{"id":4739,"date":"2020-05-08T01:10:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=4739"},"modified":"2020-05-22T00:29:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:29:20","slug":"an-interview-with-muriel-grossmann-by-leon-t-smith-ll-in-the-zine-the-great-migration-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=4739","title":{"rendered":"\u2018<\/span>An Interview With Muriel Grossmann\u2019 by Leon T. Smith lll in the Zine \u2018The Great Migration\u2019, March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a><\/strong>An Inter\u00adview With Muri\u00adel Grossmann<\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Leon Smith: <\/strong>As you alre\u00ada\u00addy know, I am a big fan of your work. I had the gre\u00adat pri\u00advi\u00adle\u00adge of inter\u00advie\u00adw\u00ading you short\u00adly after the release of your pre\u00advious album Gol\u00adden Rule and I am again exci\u00adted to have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to ask you ques\u00adti\u00adons \u2013 espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly, sin\u00adce I\u2019ve beco\u00adme more fami\u00adli\u00adar with your music as a result of repea\u00adted lis\u00adtening and visi\u00adting your ear\u00adlier albums on CD<\/span>. I want to start off by say\u00ading con\u00adgra\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons! I was thril\u00adled to learn that Gol\u00adden Rule was nomi\u00adna\u00adted for one of Gil\u00adles Peterson\u2019s World\u00adwi\u00adde Awards. I am so glad that your work is get\u00adting wider reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon. Of cour\u00adse, I firm\u00adly belie\u00adve that it deser\u00adves much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

For my first ques\u00adti\u00adon, I wan\u00adted to ask about your respon\u00adse to this recent reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon. How does it feel? Is the\u00adre a mix\u00adtu\u00adre of emo\u00adti\u00adons or just a bunch of happiness?<\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> We are very hap\u00adpy to have been nomi\u00adna\u00adted. We can see that being play\u00aded in BBC<\/span> Radio has made an impact on Eng\u00adlish lis\u00adten\u00aders. Yes, we are real\u00adly thank\u00adful and happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>Do you think the recent reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon is in some way rela\u00adted to your decis\u00adi\u00adon to have your album pres\u00adsed on vinyl?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> Yes of cour\u00adse. I just came to noti\u00adce it after RR<\/span> Gems Records released Gol\u00adden Rule. With their pris\u00adti\u00adne and effec\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00admo\u00adti\u00adon, we now rea\u00adched out to a public that never heard of us befo\u00adre. The\u00adse lis\u00adten\u00aders are loo\u00adking for depth in music and qua\u00adli\u00adty in pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. And they are devo\u00adted. That is great.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>Why did you deci\u00adde to give your last two albums a vinyl release?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> It has always been our wish to print on vinyl. All of the band mem\u00adbers lis\u00adten to records and even some of our par\u00adents have a gre\u00adat coll\u00adec\u00adtion. My father was coll\u00adec\u00adting most\u00adly Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Music but I have found some gre\u00adat Lou\u00adis Arm\u00adstrong albums under his sel\u00adec\u00adtion. Radomir\u2019s father has an immense record assort\u00adment of main\u00adly Blues, Rock and Jazz. It was not pos\u00adsi\u00adble for me to print on CD<\/span> and vinyl and also the effort I put into the dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon never rea\u00adched more than put\u00adting our digi\u00adtal albums up for down\u00adload. When RR<\/span> Gems Records asked if they could release an album of us, we felt blessed.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>I\u2019ve lis\u00adten\u00aded to Rever\u00adence many many times now. Often, I find mys\u00adelf lis\u00adtening to one track on repeat for an hour. Sin\u00adce I have had time to expe\u00adri\u00adence the music wit\u00adhout ana\u00adly\u00adzing it \u2013 not that ana\u00adly\u00adsis is bad \u2013 I was won\u00adde\u00adring if you would pro\u00advi\u00adde a brief expl\u00adana\u00adti\u00adon of the song titles on Reverence?