We can say very little about the music we play.

The music itself could say much more about us.

Why is it interesting to know where we are from,

who we are, when were we burn, and so on,

if you come to listen to music?

 

 

Destiny is a strange thing too…

We could do something, but we can’t.

We could be somewhere, but we are not.

And what will be the last point in our life?

No one knows.

 

 

So what is the point of talking about ourselves?

 

…It’s better to play…

 

 

Seriously, I am not sure it was a good idea to call this website and my main project 'LapinKulta'. But that was done once and people already know the name. So I decide not to change it. Anyway, this has no relation to beer. It is more a ritual.

 

Meanwhile, I love to play free jazz and all that's beyond it. Before I played hard bop. Some of my projects still sound like hard bop. But the thoughts run outside of standards. And then...

 

Then it tires me. That is why I prefer a free style of music. Nevertheless, this does not exclude composition. Time after time I write pieces of that kind, usually exclusively for particular musicians. Anyway some pieces (a large number, really) just lay in heap and wait for a chance to be performed.

 

This person is also reputed to be a very good sound engineer... All I could add to this is that at the moment I have two recording studios in St.Petersburg, and I absolutely agree with those people.

 

I really do not know what to add to the above. I love my God and believe the music helps us to live.

 

PS. On photo above it is me with Tim Dunne.

 

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