In producing this EP you did everything?
JR: Yes, except the mastering. And the palms, which appear as background, are of my sister and my mother is not a lie. (Laughs)
Let's talk about "The corner soul sessions" how did the opportunity to write this musical work appears?
JR: The corner soul is the name of the studio Björn Öqvist. I met him through the "my space" is a site that no one uses, nobody talks about it. At the time I was living in Sweden, I send him a link, he liked it, we decided to work together and the songs are the result of a period of time not as short as may seemed, were made up sporadically, it was intense, it took several months . It's an experiment in the studio, because it's not really a finished product. We started working together with the aim of showing it to the music record companies in Sweden, did show some cases, these demos we showed both in high profile record companies, who want a hit right at first, as smaller musical production companies, who are able to bet on more experimental work, but at the same must have something commercial. In this experiment there was a bit of everything, "she's rocking" that is more commercial and" the lake "is a song that we worked more. However, I returned here, but I'm always in contact with Björn, we intend to arrange a time to be together and work on new songs.
It yielded nothing, either by the most reputable or the more alternatives record companies?
JR: No, we kept the contacts. These are people who today I will show my work. Also lacked the time to perfect the ideas and songs and because I could not stand waiting, I decided to go ahead with the formation in musical production.
You feel as young musician that all technologies at your disposal and the internet become more difficult the task of artists have a record company, because they have to ensure that it will be a success?
JR: Yes, I felt that. In that case in particular we had contact with people. We did a mini concert for the industry. The Internet facilitates contact, on one hand, but then it is always a barrier, because all these professionals connected to the music, and the radios receive hundreds of emails from different bands and projects. I'm feeling like this, here, in Portugal, one of the principal means of reaching these people is the internet, but is not a direct contact at least I try to plant the seed and then wait. I believe that when you have good songs, people will also feel that it is theirs. What I want is to make known my work, I've been in several musical projects, but always felt like things did not depend only on me, came to an almost-almost, but did not happen. That's why this "one" is a great victory, it is the first, and I am going forward with my music.