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> Rever\u00adence is a cele\u00adbra\u00adti\u00adon and tri\u00adbu\u00adte to Afri\u00adcan roots of Jazz. I com\u00adpo\u00adsed tho\u00adse songs out of a strong app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon of Afri\u00adcan tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 the good sounds we can hear the\u00adre are tru\u00adly inspi\u00adring. As giving a bles\u00adsing I also com\u00adpo\u00adsed with the wish to dis\u00adsol\u00adve obs\u00adta\u00adcles and frus\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adons. The song titles emer\u00adged when I ima\u00adgi\u00adned living in a small Afri\u00adcan vil\u00adla\u00adge. The album starts with Okan Ti Aye, which means in Yoru\u00adba \u2018Heart of the World\u2019. I wan\u00adted to trans\u00admit the vita\u00adli\u00adty, inten\u00adsi\u00adty and strength of the Afri\u00adcan Con\u00adti\u00adnent. In Uni\u00adon I wan\u00adted to express the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty spi\u00adrit a coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve fee\u00adling of inter\u00adcon\u00adnec\u00adted\u00adness \u2026 in the end we all belong to the same won\u00adderful pla\u00adnet and have to ful\u00adfil a cer\u00adtain respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty towards this unity, which can be exu\u00adberant. Water Bowl stands for the long jour\u00adneys of woman and child\u00adren picking up water for the who\u00adle vil\u00adla\u00adge, but it also stands for the wis\u00addom and com\u00adpas\u00adsi\u00adon that lies insi\u00adde all of us, just to be reflec\u00adted and dis\u00adco\u00adver\u00aded and used. In Sun Down I wan\u00adted to draw a musi\u00adcal can\u00advas of a peaceful ending of an acti\u00adve but gra\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading day. Cha\u00adse descri\u00adbes expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces of high ener\u00adge\u00adtic level of the Savan\u00adna, it brings us back to coexis\u00adtence, in the midd\u00adle it has a short soot\u00adhing part \u2014 like taking a con\u00adsci\u00adent breath \u2014 until the wild hea\u00adted atmo\u00adsphe\u00adre takes the song to its strong fina\u00adle. Tri\u00adbu, Spa\u00adnish word for tri\u00adbe, gives cohe\u00adrence that we are all ONE<\/span> tri\u00adbe made out of the same par\u00adtic\u00adles belon\u00adging to the same uni\u00adver\u00adse being all ONE<\/span>. Afri\u00adka Maha\u00adla in Swa\u00adhi\u00adli means free Afri\u00adca. I named this song to send out a strong bles\u00adsing. No one ever should take advan\u00adta\u00adge of others. Mind\u00adsets of Respect and Com\u00adpas\u00adsi\u00adon come out of our intrin\u00adsic human values, which alt\u00adhough inna\u00adte to ever\u00ady\u00adbo\u00addy, have to be nur\u00adtu\u00adred in the new edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, slow\u00adly taking its steps into the worlds exis\u00adting edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal sys\u00adtem. And the last com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon, Mor\u00adning, is visua\u00adli\u00adzing the start of a day in that Afri\u00adcan vil\u00adla\u00adge and is an invi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon for making every mor\u00adning a new day, making every moment a new oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to be present.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>Your songs are always very full wit\u00adhout fee\u00adling stuf\u00adfed. Cer\u00adtain\u00adly your pro\u00adduc\u00adtion must con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte to this qua\u00adli\u00adty, but I belie\u00adve this tre\u00admen\u00addous exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon is due to the bril\u00adli\u00adance of your rhythm sec\u00adtion. Sin\u00adce you were able to achie\u00adve such a beau\u00adtiful\u00adly effi\u00adci\u00adent full bodi\u00aded sound with a quar\u00adtet, what moti\u00adva\u00adted you to add ano\u00adther musi\u00adci\u00adan? And not just ano\u00adther musi\u00adci\u00adan, but the bold annexa\u00adti\u00adon of an organist?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> We like to use a lot of instru\u00adments as a dro\u00adne orches\u00adtra to paint the sub\u00adstra\u00adte for the music to thri\u00adve in. The mixing and mas\u00adte\u00adring are done by the gre\u00adat Hen\u00adry Lou\u00adis Sar\u00admi\u00aden\u00adto ll, an incre\u00addi\u00adbly gifted tech\u00adni\u00adci\u00adan that also was mixing Tower of Power 10 years live and pro\u00addu\u00adced a record of them among many other things. But as you have per\u00adcei\u00adved, the real \u2018secret\u2019 is the tight\u00adness of the rhythm sec\u00adtion. I am very hono\u00adred to be able to work with such accom\u00adplished musi\u00adci\u00adans, who bring their best to crea\u00adte a grea\u00adter who\u00adle. For a while we were pon\u00adde\u00adring about incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adting an instru\u00adment with keys. We were try\u00ading pia\u00adno and it didn\u2019t satis\u00adfy me, then we had the chan\u00adce to play a Soul Jazz Con\u00adcert with the organ play\u00ader Llo\u00adren\u00e7 Bar\u00adce\u00adlo from Mal\u00adlor\u00adca. He brought his self-built Ham\u00admond key\u00adboard and that gave us the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to try our own