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Edward Silberie, a producer and director supporting local artists

Edward Silberie, better I was basically planning the
known as ‘Aidi’, is a 33 year whole project. First I was
old man who started his doing it for fun because I
music career from a young didn’t know what being a
age. In an interview with director meant, but I was
our reporter, Edward told us putting everything togeth-
about his music career, his er. And after that, with a
transition to music video di- project I managed to buy
rector, and the projects he all my equipment, and I
has for the future. started recording videos for
Jeon”, Edward says.
Edward started practicing
music when he was only In this trajectory, Edward
6 years old, when his dad says he started experiment-
signed him up for piano ing; he started learning
lessons. While he was tak- more and exploring in the
ing piano lessons, Mr. Rob- world of music video. At
ert Thiel was also playing the beginning he didn’t see
piano at the restaurant it as something he would
owned by Edward’s family, dedicate himself to do,
and it was there where he and it started with a game,
started experimenting with is how he learned to make but he took it seriously and
different types of music on beats, how to record, and currently he records videos
piano, under the guidance from there he expanded with international artists. Ev-
of Thiel. and continued exploring. ery day he grows more in
He started recording with the world of music video.
He says that he was part of various local artists on the
the group of gaita – tradi- island, among others, Jon- Last October, Jeon
tional Christmas-time mu- athan Thiel, and from there launched a new album,
sic in Aruba – Ritmo y Mas, his music career started. titled Santa Cruz. Edward
where he was playing the says that on the album
piano. During that time, After about four years that there are different collabo-
Edward started recording he spent recording for lo- rations with local artists and
his own songs. “During that cal artists in Aruba, Edward with international produc-
time I started learning to decided to take his passion ers. Each song in the album
record by myself at home. more seriously and went to has the name of a town in
I started making rhythms study music at Full Sail Uni- Aruba, y started EPI Hospi- the producers who were Aruba, where the focus is
by myself at home with a versity. tality and Tourism. But when there, the department of on the rhythm of the songs
computer that I had, and I realized I had the opportu- videography, and there he that people in those spe-
Robert Thiel started giving “My intention was always nity to do what I really like, I realized that there is a lot cific areas listen to.
me the programs to record, to record in a big studio stopped attending EPI and more that can be done in
compose and arrange.” in the United States. You went to Full Sail”, Edward the world of music. “It was “This project is really ‘cri-
know you always have that says. there that my mind started oyo’ [red: authentic lo-
Edward says that during dream from a young age, going, ‘wow, there’s so cal]. The cover was made
that same time he had a of wanting to be behind He explains that at Full Sail much more that you can by a person who knows
friend who used to come to the console, record with he took advantage of the do’. Not only recording the culture of Aruba, we
him to record every after- big artists. And after a fin- opportunity and connect- artists, but you can make didn’t choose to work with
noon after school, and this ished school, Penn Foster in ed with a lot of people, with movies, video games, you international designers, we
can work in television. So it chose a person from Aruba
was there that my mind ex- who knows Aruban culture,
panded.” it is really a crioyo project”,
he explains.
When Edward came back
to Aruba, he continued On this album, Edward him-
recording music with dif- self has two songs that he
ferent local artists, and to- produced, and together
gether with local sensation with a producer from the
Jeon, he was traveling a Netherlands MB, who also
lot to Venezuela to record made the song.
video. During one of these
trips, he realized that being Since 2017 Edward has
a music video director was his own company, Re-
also something he could clight Production. Edward
do. worked with international
artists, like Jeon, Lumino,
“During the recording of Malu, Odilia, Snoop Dogg,
one video, the director was Carlos Arroyo, Joey Mon-
there but I was giving ideas tana, Irsais and Joe Veras,
and instructions for various among others. His vision is
things that could be done to work and support local
during the recording. From artists.q
there to a few more videos,