberto Fonseca Havana
  • Hermeto Pascoal Alagoas
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  • Alexandre Vieira Baixo, Bass
  • Ariel Reich Mark Morris Dance Group Teaching Artist Faculty
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  • Hendrik Meurkens Samba
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  • Eamonn Flynn Keyboards
  • Lalah Hathaway R&B
  • Ken Avis Radio Presenter
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  • Brian Jackson Keyboards
  • Bodek Janke Tabla
  • Thomas Àdes Conductor
  • Ray Angry Songwriter
  • Sting Singer-Songwriter
  • Steve Coleman Composer
  • Horácio Reis Faculdade da Ucsal, Catholic University of Salvador Faculty
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  • Pallett Tehran
  • Loli Molina Buenos Aires
  • Andrés Prado Lima
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  • Super Chikan Delta Blues
  • João Teoria Trompete, Trumpet
  • Paulão 7 Cordas Cavaquinho
  • Gerônimo Santana Singer-Songwriter
  • Shannon Alvis Choreographer
  • Felipe Guedes Guitar
  • Daniel Jobim Samba
  • Ed O'Brien Brazil
  • Jorge Glem Composer
  • Ashley Page Music Management
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  • Martin Fondse Composer
  • Mike Moreno Aaron Copeland School of Music Faculty
  • Chris Acquavella Composer
  • Teresa Cristina Singer
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  • Dwandalyn Reece Singer
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  • Gilmar Gomes Singer-Songwriter
  • Dee Spencer Piano
  • Ronald Bruner Jr. Singer
  • Alexandre Vieira Jazz
  • Moacyr Luz Rio de Janeiro
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  • Richard Galliano Choro
  • Ajurinã Zwarg Drums
  • James Martin Singer-Songwriter
  • André Mehmari Piano
  • Issac Delgado Timba
  • Urânia Munzanzu Bahia
  • Rez Abbasi New York City
  • Banning Eyre African Guitar
  • Sam Dagher Syria
  • Logan Richardson Classical Music
  • Brian Stoltz Songwriter
  • Ênio Bernardes Percussão, Percussion
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  • James Martins Bahia
  • Luis Perdomo Jazz
  • Questlove Rapper
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  • Marcel Camargo Composer
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  • J. Velloso MPB
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  • Marisa Monte Brazil
  • Russell Malone Jazz
  • Gabriel Grossi Brazilian Jazz
  • Paulo Dáfilin Viola Caipira
  • Stephanie Foden Documentary Photographer
  • Daniel Owoseni Ajala Dance Instructor
  • Luis Perdomo Composer
  • Tia Surica Singer
  • Martyn Techno
  • Ramita Navai London
  • Calypso Rose Trinidad & Tobago
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  • John Santos Writer
  • Bai Kamara Jr. Singer-Songwriter
  • RAM Port-au-Prince
  • Fabiana Cozza Poet
  • Vivien Schweitzer Culture Journalist
  • Anthony Hamilton Singer-Songwriter
  • Kris Davis Composer
  • Edward P. Jones Novelist
  • Joel Best Character Artist
  • Michael Peha Record Producer
  • Marquis Hill Chicago
  • Jubu Smith Guitar
  • Fabiana Cozza Brazil
  • João Callado Brazil
  • Fernando Brandão Brazil
  • Mickalene Thomas Video Artist
  • Soweto Kinch Composer
  • Júlio Caldas Compositor, Songwriter
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  • Brian Jackson Record Producer
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Cuba
  • Isaac Julien London
  • James Sullivan Writer
  • Miles Mosley Television Scores
  • Donna Leon Writer
  • Marcus Strickland Saxophone
  • Kim André Arnesen Classical Music
  • Corey Ledet Accordion
  • Jeff Tang Brooklyn, NY
  • Julien Libeer Classical Music
  • Diedrich Diederichsen Writer
  • Sharita Towne Pacific Northwest College of Art Faculty
  • Rogério Caetano Choro
  • Jeff Coffin Record Label Owner
  • Anoushka Shankar Singer
  • Meshell Ndegeocello Multi-Instrumentalist
  • David Kirby New York City
  • Siba Veloso Recife
  • Jakub Knera Writer
  • Sergio Krakowski Rio de Janeiro
  • D.D. Jackson Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College Faculty
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  • Giovanni Russonello Music Critic
  • Spider Stacy New Orleans
  • Monarco Brazil
  • Neo Muyanga Singer
  • Ricardo Herz Choro
  • Melvin Gibbs Composer
  • Rodrigo Amarante Brazil
  • Michael Cleveland Folk & Traditional
  • Jorge Aragão Percussion
  • Nora Fischer Contemporary Classical Music
  • Steve Bailey Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Kenyon Dixon R&B
  • Alex Hargreaves Fiddle
  • Jelly Green England
  • Antonio García Piano
  • Keyon Harrold Singer
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  • Scotty Apex Record Producer
  • Kimmo Pohjonen Finland
  • Shuya Okino Japan
  • Robby Krieger Jazz
  • Leyla McCalla Singer-Songwriter
  • Echezonachukwu Nduka Musicologist
  • Edivaldo Bolagi Produtor Musical, Music Producer
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  • Tom Moon Writer
  • Stephen Guerra Author
  • Peter Mulvey Americana
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  • Léo Rugero Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Curtis Hasselbring Composer
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  • Mohini Dey Bass
  • David Simon Baltimore, Maryland
  • Peter Evans Trumpet
  • Elif Şafak Turkey
  • Horacio Hernández Percussion
  • Jahi Sundance Hip-Hop
  • Danilo Pérez Piano
  • Gerald Cleaver Brooklyn, NY
  • Ben Azar Composer
  • Ronell Johnson Brass Band
  • Marcello Gonçalves Samba
  • Plínio Fernandes Choro
  • Marc Ribot Composer
  • André Muato Rio de Janeiro
  • Yelaine Rodriguez Wearable Art
  • Lionel Loueke African Music
  • Plamen Karadonev Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Tony Allen Africa
  • Harish Raghavan Jazz
  • J. Velloso Brazil
  • Mauro Senise Rio de Janeiro
  • Geraldo Azevedo Frevo
  • Louis Marks Podcaster
  • Anthony Coleman New School's Mannes School of Music Faculty
  • Rema Namakula Kampala
  • Michael Pipoquinha Brazilian Jazz
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  • Shanequa Gay Poet
  • Nguyên Lê Paris
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  • Alex Rawls Music Writer
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  • Jamie Dupuis Singer
  • Gregory Hutchinson Drums
  • Astrig Akseralian Mixed Media Art
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  • Ken Dossar Educator
  • Anthony Coleman Composer
  • Varijashree Venugopal India
  • John Donohue Artist
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  • Chris Thile Jazz
  • Moacyr Luz Singer
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  • Beth Bahia Cohen Lyras
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  • Clarice Assad Composer
  • Bodek Janke World Music
  • Alyn Shipton Radio Presenter
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  • Nei Lopes Brazil
  • Mateus Aleluia Filho Cachoeira
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  • Bertram Writer
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  • Jeff Tweedy Chicago, Illinois
  • Alex Rawls Arts Journalist
  • Nath Rodrigues Brazil
  • Daru Jones Nashville, TN
  • Caroline Shaw Composer
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  • Rick Beato YouTuber
  • Swizz Beatz Art Collector
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