com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Llo\u00adren\u00e7 is real\u00adly curious with sound, but he also plays a gre\u00adat left hand. We real\u00adly got hoo\u00adked up on that sound. When we recor\u00added, we had the chan\u00adce to hear him on Ham\u00admond B3<\/span> Organ, and play\u00ading with that instru\u00adment is a fasci\u00adna\u00adting over\u00adwhel\u00adming experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>I love the inclu\u00adsi\u00adon of the organ into your last album and I think it\u2019s ano\u00adther indi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of your ado\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and devo\u00adti\u00adon to your craft, becau\u00adse the sheer logi\u00adstics of trans\u00adport\u00ading such an instru\u00adment has con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted to its absence in many smal\u00adler sca\u00adle per\u00adfor\u00adman\u00adces.  Being that you are such an ambi\u00adtious and cou\u00adra\u00adge\u00adous see\u00adker, do you ever plan to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vocals into your future projects?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> It is a pity that we have to use his key\u00adboard on most of the per\u00adfor\u00adman\u00adces in smal\u00adler places, but lucki\u00adly some venues have the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to bring one. I have a lot of ide\u00adas for a future to come as for voices I would love to use an Afri\u00adcan sin\u00adger, Afri\u00adcan choir, and Gos\u00adpel Choir on future pro\u00adjects but that seems far away now.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>Which bands or musi\u00adci\u00adans have your atten\u00adti\u00adon at the pre\u00adsent moment?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> I seem to enjoy lis\u00adtening to the Mas\u00adters of the past. I am immer\u00adsing in Illi\u00adnois Jac\u00adquet and Les\u00adter Young still.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>What works of art have inspi\u00adred you out\u00adside of the realm of music lately?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> We were play\u00ading We Jazz Fes\u00adti\u00adval, Hel\u00adsin\u00adki and Tal\u00adlinn in Decem\u00adber and had the chan\u00adce to visit the KUMU<\/span>, which bes\u00adi\u00adde being an impres\u00adsi\u00adve pie\u00adce of archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre also holds an enorm\u00adous sel\u00adec\u00adtion of Esto\u00adni\u00adan pain\u00adters of all times. I haven\u2019t rea\u00adli\u00adzed how many gre\u00adat pain\u00adters the\u00adre were in that small coun\u00adtry. Felix Ran\u00addel, 1901\u20131077, Kon\u00adrad M\u00e4gi just to name a cou\u00adple. If Bud\u00addhist tea\u00adchings were con\u00adside\u00adred art, I would be able to name a lot of inspi\u00adring books. Right now, I am rea\u00adding Dream Yoga and the Prac\u00adti\u00adce of Natu\u00adral Light by Cho\u00adgy\u00adal Namkhai Norbu.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>How did you initi\u00adal\u00adly get invol\u00adved in jazz? Were you a fan long befo\u00adre you were a player?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> I was more a fan of Jimi Hen\u00addrix, Car\u00adlos San\u00adta\u00adna, The Beat\u00adles, The Doors, James Brown, but I also lis\u00adten\u00aded a lot to Stan Gets, Ger\u00adry Mul\u00adligan befo\u00adre I star\u00adted play\u00ading saxo\u00adpho\u00adne. That tone of the flu\u00adte, which I play\u00aded from ear\u00adly age on, see\u00admed thin for me. I just wan\u00adted to use my breath more exten\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly, being able to play lou\u00adder \u2026 fol\u00adlo\u00adwing this search it led me to the saxo\u00adpho\u00adne. From the\u00adre it brought me natu\u00adral\u00adly to the depth of jazz music.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>The inclu\u00adsi\u00adon of the sopra\u00adno saxo\u00adpho\u00adne in jazz has an inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading sto\u00adry in the histo\u00adry of the jazz tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon. Musi\u00adci\u00adans like Sid\u00adney Bechet, Ste\u00adve Lacy, and John Col\u00adtra\u00adne imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly come to mind when I visua\u00adli\u00adze that par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar instru\u00adment. Are any of tho\u00adse artists a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant fac\u00adtor for your decis\u00adi\u00adon to play that instru\u00adment and if so, why?