Brazilian indie band 'Quarto Negro' sets out to Portland, Oregon in the USA to record their second album. During six mon | dG1fZWNSMUtlNUhQZkk
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:22 There's nothing boring about Portland.
00:25 It's scrappy and punk and hippie.
00:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:31 It's a very punk rock, DIY mentality.
00:38 Just kind of made a vow to move here at some point.
00:41 It was just kind of like Florida is for old people.
00:44 Portland is like that for freaks.
00:47 About five years ago, the New York Times
00:49 started writing articles about Portland music
00:51 and about how Portland was this destination for indie rockers.
00:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:59 It certainly wasn't that when we started.
01:01 Yeah, when we started in '94, Portland
01:04 was still Portland from before.
01:07 Little armpit of an in-between depressed economy,
01:10 declining population.
01:12 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:22 I got this email out of the blue from Corto Negro,
01:27 saying we'd love to record with you guys.
01:29 Let's talk about it.
01:31 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:37 Portland gets a name, and people all flock to Portland
01:39 or whatever.
01:40 And the same thing probably happens in bigger--
01:42 like, Portland is another city where
01:43 there's a ton of people who've moved there,
01:45 because it's an artist community.
01:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:57 The whole romantic idea of being a starving artist
02:00 is just gone.
02:03 No.
02:03 It's definitely hard, especially in a city like Portland,
02:06 where a lot of the music and art isn't necessarily
02:09 like money-driven.
02:12 Most people are realistic enough to know
02:14 that fame is difficult to achieve,
02:16 then to live in an area that's supportive of it,
02:19 then that's healthy.
02:20 Other bands have moved here, like The Shins and Modest
02:22 Miles, and bands have--
02:25 obviously, pretty huge.
02:28 So I guess if it's good enough for them,
02:30 it's good enough for smaller bands.
02:33 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:36 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:39 to worry that's it's a.
02:40 (static)