Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how your childhood impacted your musical direction?
A: I come from the small franconian town of Bayreuth where I grew up with the Wagner-Festival. I fell in love with the complexity and richness and sophistication of that orchestral masterpieces and the fascinating stories behind the Wagnerian musical drama. As it has been in the late 90ties I also admired Nirvana, Metallica and Guns ‘n’ Roses very much. It seems I became a daring stylistic mix of several influences.
Q: How are you planning on growing your fan base and sharing your music with the world? What message do you have for anyone who is about to discover “Songs of Euphoria”?
A: We are getting greatly supported by our release-manager Lisa and our social-media-assistant Erika so we could grow and reach people in the vastness of today’s digital universe. I hope that we can catch and inspire people with the beauty and richness and sophistication of Songs-of-Euphoria’s music. I am creating stories and music to touch and move the inner child in people’s emotional inside. Give them pictures and creations to dream away. Use the power of music and the power of lyrics to build sth that they can simply fall in love with.
Q: Who is the most inspiring artist for you right now? And where do you find inspiration for making music?
A: Very often I find it in films, in fairytales and in the theatre. The last thing that really blew my mind was “La La Land” in 2017. This was a deeply touching masterpiece and moved and drew me in in any possible artistic discipline. When artists like Damian Chazelle (and the composer Justin Hurwitz) succeed in making a world audience love and dream and cry and sing – all at the same time – that is just true inspiration. It comes frome the love of life itself and a big gratitude and esteem.
Q: Can you tell us about the story or message behind the song, “The March of the Amazons.”?
A: I was writing a dark tale about the “Amazon queen” who wants to destroy the “Oracle of the East” in revenge for its prophecy of the Amazon’s downfall. As in greek tragedy that runs in neverending circles so the queen and her sister-warriors could not manage to locate the “oracle” and therefor could not destroy it. They are facing and struggeling destiny and eventually the queen curses her own army to the day that the oracle could finally be found and destroyed. So it becomes their own downfall. But in a different way than they were expecting themselves.
Q: How would you describe your sound in one word for potential listeners?
A: Symphonic!
Q: Did you face any challenges while writing or recording “The March of the Amazons”?
A: The harmony singing of three female singers in combination with a huge band sound always becomes a challenging expercience. What has really been a kick here was involving the orchestral timpani to the symphonic band sound.
Q: What is the message of your music? And what are your goals as an artist?
A: I want to tell stories. To touch and move people and entertain them in a deeper and more fulfilling and sophisticated way, beyond the uninspired vulgarity of the mainstream.
Q: Who is your dream artist to collaborate with? (dead or alive)
A: Freddie Mercury, Shakespeare
Q: What is your advice for people interested in pursuing music as a career or for those trying to enter the industry?
A: Be yourself. And tell a story that is as fascinating and interesting and unique as you are.
Q: If you could go back in time and give a younger you some words of wisdom, what would they be?
A: Be kind and gentle. To anybody. Remember that all words and thoughts and simply everything comes right back to you the very same way you send it out.