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> When I took up the sopra\u00adno, I alre\u00ada\u00addy had play\u00aded the alto saxo\u00adpho\u00adne about 8 years. I was fasci\u00adna\u00adted about the sopra\u00adno saxo\u00adpho\u00adne hea\u00adring Sid\u00adney Bechet, his vibra\u00adto being such a spi\u00adri\u00adted addi\u00adti\u00adon to his strong beau\u00adtiful sound and I was lis\u00adtening a lot to John Col\u00adtra\u00adne. \u2018India\u2019 or \u2018My Favo\u00adri\u00adte Things\u2019 are for sure one of my all-time favo\u00adri\u00adte songs. John\u2019s way of play\u00ading the sopra\u00adno is real\u00adly hyp\u00adno\u00adtic. In this peri\u00adod, I was offe\u00adred a gre\u00adat Sel\u00admer Mark IV<\/span> sopra\u00adno saxo\u00adpho\u00adne. I real\u00adly enjoy\u00aded the new sound qua\u00adli\u00adty and agi\u00adli\u00adty that this instru\u00adment pro\u00advi\u00addes; it gives this spe\u00adcial bla\u00adze and light\u00adness at the same time \u2026 and could incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte it easi\u00adly into my musi\u00adcal projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>When and how did you beco\u00adme a bandleader?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span>:<\/strong> I led seve\u00adral bands that play\u00aded dif\u00adfe\u00adrent styl\u00ades of music in Vien\u00adna in my late 20s, a jazz trio, a jazz duo, a woman band play\u00ading own com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons \u2026 all that was a gre\u00adat expe\u00adri\u00adence but moving to Ibi\u00adza and mee\u00adting Joa\u00adchim K\u00fchn, the expe\u00adri\u00adence of play\u00ading with him, made me com\u00adpo\u00adse and record, working with one for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, in a more con\u00adti\u00adnues man\u00adner. He was show\u00ading me scores of his com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons of Ornet\u00adte Cole\u00adman from the time he play\u00aded with him and was giving me so much music and sto\u00adries that I real\u00adly got inspi\u00adred. Working with Rado\u00admir, whom I met in Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna, we deve\u00adlo\u00adped the duo to a trio to a quar\u00adtet to the for\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon with which we play now. The bands have my name becau\u00adse we play my com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons, but it is real\u00adly a strong col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween Rado\u00admir and me.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>Radomir\u2019s explo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons are as hyp\u00adno\u00adtic as they are adven\u00adtur\u00adous, I\u2019m curious if you are fami\u00adli\u00adar with any of his grea\u00adtest influen\u00adces whe\u00adther gui\u00adta\u00adrist or otherwise?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span><\/strong>: Rado\u00admir is very pas\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adte about all music and he lis\u00adtens con\u00adstant\u00adly. I am fami\u00adli\u00adar with Rado\u00admir influen\u00adces. He comes from jazz, soul jazz, blues \u2026 that is his thing, a 60s jazz gui\u00adtar sound and voca\u00adbu\u00adla\u00adry. A big part comes from the music of Jim\u00admy Smith and his gui\u00adtar play\u00aders Thor\u00adnel Schwartz, Eddie McFad\u00adden, Ken\u00adny Bur\u00adrell, Grant Green. I know that a lot of his influence comes from Boo\u00adga\u00adloo Joe Jones, Geor\u00adge Ben\u00adson and Pat Mar\u00adti\u00adno and gui\u00adtar play\u00aders of Oscar Peter\u00adson, like Herb Ellis and Bar\u00adney Kes\u00adsel. He is also a big fan of big band gui\u00adtar play\u00aders like Char\u00adlie Chris\u00adti\u00adan and Fred\u00addie Green. Pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly his favo\u00adri\u00adte gui\u00adtar play\u00ader would be Wes Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry and mine too, I guess. Wes play\u00aded with John Col\u00adtra\u00adne but the\u00adre is no recor\u00adding. We always ima\u00adgi\u00adned how they sound\u00aded tog\u00ade\u00adther, Wes and Elvin bur\u00adning on some modal work\u00adout. We ima\u00adgi\u00adned also how gui\u00adtar would sound in John Col\u00adtra\u00adne music . We have some tas\u00adte of Grant Green play\u00ading with McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Bob Crans\u00adhaw from 1964 records Mata\u00addor and Solid (with James Spaul\u00adding and Joe Hen\u00adder\u00adson). For me it was always inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading to have gui\u00adtar in the band, I guess I was miss\u00ading it in the music of Ali\u00adce Col\u00adtra\u00adne, Pha\u00adro\u00adah San\u00adders and Ornet\u00adte Cole\u00adman. Gui\u00adtar goes deep into the blues and it was not used so much in spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz plus it gives you a more har\u00admo\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly open approach while play\u00ading solos.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>: <\/strong>What advice would pass on to other band\u00adlea\u00adders just start\u00ading out in that role?