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“We need charged batteries: music serves to charge batteries, Moral and Catholic Religious Education classes serve to feed batteries, the Eucharist serves to feed batteries. Because we are a mix of everything. What makes us feel good helps us rejuvenate, recharge our batteries with new things”, he explains to Agência Ecclesia.
‘Whatever there is’ is the song that is paving the way for the presentation of the new album, scheduled for October, consolidating a 14-year career, which began in 2009 with the album ‘Palavras’, followed by ‘Faces ‘ in 2016.
“The richness of the Church is the diversity of gifts, whether priests, lay people or consecrated persons. If we put into practice everything we have for the benefit of the other and also for personal well-being, that is important. It’s been 14 years that correspond to a consolidated project and it’s good to have people who like the work, follow and like what I do”, says the priest.
Father Victor’s musical path began when he asked his father for a guitar, when he was about 15 years old at the time. Already at the Seminary, and involved in youth ministry initiatives, “those who played the guitar” were the first to be invited to the activities.
The composition appeared later, “around the year 2000”, when he started to write “a few things, nothing editable”.
In 2005, already ordained a priest, Father Victor began to dedicate himself seriously to composing an album, which would become his debut work.
“The difficult thing for an artist is the creation process that depends on inspiration. Mathematical formulas are one thing, but a painter, sculptor depends on creation. There are songs that come out in 20 minutes, other times nothing comes out. It depends on many factors. Everything that surrounds me, surrounds me, who I live with, inspires me to compose”, he explains.
The song ‘Haja o tarde’, the new single, is an invitation “to interiority” and to think about relationships.
“The video takes place on the beach, an environment of tranquility, peace and liberation. It’s almost like grieving, cleaning up and moving on. Time passes quickly and does not return. That’s why it’s important to value what we have and who we’re with, ”she says.
Father Victor Silva is also an EMRC teacher in Castro Daire, teaches students from 1st to 12th grade and monitors three parishes.
