Marcello Gil

Marcello Gil de Oliveira (born March 12, 1976), AKA Marcello Gil or just Gil, is a Brazilian singer, musician, songwriter, writer, journalist, TV host, executive producer, video producer and editor, lighting design, and marketeer, known for both his involvement in gospel music and expertise in the areas of advertising, marketing and audiovisual production. He is also a pastor, ordered by Apostle Joel Pereira from Projeto Vida Church in Brazil.

Biography

Gil started to play music as a child and was still a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a White Metal Singer, and then grew to write songs that reflected his Christian beliefs. In 1998 Marcello founded a Christian rock band called "Atrium", that recorded three full albums. During his music career Marcello composed more than 50 songs and produced 8 different albums. He also composed a few jingles.

He was a key figure in the scenario of Brazilian Gospel Rock at the state of Rio de Janeiro between 1998 and 2003, being part of many important events alongside bands like Oficina G3 and Fruto Sagrado. At that time Marcello helped to consolidate one of the most important projects of prevention and combating drugs in that state: "Sua Cidade Sem Drogas".

Between 1999 and 2000 Gil worked as a sound technician to Brazilian female singer Baby do Brasil also known as Baby Consuelo one of the icons of the movement Novos Baianos and some years later (in 2003) Marcello wrote the song "Rio de Deus" and recorded a duo together with Sarah Sheeva (former SNZ), Baby's daughter.

From 2001 to 2003 became nationally known in Brazil for having written and recorded the song "Meus Sonhos", also known as "Os Sonhos de Deus", which became the anthem of one of the most relevant Christian movements in Brazil during those years: The "G 12", led by Apostle Renê Terra Nova from Ministério Internacional da Restauração a megachurch in Manaus. This song had more than 1.500.000 views on YouTube and was played in Radios all around Brazil and in many different Countries. Gil's musical career incorporates an eclectic range of influences including Rock, POP, and Worship Music.

In 2002 Marcello was invited to lead the Commercial Department of Radio 88FM, which holds the largest radio audience in its field (Gospel Music) at the state of Rio de Janeiro. He remained there until mid-2003 when he collaborated to produce and manage various cultural events and contests geared toward gospel music, having the opportunity to judge and reward a diversity of singers and bands.

Also in 2002 Marcello begins his lighting design career drawing stage maps and than lighting for one of the greatest POP artists in Brazil at that time, the pop-rock band Jota Quest.

In 2003 Gil begins his career as audiovisual producer, working for important companies in Brazil as Companhia Siderurgica Nacional - CSN, Saint-Gobain, Galvasud, Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Radio 88FM and Projeto Vida Church/Music, among others. He was also the coordinator of the "Banco do Elementos Educacionais Multimedia" at CEDERJ/CECIERJ, a government organization for distance education at the State of Rio de Janeiro that works to make possible the dream of have a Degree for people that have no access to regular classes on Colleges and Universities.

From 2002 to 2005 Marcello was the executive director and one of the hosts of the TV show "Por Um Milagre", first aired in the Central Nacional de Televisão - CNT Network Television and then at Band Network Television.

Between 2004 and 2008, he was awarded in two occasions with the trophy "Talentos da Publicidade" organized by RioSul TV, an affiliate of Rede Globo de Televisão. He Also was nominated two more times.

In 2008 Marcello collaborated with a project to establish the magazine "Revista Palavra" in Brazil (originally was produced in the state of Connecticut – USA to the Brazilian community). He was chief editor, writer and director of the Commercial Department also.

In 2009 he was in charge of producing and recording the album "The Best We Have", a collection of hits from previous albums of "Projeto Vida Church", translated into English. In this project Marcello had the opportunity of working with Lucas and Diogo Macedo at EME Studios, same studio used by famous bands and singers including Strike, Biquini Cavadão, Milton Nascimento, Yahoo, Diogo Nogueira, Jota Quest, João Bosco, Milton Guedes, Vanguard, among others). This album was mastered at Sterling Sound, internationally acclaimed studio in New York city.

From 2011 to 2014 Gil was the creator, director, and producer of the videocast "Rompendo Limites" which later became the TV show "Rompendo Limites" aired at Band network television. Marcello was responsible (along with Apice Agency) to produce Live DVD Series of Apostle Joel Pereira messages, at first used at the TV show. He also coordinated the sales department of this project. The sales of the DVDs were a huge success and the profit made was enough to pay all the cost to maintain the TV Show on air. At the same time Marcello was the sound and lighting coordinator at Projeto Vida Church, and the Event Coordinator during Conferences, hosting singers as Jake Hamilton and John Mark Macmillan, the most relevant Brazilian Gospel Singers and bands as Thalles Roberto, Kleber Lucas, Fernandinho, Pregador LUO, Juliano Son, among others, as well international speakers like Randy Clark (Global Awakening), Che Ahn, Todd White (Lifestyle Christianity), Larry Stockstill, Jay Argaet (Hillsong Australia), and many others.

In 2013 Gil was responsible to coordinate and capture pictures during the live record of the album "Profeta da Esperança". This album of the gospel singer and songwriter Kleber Lucas was really well received by the critics and public, being awarded with the Latin Grammy in the same year.

From mid 2015 until mid 2017 Marcello was the International Representative of radio Projeto Vida. He was also the pastor of a group of people from different nationalities that gathered at his house. In 2015 he played guitar for Donna Leigh Hinkley. In 2017 Marcello was invited by pastor Thomas Cook to lead the youth of The Praise Place Church as the Youth Pastor.

Marcello now lives with his wife Renata and children, Quezia and Gustavo, in Lake Mary (a small town nearby Orlando), Florida, in the United States, where he is dedicated to study, working as an Associate Pastor at The Praise Place Church, coordinating the Media Department, and also being the Youth Pastor. Marcello is one of the Board Directors of Revolution Cry Ministries, and contributes to this project as musician, songwriter, and producer.

He is still writing songs and collaborating on strategies of communication and marketing for various purposes in Brazil.

Discography

• 1998: Em Meio ao Caos (Atrium), singer, songwriter, and producer
• 1999: Festa (Fernanda Matheus), songwriter, and producer
• 2000: Semente (Atrium) singer, songwriter, and producer
• 2001: Por um Milagre (Projeto Vida Music) singer, songwriter, and producer
• 2003: Rio de Deus (Sarah Sheeva) singer, songwriter, and producer
• 2003: Voltando (Atrium), singer, songwriter, and producer
• 2009: The Best We Have (Projeto Vida), singer, songwriter, and producer
• 2010: Caminho (Saints), producer
• 2017: Kingdom Come (RevCry), songwriter

Awards, nominations, and positions

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