<\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span><\/strong>: Being a band lea\u00adder helps you to look deep insi\u00adde, you have to find it deep within, in its pure form and try to trans\u00admit it in its purest essence. It is like an emer\u00adging out of the silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it is the band, which makes the sound of the music. From my per\u00adspec\u00adti\u00adve, I sug\u00adgest to make one band ins\u00adtead of many dif\u00adfe\u00adrent pro\u00adjects to deve\u00adlop that band sound. So, lis\u00adten to a lot of good music, the music from the old mas\u00adters is the key that opens the door to a gre\u00adat band sound. You have to stu\u00addy the role of the instru\u00adments and app\u00adly it to your band. Know that rehear\u00adsals are the most important expe\u00adri\u00adence to reach that tight band sound, so you want a lot of expe\u00adri\u00adence, try\u00ading to find the best way to express what you hear, always try\u00ading to stay true to your sound visi\u00adon. Recor\u00adding con\u00adcerts and even rehear\u00adsals is a gre\u00adat tool to hear whe\u00adre you want to go. Then the rest is see\u00ading each pha\u00adse as a pro\u00adgres\u00adsi\u00adon to the next. Be dili\u00adgent with your music and walk with per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance, live each step as if it was the last one. Ano\u00adther main thing of being a band\u00adlea\u00adder is orga\u00adni\u00adzing any\u00adthing from rehear\u00adsals to recor\u00addings to con\u00adcerts and tou\u00adring to finan\u00adces and social media. Depen\u00adding on your posi\u00adti\u00adon, it is important to know about all of it, but even bet\u00adter is to have help and hand over things, becau\u00adse to com\u00adpo\u00adse you need to be in an unin\u00adter\u00adrupt\u00aded safe space.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>:<\/strong> Musi\u00adci\u00adans are per\u00adfor\u00admers and their acti\u00advi\u00adty in the stu\u00addio or on stage is affec\u00adted by their life out\u00adside the act of play\u00ading. While some are able to sepa\u00adra\u00adte tho\u00adse sphe\u00adres and even pri\u00adde them\u00adsel\u00adves on their abili\u00adty to do so, others do not or can\u00adnot. My ques\u00adti\u00adon for you is how does the devas\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon you wit\u00adness in the world affect your crea\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adcess?<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

MG<\/span><\/strong>: It affects me always, so I con\u00adstant\u00adly take it as a sign to put more effort into my own spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, which I try to express as good as I can in ever\u00ady\u00adday life, con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons or in the crea\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adcess of music. I try to live a life that is simp\u00adle and honest, I try to make music that is soot\u00adhing and ele\u00advat\u00ading. It is a sta\u00adte of art to find peace in this turm\u00adoil times and wit\u00adhout fin\u00adding inner peace and still\u00adness, crea\u00adting from the essence is not pos\u00adsi\u00adble. I am reflec\u00adting on the ori\u00adg\u00adins of suf\u00adfe\u00adring, not in the way of fin\u00adding someone guil\u00adty but for the true ori\u00adg\u00adins in our mind and I am reflec\u00adting on pos\u00adsi\u00adble solu\u00adti\u00adons. I would like to make music for the bet\u00adter world to come, but can only make music accor\u00adding to my inner deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, so I stay humble.<\/span><\/p>\n

LS<\/span>:<\/strong> What is your grea\u00adtest hin\u00addrance to crea\u00adting and is that hin\u00addrance the same as it has always been or did it chan\u00adge over the years? <\/span><\/p>\n

MG<\/span><\/strong>: Crea\u00adting music has never been a pro\u00adblem becau\u00adse music is just an expres\u00adsi\u00adon of the never-ending evol\u00adving forms that the uni\u00adver\u00adse crea\u00adtes and we are just the trans\u00admit\u00adters. But defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly I need silence and time to do it. So, the last years I have work\u00aded inten\u00adse\u00adly on brin\u00adging our music to a wider public and I didn\u2019t feel I had the time to com\u00adpo\u00adse neither the wish, becau\u00adse I wan\u00adted to bring out mate\u00adri\u00adal that I had alre\u00ada\u00addy com\u00adpo\u00adsed and that was wai\u00adting to be recor\u00added. Rever\u00adence was com\u00adpo\u00adsed about 5 years ago. Brin\u00adging out the records and play\u00ading live was very inten\u00adse, so I refrai\u00adned from com\u00adpo\u00adsing. Now in win\u00adter it is a litt\u00adle quie\u00adter but I still feel too busy. Until five years ago when my child\u00adren were smal\u00adler, I could stretch time more. I am year\u00adning for a quiet time again.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u21d0 <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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