Ela Passou

I work for the NYC based MyÜberLife Consulting Group offering business solutions to fashion, music, and art based companies. We offer business planning & brand development, business & brand management, financial & risk management, strategic marketing & research, buying & sales strategy and more, all designed to transform our client's desires, goals and creativity, into profitable business initiatives. 

My role is to quantify fashion, music, and art trends to create relevant business and market strategy that will increase market penetration, facilitate smart brand collaborations and partnerships, and offer other beneficial business solutions to our clients.
 
This is the music that I see...

Batuke Samba Funk is a high energy Brazilian band that mixes rhythms such as Funk from the 70's with Afro Samba, Brazilian Big Band, Batucada, Soul, and R&B. The band attracts a mixed crowd with people from all ages and nationalities dancing in every performance. The goal of Batuke is to "brazilianize" American sounds and "americanize" Brazilian sounds in a perfect balanced fusion.
 
Batuke was created in 2008 by Brazilian bassist, composer, and musical producer Diogo Brown, who was soon joined by Miami's well known Brazilian guitarist and composer Cezar Santana.

Diogo's versatility and musicality opened doors for him to work with artists like: Nouvelle Vague,
 Cris Delano (Bossa Cuca Nova), Claudia Leite, Ricky Martin, Don Omar and Lucenzo (Kuduro),
 Jon Secada, Mark Hudson and others.

Most of the songs are composed by Diogo Brown and Cezar Santana, with special emphasis on the theme song of the CD, "Soul Carioca" which has just been released in a single as a tribute to Rio De Janeiro Brasil. 
The song "Mas Que Bonita", besides being the theme of the DVD "Oficina do Samba" by choreographer, dancer and teacher Jimmy de Oliveira (featuring Carlinhos de Jesus, Jaime Arôxa and others) also plays occasionally on Globo TV , "Globo Esporte" and "Fantastico".



PORTUGUESE 


O projeto Batuke Samba Funk foi criado em 2008 pelo baixista, compositor e arranjador carioca Diogo Brown, acompanhado pelo guitarrista e compositor também carioca Cezar Santana, ambos radicados em Miami.

Diogo já trabalhou com artistas e grupos nacionais e internacionais como Nouvelle Vague, Cris Delano, Cláudia Leite, Ricky Martin, Jon Secada, Don Omar e Lucenzo, Carlos Dafe, Aleh, Bebeto & Banda Black Rio, entre outros.

O projeto do Batuke Samba Funk é de "abrasileirar" sons americanos e "americanizar" sons brasileiros em uma combinação entre as duas culturas do Funk e do Samba, promovendo cada vez mais a cultura brasileira no exterior com base dançante e melodia marcante e envolvente.

Batuke acaba de ser indicado para receber, em maio, o 16º Brazilian Press Awards USA 2013 (www.pressaward.com) como melhor grupo musical na promoção da cultura brasileira fora do Brasil.

A maioria das músicas são compostas por Diogo Brown e Cezar Santana, com especial destaque para a música tema do CD, "Soul Carioca", que acaba de ser lançada como single. A música "Mas Que Moça Bonita", de Diogo Brown além de ser tema do DVD "Oficina do Samba" do coreógrafo, dançarino e professor de dança de salão Jimmy de Oliveira (com participação de Carlinhos de Jesus, Jaime Arôxa e outros), também  toca esporadicamente na TV Globo, nos  programas Globo Esporte e Fantástico.