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Musical Producer, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, Vinicius was born in the city of Porto Alegre, in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. However, his family came from another southern state, Santa Catarina. He spent his childhood between the city of Porto Alegre and the beaches of Santa Catarina. An only child to a single mother, he was also raised by his grandmother, who used to take him to church and lecture him about God’s paths.
In 2004 he gathered all the strength he had and started writing his own songs, by joining his old poetry writing talent to the ability of arranging them. In order to start a pre-production, that would enable other musicians to understand his ideas and play them later on, he isolated himself.
So, on his own, he recorded ideas of many songs, playing all the instruments himself: drums, bass, electric guitar, keyboards and percussion. He also tested some female vocals, searching for the harmony of the voices. During this experimental period his first album, “Sonho Natural” (Natural Dream), came up. The tracks that didn’t become part of the album worked as pillars for “A Base Para Uma Nova Fundação” (The Base For A New Foundation), his second album. Some new songs make up “Herbalista” (Herbalist), his third album and the fruits of the same line of inspiration. The trilogy consists of 30 tracks, 10 in each album, respecting a chronological sequence. All songs have Vinicius as autor, writer, arranger, engineer and mixer.
But it was only in 2007 that he was able to raise funds to produce, independently, his first recording sessions of the album "Natural Dream". 2008 was totaly dedicated to recording "The Base For A New Foundation", and in the summer of 2009, the sessions of "Herbalist" ended the cicle.
After struggling to find the right musicians and to obtain the copyright on his songs with the national library, the 30 tracks of the trilogy were done. The next step was the mixing and masterizing of the whole project.
As his purpose, during the recording sessions, he sought to expose the human side of his music as a whole as much as possible. They were all live, with few aditional sessions. It is also worth mentioning that there was no editing. All the other instruments were recorded in only one take, from beggining to end, including the tracks "Natural Dream" and "Vision", in which the arrengements go beyond 8 minutes, preserving the natural fade of the musicians. Another relevant fact was that there was no rehearsing before the songs were recorded. Everything was learned on the moment of recording and Vinicius regency was fundamental at that moment.
The accoustic sessions of string and percussion instruments were a noticeable proposal persented in all the three albums, besides other experiences like the fusion with ska, rocksteady, the bossa nova, soul music, erudito and jazz, joining everything with originality and a naturaly latin musicality.
Roots Rock Reggae, rhythmic fusions, universal harmonies and conscious lyrics that are about the Almighty Creator’s commandments, His truth, justice, faith and lots of love that drive Vinicius’ musicality to a positive and conscient purpose.
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"Oh Jah, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
I will praise thee, Oh Jahovah, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Be thou exalted, Oh Jah, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth"
Psalm 108

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"Preparado esta o meu coracao, oh Jah; jubilarei, sim,
Cantarei louvores, com toda a minha alma.
Despertai, salterio e harpa; eu mesmo despertarei a aurora.
Louvar-te-ei entre os povos, Senhor,
Cantar-te-ei louvores entre as nacoes.
Pois grande, acima dos ceus, e a Tua benignidade,
E a Tua verdade ultrapassa as mais altas nuvens.
Se exaltado, oh Jahovah, acima dos ceus,
E seja a Tua gloria acima de toda a terra! "
Salmo 108

Nasceu em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, mas sua familia descende de Santa Catarina, fazendo com que sua infancia ficasse dividida entre a metropole gaucha e a magia das praias catarinenses. Filho unico e de mae solteira, foi criado tambem pela avo, que desde cedo o levava para a igreja evangelica e o ensinava sobre os caminhos de Deus.

A vocacao artistica logo se expressou atraves de pequenas poesias e rimas, que ja compunha desde aproximadamente 8 ou 9 anos de idade.
Mas, foi atraves da percussao que Vinicius imergiu na musica. Na adolescencia, tendo o clima da cidade muito propicio, comecou tocando bateria em uma banda de garagem, um trio, caracterizado por unir ao som, ricas melodias a um forte tom de protesto.
Nessa mesma epoca, conheceu o reggae atraves de um disco dos Wailers, produzido por Lee Perry, e, ao embalo de Rainbow Country, 400 Years e Kaya, ja experimentava a fusao com o reggae, introduzindo os tambores juntamente com as guitarras. Tantas ideias nao foram suficientes para manter a banda, que, por divergencias, se desfez, levando cada um a seguir seu caminho.

