In the past, people used to talk about a Parmegianis sound, a little too much to my liking, and it bothered me a lot. People would say: Oh! Parmé, what beautiful sounds you make!!! Its good to make nice sounds, but really, we dont compose music to produce nice sounds, but rather to compose from an idea. Im not trying to seduce anyone with my music; Im trying to get people interested. Thats why Im obsessed with constantly renewing myself musically. I can only exist by continuosly exploring new territories; otherwise one gets bored with ones own music. The risk is to do Parmegiani in the style of Parmegiani and so on. If I must define what the Parmegiani sound is, then its a kind of movement, a kind of colour, a way of starting and a way of fading the sound, a way of bringing life into it. I do consider sounds as living things. So theres, indeed, something organic, skin deep, but its always difficult for me to define my music; what we perceive from within isnt always understood by others in the same way. We recognize ourselves in the mirror others hold up for us, to a certain extent; its a game between the inner and outer realms. Bernard Parmegiani (27 October 1927 − 21 November 2013)
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:10:27 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015