You can’t convince an audience if you aren’t convinced yourself.
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
You can’t convince an audience if you aren’t convinced yourself.
Recognise opportunities when they present themselves and work hard to make a success of them. Develop a thick skin and don’t be precious about your work (especially in commercial, film and television Music!) Be versatile, sociable and likeable and someone people want to work with!
The idea comes to me in an unexpected situation. With a sketchbook or a dictation app I grasp the initial thing and work it out later, mostly on the piano. I constantly switch between the composer and the listener’s chair.
never try to be someone, always try to be you
My compositional language has shifted slowly over the years, although the way I structure music and my artistic goals have not changed much. During the past few years I have been mostly influenced by the sound of Brazilian native element