Em 2003, ingressa na bateria de um novo trio, exercendo plenamente o ritmo do reggae, a doutrina de devocao ao Altissimo e seus mandamentos. As letras das musicas, nesta formacao, eram praticamente todas pertencentes ao baixista, que, mesmo com a evoluçcao e o desenvolvimento da banda, teve, por motivos pessoais, que regressar a sua terra natal, ao norte de Santa Catarina, interrompendo mais outro projeto.
Foi entao que Vinicius criou forcas para compor as musicas de sua propria autoria, unindo sua antiga virtude de escrever poesias junto com o mecanismo ideal para cada uma delas.
Recolheu-se com o objetivo de construir uma pre-producao, que serviria de base para musicos entenderem suas ideias e toca-las posteriormente. Sozinho, gravou varias musicas, tocando todos os instrumentos: bateria, baixo, guitarra, teclas e percussao, fazendo tambem testes com vocais femininos para buscar a harmonia das vozes.
Neste tempo de muitas experimentacoes surgiu “Sonho Natural”, seu primeiro album. As faixas que nao entraram no album, serviram como alicerce de “A Base Para Uma Nova Fundacao”, a segunda obra. Novas seguintes composicoes formam “Herbalista”, terceiro album de uma mesma linha de inspiracao.
A trilogia constitue-se de 30 faixas, 10 em cada album, respeitando uma ordem cronologica e tendo todas Vinicius como autor, escritor e arranjador, na parte da criacao e engenheiro, captador e mixador na parte tecnica.

Somente em 2007 Vinicius conseguiu levantar recursos para produzir, independentemente, suas primeiras sessoes de gravacao, do album "Sonho Natural". 2008 foi o ano dedicado as gravacoes de "A Base Para Uma Nova Fundacao" e no verao de 2009 as sessoes de "Herbalista" finalizam o ciclo. Apos superar a dificuldade de encontrar musicos e de registrar todas as faixas junto
a Biblioteca Nacional, chegou a formalizacao do corpo das 30 faixas da trilogia. A proxima etapa agora e a mixagem e masterizacao de todo o trabalho..
Por proposito, nas gravacoes, buscou-se demonstrar o lado humano e integral do som o maximo possivel. Foram todas ao vivo, com poucas sessões adicionais. Vale comentar tambem que evitou-se edicao nas captacoes, todas as baterias e demais instrumentos foram gravados em um unico take, do inicio ao fim, inclusive as faixas "Sonho Natural" e "Visao", nesta, o arranjo ultrapassa 8 minutos de duracao, pois conservou-se o fade natural dos musicos. Outro fato relevante e que nao houveram ensaios para as gravacoes, tudo era tirado na hora e a regencia de Vinicius nessa hora foi fundamental.
As sessoes acusticas de cordas e tambores foi uma proposta marcante apresentada em todos os albums da trilogia, alem de outras experiencias, como a fusao com o Erudito, Ska, Rocksteady, a Bossa Nova, Soul Music, Jazz.. unindo tudo, com originalidade, a uma musicalidade naturalmente Latina.
Roots Rock Reggae, fusoes ritmicas, harmonias universais e letras conscientes que falam sobre os fundamentos do Criador dos ceus e da terra, verdade, justica, fe e muito amor, direcionam sua musicalidade a um proposito positivo, consistente e construtivo.

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At 11:34pm on November 28, 2009, lux said…
Hello dear
Greetings to you,My name is lucien, i view about you in this site and i decide to communicate with you, it will be my pleasure to be your friend, i wish if you will respond to my mail box so that i will tell you more about my self, i hope to hear from you.
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