{"id":1638,"date":"2022-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-spotlight-curators\/"},"modified":"2022-10-08T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T16:41:13","slug":"sofar-spotlight-curators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-spotlight-curators","title":{"rendered":"Sofar Community Spotlight: Meet Our Curators\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sofar wouldn\u2019t be Sofar without our Curators\u2014independent show organizers who host Sofar shows in more than 300 cities, across six continents. These folks put on live concerts in the most interesting spaces in their cities, bringing incredible local and touring artists closer together with audiences around the world. They\u2019re the multi-talented, multitaskers of our Sofar community, and we want to take a minute to shine a light on them and their gifts. Here are just a few of our stellar curators, bringing Sofar to life all over the globe.<\/p>\n<p><em>Interested in helping to bring Sofar to your city? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/about\/curators\">Apply to become a Curator here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185680featuredimage.avif\" \/><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Luciana with Sofar founder Rafe<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Luciana | Sofar Nuremberg<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meet Luciana, one of Sofar\u2019s longest-standing Curators, who works as a team leader of data analytics for a vacation rental company by day and band manager for <a href=\"http:\/\/clickom.sofarsounds.com\/f\/a\/vU0XdL4ED2h8kDiwROgMuQ~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRjnLhfP0UFNjoxOjBEHGh0dHBzOi8veW91dHUuYmUvVlVUZzZBdTIxUTRXB29tZXRyaWFCCmG3XzO6YYRirkhSG2plbm4ubXVuZGlhQHNvZmFyc291bmRzLmNvbVgEAAAAwA~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIRRAR<\/a> by night. Luciana started her Sofar journey in Buenos Aires in 2013, but after a few work-related moves, now dwells in Nuremberg, Germany, bringing a new Sofar community to life.<\/p>\n<p>One of her favorite Sofar memories is when she was organizing shows in Madrid a few years back. She got to know a band called <a href=\"http:\/\/clickom.sofarsounds.com\/f\/a\/yWTwlkz4zfjc6PSApy-Skg~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRjnLhfP0UFNjoyOjBEHGh0dHBzOi8veW91dHUuYmUvNGFfRndibERCcm9XB29tZXRyaWFCCmG3XzO6YYRirkhSG2plbm4ubXVuZGlhQHNvZmFyc291bmRzLmNvbVgEAAAAwA~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gentleman Clef<\/a> at a small apartment show. The audience loved them and they ended the gig with all three bands jamming (including <a href=\"http:\/\/clickom.sofarsounds.com\/f\/a\/uXfhxOkF_M-DaQ6LFi8WuA~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRjnLhfP0UFNjozOjBEHGh0dHBzOi8veW91dHUuYmUvdTUwbDdVeFFMQXdXB29tZXRyaWFCCmG3XzO6YYRirkhSG2plbm4ubXVuZGlhQHNvZmFyc291bmRzLmNvbVgEAAAAwA~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sala<\/a>). Luciana has since become great friends with this band and has helped them with their career along the way. Luciana\u2019s hope is that Nuremberg can return to shows safely while keeping the intimate vibe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185680featuredimage-1.avif\" \/><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Jayme<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jayme | Sofar Louisville\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jayme is the friend who\u2019s always sharing her favorite unknown bands with friends, doing her best to see as many different new artists in the local scene. A senior graphic designer and music-lover, Jayme started Sofar Louisville, Kentucky in the U.S. in February of 2019. She described her first Sofar as truly magical. \u201cIt was in an apartment, in a very small and intimate space with the three most unique bands. I just remember thinking that a piece of my heart was there when I saw that show&#8230; It\u2019s giving me chills to even think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Jayme\u2019s favorite shows was a \u201cGalentine\u2019s Day\u201d all-female lineup, which was Louisville\u2019s last before lockdown. There were three artists: one rapper, a folk singer and a pop singer. They had never met but by the end of the night they all sang Robyn\u2019s \u201cDancing On My Own\u201d impromptu\u2013\u00a0a favorite of Jayme\u2019s. Everyone got up and danced, sang, and cried.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185680featuredimage-2.avif\" \/><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Luv<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Luv | Sofar Pune\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A little over four years ago, a friend invited Luv as her guest to watch her perform at a Sofar. After the gig, Luv approached the team and said, \u201cI\u2019m not sure what this is but I must be part of it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luv teaches ukulele full time, over Zoom for now, under the brand name <a href=\"http:\/\/clickom.sofarsounds.com\/f\/a\/3lPWKNdFulGC1zIiaDdHqg~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRiqymdP0UFNDoxOjBEH2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVrdWxlbGV3aXRobHV2LmNvbS9XB29tZXRyaWFCCmDHnaTIYIXStStSG2plbm4ubXVuZGlhQHNvZmFyc291bmRzLmNvbVgEAAAAwA~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukulele With Luv<\/a>, and has been able to build his network of musicians and collaborators with the help of Sofar. \u201cI\u2019ve never been too interested in the commercial music industry of India,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very different from what we do through Sofar. The independent musician community in India is just such a warm place to be. There\u2019s such a diverse sense of talent that a lot of people don\u2019t even know exists yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI most look forward to starting Sofar shows so that I can create the experience again for someone else the way this experience was created for me the first time four years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1665185680featuredimage-3.avif\" \/><span class=\"sc-kpOJdX jVJdyv\">Edgar<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Edgar | Sofar Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Edgar is not only Sofar Puerto Rico\u2019s city leader, but a professional beatboxer. In fact, he was Puerto Rico\u2019s 2016 Beatboxing Champion. \u201cWhen people think of music in Puerto Rico, they think about reggaeton and Ricky Martin, which is great, but there\u2019s also Puerto Rican funk, reggae, neo-soul, beatboxing, and many other styles that also need a platform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar beatboxes under the stage name Black Rhythm, which has taken him all over the world for competitions (view his TedxUPR performance <a href=\"http:\/\/clickom.sofarsounds.com\/f\/a\/LyMUxdpU-Jzyki6VNI6UqA~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRhQ0ABP0UFNzoxOjBEPGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL3dhdGNoP3Y9MldKbXlBU1lzd00mZmVhdHVyZT15b3V0dS5iZVcHb21ldHJpYUIKABwBu2Bfvpw6elIRdHJpemlrYUB1bWljaC5lZHVYBAAAAMA~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). \u201cBlack Rhythm is an affirmation of Afro-Latin identity,\u201d he said. \u201cMany African Americans talk about blackness as if being black is strictly being African American. A lot of times they forget that there are Black Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Colombians, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edgar is also the director and artist mentor for a local urban arts and cultural exchange program in PR, the director for the Puerto Rican Beatboxing Community and recently became a teaching artist for <a href=\"http:\/\/clickom.sofarsounds.com\/f\/a\/XiBSu0xppmtPuYexfJWiEg~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRhQ0ABP0UFNzoyOjBEG2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJlYXRnbG9iYWwub3JnL1cHb21ldHJpYUIKABwBu2Bfvpw6elIRdHJpemlrYUB1bWljaC5lZHVYBAAAAMA~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beat Global<\/a>, a NYC-based organization that uses hip hop as a tool to educate kids with disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sofar wouldn\u2019t be Sofar without our Curators\u2014independent show organizers who host Sofar shows in more than 300 cities, across six continents. These folks put on live concerts in the most interesting spaces in their cities, bringing incredible local and touring artists closer together with audiences around the world. They\u2019re the multi-talented, multitaskers of our Sofar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}