Interview with:Brian Regnar [250870]
MUSIC
 | What do you do? What is your musical specialty? I am a composer and offcause musician. I am also producer, lyrics writer and synthesizer programmer. |
| Do you work alone or in a group? If in a group, who are the others you work with? The most of the time I an working on my own. Somtimes I have tecnical suport from other musicians and studio crew. |
| Is there a web address where one can listen, see, or read some of your work? Yes. I have a channel on Youtube. The name of the channel is : brianregnar |
| Please list any awards, competitions, or other acknowledgments you would like to mention. I have written some musicals here in Denmark. They was a big succes. But i dont know if it is a really award! |
| Please list discography in which you have participated. Only my own projects:
Checeen / Popnologie / Different Class / Dejavu / Sureal / Avantgarde / and my comming project: Ocean. |
| How did you begin making music? Who introduced you? i startet to compose when I was 9. I diddent know at that time, that I was a composer. My music teacher in school spottet that. Then i suddently was very buissy with my and other bands music. |
| What was your musical education? I have studied muscal teoretics in a musicshool Denmark. |
| When did you realise that making music could be a way of life for you? When i was 19 in 1990, I realised that the music was a so big part of my life, that to continue composing and playing was my job here in life. |
| What is your creative process? My creative process is many things. The inspiration is the drug of the spirit taht I has in my mind. Ideas can come to me suddently, but also when i am plaing in the studio. The creativiti is a very huge specter. |
| When do you have your most lucid moments, in the morning or night? I am always working best at night. I think that is very typpical for us composers : ) |
| Have you ever awoken with a melody created from your dreams? Yes, and i was chocked. I felt a sleep in a chair. Woke up, and recorded a song called deadline. It is on my project "Sureal". |
| How do you know when a song is finished or needs no more changes? When the arrangement cant house a note more or when I can hear - here is the complete song. Then the song is finished. This maby sound a little abtract, but it is the right answer : ) |
| How did you discover your creative territory? How would you describe it? I diddent discover it. My freinds did. They told me " Do you know what you are doing " ?
I said " Just making music " Then I realised that i could do something, that the most people cant. |
| What part of your job is your least favourite? I love every part of my job. It maby sounds crazy, but every little thing are important in the process. |
| How often do you practice? I never practice my self. I practice with a band once a week - thats all. When I am in the studio recording tracks i practice when I am recording... But that is not what people understand about practice : ) |
| How do you feel right before going out on stage? I am always drinking a cop ot two of coffee before i go onstage. Talking to the backstagecrew and so. I always enjoy that moment of the show. This is a very inportant monemt for me. |
| Which musicians or groups have been inspiring to your career? Jean Michel Jarre and many danish pop/rock bands. |
| List three songs that are key to your life. Equinoxe part 5 Jean Michel Jarre
Song for Guy Elton John
Chronologie part 1 Jean Michel Jarre |
| What should be done to stop piracy? I really dont know. After the internet has arrived, there are a lot of piracy. It is bad for the composers. There is nothing good about piracy - but the music we makes are spread to a mush bigger audience than ever before! I dont think we can stop the piracy, but maby it can be more controlled in the future. |
| What type of music do you detest? I dont quite understand your question : ) |
| What time did you get up this morning? I got up at 5:30 am - a little bit early. But I have always many things to do : ) |
| How do you sell yourself? What has been your experience with record companies and representatives? I have not made promotion before. I've got a channel on youtube. But I have to contact the recordcompanies cause my music is very important to me... And other people like it. |
| What other things have you done to make a living? I worked in a pet shop for several years... i love fish tanks : ) |
| Have you ever played on the street or in the subway? How much did you collect each day? I have nerver played on the street or in the subway as a musician. I have given a live open air concert in the center of a city in Denmark. But that is another storry : ) |
| Who would you play with, without a doubt? Jean Michel Jarre could be exiting to play with. But many many other musicians could be funny to play with. |
| What advice would you give to someone starting out in the business? JUST GO FOR IT... : ) |
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Brian Regnar
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