Rodrigo Gouveia e o Sonho

O SONHO

Depois de muito tempo eu voltei a acreditar no meu sonho de estudar e viver de música. Enfrentei desafios que jamais pensei que poderia superar e o maior deles foi acreditar que eu seria capaz. Neste momento de superação, descobri duas paixões: ensinar música e motivar as pessoas na busca por seus ideais. E você pode participar de tudo isso, me ajudando a desenvolver mais conhecimentos de música para que eu continue compartilhando e continue motivando tanto outros que, como eu, sonham. 

THE DREAM

 After a long time I started believing in my dream of studying and living through music. I faced challenges that I never thought I could overcome and the biggest of them was believing that I would be able to. Through this personal victory, I discovered two passions: teaching music and motivating people searching for their own dreams. And you can take part in all of this by helping me develop a greater knowledge of music so that I continue to share and continue to motivate others who, like me, dream."

MINHA HISTÓRIA:

A música transformou a minha vida e por isso gostaria de dividir essa história com você.

Nasci em Itaquera e cresci em Itaquaquecetuba, na grande São Paulo. Aos 14 anos meu desejo de estudar violão era latente. Com dificuldade conseguimos financiar as aulas de violão. Neste lugar, uma professora compartilhou seu sonho de estudar música na Berklee, uma das instituições mais influentes no ensino da música do planeta e despertou em mim o desejo de um dia chegar lá também.

Apesar disso, os anos se passaram e o meu sonho foi sendo sufocado pelas dificuldades. Até o ponto em que eu decidi deixa-lo para trás, por duvidar que viver da música seria algo possível na minha vida. Eu optei por outros caminhos, me tornando policial. Após anos nesta profissão, o meu sonho sempre esteve dentro de mim. Mas o maior desafio que pude enfrentar foi acreditar em mim e que eu seria capaz de realizar o meu sonho.

Aos 27 anos, mesmo com pouco recurso e com apoio de pouquíssimas pessoas, percebi que precisaria lutar para tornar o sonho real. Foi neste período também, que descobri em mim uma paixão: ensinar e compartilhar meus conhecimentos de música e motivar as pessoas na busca por seus ideais.

Após os 30 anos de idade, voltei a estudar e me preparar para enfrentar este desafio, o maior deles: acreditar que poderia entrar em uma instituição onde o índice de aprovação é inferior a 35% e que eu seria capaz fazer um processo seletivo mesmo tento estudado em escolas públicas com os piores índices do Estado e de fazer um teste de proficiência mesmo sem nunca ter frequentado um curso de inglês.

Enfrentei desafios que jamais pensei ser capaz de superar, mas eu consegui, fui aceito na Berklee e na Los Angeles College of Music (LACM).

Mas os desafios não param por aqui. Para tornar este sonho possível eu preciso, mais do que nunca, da sua ajuda.

Me inscrevi no processo seletivo e optei pela LACM por ser um da melhores Faculdades de música dos EUA e por apresentar menor demanda de custos e ser mais acessível para mim.

MY HISTORY

Music has transformed my life and I would like to share this story with you.

"I was born in Itaquera and grew up in Itaquaquecetuba, in the greater São Paulo area. At age 14 my desire to study guitar was latent. With difficulty we managed to finance the guitar lessons. At this place, a teacher shared her dream of studying music at Berklee, one of the most influential institutions in música education on the planet and that awoke in me the desire to one day get there as well.

Despite that, the years passed and my dream was being choked by many difficulties. To the point where I decided to leave it all behind, doubting that living through music would be possible in my life. I opted for other ways, becoming a cop. After years in the profession, my dream had always been inside me. But the biggest challenge I faced was believing in myself and that I would be able to fulfill my dream.

At age 27, even with little resources and with the support of very few people, I realized that I would have to fight to make that dream come true. It was also during this period that I discovered a passion in myself: to teach and share my knowledge of music and to motivate people in the search for their dreams.

