There is a tiny space under the stairs of Camilo's Taller Creativo – his creative workshop – which Camilo calls Refugio de Indigo y Amaranto (Indigo and Amaranto's Refuge), a kind of makeshift hideout for his soon-to-be-born daughter Indigo. Amaranto to play.
But when Indigo isn't around, Camilo crawls in there with his guitar, microphone, laptop and a small lamp and writes songs. Thus was born “Canción de amor para la pulga” or “Love Song for the Flea”, the term of endearment for Evaluna, Camilo's wife and muse.
“It's one of the most important songs on the album,” says the Colombian star, referring to Cuatro, his album released late last month, which brings together four EPs released back-to-back over the past three months. Camilo, barefoot, has bent down to roll up the folding door of this little sanctuary, one of dozens of unexpected and often wonderful nooks and crannies to explore in the Colombian star's new creative workshop, simply called El Taller Creativo.
Located in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood, behind a walled garden and a small waterfall, the massive shed-like space has been shaped and shaped to serve many different purposes, all carefully executed down to the last detail with homely touches.
In May, Camilo took Advertising sign on an exclusive tour of the venue, where he made us an amazing cortadito, and showed us around as only he can.
There is the date Camilo received the keys to the workshop — December 5, 2023 — carefully written in white chalk on a wooden beam. flowing curtains painted blue and white, like the sky, the color scheme of most of his recent videos. The Plexiglas walls behind the curtain, allowing sound to be recorded here. a manual typewriter that serves as the workshop's official visitor keeper; a dining room table that serves as a meeting place and “operation center” for Camilo's staff and producers. the studio that houses not only recording equipment, but dozens and dozens of instruments, each with a specific name.
Camilo has long dreamed of having his own creative space. “Natural spaces influence creativity,” he says. “Everything interferes… It's not so much about owning a place, but having autonomy over my things. It is different.”
Inside Taller Creativo, Camilo does what he wants, when he wants. He can arrive early and leave late, take a nap in the hammock, work on his headphones while Indigo sleeps, shoot his videos and record his music. His parents, who live two blocks away, often stop by and bring the Colombian lunch.
As for the creative output? flows. In just six months since he first opened the door at El Taller, he's released his four EPs — Un, Dos, Tres and Cuatro — the “first creative work to come out of the lab,” he says. “I dreamed about it. having from the very first spark of an idea to the final close of master recording and videos, all here, in hand, at El Taller Creativo.”
Follow Camilo's tour with us in the video above.
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