BPC: Beatles revisited at the service of musical initiation

 

When I first saw a performance of the BPC quintet, I realized that the parents were excited to give their children the chance to "get off the ground," jump, scream and vibrate with hits that everyone can sing together. I understood a fundamental challenge: more than a mere amusement, there is also a strong component of 'musical initiation' throughout the project Beatles Para Crianças.

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Now, with the insert of this incredible CD, this is proven again. We have here more than one booklet: it is a true "rock manual", with delicious explanations about the four movements of the genre, the most characteristic instruments of the bands, the looks that the kids can adopt at the time of " "And even tips for 'first-time rockers': how to produce those little lights in the dark, the 'right' way to swing your arms, and so on. I felt like being a kid again to relive the experience of my first ballad, having in hand "my first rock CD".

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Teaching music in such a thoughtful, fun and interactive way is the great thing about the B4K project. Look at what the psychoanalyst and educator, miner Rubem Alves (1933-2014) once wrote: "If I were to teach a child the beauty of music, I would not begin with scores, notes and guidelines. We would listen to the hottest melodies together and tell you about the instruments that make the music. There, enchanted by the beauty of the music, she herself would ask me to teach her the mystery of those black marbles written on five lines. Because black polka dots and five lines are just tools for the production of musical beauty. The experience of beauty has to come before."

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For this "experience of beauty" is present on this CD. There is no denying it. Each track was very well chosen and integrated into the project. The arrangements are original, not copies or mere reproductions of planetary successes. We're not listening to covers from the Liverpool Quartet. No way. The five 'boys' of the BPC project do not even dress like the Beatles. Wigs? Accessories? No way. The cheap of them seems to be another: they want to prove that the re-readings of great successes have the potential to rejuvenate the soul, integrate generations, facilitate coexistence, contribute to an ethical and healthy formation, stimulate corporal expression, and finally open doors to a musical world to be unveiled by this young girl of the age to start shaking the clues, plunging headlong - and responsibly - into the realm of twist and shout.

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Fabio Freire (idealizer, musical director, educator, vocalist and guitarist), Eduardo - Ludi - Puperi (Guitarist, keyboards and harmonica), Humberto Zigler (drums), Johnny Frateschi (bass) and Gabriel Manetti (vocalist, actor, voice actor and art), completely dominate the entire repertoire of the Beatles, but present us with every song with a new flavor, with a contemporary footprint, with an eye on the interest of the new generations. They make real rock, but without fear of including some new instruments, playful and fun, like ukulele, charango, kazoo and washboard.

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In just over two years, they have passed the mark of 300 shows - and they all invariably end up with parents and children singing and dancing together, in a unique and rich experience of musical interaction. Now with this record, the 'fathers and sons' ballad will be able to extend into the house, with furniture dragged into a corner and the carpet released to withstand many jumps and a huge euphoria.

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"Music is a medicine, a tonic, orange juice for the ear," wrote the English neurolinguist Oliver Sacks (1933-2015). The phrase fits like a glove in the charming educational project of the BPC group. Just as it is worth remembering this pearl of the late Rubem Alves: "Educators, before being specialists in tools of learning, should be experts in love: dream interpreters." Fabio, Ludi, Humberto, Johnny and Gabriel, undeniable teachers of rock, present us here with a CD that is pure dream and that, certainly, will awaken vocations and new children's talents - and help us educate our children to love. Forever, Beatles.

 

Dib Carneiro Neto is a journalist, child theater critic and playwright