After the age of 30, I went back to studying and prepared myself to face this challenge, the biggest of them all: believing that I could enter an institution where the approval rate is less than 35% and that I would be able to get through a selection process even when I had studied in public schools with the worst ratings in the state and to take an English proficiency test even without ever having attended an English course.

I faced challenges that I never thought I would be able to overcome, but I did, and I was accepted at Berklee and the Los Angeles College of Music (LACM).

But the challenges didn't end there. To make this dream possible I need your help more than ever.

I signed up for the selection process and chose LACM for being one of the best music colleges in the US and for presenting lower demand for costs and being more accessible to me".

CUSTOS:

Para custear meu primeiro ano na LACM com todos os custos incluidos (moradia, alimentação e valor do curso anual), são necessários 160.000 reais por ano. 

"COSTS: To fund my first year at LACM, $ 52,000 is needed per year. I believe that starting over is harder than starting".

REWARDS TRANSLATION

R$ 15,00 - THANK YOU VERY MUCH! As a reward you will receive a special email for your collaboration, as well news, curiosities and images that I will publish during the period that I spend in college, on my web site portal.

R$ 30,00 - THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! In addition to the hug, my affection and email, you will receive another type of thanks, a package of 10 Pentatonic Phrases with Scores and Tablatures. 

R$ 70,00 - THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU ARE AMAZING. In addition to a special email, you will receive my course of chromatic ideas with many Jazz Fusion ideas and you will also get my package of 10 Pentatonic Phrases with Scores and Tablatures. (this package is in portuguese).

R$ 150,00 - YESSSS THANKS FOR HELPING ME! This is for you who likes Rock Fusion! In addition to an email with special thanks, you will have access to my Fusion guitar course which is fantastic. All with Tablatures. There are several concepts for you that enjoy mixing Jazz with Rock.” (this package is in portuguese)

R$ 250,00 - THANK YOU SO MUCH. Very happy to have you with me on this journey. And to thank you, I will make the Neo Soul Fusion course available with Scores and Tablatures. This course is great. You will learn Chord Melody concepts and phrases connected with chords. All this with tablature and sheet music. (this course is in portuguese).

R$ 500,00 - THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR HELP IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. In addition to a special thank-you email, I will make available all of my courses mentioned above. I'm sure you will have study material for over a year. (this package is in portuguese).

R$ 1.000,00 - I AM SO HAPPY, YOU ARE HELPING ME TO GET CLOSER TO MY DREAM. In addition to all the rewards described above we will have a meeting via skype, where I will have the pleasure of meeting you and thanking you for your affection. In this meeting I will also share everything I've learned in this process of studies to be accepted in one of the largest music universities in the world. And I'm going to record a personalized video lesson for you on any subject of your choice.

R$ 5.000,00 - THANK YOU SO MUCH! I HAVE NO WORDS TO THANK YOU. As a thank you, in addition to receiving all my courses described above, you will have one year of private tuition with me via Skype. Classes will last 40 minutes. In addition to the weekly classes you will have access to the VIP group of students who will have WhatsApp support for questions during the week. 15 places available...” 

R$ 10.000,00 - THANK YOU, YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE HELPING ME, I WISH GOD MAY REWARD YOU WITH DOUBLE. In addition to offering all my courses, thanks email, what I can take as a small form of thanks is to compose a song made especially for you and along with this song a thank you video playing your song. Also I will post it on All my social Media platforms.

R$ 25.000,00 - "LOVE IS THE MOST GENEROUS OF FEELINGS. IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT INCLUDES IN THEIR DREAMS, THE HAPPINESS OF ANOTHER PERSON." I will be eternally grateful to God for you! I know that no reward that I can give to you will compare with the gift you gave to me. But as a way of expressing my affection, I will make a special dedication for you on the cover of my first EP of instrumental music and send you first hand my EP of this along with a letter of thanks. In addition to making all my courses available, I will also write a song in your honor.