Let me start by saying how much I enjoyed the film. I thought it was an incredible exploration into your
process and the way your kind of artistic mind works and I thought and obviously I love how much
you value collaboration I thought it was really my first question really just wondering about
how this kind of project came to be for you when did the idea for this movie come into your mind
go this this kind of like a project kind of started during the pandemic you know um so I
was asked to do like a lot of you know kind of it's kind of like that project then you know I
didn't I didn't want to do something like a living to living room you know the session or something
like this all right there's something spectacular but still people need to be safe and then
also it's just not the um we are playing music so we're not
um wanted to how do you say convey some kind of message messages you know doing this
so then you know I always think about something humongous big so I thought that was
they are too big to complete everything uh during the pandemic so anyway I think the project
started doing the pandemic then you know finish everything I mean editing and everything like
um it's three years so was it quite difficult during the pandemic not to have that direct access
with your fans because you seem to be something that we put values that connections extremely so
product with this yeah I mean you know around that time because uh
the right things to do or like I know social distance to you know the COVID check issue to
you know just yeah it was extremely difficult do you think do you think the industry has kind
of recovered now do you think it feels like it's it's back to normal these days
I think so I think so and uh but at the same time like people got how do you say
some kind of like a traumatic kind of you know in terms of COVID right experience so
um yeah so I think industry is back on the surface but I don't know depths yet I mean there's
something incredibly uh cinematic about your music I think and especially your style of performance
did it feel inevitable that one day your work would be presented in a feature-length film
um I would love to do that kind of a project you know um yeah I mean I do a lot of like um fashion
the great individuals something like this but you know I'm a musician I'm a composer so yeah then
film is maybe one of the closest things you know with the music so yes someday if I'm still alive
but I love one of the things I loved about about the film and seeing you were how much you value
collaboration what what is it you enjoy best about working with with other artists
um you know I've been doing music for a long time I kind of have my own style but doesn't
mean that you know I'm still I don't want to be stick sticking stick to this kind of like uh one
style so I'm pretty multi-genre artist so so every time I do some collaboration I can learn so also
either get inspired by all those like amazing artists yeah an artist from all across the
world I mean literally I mean we're talking from Japan to China to England America but uh Germany
um do you think that music and your music especially is universal do
you think do you think music has helped bring the world together
I think so yeah yeah and as I said it so many times in the film I guess music has no boundary
you know basically music is like one language I mean one I don't know so uh regardless you
know a lot of like uh things going on and you know negative way around the world
our music can kind of like uh unite people I was wondering who else I don't know if you have a
literal list but who else would you love to work with one day do you keep did you keep a list in
your mind of people that you would love to to work alongside in terms of collaboration yeah
you know if I could really collaborate if the time period doesn't matter if
I have 10 cups or something like that Beethoven
I'd love to see that and um I feel like you're someone something I took from the
film is you have a very um infectious outlook on life very optimistic I think
a viewpoint on in the world but very much steeped in reality too
um is that something that you look to to get across in your work and through your words do you
think it's important for artists of your standing to have messages for their fans and for the world
in terms of the um what kind of messaging just in general oh yeah no no specific messages such but
just more the kind of um the kind of positivity I think that that you you'd like to portray
yes you know um some people may know I'm I've been surrounded by a bunch of death
no so like my family members to band members to yeah so but I'm very how do you say
positive thinking person so just being sad or being angry
doesn't do anything so I try to be very positive try to solve problem try to move forward so try
to you know help people which is also helping myself helping me too yes this guy this kind of
this is my message I'm very positive thinking awesome I I was wondering too if you could um
ever see yourself directing because obviously you directed this document this film this this
documentary but could you see yourself directing more projects in the future maybe not just about
yourself but other people's music videos or films with narratives and characters and stuff
yes it's interesting yeah I was just talking to one of my friends and who's that director
of the film last night um yeah I mean there's no not that much difference than producing music or
producing the you know band or a group or yeah I'm kind of interested yes I would like to learn
much more about it and yes the subject doesn't have to be me can be anything could be Godzilla
and dinosaurs could be um alien
or or it could be you know I don't like bugs so maybe not the Bugs okay subject
um I like drawn drama in a drama means like you know something Uh something's somehow realistic
towards the uh in our life like well I kind of like superhero things too so we'll see
I'd like to see you do an alien film that'd be fun
lots of actors before and they sometimes say they they struggle
to watch themselves on screen they don't watch the films they make you obviously
directed this so you were involved in the edit as well how is it watching
yourself on screen and watching yourself perform on screen over and over again
um there are you know a lot of things I thought about I wish I could I have a better musician
so I wish I don't know there are thousands of things I wish I were better but you know the at
the same time you know I don't think I was that bad uh so yeah there's always that you know a
list like I I wish I I need to improve in terms of being musician but you don't I don't need to
prove too much you're pretty good but you do tour a lot I know you play music all across the world
um are you I mean do you ever just take some time just to relax or are you always are you one of
those musicians and artists that's kind of always working uh good question yesterday I pretty much
have the first day this year like entire day doing nothing I really enjoyed it enjoyed it so I just
probably slept like like 16 hours of stress something like that then yeah I think it's
really I just realized that this is we need that kind of time so but at the same time you know I've
been trying to trying to achieve something you know being feeling like that to work really hard
so I guess it's in a balance I need to learn more about it my um my final questions and I'm
running out of time I'm just wondering about the the kind of immediate future
for you are you writing at the moment if you've got any new music that you're you're working on
yes I'm always writing something um because then I write music like with this music score on paper
so it's every night before I just keep writing something then in terms of the species project wow
yeah I have some class power projects I'm writing classical Symphony thing also some dance music
um what is am I doing I think I'm doing multiple projects actually actually
just remember to have another day off every now and then 16 tips are good
um anyway thank you so much for speaking to me today and for bringing this movie out and
sharing your music with the world it's um it's been great thank you so much that means a lot of
things thank you so much for having me ladies and gentlemen you're watching hey you guys
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