We recently connected with Andres Silva G. and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Andres, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

I’ve been taking risks sometimes in my life, but this was the biggest one, because it was involved my family too. When I told my wife that I wanted to come to America, I knew I wanted to came but I was not totally sure. She told me “Is better to try and have to come back with nothing, than spend the rest of our lives wondering if this could have worked”

My musical career was consolidated and secure but discovering a new space, new market and a new life as a family, that was what gave us the impulse and energy to take the risk to come to a country that is not ours, with a totally different culture, language and lifestyle. Being able to learn new ways to make music was my biggest inspiration.

Talking about work, the risk was the triple. I came to a city where the music is in the highest level, they not only speaks a different language that is not mine, they also write the music in a way that was totally new for me.

However, after 3 years, as a musician and father of a family, I can say this risk was totally worth it. During the process of moving to America, and the months after arriving, I doubted so many times if this was the right decision. Today, in retrospective, I’m very sure that was the right decision. Trough this years, I have been able to record more albums than ever in my life, and had the opportunity to play in live shows and recording studios, from the smallest to the most importants in America. I’ve been so lucky to play with the best musicians, to who I sincerely admire and give me the chance to learn from them everyday.

And talking about my family, we have grown so much trough this experience. We now have a daughter who born in Nashville , and I see my son, who was a baby that barelly speaks when we came here, to became in a smart and bilingual boy who enjoys living in music city, and that makes me proud of my decisions.

So as a conclusion, and as we say in my country: “who don’t take risk, can’t cross the river”, as a family and especially as a musician, we have been crossing a very big river, but this only made us strongest and closer.

Andres, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I started playing drums at 12 years old, influenced by my uncle Tono Silva, who is a professional drummer. Then I took private lessons with Carlos Figueroa Lopez for 6 years, and by age 17 I was doing my first gigs and recordings while I was studing Sound Engineering at university. After that, I was awarded with a scholarship at Souza Lima Conservatory in Brazil (Barklee College of Music program) for drum performance.

During my 20’s I played, recorded and toured around the world with famous artists from South America, and because of that I was endorsed by Yamaha and Sabian. After years being session musician, I felt it was time to create my own recording studio, where I was able to produce and record my own drums. At this point I understood the real importance of being updated. To practice constantly to keep in training and learn all the new technology for recording, is essential to be in this business.

When I moved to America, I knew one of my first steps needs to be building my studio again. So the service that I offer here is complete: I can create my ideas, setup my drums and microphones, play what I created, record it and send it finished to my clients, who are mostly on the other side of the world. And when I’m not recording at my own studio, I have to be very prepared cause at the Nashville sessions I have a few minutes to listen what the client wants, create something in my mind and share it with the other musicians, to be recorded in one shot ideally.

To being able to do all of this, I would say is very important to keep updated. You need to always being in the search of new knowledge, new ways to practice with your instrument, knowing the new softwares, new hardware for studio and live tours. You just can’t sit thinking you already knows everything, cause that can be true today, but probably not tomorrow as is always something new.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

I think my goal is always keep learning. I can’t imagine my life without the constantly searching of new thing and musicians to learn from.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

In my opinion what we can do as society to support artist and creative? I think we need to start supporting the talented kids and young people, to believe that being an artist is not only a dream, give them opportunities to prove their gifts and show them being an artist is possible if you’re commited to give your best.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://www.andressilvag.com/
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