"Spread the Love" no Brasil - DramaGods / Nuno Bettencourt

O DramaGods й a banda conhecida atй algum tempo atrбs como Population 1, ou o ъltimo projeto do multi-instrumentista portuguкs e excelente guitarrista, o ex-Extreme Nuno Bettencourt. Mas na verdade й muito mais do que isso: й uma ilha de criatividade e musicalidade tambйm composta pelo baterista Kevin *Figg* Figueiredo, o baixista Joe Pessia e o tecladista Steve Ferlazzo (que tambйm harmoniza com Nuno nos vocais). 'Love', o disco de estrйia, fez grande sucesso no Japгo e Corйia do Sul, alйm de todos os cantos do mundo onde o Nuno tem fгs dedicados. Й um ambicioso бlbum que mescla influкncias de rock clбssico e progressivo com toques modernos. Isso resulta em uma mistura ъnica e riquнssima tendo a participaзгo dos 4 membros na composiзгo.

Infelizmente, apesar da banda ter uma imensa vontade de levar seu trabalho a todo lugar, o disco nгo foi lanзado particularmente no Brasil. Apуs o grande sucesso do Extreme com o pъblico jovem no comeзo dos anos 90, nгo houve mais oportunidades para que estes muitos fгs tivessem acesso aos trabalhos de todas as bandas do Nuno, culminando no mesmo para o 'Love'. Conseqьentemente, a internet tornou-se praticamente a ъnica forma de acesso aos discos, e uma oportunidade de ver um show ao vivo й muito remota. A intenзгo desta petiзгo й inverter esta situaзгo, mostrando ao meio musical que vale a pena sim que promotores, gravadoras, empresбrios e todo tipo de mнdia dкem atenзгo a este mercado que estб louco para ver o Nuno e o DramaGods aqui. Apesar de quaisquer dificuldades, ainda hб muita gente interessada em consumir rock de qualidade.

Na prбtica isso implica que queremos que (mas nгo limitado a):
- Gravadoras, selos e empresбrios negociem contratos para distribuiзгo dos discos aqui;
- Promotores ou organizadores de eventos tragam a banda para tocar e
- Toda imprensa, de TVs a rбdios atй revistas e pбginas web, dк cobertura a eles.
Portanto, aqui assinam todos os brasileiros que querem ver o DramaGods detonar no nosso paнs!

Seguem alguns links relacionados:
http://myspace.com/dramagods - ouзa algumas mъsicas e veja vнdeos de mъsicas do 'Love', e entre em contato com a banda
www.dramagods.com - pбgina oficial que deve ser relanзada em 2007
www.dramagodsfans.com - fуrum nгo oficial para correspondкncia com fгs do mundo inteiro
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=120974752&s=143441 - 'Love' disponнvel para compra por download, incluindo comentбrios positivos na pбgina
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Dramagods/dp/B000AMZ1UC - 'Love' disponнvel para compra no exterior, com mais comentбrios positivos na pбgina
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=396306 - comunidade brasileira do DramaGods no orkut
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=30372 - comunidade brasileira do Nuno Bettencourt no orkut
http://www.answers.com/topic/nuno-bettencourt, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuno_Bettencourt - para informaзхes biogrбficas diversas de Nuno Bettencourt
http://groups.myspace.com/SignDramaGodsNOW - Mais uma iniciativa para ajudar a banda a conseguir um contrato

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Spread the 'Love' in Brazil! - A petition about DramaGods / Nuno Bettencourt

DramaGods is a rock band formerly known as Population 1, or the latest project by the Portuguese multi-instrumentalist guitarist extraordinaire, ex-Extreme Nuno Bettencourt. But it's actually much more than that: it's an island of creativity and musicianship also formed by drummer Kevin *Figg* Figueiredo, bassist Joe Pessia and keyboardist Steve Ferlazzo (who also harmonizes with Nuno on backing vocals). 'Love', their debut album, has made it big in Japan and South Korea, and also every corner of the world where there are devoted Nuno fans. It's an ambitious rock disc which blends classic and progressive rock influences with modern twists. That results in a unique and very rich combination with the participation of the four musicians on songwriting.

Unfortunately, although they have an immense desire to take their work everywhere, the album has not been released particularly in Brazil. After the huge success achieved by Extreme with a young audience in the beginning of the 90s, there weren't any opportunities for this bucketload of fans to have access to all of Nuno's bands works, leading up to the same situation for 'Love'. Thus, the internet became practically the only way for the fans to get the music, and the chance of catching a live performance is the slightest. The purpose of this petition is to reverse the situation, showing the music business it's really worthwhile that promoters, labels, managers and every type of media to give the appropriate attention to this market which is craving to see Nuno and DramaGods. In spite of all difficulties, there are still lots of people willing to consume high quality rock music.

In practice we want (but not limited to):
- Record labels and managers to work out deals for the albums to be released here;
- Promoters or event organizers to bring the band to play and
- All media from TVs and radios to magazines and websites to showcase them.
So, here sign all Brazilians that want to see DramaGods rock in our country!

Here are some related links:
http://myspace.com/dramagods - listen to some songs and watch music videos from 'Love', and get in touch with the band
www.dramagods.com - official website due to re-launch in 2007
www.dramagodsfans.com - unofficial forum to correspond with fans around the globe
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=120974752&s=143441 - 'Love' available for purchase via download, rave reviews included on the page
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Dramagods/dp/B000AMZ1UC - 'Love' available for physical purchase overseas, with more rave reviews on the page
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=396306 - Brazilian DramaGods community on orkut
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=30372 - Brazilian Nuno Bettencourt community on orkut
http://www.answers.com/topic/nuno-bettencourt, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuno_Bettencourt - for biographic info on Nuno Bettencourt
http://groups.myspace.com/SignDramaGodsNOW - Yet another initiative to help the band get signed