Creating Space

»Like a chef, I’m too focused on my own cuisine to be preoccupied with the culinary aspects of another chef. There’s no need to dine at someone else’s restaurant.«

Beat / You‘ve been part of marching bands and rhythm is obviously important in your music. But after listening to The Clearing, it‘s pretty clear that you also have a deep sensitivtiy for sound.

It comes from my innate relationship with rhythm and timing. When I was a drummer in marching bands, timing was everything to the composition of the song as well as the movement of the band. Also, my rhythm and timing come from being a dancer in the clubs, on the street, and at home with my family, who all could dance really well. The sensitivity to sound was there ever since I can remember and really came into fruition when I started playing my Casio SK-1 and Casio SK-5 keyboards by ear in my adolescence