{"id":30171,"date":"2022-09-07T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/?p=30171"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:34:20","slug":"ricardo-carota-nl-it-was-a-leap-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/ricardo-carota-nl-it-was-a-leap-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo Carota: &#8220;It was a leap of faith&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30171\" class=\"elementor elementor-30171\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8262c0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8262c0e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfcd65c\" data-id=\"bfcd65c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9570ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9570ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We met in 2016, and since then we became good friends. In the same year 2016 I had a chat witch Dutch DJ\/producer Ricardo Carota about his first gig. \"I was rewarded by the sight of all these happy, dancing people.\"<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5875aac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5875aac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-870190f\" data-id=\"870190f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-955958b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"955958b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;What started out as writing hiphop lyrics soon evolved into making beats for local rappers. Later the hiphop beats were exchanged for minimalistic 4&#215;4 beats. After six years of producing hiphop, this was a bit of a transition, but soon new songs began to appear and my surroundings started to pick up on them. Ricardos Raphie was born.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14d3a10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14d3a10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-523ef90\" data-id=\"523ef90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5edc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e5edc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438668489-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30179\" alt=\"Ricardo Carota as kid behind the decks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438668489-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438668489-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438668489-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438668489.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12ca90c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12ca90c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f592c71\" data-id=\"f592c71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7690f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d7690f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tricks of the trade<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d11d5af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d11d5af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-231e233\" data-id=\"231e233\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c482a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c482a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;&#8216;You should play this live&#8217;, a friend said, who regularly came over to listen to my new productions. I had enough tracks of my own to fill an hour, so it was time to practice behind the turntables. Fortunately, being a producer, I was not afraid of the buttons on the mixer and with the help of people around me, I learned the tricks of the trade.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-411b2ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"411b2ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f08e2d\" data-id=\"3f08e2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c7855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45c7855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Housefreakerz<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e79f7c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e79f7c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a32b75\" data-id=\"0a32b75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185d5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"185d5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;My first gig soon followed and was immediately a leap of faith: Housefreakerz on the beach at Castricum aan Zee. I had to open the event. I remember being pretty nervous. I had performed before, but on those occasions I held a microphone in my hand. Luckily, the organizer of the beach party was a good friend and he pulled me through.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-355e3cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"355e3cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-659c862\" data-id=\"659c862\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86628ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86628ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438382315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30193\" alt=\"Ricardo Carota at TWISTD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438382315.jpg 720w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438382315-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9d1c46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9d1c46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2d698c\" data-id=\"e2d698c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf0a6ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf0a6ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Own tracks<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d2e9d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d2e9d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fc014\" data-id=\"77fc014\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90aa124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90aa124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;In front of me were about a hundred people. I pressed play and my very first set had begun. All the hours I had spent in the studio were rewarded by the sight of all these happy, dancing people. Afterwards, a group of people came over to say that they liked the set a lot and appreciated that I solely played my own tracks.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32ff474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32ff474\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77c0402\" data-id=\"77c0402\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78669e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78669e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To vary<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28c7683 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28c7683\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5b8b30\" data-id=\"e5b8b30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b1eb32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b1eb32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cPlaying this first time definitely motivated me to do it more often and to produce even more music. I quickly went back into the studio to make new tracks so I could vary more in my sets. More bookings soon followed in local bars and clubs.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99f09d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99f09d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14487a7\" data-id=\"14487a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f512a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4f512a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438501900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30207\" alt=\"Ricardo Carota playing Technic Fabrique\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438501900.jpg 954w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438501900-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438501900-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1475438501900-768x773.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d51c331 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d51c331\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65bd45d\" data-id=\"65bd45d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cc46cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cc46cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indian Summer<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b9eb09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b9eb09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69effe9\" data-id=\"69effe9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1878a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc1878a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;At some point I was approached by a record label in the UK (Housewax Records). They wanted to release the song Combassio. For a producer this is of course the biggest dream. My first release was a fact. More followed on other labels and the bookings became more and more interesting. After less than three years of playing, I was asked to play at the Indian Summer Festival. This was a different level than I was used to and I enjoyed every moment of it.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fbf4a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fbf4a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-385b196\" data-id=\"385b196\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff6d23a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff6d23a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ricardo-carota-2018-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30217\" alt=\"Ricardo Carota 2018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ricardo-carota-2018-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ricardo-carota-2018-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ricardo-carota-2018-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ricardo-carota-2018-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marcygoeswild.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ricardo-carota-2018.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-390f461 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"390f461\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2462a38\" data-id=\"2462a38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bff596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bff596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThis was followed by radio shows at home and abroad. I was also suddenly featured in the Free Your Mind Magazine. By then, I changed my artist name to Ricardo Carota. More bookings followed and not only in the Netherlands. I am currently releasing my music on various labels around the world. I recently signed with a booking agency and am still producing a lot, because ever since my first booking I&#8217;ve only played my own music. And for the time being, I will stick to that winning recipe .\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7778872 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7778872\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a1818f\" data-id=\"1a1818f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be2a7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7be2a7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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